The bnetd team wanted to get the cdkey checking software. They would impliment this into their source. Thus Blizzard's cd key checking software AND algorithms are out in the wild.
Does no one else see a problem with this? This means that people can re-code it using the algorithms in there and create keygens. Not just any keygens, but real keygens to create real keys, ones which can be allowed onto battle.net.
Now not only does this completely go against Blizzard's policies, but it also takes away from their sales. They lose... completely. So yes, it was a GREAT idea that Blizzard didn't give them that cold.
Silly/.'ers, not even thinking along that security line.
A person doesn't need to be tied into one email address, though.
I use my hotmail account for things which aren't neccessity, such as signing up for free forums. That way if I do get trolled, I shrug it off, knowing that my hotmail inbox is expendable. I also use my hotmail acount for msn. I have no qualms with that. Why? I wouldn't want to have my Gmail account being linked to hotmail. Someone doesn't like you, signs you up for tons of forums and you get spammed. I also do that same thing with the email address from my ISP. I use it for private things, not public use.
On that same topic, I have to say that Gmail's spam filters are wonderful. The deleted/spam boxes are very nice with the messages that they have. It's so fast, from work and from home. The conversations are great.
And in reply to hotmail boxes being covered in spam... mine isn't. I've had it for 3 years now. It's a rather long address, and has _'s in it, so that does protect it. But I also have filters on the account to remove anything that comes in with fwd: in it. It provides HUGE amounts of protection. I also weeded and blocked tons of the porn spam a few years back, so I rarely get anything anymore.
It's all about how you use your inbox and how well you configure it. And the fact that the other geeks didn't think of this....
I like the fact that my internet connection is faster under Linux than it was under Windows XP. It's a real kick. If you have both running side by side, try comparing them sometime.
For this one, I would have to disagree. I've done some significant transfers inside Linux and inside Windows 2K, mostly this is using my upload.
I have a 1 mbit/s upload. I can hit the full 128 KB/s using BulletproofFTP server. I have noted that my transfers in Linux are right neck and neck with Windows 2K.
I have a 5mbit down connection and I'll admit, pulling data down from an HTTP or FTP source, I will use wget for Linux and for Windows. It rocks, as there is a very low overhead in the application. No overhead is impossible, but very little is quite possible.
And to throw something more into the mix, I use Opera on both systems as a browser, and I can peak out at around 600 KB/s from a fast source. Both systems. Meaning a well set up Windows system and a well set up Linux system definitely are able to run neck to neck in internet applications such as that.
I will note in favor of the Linux based OS's (Gentoo, which I do dualboot to) does incredibly well using emerge. It's a powerful feature with a very low overhead. It truly is a gift from the gods as to how it is able to pull with great speeds. That's for installing applications, and for updating. Compared to that, Windows update does feel sluggish.
So in the end, I can't really compare the two types of OS. They both have their drawbacks and their perks. One perk for Windows includes the fact that it is easy to use right off the bat. There isn't a lot of endless configuration AND hacking of config files to make it usable with specific hardware. It is usually able to auto-detect things very well. One drawback of it is definitely security. Windows based OS's lack in security, as we've gone over many times. Also that they are spyware ridden fairly quickly (unless you don't use the first party applications such as IE or OE with 'do not open attachments' enabled)
One perk for Linux is that it is incredibly stable and that it IS very configurable. It IS very secure, if you set it up correctly. It's quite hard to set up drivers at times with it, and it's also hard to come up with a system that will work with nearly any app you throw at it. Oh, I know that almost any LINUX based app will work, or so a person hopes. Sometimes the app takes a fair bit of configuration for it to work.
While Linux does have a lot of security holes if you don't know how to use it, Windows is obviously a larger target to hit and to complain about, because it is the main operating system that people use.
The more popular you are, the larger a target you will be. If/when Linux does become a very high end,, and popular desktop OS, then it will come under a higher security inspection.
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Bnetd is open source.
/.'ers, not even thinking along that security line.
