The technology that replaces the Gasoline Engine has to be of devistating power. It has to deliver far more power than Conventional Internal Combustion Engines can. Such engines have to be able to push ~300 MPH and be like dangerous for Americans to buy them. That is what is missing. They have to have devistatingly destructive power, while being Eco friendly.
It doesn't matter if Windows does a good job or a bad job. People will have to take Vista regaurdless of how good or bad it is.
Slashdot might not as well cover how good or bad Vista is because in Vista and OSX are closed source OSes. Users have no say in how good or bad a proprietary OS is. So we might as well not deal with it.
I Personally wish that people would stop consuming, and giving creed to closed OSes, and no, OSX is not an Open OS. I don't care how like BSD it is.
Are our polluting idustries going to radically alter this planet? Probably, if we haven't already.
I think its a good bet that Human beings one way or another going tto do something to absolutely make Earth uninhabitable. Just a matter of how, and when. This happens because only a small minority of inhabitants on the planet have the education, knowlege, beliefs, time, resources and a whole host of other things to really fix whats wrong.
Most of the world is too concerned with staying alive, not starving to death, not being murdered, tortured, raped, die for the cause of theirs or someone elses percieved 'God' and the list goes on.
There are lots of things in this world that can kill you. A good 85% of the Human/Terran population of the Earth falls in this category. So, until something happens that changes that bare survival aspect, and your not worried about whether roaming bands of starving bandits with automatic weapons are going to kill you over your last can of beans and cantine of water, like some people in the world do, I think that the major portion of the population won't care until its too late. And the rich don't care because the rich won't be affected by it until its too late.
On my home network, I have been using Samba as an internal network file system for Linux to Linux networking. I use LDAP as my Database backend, Kerberos as my means of authentication too Samba.
You see I discovered something about Windows and SMB. Windows Cached its passwords. The passwords were replayed across the network whenever a new socket was opened. Konqueror would not replicate this behavior unless forced to by the KDE Control center. I have a big long thing that describes the whole thing.
It is not totally perfect but I want you to tell me if you think that this constitutes Active Directory, or at least something close. Eitherway, This is a major accomplishment for me, and I wanted some suggestions or potential improvements because I know this isn't perfect but it is a noticable advancement.
Abstract
The general idea is that we have a single unifying database system (LDAP) a single protocol for Sign-On (Kerberos) Name resolution (Bind DNS) And a network File system (CIFS by care of Samba.)
Basically, Kerberos now acts as a single sign-on (SSO) facility for my home network.
When you log in Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) verify the account's credibility via LDAP, and request a ticket from the Kerberos Key Distribution Center. based on the Principal (Username and Password) and Policies in the Kerberos Realm.
These are DNS Service records thaat help clients find their KDC without the need for client side configuration files. This is how clients detect servers without Broadcast discovery protocols like Netbios Message Block,. The reason this is important is because it elimanates the "replay" attack threat from the fact that Windows likes to Cache its passwords in SAM files (PWL Files in the 9x Series). Even without the User's knowlege.
Some things I want to draw attention to.
First, this is a Windows 2000 Style Port 445 CIFS (SMBX) connection between two Linux machines. NOT a port 139 NT4 Netbios Session (SMB) connection.
The second thing I want you to notice is the fact that both servers are doing SPENGO, also known as "Sign and Seal" In Windows 2003 Server.
Finally that it aquaired the valid Kerberos Principal and ticket, and did a valid Kerberos setup.
THe security paradigm of Windows and the Unix World are Apples and Green peppers. There will still be spyware threats out there if Windows didn't exist. But they would be different threats, and they could eeven be worse in some cases, but they would be fewer in number and the Internet wouldn't be such a darkened Hell hole it is steadily becoming. The Data miners would get more resistance from the Unix world than they have a Windows world that can't fight back.
I don't think there will be a year of Open Source of a year of Open Document. I think there will be years marked by battles of Open source and open document formats. We've been fighting these bloody battles of Open source and Open Doc versus Closed source and Word Documents for years now, and every year I think the battles intensify as more and more casualties mount on both sides.
2006 will be another year of fighting for F/OSS and ODF survival. So here's too a new year in the trenches.
