I didn't say I wanted them to destroy health care or education, I said they should spend MORE on it. And campaign finance reform is a very broad term, if we the US could make it to the moon they should be able to figure out a way to keep politicians from recieving what are essentially bribes while still allowing for a fair election.
Howso? Who is Gray Davis sueing other than the state of California in order to try to get on the ballot as a candidate? The whole situation in California is fucked, the fact that a recall election can be held because less than 10% of your population signed a form is rediculous. Hopefully Davis will remain in office, it would be a disaster if he was removed and his replacement was chosen by a plurality of votes, perhaps as few as 10%.
Why is it you think this should be illegal to distribute? It would probably be safest to keep this material out of the hands of minors, but what gives you the right to tell someone else what they can and cannot see? In my opinion the government should spend less time monitoring and governing lifestyle issues (drugs, alcohol, porn, hookers, gambleing, etc.) and spend more time on issues like health care, education, and campaign finance reform.
Yay! now we have another license to rant about and compare with GPL/BSD!! But seriously, why does apple need a new free software license? Aren't the ones being used now sufficient?
Licensees will now have the choice of providing source code to either just the users of the code or (as before) to the general public (Section 2.2(c)).
What does this mean? Could one restrict who is allowed to use the code and thereby restrict who may view the source? In a commercial application this means that one could produce a program and then sell it and only allow purchasers to view the source, correct?
What about taking into consideration types of services offered? I had Verizon up until about 3 months ago when I decided I wanted to upgrade my phone. I found that Verizon had no GSM network and after talking on the phone with some representitives I found there was no plan to implement one either. The phone I wanted (ericsson t68i) was a tri-band GSM phone, so I decided to switch networks. I now have T-Mobile, and I admit that their coverage is not quite as good as Verizon's, but I have found it is getting better (I was in blacksburg, Va. in June and there was no service, I went back in July and had full coverage all over town.) Also you have to take into consideration the location of the individuals being polled. Some providers have excellent service in various regions, but very poor service elsewhere.
The security people at my office were talking about this vulnerability yesterday in our monthly meeting, they were saying it is likely going to be worse than slammer/code red/etc (which the article seems to back up)... Do you guys think this is that serious of a threat? A lot of what they were saying sounded like worst case scenario kind of stuff, hopefully it will not be that large of an issue. One interesting thing that the security people mentioned, that the article doesn't, is that windows 98/windows 98se is vulnerable but Microsoft has not released a patch because they no longer support the product.
Uhm, what are you talking about? With a public/private key encryption algorithm anything encrypted with the public key can only be decrypted with the private key. Doofus.
For example, one common filename for passwords is "bash history".
This guy is a security consultant? Come on, what admin in their right mind would enter a password in cleartext on the command line and allow it to be stored in ~/.bash_history? The first thing I do when I log onto a box is link bash_history to/dev/null, just out of habit. The security problem isn't google's fault, it is stupid admin's who don't know what they are doing.
"We" are complaining that they are not making the source freely available, it is very different. We are complaining that they are NOT shareing information with the community, they are complaining that we ARE sharing information with the community. The posts about MPAA/RIAA/DMCA violating our rights are in fact arguing the same thing as posts about companies no abiding by the GPL. "We" think that information should be free to be used by everyone and not burdened by restrictive silly licenses, copyrights, and patents.
I read the article. It said that SBC thinks they should have recieved the documents in a california court, and that they are worded to broadly. Like I said, even if this argument wins wouldn't it just lead to the RIAA rewriting the subpeonas and submitting them in california? The arguement that following the DMCA will break a contractual agreement won't work (I dont think).
I am totally against the DMCA, but how much of a chance do you think SBC has of winning? It looks like they are basically saying that by following the DMCA they will be breaking a contractual agreement with their costumers, but this will not hold up in court (or will it?) I suppose the arguement that the RIAA did not follow procedure could work, but one would assume that would just lead to the RIAA re-filing using proper procedure. In any case, it is nice that some people are still fighting this and not just bending over for the RIAA like some companies (comcast).
Well, he had been there before so they kind of expected him to show up I guess. The IT people called the police and they came and didn't really know what to do other than ask for his license and registration. When the police showed up the IT people came outside and looked at his computer and found the MAC address which matched the ones in their logs.
The case was dropped, they really didn't have any hard evidence and the law is very grey in this area since there are no real precedents. The police have retained his laptop for a long time though, they keep giving him the run around when he tries to get it back.
