1) How important is the data. 2) What level of access do un-authorized people have to the system.
For example, we have a private development server on a isolated vlan. The only way to gain any network activity to this server is to be plugged into one of the ports that have access to that vlan (so just the developer offices).
Do I really need a password like 2wsx)OKMnhy6BGT%?
or does something simple like: 53xym@n cover it?
Now, let's say it's a public server available on the internet with ssh running? Does a really strong password protect me any more then just using a simple public key with a simple password on said key?
well, we pay a special rate to be able to service the dorms.
We were going to go with comcast, but they wanted to wire the building and sell service to each student AND bill us monthly for any rooms that didn't subscribe.
We have 1 box per 2 channels of directTV (or dishnetwork I can't recall which). Each one pushes out to a tv channel that their TV can tune in to watch.
It's not dubiously legal. So install your certs, use a proxy and don't allow student owned devices. Besides, how do you stop students "bypassing" you firewall with their brand new sprint evo's?
We worry about filtering and securing our own equipment, not our students. They own it, they can always stick stuff on there to get around us.
Why not both. Pump the oil infested sea water into a tank that has two outlets. One only allows oil though into a holding tank, the other only allows water though and dumps right back out to sea.
This way no scooping and dumping is needed, just pumping into a large tank and letting each one go it's own separate way.
Except for in many cases you can't just patch windows like you can with say a debain server.
I've got no problems patching a debian server. I'd even feel comfortable patching it without a test system. However, every time I want to patch our windows servers I have to make sure to test first because many times microsoft pushes a 'patch' which is really an entirely new version of the software that breaks anything that relied the old version. More then a handful of times we have been unable to patch our windows desktops and servers because software we relied on simply would not work after the patch. This forced us to live with security vulnerabilities while we waited for a 3rd party group to get their ass in gear.
Here's some anecdotal evidence. The data center here has exactly 3 windows servers. I'm not sure of the exact number of servers running linux because I stopped counting at 20.
I honestly like xcode better then visual studio 2005 (the last version I have used).
Personally I like the thinnest IDE I can get. I find xcode to be a little heavy sometimes, but I find VS to be in my way most of the time.
What if I'm giving directions to my friend. I look at the map and count the number of streets.
I then say, go down past 3 streets and take a left. Only in real life street number 2 doesn't' exist so he goes further down the road then he should have.
I write software for a living. To me writing software is a lot like writing music (I also write music). Every guitar player out there has the same 'tools' to write music. Every C++ programmer out there has the same 'tools' to write software.
The difference is that if I write a song with a cool guitar riff in it that is similar to something another guitarist I never heard of wrote 5 years ago I'm safe. If I write software that implants some patent I never heard of from some guy who never actually sold or made any software I can end up in court and lose my hard work.
I'm all for copyright (although I think it's way way too long). But I am not for software patents. I would compromise by making software patents have a very short life.
Sounds to me like the cycle most 'gamer' PC owners are already in.
I know when I was part of that group and going to lan parties I found myself needlessly upgrading hardware to stay trendy. It was nothing to do a new PC build every 9-12 months.
Why do designers feel that their page has to look the same in all browsers?
For example, why do I need rounded corners in all browsers? I tend to use the fallback approach.
I design for modern browsers that follow standards (chrome, firefox, etc), then I fallback to things that look passable on IE6.
So maybe I don't have rounded corners in IE, why is this such a big deal? A website is to convey information it is not a painters canvas. Hell the user could substitute their own css and hose my layout if they want to. This is why I design my sites to work fine without css, then I add css to make it look better.
Yea, our fault was that we let our maintenance department handle the power. They apparently let everything slide.
It's back under IT's control now. The thing had been emailing them failed test messages for some time.
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To me it depends on two things:
1) How important is the data.
2) What level of access do un-authorized people have to the system.
For example, we have a private development server on a isolated vlan. The only way to gain any network activity to this server is to be plugged into one of the ports that have access to that vlan (so just the developer offices).
Do I really need a password like 2wsx)OKMnhy6BGT%?
or does something simple like: 53xym@n cover it?
Now, let's say it's a public server available on the internet with ssh running? Does a really strong password protect me any more then just using a simple public key with a simple password on said key?
I have no issues with win7 64bit and dragon age. I have beaten the game at least a dozen times.
well, we pay a special rate to be able to service the dorms.