We are Terrans. Goku and Vegeta are Saiyans. According to the Dragonball Z Series, the Saiyans have nothing to do with the Terrans. We are two totally seprate species. It just so happens that the Terrans and Saiyans are Biologically and genetically close enough to inter-marry.
I heard a conspiricy Theroy among Dragon Ball Fans that Akira Toriyama had the Kaioshin plan it that way.
To beat the Hell out of the Anti-Linux guys on User friendliness. Linux is User friendly IF you get compliant hardware, and set it up correctly.
Its just not hardware vendor friendly. Because hardware vendors don't like to make drivers for us.. Its the hardware vendors and the Music industry trying to smash Linux.
As for the Package Management issues. I can just click setup under Linux, its called rpmdrake or synaptic. I click the RPM under KDE, and either Synaaptic or Rpmdrake launches.
I don't know what that guy was talking about with regaurds to Quake 2. Installing Quake 3 for me was simply selecting the PLF Package in RPM drake, and letting it copy the base directory of my Quake 3 Drive...
Yes. But there is a problem. There aren't enough Super Linux Users and too many newbies who really aren't intrested in pushing Linux as far as you can push Linux. I'm in a LUG like that. My LUG members aren't intrested and don't see the need for what I as a Super Linux User do.
Another issue is Linux gaming. This year. I'm hosting a purely Linux LAN war this X-mas Day. No Windows. All Linux. I've done this beforee. But I expect this year to be one of my best.
There are alot more Super Windows Users who can build complex Windows networks (Such as Actiive Directory) than there are Super Linux users to match and thats with technologies such as OpenLDAP, due to intrest, and goals. To make LUGs more effective, more Super Linux users need to be produced so Linux that Linux improves, and the education about Linux improves.
I can accept that not all software will be Open Source. I can even accept that someday, Linux may become obsolete and be replaced by an Operating system no one has seen yet or exists yet.
Regaurdless of whatever RMS's feelings may be, its important that F/OSS Survive. The ideals of F/OSS are democratic and transparent. The closed source software industry routinely violates many rights of people.
Now. There is a larger problem here. Its a Freedom vs. Control debate. Here is the issue. Most Americans really don't support tolerance or pluralism. They just sort of pretend to. There is opression in the world. The commercial software industry, as it is today, is just one example of it.
What most Americans support is a very dilluted Christian Theocracy. Working to change that and open things up and reform things is goiing to be extremely difficult. But, Western civilization has both a history of openness and reform, and control and repression.
Why the Hell isn't this on the front page?! Because it damn well should be!
How many people have been agonizing over fixing problems and having good frontends to OpenLDAP? Directory Services are a Front line, in the Trenches issue! Not to be taken lightly!
It is beyond my ability to help them. I have used what little expertise I have to do what I can to contribute, but I caannot contribute what I do not have. Only now am I completeing Intermediate C++. Why did I choose to take Intermediate C++? It wasn't a part of my major in IT, and I didn't need any more electives.
I did it because this is the third neglected Open Source or Closed source project I had seen. First ZDaemon, a formerly Linux accessible Network for Doom 1, 2, and Final Doom, until the maintainer decided he didn't like Linux. And then FreeDroidRPG because the lead programmer went to work for the Red Cross, a noble pursuit, but theree was no one to replace him.
That maybe this is a betrayal of the Open Source and Free Software initiatives that we hold valuable.
I'm poor, so I know that I'm going to be flamed into Hell. But I don't care. These people closed source on something that open source proponets need, good, network admistration tools.
Money be damned. They hurt the F/OSS cause doing this. Whether they owned the copyright to Nessus is beside the point. This was a serious set back that will take those of us who use F/OSS Software months and possibly years to recover as we have to go through the trouble of creating an OpenNessus, or FreeNessus or GNessus, and then fight potential legal battles against the closed Nessus because it might hurt the close Nessus's legal battle.
Not to mention those security holes that could potentially go undetected in Linux because of the falling behind of the Closed Nessus's progress. The ripple effects of these actions by the Nessus creators will serve to weaken the overall community.
The hardest part will be finding the qualified people to start the Open Nessus. So, we are looking at two years of fallback.
