My recent XP experiment:
I was installing a firewall for a client a couple of months ago after they got a new DSL circuit installed. The connection failed, so I called the provider and was informed that the line was disabled for security violations. Someone had plugged in the WinXP home edition desktop before I got there. Needless to say, it was so laden with trojans we didn't bother trying to clean it, we just went straight to the system restore disk.
I dug a bit and found this in the manufacturer's FAQs:
QUESTION:
What is the lifespan of the E-Disk® flash drive if wear-leveling algorithm is not utilized? How much improvement will BiTMICRO's wear-leveling algorithms make to this number?
ANSWER:
The wear-out life of an E-Disk® flash drive is directly proportional to the number of flash memory physical blocks in the device. The greater the number of flash memory blocks in the flash drive (and therefore total capacity), the longer the wear-out life of the device.
As an example, arithmetic computation will show that a 34GB E-Disk flash drive fitted with flash chips rated at an endurance limit of 1 million erase/write cycles will have an endurance life of 1,024,000,000 seconds (or 32.47 years) when written continuously at 34MB/sec (or 2,937.6GB Erase/Write per day). This is the worst possible scenario where all I/O is 100% write and caching is disabled.
E-Disk erase/write endurance can be more than 15 times the computed value if the multiplier effects of full associative caching and the results of BiTMICRO's accelerated erase/write endurance verification and testing are included.
If a honeynet is a secure network (in this case, very light security)
If you deliberately deploy a less secure network (one that you designed to raise flags on automated scanning tools), then that could be viewed as the legal equivalent to leaving an open window in your house in front of a table with a pile of cash on it. You're inviting a potential criminal to pursue the "low hanging fruit".
Personal experience follows, not a paid solicitation;)
I just bought one in my latest upgrade system, and I'm totally amazed at how quiet it is. I can barely tell my computer is on! The fan is not on the back, it's on the bottom of the PSU, allowing Antec to use a larger fan (meaning it can move more air at lower RPM = quieter operation).
I guess the modular connectors are an ok idea, but saved me no space as I needed to connect all of them anyway [4xhdd, 2x(DV-C)D]
Let's dismiss common sense for a minute and think like a lawyer:
Fact: The Wiretap Act deals with phone calls, which are, technical nit-picking aside, real-time communications.
It was the prosecutions error to take an issue based on a communications protocol that is defined as "best effort", and try to argue it in the context of the Wiretap Act. (E-mail is UDP, so there is no confirmation at the network layer of delivery, and no guarantees of transit time.)
Per some other posts here, they should have looked at laws that apply to snail mail, where the analogy is closer. They probably would have won. IANAL, but I don't think it's the judge's place to say, "your argument is not valid, but I find the defendant guilty of "
It seems to me that investigators could subpoena whatever hardware is necessary to make their case, while Iraq can start using the.iq legitimately.
It's not as if someone's going to walk into court with a plastic bag labeled "Exhibit A" with the letters ".iq" in it, right?
Didn't even finish reading the article before:
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In my cube, I am surrounded by a ring of desktop surfaces, filing cabinets, bookcases, drawers, and bulletin/white-boards. I have learned to use them to great efficiency to display things that are critical right in front of me, push less critical things to the side, but not out of site, and index the rest in files for easy access.
Although there will likely be a mix of useful features and eye-candy, I'm sure there will be some aspects that will be a great fit to my organizational scheme.
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My recent XP experiment:
I was installing a firewall for a client a couple of months ago after they got a new DSL circuit installed. The connection failed, so I called the provider and was informed that the line was disabled for security violations. Someone had plugged in the WinXP home edition desktop before I got there. Needless to say, it was so laden with trojans we didn't bother trying to clean it, we just went straight to the system restore disk.
I dug a bit and found this in the manufacturer's FAQs:
QUESTION: What is the lifespan of the E-Disk® flash drive if wear-leveling algorithm is not utilized? How much improvement will BiTMICRO's wear-leveling algorithms make to this number?
ANSWER:
The wear-out life of an E-Disk® flash drive is directly proportional to the number of flash memory physical blocks in the device. The greater the number of flash memory blocks in the flash drive (and therefore total capacity), the longer the wear-out life of the device. As an example, arithmetic computation will show that a 34GB E-Disk flash drive fitted with flash chips rated at an endurance limit of 1 million erase/write cycles will have an endurance life of 1,024,000,000 seconds (or 32.47 years) when written continuously at 34MB/sec (or 2,937.6GB Erase/Write per day). This is the worst possible scenario where all I/O is 100% write and caching is disabled. E-Disk erase/write endurance can be more than 15 times the computed value if the multiplier effects of full associative caching and the results of BiTMICRO's accelerated erase/write endurance verification and testing are included.
I think they're looking at displaying color bars, logos, icons
Wow, I can't wait to get one of these so I can install software to display ads directly on my case!
If a honeynet is a secure network (in this case, very light security)
If you deliberately deploy a less secure network (one that you designed to raise flags on automated scanning tools), then that could be viewed as the legal equivalent to leaving an open window in your house in front of a table with a pile of cash on it. You're inviting a potential criminal to pursue the "low hanging fruit".
Personal experience follows, not a paid solicitation ;)
I just bought one in my latest upgrade system, and I'm totally amazed at how quiet it is. I can barely tell my computer is on! The fan is not on the back, it's on the bottom of the PSU, allowing Antec to use a larger fan (meaning it can move more air at lower RPM = quieter operation).
I guess the modular connectors are an ok idea, but saved me no space as I needed to connect all of them anyway [4xhdd, 2x(DV-C)D]
Let's dismiss common sense for a minute and think like a lawyer: Fact: The Wiretap Act deals with phone calls, which are, technical nit-picking aside, real-time communications. It was the prosecutions error to take an issue based on a communications protocol that is defined as "best effort", and try to argue it in the context of the Wiretap Act. (E-mail is UDP, so there is no confirmation at the network layer of delivery, and no guarantees of transit time.) Per some other posts here, they should have looked at laws that apply to snail mail, where the analogy is closer. They probably would have won. IANAL, but I don't think it's the judge's place to say, "your argument is not valid, but I find the defendant guilty of "
It seems to me that investigators could subpoena whatever hardware is necessary to make their case, while Iraq can start using the .iq legitimately.
It's not as if someone's going to walk into court with a plastic bag labeled "Exhibit A" with the letters ".iq" in it, right?
ICMP is not port 0, it is IP Protocol 1. TCP/UDP port 0 is officially "Reserved"
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In my cube, I am surrounded by a ring of desktop surfaces, filing cabinets, bookcases, drawers, and bulletin/white-boards. I have learned to use them to great efficiency to display things that are critical right in front of me, push less critical things to the side, but not out of site, and index the rest in files for easy access. Although there will likely be a mix of useful features and eye-candy, I'm sure there will be some aspects that will be a great fit to my organizational scheme.