The bnetd team wanted to get the cdkey checking software. They would impliment this into their source. Thus Blizzard's cd key checking software AND algorithms are out in the wild.
Does no one else see a problem with this? This means that people can re-code it using the algorithms in there and create keygens. Not just any keygens, but real keygens to create real keys, ones which can be allowed onto battle.net.
Now not only does this completely go against Blizzard's policies, but it also takes away from their sales. They lose... completely. So yes, it was a GREAT idea that Blizzard didn't give them that cold.
Silly
This sounds like something taken directly out of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate factory.
Can it go side to side also?
A person doesn't need to be tied into one email address, though.
I use my hotmail account for things which aren't neccessity, such as signing up for free forums. That way if I do get trolled, I shrug it off, knowing that my hotmail inbox is expendable. I also use my hotmail acount for msn. I have no qualms with that. Why? I wouldn't want to have my Gmail account being linked to hotmail. Someone doesn't like you, signs you up for tons of forums and you get spammed. I also do that same thing with the email address from my ISP. I use it for private things, not public use.
On that same topic, I have to say that Gmail's spam filters are wonderful. The deleted/spam boxes are very nice with the messages that they have. It's so fast, from work and from home. The conversations are great.
And in reply to hotmail boxes being covered in spam... mine isn't. I've had it for 3 years now. It's a rather long address, and has _'s in it, so that does protect it. But I also have filters on the account to remove anything that comes in with fwd: in it. It provides HUGE amounts of protection. I also weeded and blocked tons of the porn spam a few years back, so I rarely get anything anymore.
It's all about how you use your inbox and how well you configure it. And the fact that the other geeks didn't think of this....
Oh, the absolute irony of Microsoft writing anti-virus software. What next? Viruses which exploit the anti-virus software?
For this one, I would have to disagree. I've done some significant transfers inside Linux and inside Windows 2K, mostly this is using my upload.
I have a 1 mbit/s upload. I can hit the full 128 KB/s using BulletproofFTP server. I have noted that my transfers in Linux are right neck and neck with Windows 2K.
I have a 5mbit down connection and I'll admit, pulling data down from an HTTP or FTP source, I will use wget for Linux and for Windows. It rocks, as there is a very low overhead in the application. No overhead is impossible, but very little is quite possible.
And to throw something more into the mix, I use Opera on both systems as a browser, and I can peak out at around 600 KB/s from a fast source. Both systems. Meaning a well set up Windows system and a well set up Linux system definitely are able to run neck to neck in internet applications such as that.
I will note in favor of the Linux based OS's (Gentoo, which I do dualboot to) does incredibly well using emerge. It's a powerful feature with a very low overhead. It truly is a gift from the gods as to how it is able to pull with great speeds. That's for installing applications, and for updating. Compared to that, Windows update does feel sluggish.
So in the end, I can't really compare the two types of OS. They both have their drawbacks and their perks. One perk for Windows includes the fact that it is easy to use right off the bat. There isn't a lot of endless configuration AND hacking of config files to make it usable with specific hardware. It is usually able to auto-detect things very well. One drawback of it is definitely security. Windows based OS's lack in security, as we've gone over many times. Also that they are spyware ridden fairly quickly (unless you don't use the first party applications such as IE or OE with 'do not open attachments' enabled)
One perk for Linux is that it is incredibly stable and that it IS very configurable. It IS very secure, if you set it up correctly. It's quite hard to set up drivers at times with it, and it's also hard to come up with a system that will work with nearly any app you throw at it. Oh, I know that almost any LINUX based app will work, or so a person hopes. Sometimes the app takes a fair bit of configuration for it to work.
Just my 2 cents.
While Linux does have a lot of security holes if you don't know how to use it, Windows is obviously a larger target to hit and to complain about, because it is the main operating system that people use.
The more popular you are, the larger a target you will be. If/when Linux does become a very high end,, and popular desktop OS, then it will come under a higher security inspection.