Inquiring minds want to know. You know all of this about your switch and you've not returned it yet? What compels you to keep it? Does it whip up a tasty mocha latte on the side?
You're right. I have Vipre Enterprise installed on a virtual machine that I use for work. I created a C:\Windows\SL directory then had Vipre scan the Windows folder. It claimed to have found StarLogger installed.
If multiple antivirus products falsely report this, then that's just sad. I'm surprised just the presence of a directory would be considered a signature.
Makes me trust antivirus products even less than I already do.
Look, this is simple. The military should just block all incoming access from any country that it deems an enemy. That way, no matter how lax they are with security, it'll be that much harder to get to even unprotected documents by our "enemies". Of course, this should be done at the core router level... Just in case they weren't aware...
Good question. I've been asking that every time I hear of a new Linux port to some device that has absolutely NO need to run it.
Hmm. I just realized that the window fan I bought today isn't running Linux yet. I wonder if there's a port available. Maybe I can get real-time fan speed status and control from it, instead of using the Windows-inspired 3-way dial to control the speed. Heck, I bet I could even control it over the Internet!
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I wonder about this piece of the legislation:
(c) To receive, disrupt, decrypt, transmit, retransmit, acquire, intercept, or facilitate the receipt, disruption, decryption, transmission, retransmission, acquisition, or interception of any telecommunications service without the express authority or actual consent of the telecommunications service provider.
If I read this correctly, doesn't it imply that an ISP could get you in trouble for viewing content that they consider unsuitable, thus without their "express authority or actual consent"? For example, if you're highly politically motivated, and view websites that your ISP considers inappropriate, they could have you arrested.
A few months before Northpoint's failure, I unloaded a spare FlowPoint 2200-16 SDSL router on ebay for $150. It's not even half what I paid for it (by being RAPED by PSN for NO service), but it softened the blow a bit.
Now, I feel kinda bad for the guy who bought it. Since it's designed to only work with Copper Mountain DSLAM equipment, he may have trouble using it with any other providers, as I don't know any other than Northpoint who used the Copper Mountain DSLAMs.
That's the one thing that's bad about all the incompatible DSL equipment out there. It's completely useless with another provider, unless they use pretty much exactly the same DSLAM as the previous provider did.
With all the glorious security holes found in Windows NT server and Workstation, how do you think Windows 2000 will fare once it hits the streets and companies such as yourselves get to start picking it apart with a passion?
Do you believe Microsoft's claims that it will challenge Unix and other secure operating systems for security and stability?
Or, like myself, do you believe that it will crack like a spoiled egg once people have started poking around with it?
Also, have you had much chance to play with the pre-release copies? If so, have you found anything interestingly flawed in the new security model?
Thanks for your time!
--- Haplo - "The Internet is slow, please reboot it"
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Sun isn't packaged with a LVM type utility like AIX is. But, Veritas has a very nice (so I hear) volume manager out for Solaris that gives Solaris similar functionality to AIX's LVM (so I hear). I've never used Veritas volume manager before, so I have no idea how it works.
I can't say that I totally disagree with a company's right to scan their own networks (including email) for "illegal" and potentially damaging material. After all, it's THEIR network, and THEIR hardware/software you're using.
But, where is it to stop? How long before ISP's start scanning any and all packets that go through their network, looking for pr0n and other "objectionable" materials, and either getting the user arrested, or kicked from the service? Who's to say that someone with a cable modem might not be packet sniffing their entire neighborhood, find some pr0n, be offended, and complain to the ISP, and threaten to sue? You'd think that someone doing that would likely be kicked just for packet sniffing. But, with today's corporate fear of lawsuits, it's entirely possible that the packet sniffing luser might just get their way, and win a huge lawsuit in the process. It only stands to reason, then, that the ISP would want to prevent this from occuring, thus scanning all incoming/outgoing packets for pr0n, and either booting or prosecuting the "violator".
For a lot of us, the problem is that our jobs and hobbies are pretty much the same thing. I like administering Unix/Linux systems in my spare time, as it provides an intellectual challenge to me, so it's one of my favorite hobbies. As it happens, my job is that of a Unix sysadmin. So, for my job, I spend easily 8-20 hours a day online (I work from home). Most other careers don't correspond to people's hobbies. Can you see the McDonald's clerk flipping hamburgers in their spare time? Or, the surgeon cutting open his family just for the fun of it? Or, WORST OF ALL, the lawyer who does the same as a hobby? Run for the hills!:-) I can't say whether or not it's healthy, but I certainly don't view my life as living an addiction. If I could get paid what I do, without having a college degree, in any other field, I might be doing that instead of this.
I'm also a lame man. That in combo with grip (for ripping and cddb) is wonderful. I can put a cd in, select all the tracks, and let it do it's thing. The incredible part is that at 128kbs, it encodes faster than it can rip tracks. I've tested it against l3enc and bladeenc, and it is by far the fastest encoder I've seen. The quality is also fantastic. I highly recommend the combo of grip (using built-in cdparanoia for ripping), and lame.
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Not if it meant violating people's constitutional rights. Nothing justifies that.
Inquiring minds want to know. You know all of this about your switch and you've not returned it yet? What compels you to keep it? Does it whip up a tasty mocha latte on the side?