We were going to go with comcast, but they wanted to wire the building and sell service to each student AND bill us monthly for any rooms that didn't subscribe.
And I have a iscsi/NFS/samba sun device in my server room that runs on ZFS....go figure.
This is how we offer TV service to our dorms.
We have 1 box per 2 channels of directTV (or dishnetwork I can't recall which). Each one pushes out to a tv channel that their TV can tune in to watch.
We offer 30 channels so we have 15 boxes.
OpenVPN is very easy to setup. Just setup openVPN on your home computer and get a dyndns hostname for it. The rest is easy.
Just nothing current. I guess I forgot to add that.
When I can get ad free, streamed to my TV, computer, or phone, and HD then I'll consider paying. Otherwise I'll stick with the TV I already pay for.
Screw that, cut monday-thursday and deliver on fri/sat/sun when I'm actually home to sign for packages!
NO they will somehow find a way to blame piracy.
It's not dubiously legal. So install your certs, use a proxy and don't allow student owned devices. Besides, how do you stop students "bypassing" you firewall with their brand new sprint evo's?
We worry about filtering and securing our own equipment, not our students. They own it, they can always stick stuff on there to get around us.
Because as a sysadmin for a school you don't know how to use transparent proxies? This is trivial stuff..
Why not both. Pump the oil infested sea water into a tank that has two outlets. One only allows oil though into a holding tank, the other only allows water though and dumps right back out to sea.
This way no scooping and dumping is needed, just pumping into a large tank and letting each one go it's own separate way.
Except for in many cases you can't just patch windows like you can with say a debain server.
I've got no problems patching a debian server. I'd even feel comfortable patching it without a test system. However, every time I want to patch our windows servers I have to make sure to test first because many times microsoft pushes a 'patch' which is really an entirely new version of the software that breaks anything that relied the old version. More then a handful of times we have been unable to patch our windows desktops and servers because software we relied on simply would not work after the patch. This forced us to live with security vulnerabilities while we waited for a 3rd party group to get their ass in gear.
Here's some anecdotal evidence. The data center here has exactly 3 windows servers. I'm not sure of the exact number of servers running linux because I stopped counting at 20.
Exactly. I think if people are stupid enough to spend money to write software for requirements they don't have then they deserve what they get.
It's not like apple's behavior is unexpected from apple. This is like playing russian roulette and being pissed one of you got shot.
I wouldn't advise investing in novell until they figure out who is going to buy them.
I honestly like xcode better then visual studio 2005 (the last version I have used). Personally I like the thinnest IDE I can get. I find xcode to be a little heavy sometimes, but I find VS to be in my way most of the time.
What if I'm giving directions to my friend. I look at the map and count the number of streets. I then say, go down past 3 streets and take a left. Only in real life street number 2 doesn't' exist so he goes further down the road then he should have.
I write software for a living. To me writing software is a lot like writing music (I also write music). Every guitar player out there has the same 'tools' to write music. Every C++ programmer out there has the same 'tools' to write software. The difference is that if I write a song with a cool guitar riff in it that is similar to something another guitarist I never heard of wrote 5 years ago I'm safe. If I write software that implants some patent I never heard of from some guy who never actually sold or made any software I can end up in court and lose my hard work. I'm all for copyright (although I think it's way way too long). But I am not for software patents. I would compromise by making software patents have a very short life.
Sounds to me like the cycle most 'gamer' PC owners are already in. I know when I was part of that group and going to lan parties I found myself needlessly upgrading hardware to stay trendy. It was nothing to do a new PC build every 9-12 months.
Why do designers feel that their page has to look the same in all browsers? For example, why do I need rounded corners in all browsers? I tend to use the fallback approach. I design for modern browsers that follow standards (chrome, firefox, etc), then I fallback to things that look passable on IE6. So maybe I don't have rounded corners in IE, why is this such a big deal? A website is to convey information it is not a painters canvas. Hell the user could substitute their own css and hose my layout if they want to. This is why I design my sites to work fine without css, then I add css to make it look better.
If you don't want to jailbreak, I recommend issh. Works great for me.
maybe your app could just assume everyone is jailbroken (everyone I know with an iphone is jailbroken) and run a process in the background anyway.
Yea, our fault was that we let our maintenance department handle the power. They apparently let everything slide. It's back under IT's control now. The thing had been emailing them failed test messages for some time.