"Microsoft service pack breaks applications." This is certainly nothing new. Microsoft service packs have had a history of breaking applications. So the real issue here is Microsoft taking more consideration for applications. I mean, for there to be a history of application breaking with service packs, one would think that Microsoft would have done something to help prevent future problems.
Yes and I noticed it was stored in the mountains of Nevada. What happens if an earthquake occurs there? And don't forget about terrorists who would love to get their hands on it.
Great. But what do we do with the waste produced by nuclear fission plants? What do we do with the ICBM's sitting in our back yard? Nuclear technology is going to haunt us for millenia.
Chernobyl is just one reason that nuclear techology is such a bad idea. For a source of power to pose as much danger as nuclear power does, it's not worth using. Sure, nuclear power plants can be well maintained, there's very little room for mistakes. And then there's the issue of having nukes which are an absolute nightmare. They're security risks as well as liability. An accidental launch of a system glitch would prove to be catastrophic. Again, the risks outway the benefits. How can it be usefual as a weapon when it jeopardizes both security and safety?
In recent News, SCO Group launched a Denial of Service Attack against itself. It used raw sockets in Linux. SCO now plans to sue Linux because the code to make the raw sockets was really SCO's code. And SCO said that its employees didn't say they allowed code to be used in Linux because those employees don't exist.
Dude, I have DCOM turned off and everything works fine. dcomcnfg ->Default Properities->Disable Distributed COM Services On This Computer. I have yet to see an application cry about it. I've turned it off on multiple machines, all with several Microsoft apps.
The reason that so many worms and viruses attack Windows with so much success is because of unnecessary services having gaping security holes in them. Look at Blaster binding itself to DCOM on port 135. DCOM is a completely unnecesary service that practically nobody uses. ANd what's even funnier is that Microsoft's workarounds to security holes are often the solution. Microsoft's workaround for Blaster: Run dcomcnfg and Disable Distributed COM Services. That's not a workaround, that's a solution! If DCOM isn't running, then Blaster can't bind to its interface. Workarounds to ActiveX exploits. Disable ActiveX controls and plugins. Again, that's a solution. Turn off things that are insecure.
A built in virus scanner also creates insecurity. If it's part of the OS, then any security holes it might have could also compromise the rest of the OS.
And I have a funny feeling that Windows File Protection and the anti-virus program aren't going to get along very well.
You'd end up with a complex, high-end system that could end up being a real headache. That means you'd have four 250 GB hard disks with a hot standby. What you're describing sounds like something with industrial strength and not something you'd likely see on the consumer end of things. But if you want to go through with it, I'd recommend a quad-Xeon system with hyperthreading and 4GB of RAM (at least). The only reason I say that is because of the size of the dvd files that would be moving and the rate that they would be moving. This is especially true if you want to browse a bunch of dvd's in real time.
I might be overshooting it a bit, though.
Tell the interviewer that despite your project being cancelled and you facing an unemployment gap, you will prevail. Tell them that you're determined to succeed and that you're willing to leap peaks and valleys to make it happen.
Look how far you've come and look at how far you would have fallen had you not kept going. I believe that there's no challenge that can't be overcome.
If a problem doesn't have a solution, you're going to find that out because you had the motivation, ambition and persistancy to look for the answer. Believe in yourself and you will prevail.
You have the right to remain silent. Any Linux server you access could be used against you in a court of SCO.
Seriously, 60% (at least) of all servers on the Internet are powered by Linux or some other free UNIX variant. They could range from e-mail to ftp, web and so forth. Imagine uploading files to your personal website which is on a Linux server only to find that the site doesn't exist anymore because of SCO's legal threats. It does affect your rights online.
SCO Group announced today that the Open source community had code to create progams of mass infringement.
"We will find this code of Mass Infringement," A SCO spokesperson said. "They've got to be hiding the code somewhere. It's just a matter of time before we find it."
Last year SCO Group waged war against the Open Source Community claiming that it had Code of Mass Infringement.
