RTFA: it explains that London is quickly becoming a major hub for European communications. The map is especially revealing in that respect.
The NZ and AUS participartion in UKUSA is quite interesting, since these countries can be used to tap satellite communications. Quite a lot of fiber goes in and out of Australia as well.
Communication interception requires more than access to fiber, and these two countries also provide some much needed real-estate.
It's official... Google reads your email! Be afraid! Be VERY afraid! It must be true, because Steve Ballmer of Microsoft says so, and we all know how decent Steve is!
Ahem.
Excuse me, I got carried away here for just a second.:-)
By the way, if you don't want anyone to read your email, don't use gmail, hotmail or yahoo mail... But do use GPG and a local email client, other than Outlook... mmmmmkay?
the main source of theo thinking SVN isn't secure, is because that control freak didn't write it himself. which is ironic because openssl and openssh are 2 packages responsible for huge security holes over the years, both of which are his babies.
As far as OpenSSH security holes are concerned, please excuse me while I laugh. Most of these vulnerabilities are either denial of service, or someone who messed up with their OpenSSH implementation. A lot of people think they can improve on a perfectly good product by adding security holes in it.
As far as OpenCVS is concerned, they explain their rationale quite clearly:
The OpenCVS project was started after discussions regarding the latest GNU CVS vulnerabilities that came out. Although CVS is widely used, its development has been mostly stagnant in the last years and many security issues have popped up, both in the implementation and in the mechanisms.
Now, let me ask you: what part of "development has been mostly stagnant in the last years and many security issues have popped up" don't you understand?
Allow me to finish by adding this: read up a little bit before you start trolling. But that would be a waste of a perfectly good troll, right? Sheesh. Go back under your bridge, little troll.
Given the fact that it was stated by Bob Beck, a member of the OpenBSD programming teams, I think he will be OK with it.
Besides, the OpenBSD Foundation stated very clearly that it will focus on large donations (of funds, hardware, etc) and that small donations should be sent directly to OpenBSD through the usual channels. RTFA and all that.
Especially when you remember that some of these political appointees were, shall we say, totally unqualified for any job, given their only major was in law from a fundamentalist christian "university". Read (or re-read): "Are We Rome?"
Dear Americans: please impeach that chimp already (I am trying to stay polite here).
Dear American Scientists: I hope you'll still be able to work at a (non-federal) University. Good luck.
Dear Slashdot Republican supporters: please don't bother answering this post. Thank you.
Except of course, the current French President is a conservative, and one that comes from a fairly free-enterprise and pro-American background.
Except, of course, the former French President was also a Conservative, and had been in power for the past 15 years. ith disastrous economic results except when his Prime Minister was... a French Socialist.
You always fear most the evils that you yourself would commit.
At least, the French are not afraid of being tortured by their enemies. I wonder what the CIA might be up to, with its black flights and secret prisons?
You either remember incorrectly or can't tell the difference between Acorn and Apple. (Did you even read that link you posted? I can understand people not RTFA, but not reading the contents of something you link to? Sheesh...)
Oh, I see. In other words, you are smart enough to read what I post, but not smart enough to read what I link to.
From the fscking link I posted:
The foundation of ARM Ltd.
A new company was set up with Apple, Acorn and VLSI Technology as founding partners.
Hmmmmmkay? I rest my case.
[I was talking about ARM Ltd. the company, not ARM, the CPU. Confusing, I know, but hey, sometimes it helps to read what other people link to, you know? Sheesh back to you.]
Longer answer: AFAIK, Intel DuoCore chips beat the crap out of AMD in the performance section, and, more importantly to Apple, in the performance-to-power-consumption section. Apple makes a lot of money from schweet laptops, and they are not about to ditch the best laptop CPU money can buy for a contender. Also, Apple iPhone is going to use ARM CPUs (Apple, if I remember correctly, was one of the founders of ARM), and Io and Behold, Intel also has an offering in that area.
In any case, the future of (personal) computing is in the laptop/mobile segment. Apple knows this, and this is why they certainly won't buy AMD.
In other words, if you don't upgrade unless/until a new remote root exploit is found, you still have to worry about local users rooting your box (and don't forget that there typically are users like "www" etc. even when no actual person besides you has an account on the box; not a big problem for a firewall, most likely, but servers in general aren't automatically safe), and you still have to worry about remote priviledge escalation, remote denials of service and the like, too.
