The site reports that the code to break out works on Solaris and Linux. No mention is made of OpenBSD. It does say that FreeBSD is not vulnerable to the attack.
There are several branches of FreeBSD. The two active ones are v4 and v5. v5 is new and not ready for production as stated by FreeBSD. Somewhere they warn not to use it for production at this time. v4 is much more stable. If you are learning FreeBSD, it will not hurt to try out either of them.
Personally, I am updating my boxes to 4.8--cvsup is a wonderful tool--as we speak. It may be safer for you to start there on solid ground.
You would not happen to have a simple example of using dummynet along with ipf or know of a good starter doc? I have ipf and ipnat set up the way I like, but I would love to play around with the traffic shaping and queuing.
That article about giving ARP's higher priority sparked my *need* for it.:)
Maybe they should try a style more like FreeBSD
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They already have the idea of a core. All they need now is to create a level of developers with commit permission to take the load off the hands of a few committers.
There are established rules to how to be a committer.
The modern BSD license is oftern called public domain with credit. BSD code may be redistributed under any license as long as credit is given to the developers.
That is the older BSD-style license. The two-clause license does not even require credit, although I have no problem with giving credit.
I prefer to comment when I have something to say that I think would be useful. Most comments on SlashDot are what I would consider to be no-op's (repeats, trolls, yes-men, no-men, blah).
What could I actually say about the short delay in release: nothing. I understand why, so I am satisfied with the decision. I sent in two fixes just last week for FreeBSD. That is probably where you'll find me.:)
RTM:) Specifically, dummynet is the part that does queueing.
I just need to find out how to do this with ipf instead of ipfw.
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The demand for these remastered prints wouldn't be high enough to sustain the cost because in general American anime fans aren't the kind who will rebuy everything when a new version comes out.
I could, but I think my wife will kill me.:) We both really enjoyed the episodes (1-26), but I have not bought the rest of the "series". You would not happen to have a link to what I should wait for and what I should buy? I became confused with the additional movies after the original episodes ended. For example, episodes 25 and 26 are additional, yes?
I definitely do not want to buy the rest if they will only be released new-and-improved within a year.
The problem with this comparison is that BSD code never loses its freedom. As a person, I can lose my freedom, but code is closer to an idea. Yes, you may copy it, but you cannot stop it.
P.S. I am not considering patents which I dislike with a passion.
What is the ideal outcome, in your opinion, for copyright? I am not just referring to the length of time, but also whether you would like to see it abolished or not.
The reason I ask this is because I wonder how anyone could legally prevent GNU software from being distributed as closed source without copyright.
As an ex-DirecTV DSL customer, I am seeing it disappear as we speak. The only provider in my area is now SBC. Whether or not the FCC does anything, I see competition as being dead.
BTW, I would love the FCC to get rid of one regulation: the idiotic regulation that requires me to cancel DSL service before I can get another provider to even take an order. The same group comes out to disconnect me as will connect me five days later. I want to see down-times of hours not days nor weeks (if unlucky). How can people try out different competitors easily if they will have to wait so long?
Please note that I think an outright ban on human cloning is not a good idea, there is too much promise in the technology - just, we need to be very, very careful what we're doing with it.
Although I dislike the idea of cloning a whole human, being able to grow a new limb or heart by itself would not trouble me nearly as much.
I am still afraid that those 'scientists' and 'doctors' have little clue about what they are doing. I too can mix some chemicals around, but I have no idea about all of the consequences.
If I use the start of the mailing list archives as a guide, I would say both are about the same age (around April 2000). Both are still in alpha (check Subversion's status).
Personally, I would like a better comparison of these two.
The Clipper chip was a universal ENCRYPTION system so that people could NOT listen in.
It would allow the government, with a warrant, to easily snoop on anything. With the ease they can get warrants, this would not trouble you?
Currently ANYONE can listen in on your phone calls and internet messages.
With a encryption chip that did not have a back hole in it, NO ONE would have been able to intercept it. A back hole does mean that there is one more avenue for others (non-government) to attempt to break it.
This assumes it is not as easy to break as CSS was.
it didn't stop you from using your own encryption if you are concerned about that.
If I am concerned about my own encryption, why should I PAY to have a broken (in my eyes) chip placed into MY phone?
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The reason why :q! command in vi still works is because it was standardized in UNIX a long time ago and never changed.
:)) on your computer along with vi does not change :q!. This is the same.
Having Emacs (yuck!
For Linux, it was closer to going from vi to ee to emacs for the base editor.
My mistake. I thought it used copyright law. :)
Sigh. Time for some more slapping. One: The GPL is not an EULA. One more time: THE GPL IS NOT AN EULA.
They are different licenses (i.e., EULA, BSDL, GPL, LGPL), but they all use copyright law to enforce them. They are the same in that respect.
You can always improve something, (except coca cola).
:)
New Coke proved your point.
