I woildn't be connected directly to the raw internet after XP SP2. Of course the firewall could have exploits... but so could the router. Unless your mother in law routinely opens ports on the firewall she shouln't be much more exposed than behind a NAT. The only advantage of a seperate (hardware level) filtering for consumers is that it would make it somewhat more difficult for unsuphisticated malware to phone home after infection, that and users who'd fidle and turn the Windows Firewall off.
I don't slaver over every new version of Winders the company craps out; didn't switch to XP until SP1. Is that the version that included the firewall?
Never used XP myself, just had the misfortune of re-installing it from pre-SP2 (it's when they apparently re-did, as the other reply noted the capability was there, and enabled it by default) media a few times. Within less than a minute after connecting to the net (routers weren't standard accesories yet, so no NAT) you'd get the fucking restart countdowns. So yeah, up till 2004 MS was shipping a consumer opperating system with open ports (technically they did after too, just with a bandaid on top).
If you are afraid of the NSA plating that kind of backdoor, then why would you be concerned about the obvious source (NSA code contributions), one that sees minority usage and extra scrutiny from security folks (being security code) no less? The smart way is to plant an individual into the dev community of a universally, gain trust, then plant it through them.
Or, or worst of all, lets you set an invalid password and then you can't log in.
Been there, done that. This particular abortion of an authentication system required a special character, but only out of a small set. Long story short I set up a password with a special character outside of the range without a glitch. The login page actually respected that limitation...
Linux has a default that people in general can comprehend and as much modular security as you can personally handle. The highly complex system Windows employs is likely the reason it got summarily ignored by developers and users alike.
I used Windows exclusively until 2000 (the year and the version), it was a pain to use Windows within a few months of dual booting. But I guess I'm just a fanboi too who was too used to a better OS?
They also avoided the bundling problem. MSE is given as one of the choices when Windows does its "your computer is not protected thing", at that point they are just another of the free options.
You're assuming the probability of infrastructure failure on their end is higher than the probability of something going wrong with local LAN server software and infrastructure.
You're forgetting that a local failure takes out internet play as well, so any problem on Blizzard's end goes on top of whatever LAN downtime. It's not an either or scenario.
Yes, I totally said that outdated coal tech is the solution to all our problems. You take all accidents into all of the total impact and that was pretty damn clear. Or you stop reposting cherry picked stats that don't even reflect the reality of people who dealt with that shit first hand, I'm not talking about all of the population here, the liquidators are a well defined group that was directly impacted.
Yes, considering how little effort it takes to protect people from nuclear waste, and considering the ridiculously low death toll nuclear power has had up to now.
The first rule of nuclear power is: you don't talk about the liquidators. The second rule of nuclear power is: the energy costs don't include the ridiculous amounts of economic strain that a major accident creates.
That grand plan better be able to adjust to it's results. Part of my problem with libertarians, whether I agree on a particular issue or not, is the ideological approach to problems. The problem is that not only is the world not the gross simplification of itself that every simplistic ideology requires but you also can't prove it wrong. The later is what makes ideological movements susceptible to hijacking by people who can convincingly boil every issue down to fit a facet of the ideology, they are right by definition and managed to get passes on things that no less pre-bought-in voters would accept. Like how people excuse Paul's theocratic leanings because it's painted with a layer of (fake) constitutional originalism. It doesn't really make sense, but if you squint right and have already accepted that the constitution was written by libertarians as a foundation for a libertarian society it just might pass.
I have a hard time taking a summary that puts omega-3, trans fats and fast food in the same group. Fast food (quite diverse actually) might not be good for you, but it's not a fat!
Have they undone the damage? Is it even possible for them at this point? This is one of those: you can't be trusted with internet tech if you ever thought it might be a good idea cases.
And I'd take my 1005PE's keyboard in fullsize for my desktop any day. It's at least as good as whatever they call the latest wired Apple chichlet one. That's the problem with subjective preferences and anecdotes about them. And it's where we come back to the coat hangers, doesn't matter if it's more involved than a cable (there's more involved things in the audiophile world too...), if you already believe something is high or low quality, you will likely get that reinforced and discard whatever conflicting facts. Without numbers we only have anecdotes and price to compare. A double blind test would still be subjective, but at least it would measure quality perception, not quality perception perception.
Latvian ones are paid, but don't come with any strings. Send a $2 SMS, get 24 hours (usage, not from time of purchase, and it doesn't seem to expire even over a year) of net.
The former telco monopoly in Latvia uses phone-booths. It's just about the perfect solution to both wi-fi coverage and public phone disuse, I'm surprised I haven't seen it anywhere else.
Well, I guess since data doesn't matter my netbook without a creaky palmrest and perfectly crisp (and working) keyboard will just have to refute your anecdotes then.
