Interestingly enough, this is almost identical to the system I implemented for using USB flash drives as authentication tokens as my MSc thesis. I might put up the PDF of the project up if people are interested.
What specifically is stopping them from running Microsoft Office on the Mac? There's a native port, you know. (OK, it's PPC only, but runs fine in Rosetta).
Yes, that's why I'm serving 25 to life for being a security consultant and there is no such thing as a penetration testing industry. Why post if you have no idea?
It's for visibility. If you only have two lanes (i.e. one per direction) you quite often have to overtake slower traffic in the oncoming lane of traffic. For this to be succesful, you need to be able to SEE the oncoming lane - if you sat on the same side of the car as you drive on, you'd have no chance of overtaking safely because you'd not be able to see past the slow traffice.
This is a BIG deal in countries that are sparsely populated like Finland and Sweden, where the road system simply does not have the amount of traffic to warrant more than one lane per direction.
I have just written a masters thesis where I designed an authentication solution for Linux using plain old USB flash drives, Linux kernel level encryption and PGP. If there's any interest I might release the sources of a proof of concept in Python under a nice FOSS license, and/or put the thesis itself up on my website so any interested party could implement the system by themselves.
Email me at locust (at) sampsa (dot) com if you're interested.
Actually, it's not strictly necessary to enable SSL for secure logins provided the user has javascript enabled (Javascript, yes I know, urgh).
The easiest way to do it securely with Javascript would be to send a challenge to the client over regular HTTP, request the user's password, combine the challenge and password and run it through a hashing algo like MD5 or SHA to produce the respone.
The server then takes the challenge and the stored password, hashes them and if the hash matches that sent by the client, the client is authenticated. Voila', secure authentication without SSL, and the unencrypted password never went over the wire.
Actually, this guy called Paul Johnson did exactly this, and you can get JS implementations of a lot of crypto algorithms from his site.
Could be useful if you don't want to buy an SSL cert for a small personal site or something, but obviously is not a replacement for SSL, which provides other really Good Stuff (tm) such as the authentication of the server to the client.
PS: I'm in no way connected to this Paul Johnson guy, nor have I tested his code. Caveat lector.
I can verify this, in fact the first computer I ever used was a MikroMikko II which was Nokia's version a sort-of-PC-compatible machine that were sold in Finland and the Nordic markets, at least.
80186 based IIRC, MS-DOS with some weird Nokia modifications including a bunch of softkeys above the function key line that were application programmable, for example COMMAND.COM would map a series of DOS commands to each button.
It was a replacement for the CP/M MikroMikko I and was replaced by a more standard 286/386 MikroMikko III.
JVC already has a D-VHS recorder out that does compression....Hasn't anybody else actually checked out JVC's site, where the specs are up for the players currently on sale (at least in the UK)?
According to their blurb, the recorder (HM-DR10000EK) does "D-VHS 7-hour high quality recording (STD mode) and extended 21-hour recording (LS3 mode) using 420 min. cassette"
Looks like a pretty cool machine to me, considering how cool their existing analogue VCRs are.
One of the main reasons not to market it as a computer is that you can get the broadcasters to subsidise the cost of a multimedia terminal, like they do in the UK. This thing is aimed at broadcasters, not individuals, and unlike individuals, broadcasters prefer to buy terminal equipment for their customers, not PCs.
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WAP is a Wireless protocol, as is, for example, GSM. You could say that GSM is a bad protocol as it carries a lot of cellular baggage, but that wouldn't make a whole lot of sense. And, as somebody already pointed out, WAP is a transition-period protocol, not a final solution to wireless presentation and transfer of Web content.
As to the slow uptake, during the April to June period BT Cellnet sold 175,000 new WAP phones in the UK (out of a total 670,000). Full story here.
I just spoke to BT, and found out that the ethernet connection option is available at the same price as the regular USB one. The only instance in which you need to pay more for the connection is if you want to contention ratio down from 50:1 to 20:1.
>Do hotels have phone jacks? Most big hotels do, but I wouldn't be so sure about Bed&Breakfast places and such
>What is the electrical power standard in the UK? 240 volts, 50Hz.
>Do I need a wacky adapter for my laptop? Yeap, one of those with the UK-standard three-pronged plugs. The AC-DC transformer should be able to take the UK juice no problem, though.
>Are phone jacks the same? Nope. And the cables have the exact opposite meaning to European and US cables, you need to get a cross-over adapter cable (about £2-5 in any decent computer/electronics shop).
>Do modems use the same dialtone, ringing, etc... as they do in the states? Yeah, except pulse dialling in Sweden is a bit wacky (starts from 0 (one pulse) and ends on 9 (ten pulses), whilst everywhere else it's 1 (one pulse) to 0(ten pulses)).
>What size area do ISPs cover in the country? Most are nationwide. Demon even has access points in Holland.
> Can I get one that will work in France as well? Not to my knowledge. Note that the french have their own phone plugs, but the cables are the =same= as the rest of the world. You need another adapter to use the power there, which is 220/50Hz.
Also, Macrovision apparently screws some projectors up as well. Anyway, I got my Pioneer 717 with region coding and macrovision disabled from Techtronics.
The going rate for graduates in the South of England is anywhere from 20 to 27 KGBP per annum. Expect to get more the nearer London you get, and less in the north of England and Wales, and Scotland.
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You're an idiot.
Interestingly enough, this is almost identical to the system I implemented for using USB flash drives as authentication tokens as my MSc thesis. I might put up the PDF of the project up if people are interested.
