I agree with Bruce Perens for the most part, but I think many people are not addressing Linus' argument directly (even though I do not believe it is a valid one!)
Linus does not believe that Trigdell did anything wrong by reverse engineering bitkeeper. He believes that what he did wrong was knowingly break up the "agreement" that Linus and McVoy had only to see the protocol. Trigdell did not intend on making a compatible client (or any software for that matter).
Perens does touch on this a little bit by saying Linus should not worry about what Trigdell does in his spare time (legally). I agree. If Linus and McVoy's agreement was that weak, it should never have been relied on for something important. For many people, developing free software is a hobby. Samba started as a hobby. If Trigdell wanted to examine BK's protocols as a hobby, that's his right.
Sounds like Steve Jobs. He made peanuts for $, but got stock and got a private jet as a gift, etc etc. I think he still makes a dollar a year (technically).
Mandrake is a user distribution. Often, the user will be running as non-root, but will want many non-root settings (like ulimits). On the other hand, Debian is not mainly a desktop distribution.
The author goes on to praise the BSDs, not bothering to check and see exactly where the "default kernel settings" come from, or that they are "default" at all.
I agree, the kernel developers do not take security seriously (sometimes not even making a new release!). But this is a bad article that should not be on securityfocus or slashdot.
I remember last time there was big news about Google - when the gmail security problem occured - they simply responded to email them first. Has it occured to anyone this might be a bug?
Star Trek has inspired us, and particularly Enterprise, with its superb theme song that tells so much about our struggle to move space travel forward and closer to the public, this inspiration is so self evident, that Virgin Galactic has ordered a 5-sub orbital ship fleet from Scaled Composites, a 100 million dollar investment, and the first one being built is going to be christened 'VSS Enterprise.' Now doesn't that ring a bell in Paramount's ears?
When I was in high school, I decided to pull a prank that involved changing our school's AUP to something more humorous. I did not mean them any harm, but they ended up launching a very big investigation that cost both money and time.
By interviewing students, they found out it was me. I was more or less given the opportunity to "resign" and go to another school (or be expelled). The matter was also turned over to the police.
Did I do something wrong? Yes! I have learned from my lesson. In my case, I had a happy ending. I switched to a private school, did some community service (where I am ended up networking the entire organization I was volunteering for) and escaped not only unscatched, but a more wise person.
Although the school district wanted to make an example out of me (and they did), I was given a second chance in both school and from the police.
This second chance does not exist in civil court! The only thing that can save Sunny is Apple realizing that Sunny is not the problem. Sunny made a mistake, and from I've read he has learned from it.
Apple, I have purchased various (expensive) hardware and software from you over the years. You are an innovative, non-traditional company. I hope that the collective genious that is Apple can find a way to solve the problem without condemning a few foolish students to failure in life.
Doesn't this violate some kind of computer security law? Think about it -- users specifically have some type of technology that does not allow pop-up ads to show. Basically, the ad companies are cracking to get around this. It's almost like a vulnerability being exploited.
Of course, websites could just put a TOS that forfeits your rights.. but I doubt most sites have that (for now).
I am very interested about the techniques they barely mention that made a "black-box" implementation of the encryption! Does anyone have any information on this? I think that is the most amazing part of the article, but they go into no detail.
When I order parts, I order from Newegg. Let me share a quick story. I built a computer for my friend, and ordered all the parts from newegg. The was some damage during shipping, and the case window and door were broken.
I didn't want to send it back because it's too much hassle. I called Newegg, and they sent me the parts I needed for free, even though it was not their fault or responsibility. They could have told me to go talk to Fedex (it was insured), but they didn't. Their customer support is great!
As far as getting server systems though, don't build them. It's not worth the time. If you need something cheap, check out Dell or HP. They have some lower end servers for good prices.
For those of you who don't know anything about Brad F., Livejournal is really his life. His company, Danga Inc., is mostly dedicated to running Livejournal (although it does develop a lot of neat, free software). I honestly couldn't see him doing anything else. It's not about the money for him, and he loves what he's doing.
I think most Livejournal users would be fairly upset if it was sold.
They are filing a lawsuit. Even if lokitorrent removes all the MPAA material, the MPAA could just sue them anyway and then offer a deal that involves shutting down the site.
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The reverse engineering wasn't done on company time or servers.
I agree with Bruce Perens for the most part, but I think many people are not addressing Linus' argument directly (even though I do not believe it is a valid one!)
Linus does not believe that Trigdell did anything wrong by reverse engineering bitkeeper. He believes that what he did wrong was knowingly break up the "agreement" that Linus and McVoy had only to see the protocol. Trigdell did not intend on making a compatible client (or any software for that matter).
Perens does touch on this a little bit by saying Linus should not worry about what Trigdell does in his spare time (legally). I agree. If Linus and McVoy's agreement was that weak, it should never have been relied on for something important. For many people, developing free software is a hobby. Samba started as a hobby. If Trigdell wanted to examine BK's protocols as a hobby, that's his right.
