some people around here seem to be using a whole bunch of computers at their desks. sure, i'm using a bunch of them myself, but sitting _among them_? i don't think so..
in most cases, there shouldn't be a need for more than one workstation. they generate noise, heat, and besides that, cables/gadgets/whatever make a mess under/around the desk.
so why not put the extra boxes away? using ssh/vnc/etc, you can access them from your workstation, anyway.
multiple monitors, on the other hand, is hard to live without once you're used to it. pull up a few vnc/X sessions and
you'll be 'at' the same boxes, just not sitting among them.
I live in Sweden. Last year I got my 512kbit
upgraded to 8Mbit for free. It's really common,
most people have 8 or 10Mbit, depending of which
technology is being used in the area. (DSL or fibre).
Oh, of course not. If they were there, you would know, right?
Even if a solution is generally more secure because of nice authentication, cryptography and such (which i wouldn't say about standard NFS implementations) and even if it has
far less known security issues, it's just dumb claiming to know that it's free from these kinds of issues.
Besides, I think private network-traffic should always be firewalld and thus preventet from traversing the Internet if it isn't absolutely necessary.
I connect different networks with VPN's so at least, my packets won't be that easy to just pick up and read.
The jokes are always there:
"Your will BSOD and crash" and so on.
Actually, I still think there is a point.
Our technology is still made people and human error will always be there when we need it the least.
The more of _really_ important stuff we put under the control of technology, the more of these things will actually happen. And as someone mentioned, it's one thing to trust your tax calculations to a computer and another one when your traveling at 80MPH.
I also think we will see a few weird situations when many things are controlled by software and thus needs to be patched.
The possibility to fix a broken product with software patches is of course great, but it also allows manufacturers to sell faulty products as they can always fix it later if a problem arises. When it isnt absolutely necessary, they have to cut QA expenses as the competitors will otherwise sink them. So the morning routine will perhaps in the future include checking which of your gadgets/appliances/devices that needs to be patched not to put your life in danger.
Just imagine when an exploit has been found in your watch, phone, car, television, alarm clock...toaster? If it only admits people to spam your different devices with penis-enlargement advertising, you might still be lucky to be alive (and in one piece)!
My point is, in different ways there are issues with putting ourselves more and more under the control of our technology.
It is, in fact, a VPN in the same way as other VPN's.
Still, you're right. It is really easy to configure, has clients for various OS's.
I've been using it for about a year, linking my home LAN to a remote network (two computers act as VPN gateways which means it is all transparent for the systems using the connection) and I really like it!
..and it still isn't.
We're all separate countries, pretty much the same way as 60 years ago.
The EU doesn't unike states the same was as they're
united in the US (yet). It was found to stop further
wars after WW1 and has since expanded but Europe is still not a nation of it's own.
Working in Medical IT, I can tell you that that several large vendors of systems holding patient information take second to no precautions when setting up servers. Software ship with built-in administrative account using default passwords, installation people use easy-to-guess root passwords and so on.
And we're not talking about Dr. Jones down the street but enterprise-grade installations that can handle really large quantities of patient data.
The situation could get dangerous if people start relying too much on these things.
Once someone figures out how to crack it, he or she would be able to fool everyone who believes that the system is reliable.
Today most people are sceptical to people online, with this system it could actually get really easy for the scumbags to convince someone of their (fake) age.
wouldn't it be even more funny if the school was hacked by a 12 year old girl who only revealed her system ID so they could verify that they were actually fooled by a kid?
Imagine the kind of money a 16-year old girls ID tag would bring in.
When the black market for these things gets up to speed, the situation will be as silly as it is today .
Not that I think I would react in such an extreme way, but of course I recognize the feeling of being "detached" every time my DSL goes down. Even when there isn't any real activity, I feel strange when I can't see what is (or isnt) said on IRC, how many
spam e-mails I have or haven't received, what news have or haven't shown up twice on slashdot and so on.
The connection simply needs to be there and active. My network being disconnected makes me feel disconnected too. Just knowing that it isn't connected feels like an itch, and I have a hard time really concentrating until the connection is restored. Even if I'm not using it, or even if I'm not at home.
Why not just set up a VPN? For example, OpenVPN is quite easy to configure and maintain, and also allows for a variety of client systems to connect.
I'm thinking of setting up a small WLAN using old equipment that i can get almost for free.
I would just plug another NIC in my OpenBSD firewall and keep nothing but the necessary ports for the VPN open. There's a broad range of encryption and authentication methods available, and if the one I use would be too weak, I could just change to another one instead of having to buy new hardware such as PCMCIA cards, APs etc.
I use BackupPC on a Debian box to backup some laptops and a server at work. It is highly configurable and easy to set up automatic backup routines and you can monitor operations using a webbased interface. BackupPC also supports various transfer methods such as rsync, samba, etc. and makes use of compression and pooling of files to save diskspace.
Of course, getting some scripts using rsync over ssh or something like that won't be that hard, but anyway, I recommend you to check out BackupPC.
