"The Xerox lawsuit was dismissed because the presiding judge dismissed most of Xerox's complaints as being inappropriate for a variety of legal reasons"
Look under the Adoption by Apple section: "The first successful commercial GUI product was the Apple Macintosh, which was heavily inspired by PARC's work; Xerox was allowed to buy pre-IPO stock from Apple, in exchange for engineer visits and an understanding that Apple would create a GUI product "
And:
"However, Apple's designs included quite a few concepts that were not part of (or were non-trivial advances to) the prototype developed at PARC. For example[6]: The mouse was not invented at PARC, but by Douglas Engelbart in 1963, Apple's mouse was an improvement on PARC's version. Unlike the Macintosh, PARC's prototype was incapable of any direct manipulation of widgets. Unlike the Macintosh, PARC's prototype did not feature Menu bars, or pull-down menu, nor the trash. Unlike the Macintosh, PARC's windows could not overlap each other."
Oh and about the Xerox lawsuit: "The Xerox lawsuit was dismissed because the presiding judge dismissed most of Xerox's complaints as being inappropriate for a variety of legal reasons"
Ever thought that Gadget freaks are not the target market for the iPhone?!
I write software for my day job, and the last thing I want to do when I'm on my own time is piss around with tweaking / rooting / fiddling with my phone. I just want it to work. Calendars, email, apps, online banking the whole thing.
So, for/me/, an iPhone is the best phone I could have. Smart phone that doesn't require endless support to "Just Work".
Sorry that you guys aren't enjoying the iPhone, but to be fair, its all about what works for you, and the iPhone works for/most/ people. And for the others there is Windows Phone or Android. Just don't under-estimate the amount of people that/don't/ want to tweak their phone all the time!
Yup, as Lar's said, its a criminal act (snooping on peoples private communications is not allowed. RIPA and the Computer Misuse Act would be the first two that come to mind).
I've seen what happened when a (non-IT) user put a keyboard logger (one of those hardwired plug in ones) into a managers keyboard to capture her password, then try and use her access to authorize a 20k loan payment. Police + FSA = Carnage. Marched out in hand-cuffs...
I'd suggest you look up Man in the Middle attacks (because thats what this is)...
Your browser will/think/ it is connecting to www.securesite.com but its actually connecting to www.companyproxy.com which has issued a (fake / self generated on the fly) certificate for securesite.com and the proxy server then connects itself to the site you were originally attempting to access.
So you think its
You ==> Secure Site but its actually
You (encrypted to) ==> Proxy ==> Secure Site.
No need for the other endpoints private key at all.
I hope you are not doing this in the UK... Its a breach of both the Data Protection Act and the Human Rights Act.
And whilst we (I work for a very large bank in the UK) block email and (lots) of other sites, just accessing (or attempting to) would not be a HR matter. e.g. we block youtube, and the amount of IT sites that include embedded links to videos (that are then blocked by the proxy server) are insane. Its hardly someones fault that it "looks like" they were trying to access a blocked site, when they didn't even know it was embedded in the webpage they meant to access. Same goes for twitter links, Facebook like links etc.
We are strongly regulated and log lots of things, but I would be concerned by your words of things like "fair game" etc. If it was found that IT (or anyone) looked through a users web history, or emails / phone calls etc without permission from HR, Legal and Director level management, that person would be handed over on a plate to the police.
No, that wouldn't work. Microsoft TMG has this capability and it validates the SSL certificates that it receives including checking the certificate subject name matches the URL it is trying to access.
So even if you managed to use your hosts file to make it think IP 1.2.3.4 was for www.allowedsite.com when it is really www.bannedsite.com, the certificate wouldn't match and the connection would be dropped (and logged with an alert)
The certificates weren't legit. Whoever created them used a vunrability in the signing algorithm for the MS Terminal Services license cert to make it look like they had a certificate from Microsoft.
Stupid coding by MS but it doesn't show that they were complicit in the release of Flame.