Religion has no redeeming value. Look at what it has done to Anime.
If aa God exists in this Universe, (Which I seriously doubt.) and he has intentions of interfereing with the continuation of Life on this Planet, he should be treated as an invader and Neutralized so that he can no longer be a threat to the Human race.
The rest of the Human Species should simply grow up...
I don't think that MS is involved in this. I see this as Hardware dealers wanting to use Windows software to deliberately cripple the Hardware to make you pay more. Something they can't get away with in the Linux World because Linux users are like Wolves, and Windows Users are "Sheeple"
At issue also, is Hardware Manufactueres trying to prevent you from using software to violate their "Trade Secrets" Again, MS Has nothing to do with this, its hardware makers wanting to keep the "Trade Secrets" of their latest Chipsets from being exposed.... And I say, from Hell's heart I stabbeth thee trade Secret, for they are only worthy of death.
Its too soon. This version of Mandriva still has Mozilla FireFox 1.0.6, with backported patches. I would have waited until Christmas. I would have waited to refine some more. I think they moved too fast on this. I think that major work should have been done on Heimdal Kerberos Support. Because better LDAP backend support for Kerberos is critical to doing thinngs like Linux's "Almost but not quite" Active Directory.
There can't be a competition because Windows WILL NOT permit Linux's existance to continue. Given the oppurtunity, Microsoft will kill Linux. They just haven't figured out how. So Linux's continued existence and Microsoft's continued existence are mutually exclusive. For Linux or any other F/OSS Operating system to survive, Microsoft has to collapse, be split up or something....
Make no mistake, THEY WILL DO WHATEVER IS NESSESSARY TO KILL US!
Look, I do care how advanced MS is. I do care that OSS is under threat from Closed software of extinction. What matters is that our Police and Governments are using this closed source software. OSS Software will make it to MS's level of interoperability eventually but in this instance we should be trying to give OSS as many victories as possible because if OSS fails we will be living in the enslaved societies that RMS writees about. The average consumer doesn't understand his civil and Human rights are under threat by these closed source software companies. It may be MS, or it may be something else.
The point is that F/OSS needs victories by any means nessessary. The longer these Closed source companies stay in control, the greater the threat of large scale curtailing of Freedom of speech, expression, fair use, and other things will come under attack.
This is a threat that F/OSS needs economic power and Market Share and Mindshare to Neutralize. To get Marketshare and Mindshare F/OSS needs to produce more powerful applications beyond anything end Users could possibly get with MS, and device drivers far beyond what MS can produce. To do that we need strong F/OSS developers to push F/OSS Software as far as is can possibly go, to its limits and beyond. If F/OSS is weak, the ideals F/OSS will perish and Humanity will pay the price.
I'm not concerned with what a completely blind consumer public thinks because the consuming public is selfish and doesn't understand. It wants what it can get its hands on. They are the mob, and right now, the mob is happy with Closed Source, but I trust F/OSS in the hands of average people, rather than Closed in the hands of Closed average people because Closed source companies will become Tyrannies given the chance.
I wonder if next, we'll see a documentary about little red devils with Pitchforks and their struggle to survive deep below the Earth's crust. It could show them evading lava monsters, and tunneling through the Earth.
What does it matter if Linux, FreeBSD or OSX winds up on top? The important thing, is that ideas like freedom, the GNU and GPL, Open Source, and individual liberty survives. Right now, that is the biggest threat.
What we need to worry about is stuff like TCPA destroying our freedoms of speech and expression. Worry about that before whether or not we worry about whether our favorite OS becomes the leader. If we don't take that threat seriously, it won't matter what OS Comes out on top bcause we won't be having this discussion.
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The technology that replaces the Gasoline Engine has to be of devistating power. It has to deliver far more power than Conventional Internal Combustion Engines can. Such engines have to be able to push ~300 MPH and be like dangerous for Americans to buy them.
That is what is missing. They have to have devistatingly destructive power, while being Eco friendly.
I am a huge Babylon 5 Fan, and I always wanted to build a "Destroyer Class" Linux box meant to secure my networks from attack by hostile nodes.
Have any of you ever heard of a text adventure game similar to Zork called "Smirk". Smirk was made for the Apple IIe but thats all I know about it.
