A Linux LiveCD which extracts users logins and passwords from the registry of the PC it's used on will scare people away from Linux, as well as being more suitable as a hacker tool than a security suite.
No, I'm saying you need either a supported modem, or an ethernet-connected modem/router.
There are tens if not hundreds of millions of users in the world who use USB DSL modems, Windows-only winmodems, unsupported Broadcom wifi connections or password-protected proxies for whom this CD will be of absolutely no use whatsoever, except as a coffee mat.
To surf with knoppix you have to be using a cable/DSL ethernet modem or router, or have a supported dial-up modem and the ability to configure it.
I suppose this is geared to internet cafe use? In which case you have to hope the network's set up in a way that doesnt require password authentication...
the point is, Words mime-type handlers allow it to use other media players to render embedded content if WMP is not present.. Microsoft have disabled this ability, so that a version of Windows with a rival media player alone won't work.
It forces people to install WMP to regain lost functionality that shouldnt have been lost, and that's definitely sabotage.
I'd imagine a modern PDA gives a good analogy for what you want to try - low-speed, low-power processor, limited RAM, limited screen but long battery life.
POP3 is the killer. Yahoo and MSN Hotmail both removed mail-client access from their free service recently (although Hotmail was alwas restricted to Outlook Express 5 + and Outlook 2002 or later, they never allowed POP3) and are probably going to have to give it back now Gmails changed the market.
I wonder how favourably the loss of face - and advertising exposure - will compare to the loss of users. Yahoo always used to spam their POP3 users anyway (if you hit the unsubscribe link it cncelled your pop access) which further counts in their disfavour
In Windows XP and 2000 you require a swapfile regardless of the amount of RAM you have. Its about the way the OS works. Ars Technica have some good articles explaining it all...
I beg to differ. WAN access to any service should be blocked unless specifically required.
XP was judged to have a "reasonably secure" default setup when it was released and now look at it. The only security that counts is a secure gateway which blocks all unsolicited traffic. That can't be guaranteed with a software firewall.
No link - I need a pee and the bathrooms about to come free - but about a week ago an article on here documented the results of leaving an unpatched Win2K box accessible from the internet. It got spyware and adware as well as a few worms.
We need a site called geek-exchange so people like us can swap inconveniently-situated tech problems (ie, I fix your mum's PC if you do my cousin's....)
That's good. Well good in theory. A Safecom's a Conexant router, same as the Origo ASR-series hawked by the optimistic to the gullible on eBay...
A good router shouldn't crash - ever. Crashy routers tend to drive people back to modems. (I'm an admin at Shameless plug - portforward.com, we see a lot of these!)
I'm glad one ISP at least is shipping a router, but I'd prefer it if they got some quality (Linksys or US Robotics) gear....
When you go out and buy a new XP PC, or have to reinstall it using the restore CD.. and if you;re a clueless noob like most surfers, that's when you find that NAT is the answer.
A lot of zombifying malwares DO spread by direct infection of unpatched machines. Those 30 mins it takes to download patches are the time in which NAT is a lifesaver. Of course it should always be accompanied by software firewalling to control outgoing connections.
The situation really is bad..
In the last year 512Kbs ADSL Broadband has tumbled in price to little more expensive than unmetered dial-up, and a lot of clueless types bought in
Typical British ISPs provide a USB modem for ADSL or an Ethernet/USB Cable modem, and a driver/configurator disk. No consumer ISP provides a NAT router by default (its a costly option, and usually a crappy rebranded far-eastern product that crashes all the time).
Very few of them even provide a software firewall. AOL is a notable exception (about time they did something right) providing a firewall in their standard AOL Broadband software.
I spend a lot of my free time installing Zonealarm/Sygate Personal for clueless people wondering why their brand new XP box and brand new ADSL connection keep crashing....
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Yahoo Messenger for Linux - last time I used it - required Gnome libs anyway
Yahoo Messenger is supported on RedHat (RPM installer). They also do a BSD version. Quite why you'd want either when you can have GAIM though....?
..which is especially dumb since AVG is free.
A Linux LiveCD which extracts users logins and passwords from the registry of the PC it's used on will scare people away from Linux, as well as being more suitable as a hacker tool than a security suite.
No, I'm saying you need either a supported modem, or an ethernet-connected modem/router.
There are tens if not hundreds of millions of users in the world who use USB DSL modems, Windows-only winmodems, unsupported Broadcom wifi connections or password-protected proxies for whom this CD will be of absolutely no use whatsoever, except as a coffee mat.