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some people around here seem to be using a whole bunch of computers at their desks. sure, i'm using a bunch of them myself, but sitting _among them_? i don't think so.. in most cases, there shouldn't be a need for more than one workstation. they generate noise, heat, and besides that, cables/gadgets/whatever make a mess under/around the desk. so why not put the extra boxes away? using ssh/vnc/etc, you can access them from your workstation, anyway. multiple monitors, on the other hand, is hard to live without once you're used to it. pull up a few vnc/X sessions and you'll be 'at' the same boxes, just not sitting among them.
It's really common, most people have 8 or 10Mbit, depending of which technology is being used in the area. (DSL or fibre).
In some areas, people get 100Mbit downstream.
Yes, the P2P filesharing usage is quite heavy.
Oh, of course not. If they were there, you would know, right?
Even if a solution is generally more secure because of nice authentication, cryptography and such (which i wouldn't say about standard NFS implementations) and even if it has
far less known security issues, it's just dumb claiming to know that it's free from these kinds of issues.
Besides, I think private network-traffic should always be firewalld and thus preventet from traversing the Internet if it isn't absolutely necessary.
I connect different networks with VPN's so at least, my packets won't be that easy to just pick up and read.
"Your will BSOD and crash" and so on.
Actually, I still think there is a point.
Our technology is still made people and human error will always be there when we need it the least.
The more of _really_ important stuff we put under the control of technology, the more of these things will actually happen. And as someone mentioned, it's one thing to trust your tax
calculations to a computer and another one when your traveling at 80MPH.
I also think we will see a few weird situations when many things are controlled by software and thus needs to be patched.
The possibility to fix a broken product with software patches is of course great, but it also allows manufacturers to sell faulty products as they can always fix it later if a problem arises.
When it isnt absolutely necessary, they have to cut QA expenses as the competitors will otherwise sink them. So the morning routine will perhaps in the future include checking which of your
gadgets/appliances/devices that needs to be patched not to put your life in danger.
Just imagine when an exploit has been found in your watch, phone, car, television, alarm clock...toaster? If it only admits people to spam your different devices with penis-enlargement advertising,
you might still be lucky to be alive (and in one piece)!
My point is, in different ways there are issues with putting ourselves more and more under the control of our technology.
It is, in fact, a VPN in the same way as other VPN's.
Still, you're right. It is really easy to configure, has clients for various OS's.
I've been using it for about a year, linking my home LAN to a remote network (two computers act as
VPN gateways which means it is all transparent for the systems using the connection) and I really like it!
..and it still isn't.
We're all separate countries, pretty much the same way as 60 years ago.
The EU doesn't unike states the same was as they're united in the US (yet). It was found to stop further wars after WW1
and has since expanded but Europe is still not a nation of it's own.
to no precautions when setting up servers. Software ship with built-in administrative account using default passwords,
installation people use easy-to-guess root passwords and so on.
And we're not talking about Dr. Jones down the street but enterprise-grade installations that can handle really large quantities of patient data.
Once someone figures out how to crack it, he or she would be able to fool everyone who believes that the system is reliable.
Today most people are sceptical to people online, with this system it could actually get really easy for the scumbags to convince someone of their (fake) age.
wouldn't it be even more funny if the school was hacked by a 12 year old girl who only revealed her system ID so they could verify that they were actually fooled by a kid?
Imagine the kind of money a 16-year old girls ID tag would bring in.
When the black market for these things gets up to speed, the situation will be as silly as it is today .
Even when there isn't any real activity, I feel strange when I can't see what is (or isnt) said on IRC, how many spam e-mails I have or haven't received, what news have or
haven't shown up twice on slashdot and so on.
The connection simply needs to be there and active. My network being disconnected makes me feel disconnected too. Just knowing that it isn't connected feels like an itch,
and I have a hard time really concentrating until the connection is restored. Even if I'm not using it, or even if I'm not at home.
allows for a variety of client systems to connect.
I'm thinking of setting up a small WLAN using old equipment that i can get almost for free.
I would just plug another NIC in my OpenBSD firewall and keep nothing but the necessary ports for the VPN open.
There's a broad range of encryption and authentication methods available, and if the one I use
would be too weak, I could just change to another one instead of having
to buy new hardware such as PCMCIA cards, APs etc.
And what about Rover?
Can't you see? It's everywhere! Soon, there won't be anything but advertising left!!
Oh, crap, I seem to be doing it too! Close your eyes, it's the only safe way!
it would be "/:", you insensitive clod!
Workaholics? I say Zombies. Imagine just working and working with no idea about how much time is left until you're done.
What a nightmare.
Anyway, what's a project without those really late working nights right before deadline?
It is highly configurable and easy to set up automatic backup routines and you can monitor operations
using a webbased interface. BackupPC also supports various transfer methods such as rsync, samba, etc.
and makes use of compression and pooling of files to save diskspace.
Of course, getting some scripts using rsync over ssh or something like that won't be that hard,
but anyway, I recommend you to check out BackupPC.
oww, it huurts!