What specifically is stopping them from running Microsoft Office on the Mac? There's a native port, you know. (OK, it's PPC only, but runs fine in Rosetta).
Yes, that's why I'm serving 25 to life for being a security consultant and there is no such thing as a penetration testing industry. Why post if you have no idea?
I love it. This has to be the worst comment I've ever read. Are you high?
It's for visibility. If you only have two lanes (i.e. one per direction) you quite often have to overtake slower traffic in the oncoming lane of traffic. For this to be succesful, you need to be able to SEE the oncoming lane - if you sat on the same side of the car as you drive on, you'd have no chance of overtaking safely because you'd not be able to see past the slow traffice.
This is a BIG deal in countries that are sparsely populated like Finland and Sweden, where the road system simply does not have the amount of traffic to warrant more than one lane per direction.
I have just written a masters thesis where I designed an authentication solution for Linux using plain old USB flash drives, Linux kernel level encryption and PGP. If there's any interest I might release the sources of a proof of concept in Python under a nice FOSS license, and/or put the thesis itself up on my website so any interested party could implement the system by themselves.
Email me at locust (at) sampsa (dot) com if you're interested.
The easiest way to do it securely with Javascript would be to send a challenge to the client over regular HTTP, request the user's password, combine the challenge and password and run it through a hashing algo like MD5 or SHA to produce the respone.
The server then takes the challenge and the stored password, hashes them and if the hash matches that sent by the client, the client is authenticated. Voila', secure authentication without SSL, and the unencrypted password never went over the wire.
Actually, this guy called Paul Johnson did exactly this, and you can get JS implementations of a lot of crypto algorithms from his site.
Could be useful if you don't want to buy an SSL cert for a small personal site or something, but obviously is not a replacement for SSL, which provides other really Good Stuff (tm) such as the authentication of the server to the client.
PS: I'm in no way connected to this Paul Johnson guy, nor have I tested his code. Caveat lector.
My UID is prime too. Can I be your friend?
I can verify this, in fact the first computer I ever used was a MikroMikko II which was Nokia's version a sort-of-PC-compatible machine that were sold in Finland and the Nordic markets, at least.
80186 based IIRC, MS-DOS with some weird Nokia modifications including a bunch of softkeys above the function key line that were application programmable, for example COMMAND.COM would map a series of DOS commands to each button.
It was a replacement for the CP/M MikroMikko I and was replaced by a more standard 286/386 MikroMikko III.
JVC already has a D-VHS recorder out that does compression....Hasn't anybody else actually checked out JVC's site, where the specs are up for the players currently on sale (at least in the UK)?
According to their blurb, the recorder (HM-DR10000EK) does "D-VHS 7-hour high quality recording (STD mode) and extended 21-hour recording (LS3 mode) using 420 min. cassette"
Looks like a pretty cool machine to me, considering how cool their existing analogue VCRs are.
Just thought I'd point our that Andorra is a Principality, not a kingdom.
The heads of state are the French president and the Bishop of Urgell.
One of the main reasons not to market it as a computer is that you can get the broadcasters to subsidise the cost of a multimedia terminal, like they do in the UK. This thing is aimed at broadcasters, not individuals, and unlike individuals, broadcasters prefer to buy terminal equipment for their customers, not PCs.
WAP is a Wireless protocol, as is, for example, GSM. You could say that GSM is a bad protocol as it carries a lot of cellular baggage, but that wouldn't make a whole lot of sense. And, as somebody already pointed out, WAP is a transition-period protocol, not a final solution to wireless presentation and transfer of Web content.
As to the slow uptake, during the April to June period BT Cellnet sold 175,000 new WAP phones in the UK (out of a total 670,000). Full story here.
I just spoke to BT, and found out that the ethernet connection option is available at the same price as the regular USB one. The only instance in which you need to pay more for the connection is if you want to contention ratio down from 50:1 to 20:1.
>Do hotels have phone jacks?
Most big hotels do, but I wouldn't be so sure about Bed&Breakfast places and such
>What is the electrical power standard in the UK?
240 volts, 50Hz.
>Do I need a wacky adapter for my laptop?
Yeap, one of those with the UK-standard three-pronged plugs. The AC-DC transformer should be able to take the UK juice no problem, though.
>Are phone jacks the same?
Nope. And the cables have the exact opposite meaning to European and US cables, you need to get a cross-over adapter cable (about £2-5 in any decent computer/electronics shop).
>Do modems use the same dialtone, ringing, etc... as they do in the states?
Yeah, except pulse dialling in Sweden is a bit wacky (starts from 0 (one pulse) and ends on 9 (ten pulses), whilst everywhere else it's 1 (one pulse) to 0(ten pulses)).
>What size area do ISPs cover in the country?
Most are nationwide. Demon even has access points in Holland.
> Can I get one that will work in France as well?
Not to my knowledge. Note that the french have their own phone plugs, but the cables are the =same= as the rest of the world. You need another adapter to use the power there, which is 220/50Hz.
Welcome to the European Union!
Also, Macrovision apparently screws some projectors up as well. Anyway, I got my Pioneer 717 with region coding and macrovision disabled from Techtronics.
The going rate for graduates in the South of England is anywhere from 20 to 27 KGBP per annum. Expect to get more the nearer London you get, and less in the north of England and Wales, and Scotland.
if so, then, a type such as:
:)
fork();
fork();
would make me a criminal
Stupid law, and I thought my country's politicians
had a clue.