You're right. I have Vipre Enterprise installed on a virtual machine that I use for work. I created a C:\Windows\SL directory then had Vipre scan the Windows folder. It claimed to have found StarLogger installed.
If multiple antivirus products falsely report this, then that's just sad. I'm surprised just the presence of a directory would be considered a signature.
Makes me trust antivirus products even less than I already do.
Look, this is simple. The military should just block all incoming access from any country that it deems an enemy. That way, no matter how lax they are with security, it'll be that much harder to get to even unprotected documents by our "enemies". Of course, this should be done at the core router level... Just in case they weren't aware...
-- Jordan
Actually, it's a Kibibeer + 1. A Kilobeer (KBr) would be 1000 beers. A Kibibeer (KiBr) is 1024 beers.
Good question. I've been asking that every time I hear of a new Linux port to some device that has absolutely NO need to run it.
Hmm. I just realized that the window fan I bought today isn't running Linux yet. I wonder if there's a port available. Maybe I can get real-time fan speed status and control from it, instead of using the Windows-inspired 3-way dial to control the speed. Heck, I bet I could even control it over the Internet!
Go useless Linux ports!
And to think that Apple users created Fink, to give us OS X users the same benefits you debian users get. :-)
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I wonder about this piece of the legislation:
(c) To receive, disrupt, decrypt, transmit, retransmit, acquire, intercept, or facilitate the receipt, disruption, decryption, transmission, retransmission, acquisition, or interception of any telecommunications service without the express authority or actual consent of the telecommunications service provider.
If I read this correctly, doesn't it imply that an ISP could get you in trouble for viewing content that they consider unsuitable, thus without their "express authority or actual consent"? For example, if you're highly politically motivated, and view websites that your ISP considers inappropriate, they could have you arrested.
Welcome to the United States of Thought Control.
Do it and find out... :-)
A few months before Northpoint's failure, I unloaded a spare FlowPoint 2200-16 SDSL router on ebay for $150. It's not even half what I paid for it (by being RAPED by PSN for NO service), but it softened the blow a bit.
Now, I feel kinda bad for the guy who bought it. Since it's designed to only work with Copper Mountain DSLAM equipment, he may have trouble using it with any other providers, as I don't know any other than Northpoint who used the Copper Mountain DSLAMs.
That's the one thing that's bad about all the incompatible DSL equipment out there. It's completely useless with another provider, unless they use pretty much exactly the same DSLAM as the previous provider did.
I would likely use it if IE and Quicken 2001 were ported to it. That's the only thing preventing me from using it as my base OS now... :-/
Do you believe Microsoft's claims that it will challenge Unix and other secure operating systems for security and stability?
Or, like myself, do you believe that it will crack like a spoiled egg once people have started poking around with it?
Also, have you had much chance to play with the pre-release copies? If so, have you found anything interestingly flawed in the new security model?
Thanks for your time!
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Haplo - "The Internet is slow, please reboot it"
Sun isn't packaged with a LVM type utility like AIX is. But, Veritas has a very nice (so I hear) volume manager out for Solaris that gives Solaris similar functionality to AIX's LVM (so I hear). I've never used Veritas volume manager before, so I have no idea how it works.
Actually, I believe they're using the newer Power4 processors. I don't know the specs of them, though.
I can't say that I totally disagree with a company's right to scan their own networks (including email) for "illegal" and potentially damaging material. After all, it's THEIR network, and THEIR hardware/software you're using.
But, where is it to stop? How long before ISP's start scanning any and all packets that go through their network, looking for pr0n and other "objectionable" materials, and either getting the user arrested, or kicked from the service? Who's to say that someone with a cable modem might not be packet sniffing their entire neighborhood, find some pr0n, be offended, and complain to the ISP, and threaten to sue? You'd think that someone doing that would likely be kicked just for packet sniffing. But, with today's corporate fear of lawsuits, it's entirely possible that the packet sniffing luser might just get their way, and win a huge lawsuit in the process. It only stands to reason, then, that the ISP would want to prevent this from occuring, thus scanning all incoming/outgoing packets for pr0n, and either booting or prosecuting the "violator".
Just my $0.02.
For a lot of us, the problem is that our jobs and hobbies are pretty much the same thing. I like administering Unix/Linux systems in my spare time, as it provides an intellectual challenge to me, so it's one of my favorite hobbies. As it happens, my job is that of a Unix sysadmin. So, for my job, I spend easily 8-20 hours a day online (I work from home). Most other careers don't correspond to people's hobbies. Can you see the McDonald's clerk flipping hamburgers in their spare time? Or, the surgeon cutting open his family just for the fun of it? Or, WORST OF ALL, the lawyer who does the same as a hobby? Run for the hills! :-) I can't say whether or not it's healthy, but I certainly don't view my life as living an addiction. If I could get paid what I do, without having a college degree, in any other field, I might be doing that instead of this.
I'm also a lame man. That in combo with grip (for ripping and cddb) is wonderful. I can put a cd in, select all the tracks, and let it do it's thing. The incredible part is that at 128kbs, it encodes faster than it can rip tracks. I've tested it against l3enc and bladeenc, and it is by far the fastest encoder I've seen. The quality is also fantastic. I highly recommend the combo of grip (using built-in cdparanoia for ripping), and lame.