I don't see how this could be a surprise because isn't this type of behaviour standard now for any kind of governing body in business? I thought that one of the major complaints about most modern board of directors is that they have long stopped operating in the public, or even their own company's or organization's, interests?
I think a virus with a 15 minute life would be a good idea. It could pop in, say 'gotcha,' a little 'how's your father,' and then retire with a little dignity. Too many viruses nowadays overstay their welcome and just wind up looking kind of pathetic. Every now and then I hear about Nimba or even Michelangelo trying to make a comeback with the Wizards and kind of ruins the memory of them from when they were in their prime. The good ones...they leave the game before the game leaves them...
But what about patches that require a reboot or shut down services?
It may also cause more trouble than it would solve if the patch causes problems and the administrator did not have a chance to test it first in a non-production environment.
I guess the bigger question is with the rise of fast-spreading worms, does an unpatched server become a public nusance? If so, could you sue someone if they didn't keep up-to-date on security patches and get infected by something?
nat is bad....yadda yadda yadda...IPv6 will solve the world's problems.....yadda yadda yadda....everybody gets an ip and a bright orgasmic future....something something something.
It's late and I'm too tried to try
Of course, a network's weakest point is often the people who use it. Firewalls and security patches do not mean a lot if a user gives information out to anyone who calls their extension and acts like a manager from another department. Hardware is only part of the solution.
Seems like a great idea until one time you think you are getting a BMW but when you drive off you find that it is a mis-labeled Tempo that is prone to sudden jarring stops and then quits early before you reach your final destination.
Don't forget that there are other things for a person to spend money on. DVDs, video games, etc. The money goes where the entertainment is. If tickets to see a movie or concert go up, that means there is less for CDs.
If DNF isn't finished in the next year, I wish 3D Realms would just release the character in the public domain and let fans make a DN mod for something. I bet a decent DN game could have come for each engine by now.
Don't forget Frisbee.
I think it was Sharp or Sony that tried releasing a copier called a xerox machine. Their arguement was that xerox had become a generic term for a copier.
For a subpoena to work, you have to know something about the person you want to drag into court. I've known of some spammers that have done a very good job of concealing themselves and are quite adapt at disappearing rather quickly.
This isn't designed to spy on an amway salesman that CC's everyone in his contact list, but the advanced spammer that does a good job covering their tracks.
And just wait...I'm sure Ashcroft will come out with a terrorism/spam link soon.
I don't think European interest in Linux stems from a grand philosophical awakening, but from good-old-fashioned-nationalism. Why wouldn't a German politican want the money to go to SUSE instead of MS?
I think the issue comes down to that of trust. If AV technology becomes part of the OS, do you trust MS not to use it to their advantage? There are a lot of things that could be done, and with their massive push of DRM as the next-big-thing in windows, a lot of those things worry me.
I wouldn't put it past them to expand the anti-virus model to all sorts of things. Of course MS wouldn't be so foolish as to release a pure spyware app, but they do tend to do things that appear to benefit the consumer while increasing their reliance on MS. There is always a catch, maybe not in version 1.0, but later on.
Have one person assigned to be in charge of the network. Nothing is worse than having three or four people, that _kinda_ know what they are doing, all trying to do things their own way.
I wonder if you can use an anti-virus program to scan for copyrighted files? If used in conjuction with a subscription system, would it be possible for a modified AV program to detect what software you have running and if you have a valid subscription or not.
From my understanding of the article, there are changes to the hardware on the sending end. So unless everyone has that FastTCP hardware, there wouldn't be a dramatic increase in BitTorrent performance.
but if they did....whoa lordy lookout! one runaway freight train of warez and porn a' comin!
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I don't see how this could be a surprise because isn't this type of behaviour standard now for any kind of governing body in business? I thought that one of the major complaints about most modern board of directors is that they have long stopped operating in the public, or even their own company's or organization's, interests?
