I got tired of that, too, so I stopped giving them my info. The puzzled clerk at the counter generally requires a few moments to process the fact that I don't want to give them my info, but eventually I buy my gizmo w/o registration.
I am a gov't contractor in the DC metro area. While not yet reaching the rest of the country, all projects in this area for the DoD must conform with DITSCAP guidelines (DoD Information Technology Security Certification and Accredidation Process). DES and Triple DES are not compliant with DITSCAP. For now, AES is the standard.
A DITSCAP security scan checks everything from hardware to OS to application, checking permissions, accounts that own processes and NT services, and a DITSCAP compliant application logs *everything*.
My applications logs every change to the database, when it happend, and by whom. They track who accesses what, whether or not they were given access, and alerts go out to security officers when anything out of the ordinary happens (read: often).
It takes months to secure an application for DITSCAP, and as a web guy I think some of it is bunk. Most of their guidelines were written for desktop apps where it is entirely possible to do things that are entirely impossible to do in a web environment. Nevertheless, we code to the letter of the law and attempt to address every security point brought up in a scan. Whether or not they are valid points (or even worthwhile to do because many of the points are easily fooled) is irrelevant because a scan is a scan and we must adhere to our security auditors' guidelines.
As far as this thread goes, only AES will pass a security scan. Nothing else qualifies and you would be forced to implement all your encryption with AES.
The lightning rod is the simplest device ever created to protect a building from lightning. There was no prior art when it was invented because no one quite understood electricity yet.
Ben Franklin gave away his invention to mankind and it is still used throughout the world today. Thank goodness ol' Ben didn't want a government granted monopoly (ok, the patent system didn't exist then) because there is no way to improve on a simple piece of metal driven into the ground to conduct electricity.
On the other hand, I kinda wish he had gotten a patent. I would love to see a product called "Ben Franklin's Rod" on the market.
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911 operators have no way of tracing where you are calling from if you use your cell phone.
On the other hand, if you dial 911 on your POTS line and drop the receiver because a bad guy is chasing you around the house, the operators must send the police to your house... and they know exactly where your call is coming from.
Joe Sixpack doesn't know what a CPU cycle is, but he knows that he likes the 3D window when he browses this computer at Wal-Mart. Bells and whistles draw a customer in.
I can see how this could have the potential to boost their desktop sales. Any desktop sold based on Linux is a good thing./P
half the supposed benefit of Linux is the ability to bring old boxen back to life, because they can't support bloat from Windows anymore.
I have an old eMachine 500mhz machine that is chugging along fine with Fedora, and I'd like to have it running forever since it's still a useful processor, after all.
If a Linux distro becomes as bloated and heavy as running Windows... well, there goes one of the cooler benefits of Linux...
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I got tired of that, too, so I stopped giving them my info. The puzzled clerk at the counter generally requires a few moments to process the fact that I don't want to give them my info, but eventually I buy my gizmo w/o registration.
I, for one, welcome our new pooper scooter riding overlords.
I am a gov't contractor in the DC metro area. While not yet reaching the rest of the country, all projects in this area for the DoD must conform with DITSCAP guidelines (DoD Information Technology Security Certification and Accredidation Process). DES and Triple DES are not compliant with DITSCAP. For now, AES is the standard.
A DITSCAP security scan checks everything from hardware to OS to application, checking permissions, accounts that own processes and NT services, and a DITSCAP compliant application logs *everything*.
My applications logs every change to the database, when it happend, and by whom. They track who accesses what, whether or not they were given access, and alerts go out to security officers when anything out of the ordinary happens (read: often).
It takes months to secure an application for DITSCAP, and as a web guy I think some of it is bunk. Most of their guidelines were written for desktop apps where it is entirely possible to do things that are entirely impossible to do in a web environment. Nevertheless, we code to the letter of the law and attempt to address every security point brought up in a scan. Whether or not they are valid points (or even worthwhile to do because many of the points are easily fooled) is irrelevant because a scan is a scan and we must adhere to our security auditors' guidelines.
As far as this thread goes, only AES will pass a security scan. Nothing else qualifies and you would be forced to implement all your encryption with AES.
Ben Franklin gave away his invention to mankind and it is still used throughout the world today. Thank goodness ol' Ben didn't want a government granted monopoly (ok, the patent system didn't exist then) because there is no way to improve on a simple piece of metal driven into the ground to conduct electricity.
On the other hand, I kinda wish he had gotten a patent. I would love to see a product called "Ben Franklin's Rod" on the market.
911 operators have no way of tracing where you are calling from if you use your cell phone. On the other hand, if you dial 911 on your POTS line and drop the receiver because a bad guy is chasing you around the house, the operators must send the police to your house... and they know exactly where your call is coming from.
but why is M$ using students to develop their OS? I know summer interns come cheaper that full-timers, but come on!
Joe Sixpack doesn't know what a CPU cycle is, but he knows that he likes the 3D window when he browses this computer at Wal-Mart. Bells and whistles draw a customer in.
I can see how this could have the potential to boost their desktop sales. Any desktop sold based on Linux is a good thing./P
one out of two ain't bad....
half the supposed benefit of Linux is the ability to bring old boxen back to life, because they can't support bloat from Windows anymore.
I have an old eMachine 500mhz machine that is chugging along fine with Fedora, and I'd like to have it running forever since it's still a useful processor, after all.
If a Linux distro becomes as bloated and heavy as running Windows... well, there goes one of the cooler benefits of Linux...