Sounds like Steve Jobs. He made peanuts for $, but got stock and got a private jet as a gift, etc etc. I think he still makes a dollar a year (technically).
I am glad I'm not the only one who picked up on that.
Mandrake is a user distribution. Often, the user will be running as non-root, but will want many non-root settings (like ulimits). On the other hand, Debian is not mainly a desktop distribution.
The author goes on to praise the BSDs, not bothering to check and see exactly where the "default kernel settings" come from, or that they are "default" at all.
I agree, the kernel developers do not take security seriously (sometimes not even making a new release!). But this is a bad article that should not be on securityfocus or slashdot.
Basically if anyone RTFA the summary is incorrect. The robbers used key logging software, not the police.
The users raised such a ruckus that Yahoo reversed the decision.
Only 100% of Slashdot readers are Internet Addicts! The results were not surprising.
I remember last time there was big news about Google - when the gmail security problem occured - they simply responded to email them first. Has it occured to anyone this might be a bug?
Star Trek has inspired us, and particularly Enterprise, with its superb theme song that tells so much about our struggle to move space travel forward and closer to the public, this inspiration is so self evident, that Virgin Galactic has ordered a 5-sub orbital ship fleet from Scaled Composites, a 100 million dollar investment, and the first one being built is going to be christened 'VSS Enterprise.' Now doesn't that ring a bell in Paramount's ears?
Well I'm glad someone likes the theme song..
If other people are using your code, you should always write clear code as opposed to making your code marginally-but-not-really-noticeably faster.
If you are so concerned about performance, do some profiling. There's no use saving pennies and then spending dollars.
By your reasoning, he should be tried in criminal court, where he would be appointed a public defender, etc. He is not.
When I was in high school, I decided to pull a prank that involved changing our school's AUP to something more humorous. I did not mean them any harm, but they ended up launching a very big investigation that cost both money and time.
By interviewing students, they found out it was me. I was more or less given the opportunity to "resign" and go to another school (or be expelled). The matter was also turned over to the police.
Did I do something wrong? Yes! I have learned from my lesson. In my case, I had a happy ending. I switched to a private school, did some community service (where I am ended up networking the entire organization I was volunteering for) and escaped not only unscatched, but a more wise person.
Although the school district wanted to make an example out of me (and they did), I was given a second chance in both school and from the police.
This second chance does not exist in civil court! The only thing that can save Sunny is Apple realizing that Sunny is not the problem. Sunny made a mistake, and from I've read he has learned from it.
Apple, I have purchased various (expensive) hardware and software from you over the years. You are an innovative, non-traditional company. I hope that the collective genious that is Apple can find a way to solve the problem without condemning a few foolish students to failure in life.
I am familiar with only two anti-virus solutions: ClamAV, and Avast! Antivirus. Both of them scan rar files.
I'm not so sure that I follow you.
Doesn't this violate some kind of computer security law? Think about it -- users specifically have some type of technology that does not allow pop-up ads to show. Basically, the ad companies are cracking to get around this. It's almost like a vulnerability being exploited.
Of course, websites could just put a TOS that forfeits your rights.. but I doubt most sites have that (for now).
I am very interested about the techniques they barely mention that made a "black-box" implementation of the encryption! Does anyone have any information on this? I think that is the most amazing part of the article, but they go into no detail.
Perhaps Six Apart wasn't quite prepared for the responsibilities of a website of this size?
What does Six Apart have to do with Internap? Livejournal has been using - and wanting to switch from - Internap for a long time.
When I order parts, I order from Newegg. Let me share a quick story. I built a computer for my friend, and ordered all the parts from newegg. The was some damage during shipping, and the case window and door were broken.
I didn't want to send it back because it's too much hassle. I called Newegg, and they sent me the parts I needed for free, even though it was not their fault or responsibility. They could have told me to go talk to Fedex (it was insured), but they didn't. Their customer support is great!
As far as getting server systems though, don't build them. It's not worth the time. If you need something cheap, check out Dell or HP. They have some lower end servers for good prices.
Grsecurity and PaX report vulnerabilities
Languages evolve.
For those of you who don't know anything about Brad F., Livejournal is really his life. His company, Danga Inc., is mostly dedicated to running Livejournal (although it does develop a lot of neat, free software). I honestly couldn't see him doing anything else. It's not about the money for him, and he loves what he's doing.
I think most Livejournal users would be fairly upset if it was sold.
They are filing a lawsuit. Even if lokitorrent removes all the MPAA material, the MPAA could just sue them anyway and then offer a deal that involves shutting down the site.
There's another site that I like, Softpedia that also claims to have no spyware/adware. It's on a much larger scale, however.
My friend got every Adobe product this way. It works. Plus you can get those nifty press passes to conferences!