To surf with knoppix you have to be using a cable/DSL ethernet modem or router, or have a supported dial-up modem and the ability to configure it.
I suppose this is geared to internet cafe use? In which case you have to hope the network's set up in a way that doesnt require password authentication...
Nevertheless, a great idea and I hope it works
the point is, Words mime-type handlers allow it to use other media players to render embedded content if WMP is not present.. Microsoft have disabled this ability, so that a version of Windows with a rival media player alone won't work.
It forces people to install WMP to regain lost functionality that shouldnt have been lost, and that's definitely sabotage.
lol. OpenOffice also can export to PDF without Acrobat present.. I'm sure most people don't know that, else why do they buy Acrobat?
I'd imagine a modern PDA gives a good analogy for what you want to try - low-speed, low-power processor, limited RAM, limited screen but long battery life.
POP3 is the killer. Yahoo and MSN Hotmail both removed mail-client access from their free service recently (although Hotmail was alwas restricted to Outlook Express 5 + and Outlook 2002 or later, they never allowed POP3) and are probably going to have to give it back now Gmails changed the market.
I wonder how favourably the loss of face - and advertising exposure - will compare to the loss of users. Yahoo always used to spam their POP3 users anyway (if you hit the unsubscribe link it cncelled your pop access) which further counts in their disfavour
In Windows XP and 2000 you require a swapfile regardless of the amount of RAM you have. Its about the way the OS works. Ars Technica have some good articles explaining it all...
Put System swapfile, temporary internet files and temp folders on a Flash memory RAID array
Use USB 2.0 Flash sticks and RAID striping. Silent, unlike the SCSI volume, low-power and also very fast.
I beg to differ. WAN access to any service should be blocked unless specifically required.
XP was judged to have a "reasonably secure" default setup when it was released and now look at it. The only security that counts is a secure gateway which blocks all unsolicited traffic. That can't be guaranteed with a software firewall.
No link - I need a pee and the bathrooms about to come free - but about a week ago an article on here documented the results of leaving an unpatched Win2K box accessible from the internet. It got spyware and adware as well as a few worms.
We need a site called geek-exchange so people like us can swap inconveniently-situated tech problems (ie, I fix your mum's PC if you do my cousin's....)
It'd save us all an awful lot of driving.
That's good. Well good in theory. A Safecom's a Conexant router, same as the Origo ASR-series hawked by the optimistic to the gullible on eBay...
A good router shouldn't crash - ever. Crashy routers tend to drive people back to modems. (I'm an admin at Shameless plug - portforward.com, we see a lot of these!)
I'm glad one ISP at least is shipping a router, but I'd prefer it if they got some quality (Linksys or US Robotics) gear....
When you go out and buy a new XP PC, or have to reinstall it using the restore CD.. and if you;re a clueless noob like most surfers, that's when you find that NAT is the answer.
A lot of zombifying malwares DO spread by direct infection of unpatched machines. Those 30 mins it takes to download patches are the time in which NAT is a lifesaver. Of course it should always be accompanied by software firewalling to control outgoing connections.
The situation really is bad..
In the last year 512Kbs ADSL Broadband has tumbled in price to little more expensive than unmetered dial-up, and a lot of clueless types bought in
Typical British ISPs provide a USB modem for ADSL or an Ethernet/USB Cable modem, and a driver/configurator disk. No consumer ISP provides a NAT router by default (its a costly option, and usually a crappy rebranded far-eastern product that crashes all the time).
Very few of them even provide a software firewall. AOL is a notable exception (about time they did something right) providing a firewall in their standard AOL Broadband software.
I spend a lot of my free time installing Zonealarm/Sygate Personal for clueless people wondering why their brand new XP box and brand new ADSL connection keep crashing....
Well said !
For the record, Top Gear without Jeremy Clarkson is like a sandwich without either bread or filling. just a slice of butter hanging in the air.
Hmm. I think this parallel is failing.
I saw "Apple" and "..phone.." and thought the iPhone had been announced at last, with a silly name...
Fool. Ask any dissident if their access to the web is worth Romanian kids getting raped. I doubt many will agree that it is.
the AC is right. I'm British, you colonials are the ones who get it wrong....
You shouldn't do that - you might get anaemia
Ironically, you've misspelt Napoleon
If the cost of supporting freedom of speech is supporting child pornography, I'd say it's time to find new ways of supporting freedom of speech.