Whilst I guess I fit the Young and Male (29 so young ish!), my team of 5 has two great female developers. And my previous manager was a female developer promoted (best boss ever to be fair)
And my boyfriend.... Meh, wasn't too bad, except it made me feel really old. I'm 29 and there were people in the queue for tickets saying things like "This came out the first time before I was born!"
It doesn't need a firmware restore on the iPhone. All it needs is the Operator to update Apple's records.
Once that has been done and you put another SIM-card into the iPhone for a different operator, it will contact Apple's servers and check if the phone is unlocked before allowing that SIM to be used.
I've done the exact same thing with my 3GS and 4 (with O2 in the UK, but its the same principle)
Loud... I have an HP Itanium rx2660 which as my boyfriend and I now live in a flat, is in our bedroom... Its crazy loud, and can barely hear the Dell 2950 and T620 over it!
Yes, I do have the most understanding boyfriend ever!
Slashdot Mirror
"The Xerox lawsuit was dismissed because the presiding judge dismissed most of Xerox's complaints as being inappropriate for a variety of legal reasons"
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARC_(company)
and http://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/24/business/most-of-xerox-s-suit-against-apple-barred.html
"A Federal judge today dismissed almost all the closely watched copyright lawsuit filed by the Xerox Corporation against Apple Computer Inc."
You can sue for anything (in the US at least). Winning.... Whole different matter.
Wonder over to your favorite search engine and search for 'apple xerox parc'
The first link is the wikipedia link (for me anyhow)
for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARC_(company)
Look under the Adoption by Apple section:
"The first successful commercial GUI product was the Apple Macintosh, which was heavily inspired by PARC's work; Xerox was allowed to buy pre-IPO stock from Apple, in exchange for engineer visits and an understanding that Apple would create a GUI product "
And:
"However, Apple's designs included quite a few concepts that were not part of (or were non-trivial advances to) the prototype developed at PARC. For example[6]:
The mouse was not invented at PARC, but by Douglas Engelbart in 1963, Apple's mouse was an improvement on PARC's version.
Unlike the Macintosh, PARC's prototype was incapable of any direct manipulation of widgets.
Unlike the Macintosh, PARC's prototype did not feature Menu bars, or pull-down menu, nor the trash.
Unlike the Macintosh, PARC's windows could not overlap each other."
Oh and about the Xerox lawsuit:
"The Xerox lawsuit was dismissed because the presiding judge dismissed most of Xerox's complaints as being inappropriate for a variety of legal reasons"
You DO know that Apple licensed those features from Xerox, right?
Licensed, not copied without permission...
Ever thought that Gadget freaks are not the target market for the iPhone?!
I write software for my day job, and the last thing I want to do when I'm on my own time is piss around with tweaking / rooting / fiddling with my phone. I just want it to work. Calendars, email, apps, online banking the whole thing.
So, for /me/, an iPhone is the best phone I could have. Smart phone that doesn't require endless support to "Just Work".
Sorry that you guys aren't enjoying the iPhone, but to be fair, its all about what works for you, and the iPhone works for /most/ people. And for the others there is Windows Phone or Android. Just don't under-estimate the amount of people that /don't/ want to tweak their phone all the time!
You hate Apple because they required you to update your operating system when you installed a new development kit?
Seriously?
If thats enough for you to hate a company, then you may want to look at anger management classes.
Best of luck with iPhone development on Fedora then.
Aww bless you for trying! What color is the sky in /your/ world ;-)
Yup, as Lar's said, its a criminal act (snooping on peoples private communications is not allowed. RIPA and the Computer Misuse Act would be the first two that come to mind).
I've seen what happened when a (non-IT) user put a keyboard logger (one of those hardwired plug in ones) into a managers keyboard to capture her password, then try and use her access to authorize a 20k loan payment. Police + FSA = Carnage. Marched out in hand-cuffs...