You open Source the Engine, but close the content. Like the Doom/Quake model. Open Source Engine, Closed content packs (WADs, PAKs.)
A large amount of Linux Game programmers make incompotent descions.
Take Boson for example.
There is no reason why Boson should be tied to KDE the way it is.
Some game programs don't utilize automake or autoconf at all.
Another problem is that some Linux game Programmers program are Windows programs who put in a minimum effort nessessary to build a Linux version.
The fact is that we need people to work on better Linux games and Engine Source ports.
It doesn't matter if Windows does a good job or a bad job. People will have to take Vista regaurdless of how good or bad it is.
Slashdot might not as well cover how good or bad Vista is because in Vista and OSX are closed source OSes. Users have no say in how good or bad a proprietary OS is. So we might as well not deal with it.
I Personally wish that people would stop consuming, and giving creed to closed OSes, and no, OSX is not an Open OS. I don't care how like BSD it is.
Are our polluting idustries going to radically alter this planet? Probably, if we haven't already. I think its a good bet that Human beings one way or another going tto do something to absolutely make Earth uninhabitable. Just a matter of how, and when. This happens because only a small minority of inhabitants on the planet have the education, knowlege, beliefs, time, resources and a whole host of other things to really fix whats wrong. Most of the world is too concerned with staying alive, not starving to death, not being murdered, tortured, raped, die for the cause of theirs or someone elses percieved 'God' and the list goes on. There are lots of things in this world that can kill you. A good 85% of the Human/Terran population of the Earth falls in this category. So, until something happens that changes that bare survival aspect, and your not worried about whether roaming bands of starving bandits with automatic weapons are going to kill you over your last can of beans and cantine of water, like some people in the world do, I think that the major portion of the population won't care until its too late. And the rich don't care because the rich won't be affected by it until its too late.
On my home network, I have been using Samba as an internal network file system for Linux to Linux networking. I use LDAP as my Database backend, Kerberos as my means of authentication too Samba.
You see I discovered something about Windows and SMB. Windows Cached its passwords. The passwords were replayed across the network whenever a new socket was opened. Konqueror would not replicate this behavior unless forced to by the KDE Control center. I have a big long thing that describes the whole thing.
It is not totally perfect but I want you to tell me if you think that
this constitutes Active Directory, or at least something close.
Eitherway, This is a major accomplishment for me, and I wanted some
suggestions or potential improvements because I know this isn't perfect
but it is a noticable advancement.
Abstract
The general idea is that we have a single unifying database system
(LDAP) a single protocol for Sign-On (Kerberos) Name resolution (Bind
DNS) And a network File system (CIFS by care of Samba.)
Basically, Kerberos now acts as a single sign-on (SSO) facility for my
home network.
When you log in Linux Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) verify the
account's credibility via LDAP, and request a ticket from the Kerberos
Key Distribution Center. based on the Principal (Username and Password)
and Policies in the Kerberos Realm.
These are DNS Service records thaat help clients find their KDC without the need for client side configuration files. This is how clients detect servers without Broadcast discovery protocols like Netbios Message Block,. The reason this is important is because it elimanates the "replay" attack threat from the fact that Windows likes to Cache its passwords in SAM files (PWL Files in the 9x Series). Even without the User's knowlege.
Some things I want to draw attention to.
First, this is a Windows 2000 Style Port 445 CIFS (SMBX) connection between two Linux machines. NOT a port 139 NT4 Netbios Session (SMB) connection.
The second thing I want you to notice is the fact that both servers are doing SPENGO, also known as "Sign and Seal" In Windows 2003 Server.
Finally that it aquaired the valid Kerberos Principal and ticket, and did a valid Kerberos setup.
Sorry if I sound incoherent. I'm tired.
THe security paradigm of Windows and the Unix World are Apples and Green peppers. There will still be spyware threats out there if Windows didn't exist. But they would be different threats, and they could eeven be worse in some cases, but they would be fewer in number and the Internet wouldn't be such a darkened Hell hole it is steadily becoming. The Data miners would get more resistance from the Unix world than they have a Windows world that can't fight back.