True, but you should also read about PrivSep, W^X, security levels, systrace and other important security mechanisms that mitigates those risks (while not entirely eliminating them). All of these (and more) make a well-configured OpenBSD machine a very tough nut to crack. So to speak.
To me, the best thing about OpenBSD is not that it is perfectly secure (that can't be achieved) but that security is taken seriously and all this mechanisms are activated by default. The excellent documentation, especially manual pages vs the GNU unreadable info pages mess, and reactive developper community are also big pluses in my book.
While I am all for having something a bit more intelligent than BIOS to init a computer, I can't help but wonder... Does this UEFI integrates DRM functions? Is this the Trojan Horse that will make all computers DRM-enabled?
AFAIK, Gary McKinnon is a british citizen (check Wikipedia for this). Why does the UK allow one of its citizen to be extradited to the USA? Why is he not judged and sentenced in the UK?
Does anyone think, for just a millisecond, that the USA would do the same? Extradite one of its own citizen to be tried in the UK?
Where on earth is the outrage? How come a sovereign country, like the UK, is extraditing one of its own citizen -- regardless of his crimes -- to another country to be tried there? This is ridiculous! Can anyone answer that question?
10. Does not know what "checkdisk" is for. 9. Thinks WINNT is still useful. 8. Very Cheap: (s)he likes White Castle. Buy hamburger and get a nice article. 7. Cheap: (s)he likes Wendy's. See above. A tad more expensive. 6. Reminds me of RMS, only cleaner. 5. Reminds me of ESR. Gun nut. 4. Has a fanboy penguin T-Shirt, talks about Gentoo. Still uses WinME. 3. Steve Jobs byotch. 2. Dines with BillG and SteveB regularly. Treat with caution.
And the number one thing you don't want to see in your Microsoft PR Dossier:
1. Open Source Communist Agent. Terminate with extreme prejudice.
[Yes, this is a shameless attempt at being funny. Mod down accordingly.]
Except I live in France, and I can tell you that, honestly, no one who lives in France actually works 35 hours per week. Those who do are probably pencil-pushers bureacrats.
On the other hand, you get several (paid!) weeks of holidays every year, as well as extra days since you don't work 35 hours per week. And paid sick days, and other perks. I'd rather have that than the Google perks. Even though those tasty restaurants sound appealing.
I may move to the USA in the future (long story, don't ask) and I am frankly not looking forward to it...
Seriously, this is just one aspect of the US work culture: the company you work for simply assumes that you are going to put in long hours and work until late at night or early in the morning. This, in my opinion, is simply wrong: the longer you work, the less productive you are and he more exhausted you are as well.
Not to mention that putting in long hours takes a very heavy toll on your family life, if you are married and have children. So Google perks are great, but they simply (a) represent something wrong in U.S. culture and (b) reflect the fact that a lot of people at Google may be young and single adults, who can afford to spend a lot of time at the office.
Personally, instead of free massage and thirteen different restaurant in-house, I'd rather be able to have flexible hours to take care of my kids, telecommute for a couple of hours a day -- I am sure I would be a lot more productive working from my home from 11:00pm until 1:00am, or even have more paid vacation days. I don't really care about in-house restaurants or nerf tournaments. But I guess that's just me.
"But, boss, you really have to admit that MY desk is much more messier than everyone else in this company! I demand more money! See here? We are talking about a freaking 3 DAYS OLD PIZZA, buried under papers and backup tapes for chrissake!!"
I hasten to say that I already got a raise. I am just rehearsing for the end of the year review...;-)
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RTFA: it explains that London is quickly becoming a major hub for European communications. The map is especially revealing in that respect.
The NZ and AUS participartion in UKUSA is quite interesting, since these countries can be used to tap satellite communications. Quite a lot of fiber goes in and out of Australia as well.
Communication interception requires more than access to fiber, and these two countries also provide some much needed real-estate.
It's official... Google reads your email! Be afraid! Be VERY afraid! It must be true, because Steve Ballmer of Microsoft says so, and we all know how decent Steve is!
Ahem.
Excuse me, I got carried away here for just a second.
By the way, if you don't want anyone to read your email, don't use gmail, hotmail or yahoo mail... But do use GPG and a local email client, other than Outlook... mmmmmkay?