The United States has more tornadoes and severe thunderstorms than any other country in the world. We also have earthquakes, mudslides, forest fires, hurricanes, tropical depressions and storms, floods, blizzards and on occassion, volcanic eruptions. But we also have NOAA, NWS, Storms Prediction Center, National Hurricane Center, two GOES satellites, the Red Cross, the Emergency Alert System and Doppler radar. And when things get really bad, both state and federal governments can declare disaster areas so that disaster victims can receive aid.
What do countries like India have to prepare for severe weather and other natural disasters? It is possible for typhoons (hurricanes east of the International date line) and tropical cyclones to hit India and surrounding counrtries. There's also flodding and possibly earthquakes. When you leave the USA, you don't have Uncle Sam there to help you pick up the pieces and not all countries are as disaster aware and prepared as we are.
Near the end, Gary Winston is frantic as the anti-competetive and murderous tactics of his company are broadcast by one of his own communication satellites. Then you see the source code for Nurv's multi-billion dollar project being transmitted over the Internet.
I completely agree. It was DCOM on port 135 that was exploited by the Blaster worm. DCOM is an insecure and unnecessary service to run. The same goes for Windows Messenger. Then there's issues like NetBIOS being transmitted over the IP stack and file and printer sharing being bound to WAN links by default. And many home users aren't aware of the server service not being necessary unless you're actually networking locally. The IPC$, ADMIN$, C$ and other DEFAULT shares can leave you open to big problems as well. Overall, it takes some real effort to really a secure a Windows 2000/XP workstation for home use.
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"Microsoft service pack breaks applications." This is certainly nothing new. Microsoft service packs have had a history of breaking applications. So the real issue here is Microsoft taking more consideration for applications. I mean, for there to be a history of application breaking with service packs, one would think that Microsoft would have done something to help prevent future problems.
Yes and I noticed it was stored in the mountains of Nevada. What happens if an earthquake occurs there? And don't forget about terrorists who would love to get their hands on it.
It's all ActiveX controls. You'll see a bunch of *.ocx files.
Great. But what do we do with the waste produced by nuclear fission plants? What do we do with the ICBM's sitting in our back yard? Nuclear technology is going to haunt us for millenia.
It was a professor that once said something like,"Computers are designed to make people feel stupid when in fact it's the computer that's stupid."
Chernobyl is just one reason that nuclear techology is such a bad idea. For a source of power to pose as much danger as nuclear power does, it's not worth using. Sure, nuclear power plants can be well maintained, there's very little room for mistakes. And then there's the issue of having nukes which are an absolute nightmare. They're security risks as well as liability. An accidental launch of a system glitch would prove to be catastrophic. Again, the risks outway the benefits. How can it be usefual as a weapon when it jeopardizes both security and safety?
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And an even bigger issue than that is knowing who is really at the other end of the wire.
In recent News, SCO Group launched a Denial of Service Attack against itself. It used raw sockets in Linux. SCO now plans to sue Linux because the code to make the raw sockets was really SCO's code. And SCO said that its employees didn't say they allowed code to be used in Linux because those employees don't exist.
The discussion is about Keyless Entries failing in Las Vegas.
Ok. Right. SO I was wrong. Watch movies on your tv with a DVD player. That's what the stupid thing is there for. I don't care anymore.
Dude, I have DCOM turned off and everything works fine. dcomcnfg ->Default Properities->Disable Distributed COM Services On This Computer. I have yet to see an application cry about it. I've turned it off on multiple machines, all with several Microsoft apps.