I don't think there will be a year of Open Source of a year of Open Document. I think there will be years marked by battles of Open source and open document formats. We've been fighting these bloody battles of Open source and Open Doc versus Closed source and Word Documents for years now, and every year I think the battles intensify as more and more casualties mount on both sides.
2006 will be another year of fighting for F/OSS and ODF survival. So here's too a new year in the trenches.
We are Terrans. Goku and Vegeta are Saiyans. According to the Dragonball Z Series, the Saiyans have nothing to do with the Terrans. We are two totally seprate species. It just so happens that the Terrans and Saiyans are Biologically and genetically close enough to inter-marry.
I heard a conspiricy Theroy among Dragon Ball Fans that Akira Toriyama had the Kaioshin plan it that way.
To beat the Hell out of the Anti-Linux guys on User friendliness. Linux is User friendly IF you get compliant hardware, and set it up correctly.
Its just not hardware vendor friendly. Because hardware vendors don't like to make drivers for us.. Its the hardware vendors and the Music industry trying to smash Linux.
As for the Package Management issues. I can just click setup under Linux, its called rpmdrake or synaptic. I click the RPM under KDE, and either Synaaptic or Rpmdrake launches.
I don't know what that guy was talking about with regaurds to Quake 2. Installing Quake 3 for me was simply selecting the PLF Package in RPM drake, and letting it copy the base directory of my Quake 3 Drive...
God those people piss me off!
Yes. But there is a problem. There aren't enough Super Linux Users and too many newbies who really aren't intrested in pushing Linux as far as you can push Linux. I'm in a LUG like that. My LUG members aren't intrested and don't see the need for what I as a Super Linux User do.
Another issue is Linux gaming. This year. I'm hosting a purely Linux LAN war this X-mas Day. No Windows. All Linux. I've done this beforee. But I expect this year to be one of my best.
There are alot more Super Windows Users who can build complex Windows networks (Such as Actiive Directory) than there are Super Linux users to match and thats with technologies such as OpenLDAP, due to intrest, and goals. To make LUGs more effective, more Super Linux users need to be produced so Linux that Linux improves, and the education about Linux improves.
I can accept that not all software will be Open Source. I can even accept that someday, Linux may become obsolete and be replaced by an Operating system no one has seen yet or exists yet.
Regaurdless of whatever RMS's feelings may be, its important that F/OSS Survive. The ideals of F/OSS are democratic and transparent. The closed source software industry routinely violates many rights of people.
Now. There is a larger problem here. Its a Freedom vs. Control debate. Here is the issue. Most Americans really don't support tolerance or pluralism. They just sort of pretend to. There is opression in the world. The commercial software industry, as it is today, is just one example of it.
What most Americans support is a very dilluted Christian Theocracy. Working to change that and open things up and reform things is goiing to be extremely difficult. But, Western civilization has both a history of openness and reform, and control and repression.
Why the Hell isn't this on the front page?! Because it damn well should be!
How many people have been agonizing over fixing problems and having good frontends to OpenLDAP? Directory Services are a Front line, in the Trenches issue! Not to be taken lightly!
It is beyond my ability to help them. I have used what little expertise I have to do what I can to contribute, but I caannot contribute what I do not have. Only now am I completeing Intermediate C++. Why did I choose to take Intermediate C++? It wasn't a part of my major in IT, and I didn't need any more electives.
I did it because this is the third neglected Open Source or Closed source project I had seen. First ZDaemon, a formerly Linux accessible Network for Doom 1, 2, and Final Doom, until the maintainer decided he didn't like Linux. And then FreeDroidRPG because the lead programmer went to work for the Red Cross, a noble pursuit, but theree was no one to replace him.
Now there's this.
That maybe this is a betrayal of the Open Source and Free Software initiatives that we hold valuable.
I'm poor, so I know that I'm going to be flamed into Hell. But I don't care. These people closed source on something that open source proponets need, good, network admistration tools.
Money be damned. They hurt the F/OSS cause doing this. Whether they owned the copyright to Nessus is beside the point. This was a serious set back that will take those of us who use F/OSS Software months and possibly years to recover as we have to go through the trouble of creating an OpenNessus, or FreeNessus or GNessus, and then fight potential legal battles against the closed Nessus because it might hurt the close Nessus's legal battle.
