StartCom was the best option for multiple certificates. Their price model was vastly better and I wonder if they are having a hard time getting re-certified because the other CAs didn’t like their model.
You paid for validation not per cert. Tier 1 was free and the certs were good for a year. Domain/Email control is all that was validated. Tier 2 was your name, and it was $50 a year, but your certs were valid for 2 years. This allowed you to have your name in your email cert and basic checks were performed for domain certs. You were also allowed one Code Cert. Tier 3 was more for Organizations or EV certs. Another $50 and the certs were good for 3 years. You could also have code cert with your organization name in it.
$100 every 3 years could get you UNLIMITED Domain, Email, and two Code certs. One in your name and one in your organization name. The best deal if you ask me. I had 5 email certs and 10 domain certs for $25/year as I only needed to verify once two years.
The problem started when they were bought by Wosign
Then the shady things that got them revoked started happening and now they are closing shop. My same needs will cost close to a thousand dollars a year.
The Military uses the Golden Master Image for Windows. There are a few changes, most notably you activate with your CAC card. Not that many people know that and countless times I come across a computer that is complaining about being non-genuine. The Secret Computers are usually always like this. Put in your CAC card and click activate, and it is a genuine install.
If they heavily modified the activation code, you can bet they modified other parts. Just because it is approved does not mean it will be used. About 9 months ago we upgraded from Server 2003 to Server 2008R2. (Both Golden Master)
The upside is if you can get the install DVD, as long as you have a valid CAC card you have unlimited copies of windows.
In 2006, Internet2 announced a partnership with Level 3 Communications to launch a brand new nationwide network, boosting its capacity from 10 Gbit/s to 100 Gbit/s. In October, 2007, Internet2 officially retired Abilene and now refers to its new, higher capacity network as the Internet2 Network.
The main workhorse to protect the SIPRNET is the KG-175D or Taclane Micro.
The next problem you run into is getting one with the same software the military uses.
Google says they have the cold air come up from their raised floor.
Google uses a different approach.
Google realized that the so-called cold aisle in front of the machines could be kept at a relatively balmy 80 degrees or so—workers could wear shorts and T-shirts instead of the standard sweaters. And the “hot aisle,” a tightly enclosed space where the heat pours from the rear of the servers, could be allowed to hit around 120 degrees. That heat could be absorbed by coils filled with water, which would then be pumped out of the building and cooled before being circulated back inside. Add that to the long list of Google’s accomplishments: The company broke its CRAC habit.
They also might not have a million servers,
a tiny embossed plaque that reads july 9, 2008. google’s millionth server. But executives explain that this is a cumulative number, not necessarily an indication that Google has a million servers in operation at once
I was thinking more about Windows licensing, as to run those you need to run Windows, and server versions of Windows are fucking expensive with licensing.
No need to use the Express editions of Visual Studio when you can get the full version for free through Bizspark
Bizspark is Microsoft's way of hooking start ups. Free licenses to all MS software, yes office included (even Office for Mac), for 3 years. Then you pay an "exit" fee of $99
After the 3 years you can continue to use the products you just don't get anymore licenses, and yes they can be used for commercial stuff.
A little fine print, you must meet the following requirements:
Deputies have used the database since 1989 to collect...
It has been in use since 1989. So yes there has been more reports of crime in 21 years than people currently live there now. My guess is that is true no matter where you live.
The Wikipedia article states that the satellite also broadcasts the same information as a "GPS" satellite. Don't know if that makes it a GPS sat or not since it is commerical, but it does all the function of a GPS sat plus more (WAAS).
"The space segment consists of multiple geosynchronous communication satellites which broadcast the correction messages generated by the Wide-area Master Stations for reception by the User segment. The satellites also broadcast the same type of range information as normal GPS satellites, effectively increasing the number of satellites available for a position fix..."
The guys who created the Rouge Equifax Signing Certificate used 200+ PS3 to help find the MD5 collision.