Yes, I know, US web site and everything but, seriously, have you checked the data storage of CERN (birth place of the web) lately?
If I remember correctly, these guys will generate petabytes of data per day when that monster particle accelerator goes online in a few months...
I mean, this simple sentence has practically become equivalent with "I need to resign in a hurry, to organize my legal defense", for Pete's sake!
So, let's start the rumor mill: why is Karl Rove really resigning?
Any ideas?
Correct. I only found the link after surfing to his web site.
Yes, M. Watson also attacked equivalent programs (GSWTK) under Linux successfully.
Read his blog post, as some of the techniques described are quite interesting. Too bad we can't read the full paper.
Except, of course, you have no fscking idea what you are talking about, since OpenSSL is not developed, or related to, OpenBSD and Theo de Raadt in any way.
As far as OpenSSH security holes are concerned, please excuse me while I laugh. Most of these vulnerabilities are either denial of service, or someone who messed up with their OpenSSH implementation. A lot of people think they can improve on a perfectly good product by adding security holes in it.
As far as OpenCVS is concerned, they explain their rationale quite clearly:
Now, let me ask you: what part of "development has been mostly stagnant in the last years and many security issues have popped up" don't you understand?
Allow me to finish by adding this: read up a little bit before you start trolling. But that would be a waste of a perfectly good troll, right? Sheesh. Go back under your bridge, little troll.
Just read up a little bit about OpenBSD, and you'll notice they are not afraid of complexity. Examples that come to mind are pf, OpenBGPD, W^X, etc.
Besides, choosing a stable and secure algorithm is not a bad idea. See this post for a valid example.
Finally, I can't help but notice that Subversion is available as an OpenBSD package, so quit your yakking already.
Sheesh, anti-OpenBSD trolls these days.
Given the fact that it was stated by Bob Beck, a member of the OpenBSD programming teams, I think he will be OK with it.
Besides, the OpenBSD Foundation stated very clearly that it will focus on large donations (of funds, hardware, etc) and that small donations should be sent directly to OpenBSD through the usual channels. RTFA and all that.
I do think Theo will be A-OK with that.
Especially when you remember that some of these political appointees were, shall we say, totally unqualified for any job, given their only major was in law from a fundamentalist christian "university". Read (or re-read): "Are We Rome?"
Dear Americans: please impeach that chimp already (I am trying to stay polite here).
Dear American Scientists: I hope you'll still be able to work at a (non-federal) University. Good luck.
Dear Slashdot Republican supporters: please don't bother answering this post. Thank you.
Is that "miro" in French means someone who has very low vision.
And "Miro", in Spanish is, of course, a famous modern painter... Not exactly very well known for being "easy" to understand.
Such a good reputation, in fact, that an entire book has been devoted to reading its source code. It has a reputation for correctness and portability (duh) and seems an interesting starting point.
Since I am only getting started in C programming, though, I can't recommend this book. Or the NetBSD source, either.
Except of course, the current French President is a conservative, and one that comes from a fairly free-enterprise and pro-American background.
Except, of course, the former French President was also a Conservative, and had been in power for the past 15 years. ith disastrous economic results except when his Prime Minister was... a French Socialist.
Except, of course, that the fundamentals of the French economy -- except for unemployment -- are sound, and that the top 40 French companies -- some of which are #1 in the world in their respective fields -- have made so much profit, they have decided to distribute Billions of Euros to their shareholders.
And you, Sir, should focus on basic literacy and common sense, instead of indulging in your know-nothing French socialist bashing.
At least, the French are not afraid of being tortured by their enemies. I wonder what the CIA might be up to, with its black flights and secret prisons?
Annoy a billionaire... Install Ubuntu today!
(Feel free to replace "Ubuntu" with the name of your favourite FreeNIX: Slackware, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Debian, Fedora, Mandriva, you name it)
From the fscking link I posted:
Hmmmmmkay? I rest my case.
[I was talking about ARM Ltd. the company, not ARM, the CPU. Confusing, I know, but hey, sometimes it helps to read what other people link to, you know? Sheesh back to you.]