I can turn it off and everything runs fine. Check out what Steve Gibson has to say regarding DCOM http://www.grc.com/dcom
The reason that so many worms and viruses attack Windows with so much success is because of unnecessary services having gaping security holes in them. Look at Blaster binding itself to DCOM on port 135. DCOM is a completely unnecesary service that practically nobody uses. ANd what's even funnier is that Microsoft's workarounds to security holes are often the solution. Microsoft's workaround for Blaster: Run dcomcnfg and Disable Distributed COM Services. That's not a workaround, that's a solution! If DCOM isn't running, then Blaster can't bind to its interface. Workarounds to ActiveX exploits. Disable ActiveX controls and plugins. Again, that's a solution. Turn off things that are insecure. A built in virus scanner also creates insecurity. If it's part of the OS, then any security holes it might have could also compromise the rest of the OS. And I have a funny feeling that Windows File Protection and the anti-virus program aren't going to get along very well.
I'm talking about moving them from the hard disk into memory.
You'd end up with a complex, high-end system that could end up being a real headache. That means you'd have four 250 GB hard disks with a hot standby. What you're describing sounds like something with industrial strength and not something you'd likely see on the consumer end of things. But if you want to go through with it, I'd recommend a quad-Xeon system with hyperthreading and 4GB of RAM (at least). The only reason I say that is because of the size of the dvd files that would be moving and the rate that they would be moving. This is especially true if you want to browse a bunch of dvd's in real time. I might be overshooting it a bit, though.
Since when were the Deftones punk? If the media were actually accurate in its statements, there wouldn't be half as many misconceptions in ths world.
Tell the interviewer that despite your project being cancelled and you facing an unemployment gap, you will prevail. Tell them that you're determined to succeed and that you're willing to leap peaks and valleys to make it happen.
Look how far you've come and look at how far you would have fallen had you not kept going. I believe that there's no challenge that can't be overcome.
If a problem doesn't have a solution, you're going to find that out because you had the motivation, ambition and persistancy to look for the answer. Believe in yourself and you will prevail.
You have the right to remain silent. Any Linux server you access could be used against you in a court of SCO. Seriously, 60% (at least) of all servers on the Internet are powered by Linux or some other free UNIX variant. They could range from e-mail to ftp, web and so forth. Imagine uploading files to your personal website which is on a Linux server only to find that the site doesn't exist anymore because of SCO's legal threats. It does affect your rights online.
SCO Group announced today that the Open source community had code to create progams of mass infringement.
"We will find this code of Mass Infringement," A SCO spokesperson said. "They've got to be hiding the code somewhere. It's just a matter of time before we find it."
Last year SCO Group waged war against the Open Source Community claiming that it had Code of Mass Infringement.
The United States has more tornadoes and severe thunderstorms than any other country in the world. We also have earthquakes, mudslides, forest fires, hurricanes, tropical depressions and storms, floods, blizzards and on occassion, volcanic eruptions. But we also have NOAA, NWS, Storms Prediction Center, National Hurricane Center, two GOES satellites, the Red Cross, the Emergency Alert System and Doppler radar. And when things get really bad, both state and federal governments can declare disaster areas so that disaster victims can receive aid.
What do countries like India have to prepare for severe weather and other natural disasters? It is possible for typhoons (hurricanes east of the International date line) and tropical cyclones to hit India and surrounding counrtries. There's also flodding and possibly earthquakes. When you leave the USA, you don't have Uncle Sam there to help you pick up the pieces and not all countries are as disaster aware and prepared as we are.
Near the end, Gary Winston is frantic as the anti-competetive and murderous tactics of his company are broadcast by one of his own communication satellites. Then you see the source code for Nurv's multi-billion dollar project being transmitted over the Internet.
Milo: "Are you proud of me yet, Gary?"
I completely agree. It was DCOM on port 135 that was exploited by the Blaster worm. DCOM is an insecure and unnecessary service to run. The same goes for Windows Messenger. Then there's issues like NetBIOS being transmitted over the IP stack and file and printer sharing being bound to WAN links by default. And many home users aren't aware of the server service not being necessary unless you're actually networking locally. The IPC$, ADMIN$, C$ and other DEFAULT shares can leave you open to big problems as well. Overall, it takes some real effort to really a secure a Windows 2000/XP workstation for home use.
I think it probably is a hoax because Windows 2000 is made only for x86, not Alpha or PPC.
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