We had more than 200 PS3s at our disposal, located at the "PlayStation Lab" of Arjen Lenstra's Laboratory for Cryptologic Algorithms at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Speaking from experience: Microsoft site licenses for its products for academic institution cost $0
I dont think that you are speaking from Experience.
Micrsoft would never give away Server 2008, Vista, VS 2008 for a whole school for free.
On the page you linked to you need to click on 'Compare Subscriptions'
and you will see that the cheapest they offer is $399 a year. That only gives you online access.
Each department needs to sign up for MSDNAA. The CS dept. cant use its software keys for the Math or Engineering dept.
The ACM club at my school sells Vista, and VS 2008 for $20 each. If my school did the 3 years online and media for $1437, it would only take 24 students a year to buy Visual Stuido and it pays for itself.
Sure it is not free, but you are not losing money on it.
They only offer at most 95% per month, MINUS pre-scheduled downtimes, and non-scheduled downtimes that are "exempt". Honestly, 90% uptime per month real. The key is that these numbers are not real, because of the possible exemptions and everything, so a real SLA is unknown.
You could not be more wrong:
Enterprise-class service â" Google Apps includes a 99.9% uptime SLA.* Phone support is available for critical issues.
*The 99.9% uptime SLA for Google Apps is offered to organizations using Google Apps Premier Edition, as described in the Google Apps Premier Edition Terms of Service
You don't need a coupon to buy one. it is just a coupon.
We sell the DTV Pal box http://www.dtvpal.com/ If you wanted to and had the money we would let you buy every unit we have. The gov does not make them, or sell them. Private companies make and sell them, in the process they make some money.
We have customers who have one coupon and they buy 2 or 3
The coupon makes it easier for grandpa on Social Security to afford one.
I agree with you. I have given them $40 of ppv because my 9 month old son LOVES to play with the remote. Well after that we put a block on, but if every customer who plugs in a phone line orders one movie they didn't want to, well Dish just made a few million.
If you go with Directv and get 4 tvs you have to pay $15 extra No matter what.
At least Dish saves you $10 a month. Which adds up fast.
When mine broke I decided that just because of itunes i was going to look for a different brand. It seemed like it installed 10 windows services always had updates and then the whole give you Safari unless you opted out.
That was when I said no more
My brother says it is 100 times better on his Macbook Pro. So i guess it is not all bad.
Even if the bank changes, the retailers wont. when I first started working at my job (Satellite Retailer) I noticed that the computers had out of date antivirus and everyone logged in as Admin.
I went to the big 3 antivirus online scanners and all of them found KEYLOGGERS, Trojans, etc. luckily my boss knew I was computer smart and let me wipe all the office computers and force everyone to log in as users. Only him and I know the admin passwords.
The worst part is that being in Satellite sales we had to handle CC and Social Security Numbers. So far no customer has contacted us so hopefully I caught it right after it happened
He also let me block myspace and a few other sites like that.
Slashdot Mirror
I still want my flying car!
Neil deGrasse Tyson explained why we don't have them yet.
https://twitter.com/neiltyson/...
Sometimes I wonder if we'd have flying cars by now had civilization spent a little less brain energy contemplating Football.
In the race to be first in news it is too long to do much, if any fact checking.
Get laser, toner does not have this problem.
i got a b/w laser printer for $30 on sale once.
for about $150 - 250 you can get a color laser.
the ink savings alone are worth it.
StartCom was the best option for multiple certificates. Their price model was vastly better and I wonder if they are having a hard time getting re-certified because the other CAs didn’t like their model.
You paid for validation not per cert.
Tier 1 was free and the certs were good for a year. Domain/Email control is all that was validated.
Tier 2 was your name, and it was $50 a year, but your certs were valid for 2 years. This allowed you to have your name in your email cert and basic checks were performed for domain certs. You were also allowed one Code Cert.
Tier 3 was more for Organizations or EV certs. Another $50 and the certs were good for 3 years. You could also have code cert with your organization name in it.
$100 every 3 years could get you UNLIMITED Domain, Email, and two Code certs. One in your name and one in your organization name. The best deal if you ask me. I had 5 email certs and 10 domain certs for $25/year as I only needed to verify once two years.