I think a virus with a 15 minute life would be a good idea. It could pop in, say 'gotcha,' a little 'how's your father,' and then retire with a little dignity. Too many viruses nowadays overstay their welcome and just wind up looking kind of pathetic. Every now and then I hear about Nimba or even Michelangelo trying to make a comeback with the Wizards and kind of ruins the memory of them from when they were in their prime. The good ones...they leave the game before the game leaves them...
But what about patches that require a reboot or shut down services?
It may also cause more trouble than it would solve if the patch causes problems and the administrator did not have a chance to test it first in a non-production environment.
I guess the bigger question is with the rise of fast-spreading worms, does an unpatched server become a public nusance? If so, could you sue someone if they didn't keep up-to-date on security patches and get infected by something?
nat is bad....yadda yadda yadda...IPv6 will solve the world's problems.....yadda yadda yadda....everybody gets an ip and a bright orgasmic future....something something something. It's late and I'm too tried to try
Of course, a network's weakest point is often the people who use it. Firewalls and security patches do not mean a lot if a user gives information out to anyone who calls their extension and acts like a manager from another department. Hardware is only part of the solution.
Seems like a great idea until one time you think you are getting a BMW but when you drive off you find that it is a mis-labeled Tempo that is prone to sudden jarring stops and then quits early before you reach your final destination.
Don't forget that there are other things for a person to spend money on. DVDs, video games, etc. The money goes where the entertainment is. If tickets to see a movie or concert go up, that means there is less for CDs.
If DNF isn't finished in the next year, I wish 3D Realms would just release the character in the public domain and let fans make a DN mod for something. I bet a decent DN game could have come for each engine by now.
Yep...too much hype beforehand, the plot sucks, everyone knows how it is going to end, and it is probably only the first of a series.
If you say 'Apple' to a lot of people they will think of an exensive computer in a funny case. Does that mean Apple can be generic term?
Don't forget Frisbee. I think it was Sharp or Sony that tried releasing a copier called a xerox machine. Their arguement was that xerox had become a generic term for a copier.
But in the case of Xerox, the name become a generic phrase for ALL copiers. Hell, it was and still is used at a verb!
What does the word 'Unix' refer to? Servers? An OS? I never heard anyone with a bit of sense refer to ALL OSes as 'Unix.'
Now I have heard people say 'Windows' when referring to an OS. MS has more to fear in regards to losing a trademark than anyone else.
For a subpoena to work, you have to know something about the person you want to drag into court. I've known of some spammers that have done a very good job of concealing themselves and are quite adapt at disappearing rather quickly.
This isn't designed to spy on an amway salesman that CC's everyone in his contact list, but the advanced spammer that does a good job covering their tracks.
And just wait...I'm sure Ashcroft will come out with a terrorism/spam link soon.
I don't think European interest in Linux stems from a grand philosophical awakening, but from good-old-fashioned-nationalism. Why wouldn't a German politican want the money to go to SUSE instead of MS?
I think the issue comes down to that of trust. If AV technology becomes part of the OS, do you trust MS not to use it to their advantage? There are a lot of things that could be done, and with their massive push of DRM as the next-big-thing in windows, a lot of those things worry me.
I wouldn't put it past them to expand the anti-virus model to all sorts of things. Of course MS wouldn't be so foolish as to release a pure spyware app, but they do tend to do things that appear to benefit the consumer while increasing their reliance on MS. There is always a catch, maybe not in version 1.0, but later on.
Have one person assigned to be in charge of the network. Nothing is worse than having three or four people, that _kinda_ know what they are doing, all trying to do things their own way.
I wonder if you can use an anti-virus program to scan for copyrighted files? If used in conjuction with a subscription system, would it be possible for a modified AV program to detect what software you have running and if you have a valid subscription or not.
not to get all paranoid or anything...
The difference (in Fast TCP) is in the software and hardware on the sending computer
I suggest you RFTAFrom my understanding of the article, there are changes to the hardware on the sending end. So unless everyone has that FastTCP hardware, there wouldn't be a dramatic increase in BitTorrent performance.
but if they did....whoa lordy lookout! one runaway freight train of warez and porn a' comin!