My friend got busted for war driving (hacking into WAPs) and the police showed up and took his laptop, gps gear, antenna, and all. He was aquitted of all charges yet he still hasn't gotten his laptop back, they are still "examining it" or some shit. They have had it for almost a year. So I can assure you that the government can and will take your whole computer if they want to.
SecureIDE connects to your IDE hard disk and has a special decoder; without a special key
So what they are saying is their algorithm is proprietary and is therefore likely insecure? I thought people stopped believing in/hyping security by obscurity years ago... Or maybe that's just wishful thinking? Hell, for all we know they could be using xor encryption or some such crap. I don't trust any encryption algorithm that I can't see.
while ((c = getc(unencrypted)) != EOF) {
if (!*cp) cp = "key\0";
c ^= *(cp++);
putc(c,encrypted);
}
3y3 y4m l33t, c4tch m3 1f y0u c4n RIAA. heh.
In addition, if there is no key does that mean there is no local security? If someone just took your whole rig mobo and all would they be able to access your files since whatever algorithm they are using must be embedded in the board?
You can't reasonably expect every Linux distributor to read the entire kernel source.
Uhm, what the hell? Yes you can! If some company is selling a linux distribution with support for upwards of $100 they damn well better have read every line of code and had a good understanding of why it is there! If a 13 year old kid can do it, they can too.
I agree, nobody has that right. However, it just seems kind of rediculous... I just don't understand how people can justify paying that kind of money for a costume. It isn't really a comment on any one individual but on the market in general, this sort of thing is priced at a point the market will bare. It's interesting that being the proud owner of supermans spandex jumpsuit is such an exciting prospect to some people that they will pay twice the average American's annual salary for it.
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I didn't say I wanted them to destroy health care or education, I said they should spend MORE on it. And campaign finance reform is a very broad term, if we the US could make it to the moon they should be able to figure out a way to keep politicians from recieving what are essentially bribes while still allowing for a fair election.
Howso? Who is Gray Davis sueing other than the state of California in order to try to get on the ballot as a candidate? The whole situation in California is fucked, the fact that a recall election can be held because less than 10% of your population signed a form is rediculous. Hopefully Davis will remain in office, it would be a disaster if he was removed and his replacement was chosen by a plurality of votes, perhaps as few as 10%.
Why is it you think this should be illegal to distribute? It would probably be safest to keep this material out of the hands of minors, but what gives you the right to tell someone else what they can and cannot see? In my opinion the government should spend less time monitoring and governing lifestyle issues (drugs, alcohol, porn, hookers, gambleing, etc.) and spend more time on issues like health care, education, and campaign finance reform.
Yay! now we have another license to rant about and compare with GPL/BSD!! But seriously, why does apple need a new free software license? Aren't the ones being used now sufficient?
Licensees will now have the choice of providing source code to either just the users of the code or (as before) to the general public (Section 2.2(c)).
What does this mean? Could one restrict who is allowed to use the code and thereby restrict who may view the source? In a commercial application this means that one could produce a program and then sell it and only allow purchasers to view the source, correct?
What about taking into consideration types of services offered? I had Verizon up until about 3 months ago when I decided I wanted to upgrade my phone. I found that Verizon had no GSM network and after talking on the phone with some representitives I found there was no plan to implement one either. The phone I wanted (ericsson t68i) was a tri-band GSM phone, so I decided to switch networks. I now have T-Mobile, and I admit that their coverage is not quite as good as Verizon's, but I have found it is getting better (I was in blacksburg, Va. in June and there was no service, I went back in July and had full coverage all over town.) Also you have to take into consideration the location of the individuals being polled. Some providers have excellent service in various regions, but very poor service elsewhere.
Although this is flamebait, I totally agree. This guy is an asshat, his writing style makes him seem like an egotistical bastard.
ah, I can see it now.
You are either with US, or you are with the TERRORISTS. We want YOU to upgrade to Windows XP!
According to the security people at my work Win98 is affected, and since Microsoft no longer supports it they didn't bother to write a patch.
Which port is it that you need to block?
The security people at my office were talking about this vulnerability yesterday in our monthly meeting, they were saying it is likely going to be worse than slammer/code red/etc (which the article seems to back up)... Do you guys think this is that serious of a threat? A lot of what they were saying sounded like worst case scenario kind of stuff, hopefully it will not be that large of an issue. One interesting thing that the security people mentioned, that the article doesn't, is that windows 98/windows 98se is vulnerable but Microsoft has not released a patch because they no longer support the product.
shouldn't he have sensed that guilt that should have come from his being a former roadie, and his current position as (supposedly moral) senator?