The problem started when they were bought by Wosign
https://www.wosign.com/english...
Then the shady things that got them revoked started happening and now they are closing shop. My same needs will cost close to a thousand dollars a year.
The Military uses the Golden Master Image for Windows. There are a few changes, most notably you activate with your CAC card. Not that many people know that and countless times I come across a computer that is complaining about being non-genuine. The Secret Computers are usually always like this. Put in your CAC card and click activate, and it is a genuine install.
If they heavily modified the activation code, you can bet they modified other parts. Just because it is approved does not mean it will be used. About 9 months ago we upgraded from Server 2003 to Server 2008R2. (Both Golden Master)
The upside is if you can get the install DVD, as long as you have a valid CAC card you have unlimited copies of windows.
https://chess.army.mil/Content...
https://chess.army.mil/Content...
Sounds a lot like Internet 2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
In 2006, Internet2 announced a partnership with Level 3 Communications to launch a brand new nationwide network, boosting its capacity from 10 Gbit/s to 100 Gbit/s. In October, 2007, Internet2 officially retired Abilene and now refers to its new, higher capacity network as the Internet2 Network.
The main workhorse to protect the SIPRNET is the KG-175D or Taclane Micro. The next problem you run into is getting one with the same software the military uses.
Even with the fancy floating ball bearing it can be picked.
Google says they have the cold air come up from their raised floor.
Google uses a different approach.
Google realized that the so-called cold aisle in front of the machines could be kept at a relatively balmy 80 degrees or so—workers could wear shorts and T-shirts instead of the standard sweaters. And the “hot aisle,” a tightly enclosed space where the heat pours from the rear of the servers, could be allowed to hit around 120 degrees. That heat could be absorbed by coils filled with water, which would then be pumped out of the building and cooled before being circulated back inside. Add that to the long list of Google’s accomplishments: The company broke its CRAC habit.
They also might not have a million servers,
a tiny embossed plaque that reads july 9, 2008. google’s millionth server. But executives explain that this is a cumulative number, not necessarily an indication that Google has a million servers in operation at once
That has a link to the exact terms, with examples.
I think you have to do a software as a service but you don't have to host with MS. They will push it hard but you can host where ever you want.
I was thinking more about Windows licensing, as to run those you need to run Windows, and server versions of Windows are fucking expensive with licensing.
No need to use the Express editions of Visual Studio when you can get the full version for free through Bizspark
Bizspark is Microsoft's way of hooking start ups. Free licenses to all MS software, yes office included (even Office for Mac), for 3 years. Then you pay an "exit" fee of $99
After the 3 years you can continue to use the products you just don't get anymore licenses, and yes they can be used for commercial stuff.
A little fine print, you must meet the following requirements:
http://bizspark.com/
It has been in use since 1989. So yes there has been more reports of crime in 21 years than people currently live there now.
My guess is that is true no matter where you live.
The Wikipedia article states that the satellite also broadcasts the same information as a "GPS" satellite. Don't know if that makes it a GPS sat or not since it is commerical, but it does all the function of a GPS sat plus more (WAAS).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Area_Augmentation_System
"The space segment consists of multiple geosynchronous communication satellites which broadcast the correction messages generated by the Wide-area Master Stations for reception by the User segment. The satellites also broadcast the same type of range information as normal GPS satellites, effectively increasing the number of satellites available for a position fix..."
Dish Network has the Family Pack for $19.99. That gets you 55 channels. Sure most are family orientated but you also get channels like:
DO IT YOURSELF
FOX NEWS CHANNEL
Outdoor Channel
RFDTV
THE SCIENCE CHANNEL
Or The Welcome Pack for $9.99 (23 channels)
Comedy Central
Home & Garden
Oxygen
AMC
TBS
MTV2
Boomerang
Discovery Kids
Learning Channel
MSNBC
Dish Network is moving to the small packages and it sells pretty good.