Yup, looks like your right.
All it'll take is someone in his company to complain to the ICO and both the company and him will be facing a rather hefty fine...
Admittedly he could have been exaggerating in his comment (and for /his/ sake I hope so, the ICO are pretty harsh)
Uh yes they do!
Cisco make the Ironports that are even mentioned in the summary. And you can do it with the Cisco ASA's if you want.
He needs to Google it because he doesn't seem to understand what this is all about!
I'd suggest you look up Man in the Middle attacks (because thats what this is)...
Your browser will /think/ it is connecting to www.securesite.com but its actually connecting to www.companyproxy.com which has issued a (fake / self generated on the fly) certificate for securesite.com and the proxy server then connects itself to the site you were originally attempting to access.
So you think its
You ==> Secure Site
but its actually
You (encrypted to) ==> Proxy ==> Secure Site.
No need for the other endpoints private key at all.
MITM attacks... Google it!
I hope you are not doing this in the UK... Its a breach of both the Data Protection Act and the Human Rights Act.
And whilst we (I work for a very large bank in the UK) block email and (lots) of other sites, just accessing (or attempting to) would not be a HR matter. e.g. we block youtube, and the amount of IT sites that include embedded links to videos (that are then blocked by the proxy server) are insane. Its hardly someones fault that it "looks like" they were trying to access a blocked site, when they didn't even know it was embedded in the webpage they meant to access. Same goes for twitter links, Facebook like links etc.
We are strongly regulated and log lots of things, but I would be concerned by your words of things like "fair game" etc. If it was found that IT (or anyone) looked through a users web history, or emails / phone calls etc without permission from HR, Legal and Director level management, that person would be handed over on a plate to the police.
No, that wouldn't work. Microsoft TMG has this capability and it validates the SSL certificates that it receives including checking the certificate subject name matches the URL it is trying to access.
So even if you managed to use your hosts file to make it think IP 1.2.3.4 was for www.allowedsite.com when it is really www.bannedsite.com, the certificate wouldn't match and the connection would be dropped (and logged with an alert)
You could read the article and see that the Vaio is even referenced in the patent itself...
The certificates weren't legit. Whoever created them used a vunrability in the signing algorithm for the MS Terminal Services license cert to make it look like they had a certificate from Microsoft.
Stupid coding by MS but it doesn't show that they were complicit in the release of Flame.
iOS can do all of that when combined with either a MDM server (including Apple's one on Lion Server) or using configuration profiles.
With the HP Microserver (I bought one yesterday) would you use a RAID card or just standalone drives?
How can the licensing know the difference between a "retired" server and an active server?
Thats why you have to pay more to use a "server class" hardware system with a "desktop class" operating system.
Java is not included with Chrome. You are thinking of Flash....
Why not just untick the 'Enable Java' checkbox under Security in Safari Preferences?
As the next Java update will put those plugin's back.
Whilst I guess I fit the Young and Male (29 so young ish!), my team of 5 has two great female developers. And my previous manager was a female developer promoted (best boss ever to be fair)
So its not all sexist around here...
When Apple bought NeXT, Steve Jobs was not running Apple.... Gil Amelio was.
And my boyfriend.... Meh, wasn't too bad, except it made me feel really old. I'm 29 and there were people in the queue for tickets saying things like "This came out the first time before I was born!"
It doesn't need a firmware restore on the iPhone. All it needs is the Operator to update Apple's records.
Once that has been done and you put another SIM-card into the iPhone for a different operator, it will contact Apple's servers and check if the phone is unlocked before allowing that SIM to be used.
I've done the exact same thing with my 3GS and 4 (with O2 in the UK, but its the same principle)
Loud... I have an HP Itanium rx2660 which as my boyfriend and I now live in a flat, is in our bedroom... Its crazy loud, and can barely hear the Dell 2950 and T620 over it!
Yes, I do have the most understanding boyfriend ever!