Not to mention those security holes that could potentially go undetected in Linux because of the falling behind of the Closed Nessus's progress. The ripple effects of these actions by the Nessus creators will serve to weaken the overall community.
The hardest part will be finding the qualified people to start the Open Nessus. So, we are looking at two years of fallback.
I hope these guys are proud of themselves.
Religion has no redeeming value. Look at what it has done to Anime.
If aa God exists in this Universe, (Which I seriously doubt.) and he has intentions of interfereing with the continuation of Life on this Planet, he should be treated as an invader and Neutralized so that he can no longer be a threat to the Human race.
The rest of the Human Species should simply grow up...
I don't think that MS is involved in this. I see this as Hardware dealers wanting to use Windows software to deliberately cripple the Hardware to make you pay more. Something they can't get away with in the Linux World because Linux users are like Wolves, and Windows Users are "Sheeple"
... And I say, from Hell's heart I stabbeth thee trade Secret, for they are only worthy of death.
At issue also, is Hardware Manufactueres trying to prevent you from using software to violate their "Trade Secrets" Again, MS Has nothing to do with this, its hardware makers wanting to keep the "Trade Secrets" of their latest Chipsets from being exposed.
Its too soon. This version of Mandriva still has Mozilla FireFox 1.0.6, with backported patches. I would have waited until Christmas. I would have waited to refine some more. I think they moved too fast on this. I think that major work should have been done on Heimdal Kerberos Support. Because better LDAP backend support for Kerberos is critical to doing thinngs like Linux's "Almost but not quite" Active Directory.
There can't be a competition because Windows WILL NOT permit Linux's existance to continue. Given the oppurtunity, Microsoft will kill Linux. They just haven't figured out how. So Linux's continued existence and Microsoft's continued existence are mutually exclusive. For Linux or any other F/OSS Operating system to survive, Microsoft has to collapse, be split up or something....
Make no mistake, THEY WILL DO WHATEVER IS NESSESSARY TO KILL US!
Any of you familiar with Tandy 1000 TL, running DeskMate? Anyone remember PC-Link? Is there a connection?
Look, I do care how advanced MS is. I do care that OSS is under threat from Closed software of extinction. What matters is that our Police and Governments are using this closed source software. OSS Software will make it to MS's level of interoperability eventually but in this instance we should be trying to give OSS as many victories as possible because if OSS fails we will be living in the enslaved societies that RMS writees about. The average consumer doesn't understand his civil and Human rights are under threat by these closed source software companies. It may be MS, or it may be something else.
The point is that F/OSS needs victories by any means nessessary. The longer these Closed source companies stay in control, the greater the threat of large scale curtailing of Freedom of speech, expression, fair use, and other things will come under attack.
This is a threat that F/OSS needs economic power and Market Share and Mindshare to Neutralize. To get Marketshare and Mindshare F/OSS needs to produce more powerful applications beyond anything end Users could possibly get with MS, and device drivers far beyond what MS can produce. To do that we need strong F/OSS developers to push F/OSS Software as far as is can possibly go, to its limits and beyond. If F/OSS is weak, the ideals F/OSS will perish and Humanity will pay the price.
I'm not concerned with what a completely blind consumer public thinks because the consuming public is selfish and doesn't understand. It wants what it can get its hands on. They are the mob, and right now, the mob is happy with Closed Source, but I trust F/OSS in the hands of average people, rather than Closed in the hands of Closed average people because Closed source companies will become Tyrannies given the chance.
I wonder if next, we'll see a documentary about little red devils with Pitchforks and their struggle to survive deep below the Earth's crust. It could show them evading lava monsters, and tunneling through the Earth.
What does it matter if Linux, FreeBSD or OSX winds up on top? The important thing, is that ideas like freedom, the GNU and GPL, Open Source, and individual liberty survives. Right now, that is the biggest threat.
What we need to worry about is stuff like TCPA destroying our freedoms of speech and expression. Worry about that before whether or not we worry about whether our favorite OS becomes the leader. If we don't take that threat seriously, it won't matter what OS Comes out on top bcause we won't be having this discussion.