I was hoping OMG PONIES!!! would make a comeback today. :(
Same here I was a slashdot reader but i missed OMGPONIES!!!
I feel so left out and cold
The guys who created the Rouge Equifax Signing Certificate used 200+ PS3 to help find the MD5 collision.
We had more than 200 PS3s at our disposal, located at the "PlayStation Lab" of Arjen Lenstra's Laboratory for Cryptologic Algorithms at EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
http://www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/rogue-ca/
There are tons more you can do with a PS3 than play games.
Speaking from experience: Microsoft site licenses for its products for academic institution cost $0
I dont think that you are speaking from Experience.
Micrsoft would never give away Server 2008, Vista, VS 2008 for a whole school for free. On the page you linked to you need to click on 'Compare Subscriptions'
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/academic/bb676724.aspx
and you will see that the cheapest they offer is $399 a year. That only gives you online access.
Each department needs to sign up for MSDNAA. The CS dept. cant use its software keys for the Math or Engineering dept.
The ACM club at my school sells Vista, and VS 2008 for $20 each. If my school did the 3 years online and media for $1437, it would only take 24 students a year to buy Visual Stuido and it pays for itself.
Sure it is not free, but you are not losing money on it.
They only offer at most 95% per month, MINUS pre-scheduled downtimes, and non-scheduled downtimes that are "exempt". Honestly, 90% uptime per month real. The key is that these numbers are not real, because of the possible exemptions and everything, so a real SLA is unknown.
You could not be more wrong:
Enterprise-class service â" Google Apps includes a 99.9% uptime SLA.* Phone support is available for critical issues.
*The 99.9% uptime SLA for Google Apps is offered to organizations using Google Apps Premier Edition, as described in the Google Apps Premier Edition Terms of Service
http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/messaging.html
Sure it is only 3 nines but that is way better than the 90% you said
Don't do this. Wasting public money is not smart.
You don't need a coupon to buy one. it is just a coupon.
We sell the DTV Pal box http://www.dtvpal.com/ If you wanted to and had the money we would let you buy every unit we have. The gov does not make them, or sell them. Private companies make and sell them, in the process they make some money.
We have customers who have one coupon and they buy 2 or 3
The coupon makes it easier for grandpa on Social Security to afford one.
I agree with you. I have given them $40 of ppv because my 9 month old son LOVES to play with the remote. Well after that we put a block on, but if every customer who plugs in a phone line orders one movie they didn't want to, well Dish just made a few million.
If you go with Directv and get 4 tvs you have to pay $15 extra No matter what.
At least Dish saves you $10 a month. Which adds up fast.
Only dual tuner receivers like the 322,625,222,or 722, can save you money if they are plugged into a phone line. (HD VIP models can use internet).
They give you the second tuner (TV) for free. So you can get 4 tvs for only an extra $5 a month.
I work for a retailer for Dish and Directv (Big Dog Satellite)
here is the cite: http://www.dishnetwork.com/phoneline/
"The monthly programming access fee for TV2 will be waived if your receiver is hooked to a phone line or high speed internet line"
When mine broke I decided that just because of itunes i was going to look for a different brand. It seemed like it installed 10 windows services always had updates and then the whole give you Safari unless you opted out.
That was when I said no more
My brother says it is 100 times better on his Macbook Pro. So i guess it is not all bad.
I hope they win. I am currently avoiding iTunes like the plague it is on windows. Resource hungry and shoves new software at you all the time
It does not matter when you fill the form. As long as when you clicked submit and it went to a https page you are safe.
That is how all the sites that don't handle CC or SSN's do it. It reduces overhead and load time. Even gmail did until recently.
I went to the big 3 antivirus online scanners and all of them found KEYLOGGERS, Trojans, etc. luckily my boss knew I was computer smart and let me wipe all the office computers and force everyone to log in as users. Only him and I know the admin passwords.
The worst part is that being in Satellite sales we had to handle CC and Social Security Numbers. So far no customer has contacted us so hopefully I caught it right after it happened
He also let me block myspace and a few other sites like that.