Longer answer: AFAIK, Intel DuoCore chips beat the crap out of AMD in the performance section, and, more importantly to Apple, in the performance-to-power-consumption section. Apple makes a lot of money from schweet laptops, and they are not about to ditch the best laptop CPU money can buy for a contender. Also, Apple iPhone is going to use ARM CPUs (Apple, if I remember correctly, was one of the founders of ARM), and Io and Behold, Intel also has an offering in that area.
In any case, the future of (personal) computing is in the laptop/mobile segment. Apple knows this, and this is why they certainly won't buy AMD.
True, but you should also read about PrivSep, W^X, security levels, systrace and other important security mechanisms that mitigates those risks (while not entirely eliminating them). All of these (and more) make a well-configured OpenBSD machine a very tough nut to crack. So to speak.
To me, the best thing about OpenBSD is not that it is perfectly secure (that can't be achieved) but that security is taken seriously and all this mechanisms are activated by default. The excellent documentation, especially manual pages vs the GNU unreadable info pages mess, and reactive developper community are also big pluses in my book.
While I am all for having something a bit more intelligent than BIOS to init a computer, I can't help but wonder... Does this UEFI integrates DRM functions? Is this the Trojan Horse that will make all computers DRM-enabled?
Inquiring minds want to know!
... who thinks this is actually a disgrace?
AFAIK, Gary McKinnon is a british citizen (check Wikipedia for this). Why does the UK allow one of its citizen to be extradited to the USA? Why is he not judged and sentenced in the UK?
Does anyone think, for just a millisecond, that the USA would do the same? Extradite one of its own citizen to be tried in the UK?
Where on earth is the outrage? How come a sovereign country, like the UK, is extraditing one of its own citizen -- regardless of his crimes -- to another country to be tried there? This is ridiculous! Can anyone answer that question?
Let's compromise :
1. Open Source Communist Agent. Take out with extreme prejudice, using any furniture available (SteveB).
Yep, that sounds about right...
In your Microsoft "Dossier"...
10. Does not know what "checkdisk" is for.
9. Thinks WINNT is still useful.
8. Very Cheap: (s)he likes White Castle. Buy hamburger and get a nice article.
7. Cheap: (s)he likes Wendy's. See above. A tad more expensive.
6. Reminds me of RMS, only cleaner.
5. Reminds me of ESR. Gun nut.
4. Has a fanboy penguin T-Shirt, talks about Gentoo. Still uses WinME.
3. Steve Jobs byotch.
2. Dines with BillG and SteveB regularly. Treat with caution.
And the number one thing you don't want to see in your Microsoft PR Dossier:
1. Open Source Communist Agent. Terminate with extreme prejudice.
[Yes, this is a shameless attempt at being funny. Mod down accordingly.]
Except I live in France, and I can tell you that, honestly, no one who lives in France actually works 35 hours per week. Those who do are probably pencil-pushers bureacrats.
On the other hand, you get several (paid!) weeks of holidays every year, as well as extra days since you don't work 35 hours per week. And paid sick days, and other perks. I'd rather have that than the Google perks. Even though those tasty restaurants sound appealing.
I may move to the USA in the future (long story, don't ask) and I am frankly not looking forward to it...
Oh, please, "segmentors"? "Integrators"? What's next? "Dronators"? "Dilbertors"?
Seriously, this is just one aspect of the US work culture: the company you work for simply assumes that you are going to put in long hours and work until late at night or early in the morning. This, in my opinion, is simply wrong: the longer you work, the less productive you are and he more exhausted you are as well.
Not to mention that putting in long hours takes a very heavy toll on your family life, if you are married and have children. So Google perks are great, but they simply (a) represent something wrong in U.S. culture and (b) reflect the fact that a lot of people at Google may be young and single adults, who can afford to spend a lot of time at the office.
Personally, instead of free massage and thirteen different restaurant in-house, I'd rather be able to have flexible hours to take care of my kids, telecommute for a couple of hours a day -- I am sure I would be a lot more productive working from my home from 11:00pm until 1:00am, or even have more paid vacation days. I don't really care about in-house restaurants or nerf tournaments. But I guess that's just me.
Which is the perfect excuse to ask for a raise!
;-)
"But, boss, you really have to admit that MY desk is much more messier than everyone else in this company! I demand more money! See here? We are talking about a freaking 3 DAYS OLD PIZZA, buried under papers and backup tapes for chrissake!!"
I hasten to say that I already got a raise. I am just rehearsing for the end of the year review...