The site reports that the code to break out works on Solaris and Linux. No mention is made of OpenBSD. It does say that FreeBSD is not vulnerable to the attack.
There are several branches of FreeBSD. The two active ones are v4 and v5. v5 is new and not ready for production as stated by FreeBSD. Somewhere they warn not to use it for production at this time. v4 is much more stable. If you are learning FreeBSD, it will not hurt to try out either of them.
Personally, I am updating my boxes to 4.8--cvsup is a wonderful tool--as we speak. It may be safer for you to start there on solid ground.
The JRE used with FreeBSD looks a bit out of date. I have JDK v1.3.1 (native) installed on my box. I have not used v1.1.8 in quite some time.
Give it a whirl.
Thank you. I will.
P.S. You may want to also munge the link just under your name on each post if you want to protect you cable connection.
You would not happen to have a simple example of using dummynet along with ipf or know of a good starter doc? I have ipf and ipnat set up the way I like, but I would love to play around with the traffic shaping and queuing.
:)
That article about giving ARP's higher priority sparked my *need* for it.
They already have the idea of a core. All they need now is to create a level of developers with commit permission to take the load off the hands of a few committers.
:)
There are established rules to how to be a committer.
Most important are the perks!
I keep thinking Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). With the topic being spam, it would make sense.
The modern BSD license is oftern called public domain with credit. BSD code may be redistributed under any license as long as credit is given to the developers.
That is the older BSD-style license. The two-clause license does not even require credit, although I have no problem with giving credit.
I prefer to comment when I have something to say that I think would be useful. Most comments on SlashDot are what I would consider to be no-op's (repeats, trolls, yes-men, no-men, blah).
:)
What could I actually say about the short delay in release: nothing. I understand why, so I am satisfied with the decision. I sent in two fixes just last week for FreeBSD. That is probably where you'll find me.
Personally, I like the text advertisements better than graphical advertisements. I usually tune-out (mentally) those graphical ads.
I found my answer: IPF FreeBSD FAQ
:)
Stuff to play with tonight.
RTM :) Specifically, dummynet is the part that does queueing.
I just need to find out how to do this with ipf instead of ipfw.
The demand for these remastered prints wouldn't be high enough to sustain the cost because in general American anime fans aren't the kind who will rebuy everything when a new version comes out.
:) We both really enjoyed the episodes (1-26), but I have not bought the rest of the "series". You would not happen to have a link to what I should wait for and what I should buy? I became confused with the additional movies after the original episodes ended. For example, episodes 25 and 26 are additional, yes?
I could, but I think my wife will kill me.
I definitely do not want to buy the rest if they will only be released new-and-improved within a year.
Yes.
Are you using an IPv4 proxy?
The problem with this comparison is that BSD code never loses its freedom. As a person, I can lose my freedom, but code is closer to an idea. Yes, you may copy it, but you cannot stop it.
P.S. I am not considering patents which I dislike with a passion.
What is the ideal outcome, in your opinion, for copyright? I am not just referring to the length of time, but also whether you would like to see it abolished or not.
The reason I ask this is because I wonder how anyone could legally prevent GNU software from being distributed as closed source without copyright.
As an ex-DirecTV DSL customer, I am seeing it disappear as we speak. The only provider in my area is now SBC. Whether or not the FCC does anything, I see competition as being dead.
BTW, I would love the FCC to get rid of one regulation: the idiotic regulation that requires me to cancel DSL service before I can get another provider to even take an order. The same group comes out to disconnect me as will connect me five days later. I want to see down-times of hours not days nor weeks (if unlucky). How can people try out different competitors easily if they will have to wait so long?
Please note that I think an outright ban on human cloning is not a good idea, there is too much promise in the technology - just, we need to be very, very careful what we're doing with it.
/me as a chemist: "Oops. Nerve gas. <thud>"
Although I dislike the idea of cloning a whole human, being able to grow a new limb or heart by itself would not trouble me nearly as much.
I am still afraid that those 'scientists' and 'doctors' have little clue about what they are doing. I too can mix some chemicals around, but I have no idea about all of the consequences.
If I use the start of the mailing list archives as a guide, I would say both are about the same age (around April 2000). Both are still in alpha (check Subversion's status).
Personally, I would like a better comparison of these two.
The Clipper chip was a universal ENCRYPTION system so that people could NOT listen in.
It would allow the government, with a warrant, to easily snoop on anything. With the ease they can get warrants, this would not trouble you?
Currently ANYONE can listen in on your phone calls and internet messages.
With a encryption chip that did not have a back hole in it, NO ONE would have been able to intercept it. A back hole does mean that there is one more avenue for others (non-government) to attempt to break it.
This assumes it is not as easy to break as CSS was.
it didn't stop you from using your own encryption if you are concerned about that.
If I am concerned about my own encryption, why should I PAY to have a broken (in my eyes) chip placed into MY phone?