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  1. As with all things Unix, you're supposed to generate output on failures, not success.

  2. Re:Kerberos 1980s, CHAP (1996) or digest 1997 pass on With WPA3, Wi-Fi Security is About To Get a Lot Tougher (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm always surprised Kerberos didn't get used for WPA.
    Radius servers with WPA2-Enterprise is interestingly far more secure than the WPA2 most people use at home.

  3. Re:Better, but not best. on With WPA3, Wi-Fi Security is About To Get a Lot Tougher (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    A cert is nothing like a password in a file. You should learn what RSA is.

  4. Anakin was super powerful, Luke was not. There's also the possibility that fewer Jedi makes each individual practitioner more powerful.

  5. Wait, you think you saw the whole mining ship? From the size of it (9,368.7 meters according to http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/...), I'm thinking you barely saw the bridge in the movie.

  6. JJ makes interesting movies. Lucas makes repetitive tripe.

  7. Re:It violates fundamental Unix principles on Does Systemd Make Linux Complex, Error-Prone, and Unstable? (ungleich.ch) · · Score: 1

    Does it send email yet?
    Not really. https://serverfault.com/a/8762...

  8. Re:What a load of twaddle.... on Does Systemd Make Linux Complex, Error-Prone, and Unstable? (ungleich.ch) · · Score: 1

    It shouldn't take more than 3 lines of perl to do anything.

  9. Re:Problems with Linux that should have been solve on Does Systemd Make Linux Complex, Error-Prone, and Unstable? (ungleich.ch) · · Score: 1

    That is to say, systemd fixes udevd not init.

  10. Re:Problems with Linux that should have been solve on Does Systemd Make Linux Complex, Error-Prone, and Unstable? (ungleich.ch) · · Score: 1

    Why would we contribute to an obviously broken concept? Most of those complaining feel systemd falls into the "shred it and start over" category, not the "needs a few patches" one.

  11. Re:Problems with Linux that should have been solve on Does Systemd Make Linux Complex, Error-Prone, and Unstable? (ungleich.ch) · · Score: 1

    SELinux is not hard to deal with, especially in targetted mode. Otherwise I agree.

  12. What a load ... on Did Programming Language Flaws Create Insecure Apps? (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    The examples given mostly have nothing to do with the languages having vulnerabilities at all (I only read the Python section as I'm most familiar).
    For goodness sake, none of those were privilege escalation or remote access attack vectors. Yes, if you allow the user to specify their environment variables (like PAGER and EDITOR) they'll get executed *as that user* which is known behaviour.

  13. Re:most servers boards have ipmi with own nic on System76 Will Disable Intel Management Engine On Its Linux Laptops (liliputing.com) · · Score: 1

    They'll just embed the NIC controller in the CPU alongside the memory controller and the VGA garbage.

  14. Re:Android more secure than macOS on Recent Blu Update Locks Users out of Their Phones (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly what I was thinking -- if a backdoor were available, this wouldn't be such a problem for those involved lol.

  15. So wait, you *support* Apple charging more for a device with less technology?
    I'm sorry but I know who I'm going to mock, and its you.

  16. They obviously didn't test it against a modern 4k phone display like https://www.sonymobile.com/ca-...
    458ppi? Try 806. What a laugh.

  17. Public keys on Why Are We Still Using Passwords? (securityledger.com) · · Score: 1

    Public key cryptography has been the solution for a long time, we've just shot ourselves in the feet by not implementing it on the client side.

    Client-side certificates for instance, SSH keys, PGP/GPG keys -- they're all examples of public key cryptography that works to secure data and requires the user to only remember one good password instead of many.

  18. Certificates please on With Rising Database Breaches, Two-Factor Authentication Also At Risk (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    We have had client-side certificates forever. They make HTTPS more secure, they make us safer, they solve most of our password problems. Why aren't we using them?

    Also the frequently changed complex password requirements make passwords less safe, not more.

    https://www.engadget.com/2017/...

  19. If you live in Canada, there's a federal commissioner for privacy you can contact. In Ontario specifically, you should be filling out this form:
    https://www.ipc.on.ca/wp-conte...

    Details:
    https://www.ipc.on.ca/privacy/...

  20. Re:Idiotic school IT admins cause trouble. on Teenage Hackers Motivated By Morality Not Money, Study Finds (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I would strongly suspect (from experience) that the kid did do it just for the challenge.

  21. "Why haven't you done it" is the most idiotic open source response in the world designed to put people in their place as though somehow a person who can't write software (or doesn't have time) doesn't deserve an opinion.

  22. Re:KeePass on Ask Slashdot: Should You Use Password Managers? · · Score: 1

    Only if the encryption routines in the software are securely implemented and only if there isn't an error in the libraries they linked to and only if and only if ... encryption code isn't cut and paste easy. Its a complex concept.

  23. ECC memory has been available for a long time and most servers use it, I have no idea why voting machines and other important devices wouldn't.

  24. Re:Reason to learn C++ on Is IoT a Reason To Learn C? (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    C++ is not C and C is not C++.

  25. Re:snarky: managed languages RulZ! on Is IoT a Reason To Learn C? (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    Then again if you claim to be a programmer who can't pick up python in a few sittings, you don't deserve the title.