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I woildn't be connected directly to the raw internet after XP SP2. Of course the firewall could have exploits... but so could the router. Unless your mother in law routinely opens ports on the firewall she shouln't be much more exposed than behind a NAT. The only advantage of a seperate (hardware level) filtering for consumers is that it would make it somewhat more difficult for unsuphisticated malware to phone home after infection, that and users who'd fidle and turn the Windows Firewall off.
Never used XP myself, just had the misfortune of re-installing it from pre-SP2 (it's when they apparently re-did, as the other reply noted the capability was there, and enabled it by default) media a few times. Within less than a minute after connecting to the net (routers weren't standard accesories yet, so no NAT) you'd get the fucking restart countdowns. So yeah, up till 2004 MS was shipping a consumer opperating system with open ports (technically they did after too, just with a bandaid on top).
If you are afraid of the NSA plating that kind of backdoor, then why would you be concerned about the obvious source (NSA code contributions), one that sees minority usage and extra scrutiny from security folks (being security code) no less? The smart way is to plant an individual into the dev community of a universally, gain trust, then plant it through them.
Been there, done that. This particular abortion of an authentication system required a special character, but only out of a small set. Long story short I set up a password with a special character outside of the range without a glitch. The login page actually respected that limitation...
The relevant wikipedia page appears to have citations.
Linux has a default that people in general can comprehend and as much modular security as you can personally handle. The highly complex system Windows employs is likely the reason it got summarily ignored by developers and users alike.
Insta-owns were with us all the way up until XP added a firewall (because ports need to be open out of the box damnit!), not exactly ancient history.
I used Windows exclusively until 2000 (the year and the version), it was a pain to use Windows within a few months of dual booting. But I guess I'm just a fanboi too who was too used to a better OS?
They also avoided the bundling problem. MSE is given as one of the choices when Windows does its "your computer is not protected thing", at that point they are just another of the free options.
The customers who didn't stop buying 1TB drives even when bigger ones became a much better deal.
You're forgetting that a local failure takes out internet play as well, so any problem on Blizzard's end goes on top of whatever LAN downtime. It's not an either or scenario.
Yes, I totally said that outdated coal tech is the solution to all our problems. You take all accidents into all of the total impact and that was pretty damn clear. Or you stop reposting cherry picked stats that don't even reflect the reality of people who dealt with that shit first hand, I'm not talking about all of the population here, the liquidators are a well defined group that was directly impacted.
The first rule of nuclear power is: you don't talk about the liquidators. The second rule of nuclear power is: the energy costs don't include the ridiculous amounts of economic strain that a major accident creates.
Of course it's not the best in either class. The question is whether it is good enough.
Do you currently have the capability to shoot 30x zoom without support?
That grand plan better be able to adjust to it's results. Part of my problem with libertarians, whether I agree on a particular issue or not, is the ideological approach to problems. The problem is that not only is the world not the gross simplification of itself that every simplistic ideology requires but you also can't prove it wrong. The later is what makes ideological movements susceptible to hijacking by people who can convincingly boil every issue down to fit a facet of the ideology, they are right by definition and managed to get passes on things that no less pre-bought-in voters would accept. Like how people excuse Paul's theocratic leanings because it's painted with a layer of (fake) constitutional originalism. It doesn't really make sense, but if you squint right and have already accepted that the constitution was written by libertarians as a foundation for a libertarian society it just might pass.
And science, and computer security. Oh, wait, those are both there. I'll get of your lawn anyway, no need to hurt yourself chasing me off.
I have a hard time taking a summary that puts omega-3, trans fats and fast food in the same group. Fast food (quite diverse actually) might not be good for you, but it's not a fat!
Have they undone the damage? Is it even possible for them at this point? This is one of those: you can't be trusted with internet tech if you ever thought it might be a good idea cases.
NAT is not a firewall.
And I'd take my 1005PE's keyboard in fullsize for my desktop any day. It's at least as good as whatever they call the latest wired Apple chichlet one. That's the problem with subjective preferences and anecdotes about them. And it's where we come back to the coat hangers, doesn't matter if it's more involved than a cable (there's more involved things in the audiophile world too...), if you already believe something is high or low quality, you will likely get that reinforced and discard whatever conflicting facts. Without numbers we only have anecdotes and price to compare. A double blind test would still be subjective, but at least it would measure quality perception, not quality perception perception.
Latvian ones are paid, but don't come with any strings. Send a $2 SMS, get 24 hours (usage, not from time of purchase, and it doesn't seem to expire even over a year) of net.
So would you force your competition to charge? Note the "should", not "can", in the quote you used.
The former telco monopoly in Latvia uses phone-booths. It's just about the perfect solution to both wi-fi coverage and public phone disuse, I'm surprised I haven't seen it anywhere else.
Well, I guess since data doesn't matter my netbook without a creaky palmrest and perfectly crisp (and working) keyboard will just have to refute your anecdotes then.