File sharing is moral
Oops, I'm sorry I take that back. I'm tired. You were referring to "admin's" in the body of my message. I guess you're right. Typos happen. :/
Uhm, go back to 5th grade. An apostrophe indicates possession.
Uhm, what are you talking about? With a public/private key encryption algorithm anything encrypted with the public key can only be decrypted with the private key. Doofus.
For example, one common filename for passwords is "bash history".
/dev/null, just out of habit. The security problem isn't google's fault, it is stupid admin's who don't know what they are doing.
This guy is a security consultant? Come on, what admin in their right mind would enter a password in cleartext on the command line and allow it to be stored in ~/.bash_history? The first thing I do when I log onto a box is link bash_history to
"We" are complaining that they are not making the source freely available, it is very different. We are complaining that they are NOT shareing information with the community, they are complaining that we ARE sharing information with the community. The posts about MPAA/RIAA/DMCA violating our rights are in fact arguing the same thing as posts about companies no abiding by the GPL. "We" think that information should be free to be used by everyone and not burdened by restrictive silly licenses, copyrights, and patents.
I read the article. It said that SBC thinks they should have recieved the documents in a california court, and that they are worded to broadly. Like I said, even if this argument wins wouldn't it just lead to the RIAA rewriting the subpeonas and submitting them in california? The arguement that following the DMCA will break a contractual agreement won't work (I dont think).
I am totally against the DMCA, but how much of a chance do you think SBC has of winning? It looks like they are basically saying that by following the DMCA they will be breaking a contractual agreement with their costumers, but this will not hold up in court (or will it?) I suppose the arguement that the RIAA did not follow procedure could work, but one would assume that would just lead to the RIAA re-filing using proper procedure. In any case, it is nice that some people are still fighting this and not just bending over for the RIAA like some companies (comcast).
Well, he had been there before so they kind of expected him to show up I guess. The IT people called the police and they came and didn't really know what to do other than ask for his license and registration. When the police showed up the IT people came outside and looked at his computer and found the MAC address which matched the ones in their logs.
The case was dropped, they really didn't have any hard evidence and the law is very grey in this area since there are no real precedents. The police have retained his laptop for a long time though, they keep giving him the run around when he tries to get it back.
sitting in the parking lot at the local college and the IT staff noticed an unauthorized mac address on the wireless lan
My friend got busted for war driving (hacking into WAPs) and the police showed up and took his laptop, gps gear, antenna, and all. He was aquitted of all charges yet he still hasn't gotten his laptop back, they are still "examining it" or some shit. They have had it for almost a year. So I can assure you that the government can and will take your whole computer if they want to.
SecureIDE connects to your IDE hard disk and has a special decoder; without a special key
So what they are saying is their algorithm is proprietary and is therefore likely insecure? I thought people stopped believing in/hyping security by obscurity years ago... Or maybe that's just wishful thinking? Hell, for all we know they could be using xor encryption or some such crap. I don't trust any encryption algorithm that I can't see.
while ((c = getc(unencrypted)) != EOF) { if (!*cp) cp = "key\0"; c ^= *(cp++); putc(c,encrypted); }
3y3 y4m l33t, c4tch m3 1f y0u c4n RIAA. heh.
In addition, if there is no key does that mean there is no local security? If someone just took your whole rig mobo and all would they be able to access your files since whatever algorithm they are using must be embedded in the board?
I can see the spooks at NSA laughing.
You can't reasonably expect every Linux distributor to read the entire kernel source.
Uhm, what the hell? Yes you can! If some company is selling a linux distribution with support for upwards of $100 they damn well better have read every line of code and had a good understanding of why it is there! If a 13 year old kid can do it, they can too.
Why did they have to include in the cyborg drawing a nice big flacid cyborg cock?
I agree, nobody has that right. However, it just seems kind of rediculous... I just don't understand how people can justify paying that kind of money for a costume. It isn't really a comment on any one individual but on the market in general, this sort of thing is priced at a point the market will bare. It's interesting that being the proud owner of supermans spandex jumpsuit is such an exciting prospect to some people that they will pay twice the average American's annual salary for it.