That's exactly the problem. The music you download will be DRM'd to hell. If it was unencombered, sign me up... or since it'd have to be in the software (as you can't brand the MP3 file on your own machine because others get it) I see a lovely patch coming out in the 'export from media library' function... though then I see FORCED protocol changes and new releases every month... Oh that'll be fun.
It sounds like the industry wants to use our hard-earned bandwidth, and not provide us a benefit for it. It's very simple- They don't need the bandwidth and infrastructure costs of sending all of those files, so there's no limitation to how much crap they can send our way at whatever quality they choose.
This is just a way to milk consumers. I know most North American broadband users just don't care, but what about dialup? What about metered T1's? What about business users who pay by volume or sustained transfer? This is a lame way to put the burden of cost on someone else.
The problem has always been the reliability of some peer-2-peer when you are paying for it- is the transaction when you start getting the file? when you finish downloading it? when it verifies? What if I cancel it with a second left?
Administration Costs for bigcorp are mostly on the server end, and as you say that's easier. These are the people who probably transparently proxy port 25 to their in-house mail server anyway from all of their workstations, or have everthing set up inside some VPN for travelling users. Perfect. The cost here is often migrating legacy systems to new versions- something that isn't so easy. Software developers need to produce updates very quickly and most companies won't put them in until they're tested through-and-through.
But what about Small corporations and small business. I do some consulting as a part of my day for various businesses. These are generally offices between 1 and 30 people, often on the 'commercial' cable or DSL style line. Some of these block SMTP entirely (fine- so we use mail submission on port 587), but think of the time. You can't get users to do even this simple change. This is an admin coming in at a few minutes a workstation, stopping productivity for the users, and changing everyone's outlook settings to point to the proper SMTP server, or enable SMTP authentication, or countless other things. Changing these settings is a ton of work for small businesses... let alone hosting providers who have to force this change.
The reality is, M$ users won't get phone calls saying the mail didn't go through. M$ will return a message to the sender (500 response) saying that they don't have a record. Most users won't know what to do, and 99% of them will delete it and just not send mail to the person much anymore.
The problem is that the solution is not in the hands of the user. Receiving a no-SenderID bounce will not go to someone who has the power to create one- it instead goes to the end user.
linux has enough interesting games for the casual user, and firefox can be set up so web sites with games can be played too, which is what most casual users think of when they think of online gaming, they think og site like pogo or yahoo! games;)
Let me first say that I don't play many games. I'll maybe play one-to-two a year- in the past 18 months need-for-speed:U2 and midnight-club:II. I'm a geek, but I'd say with the exception of SSH software, your typical knowledgeable user who does a some Web development and other tasks typical of most users on Slashdot.
Firefox and Thunderbird do all I need, but there are still a lot of things lacking. Personally, I use Trillian- and Miranda is far from ready. When it is, you'll get users of all IMs onto Linux a lot more. OpenSSH comes nowhere near SecureCRT for SSH/Telnet/etc. The entire Adobe suite is very Windows based. The entire macromedia suite is very windows based. Anything A/V is terror on Linux. Office on its clean and simple interface could squash OO any day- especially when sharing files with other people.
This is indeed off-topic- I'll admit that. But seriously- Linux is not the answer to anything. It has a LONG way to go on the desktop front before it's accepted by your average geek let alone average home user (so add MSN's smiley collections, IE, games, and clippy).
Linux has been ready on the server market for a long time, and you'll notice a ton of adoption into servers with the help of Samba, Novell's offerings, etc. Despite this, it's desktop usage is still nowhere near what it needs to be to get people over. A large part of this is application support, but rebooting to get Linux running isn't going to happen as much as you claim it will given more copyprotection... all it will do is add more legit windows users.
Yes- Webster's dictionary defines news as "a report of recent events b : previously unknown information". Indeed that does make it news. However the news was clearly meant to put Slashdot readers in shock and awe as to how big-corp is screwing them once again.
And I'd beg to differ- while yes it does fit the definition, news that is expected isn't really news by my books. I can see the papers now... "Today is Wednesday" is a pretty weak headline. "Traffic will be average today" is again as weak headline. "Computers at major banks did not fail today, similar to much of last week"- it's just not interesting news.
All I'm saying is that the way the headline was written, it first off discusses Microsoft "cutting A/V support for unix/linux" when they didn't supply it in the first place. They purchased a company, and moved their efforts to their benefit. Yippie. Lets not mislead slashdot readers.
Some of us use Slashdot to obtain real information about geeky current events and stay in the know rather than flaimbait M$.
They did the same thing with RAV (Romainian Anti -Virus)- one of the best qmail/sendmail/postfix/courier and console+monitoring virus scanners when M$ bought it.
First the sales stopped, then the virus definitions took a few days to get updated on each big 'outbreak', then they stopped coming at all... *sniff*
Fortunately by then, ClamAV had matured more than it did when we purchased RAV for our mail servers, and it was kicked to the curb.
In any case, why is this news? Microsoft decides not to put THEIR MONEY (since they purchased it) into their competitors products... duh!
Wow! I'm going to change my applications to have the question icon on yes/no boxes to exclaimation and repackage it- I'll make millions:)
First off, why is this news? Why is this worthy of Slashdot? Microsoft creates new error message screen *gasp*. Microsoft changes colour of text-only screen *gasp*. Who cares!
So a list of error codes now has a new colour- yippie.
Get the facts straight! First off, the US has had cases of mad cow that initiated in house. The main difference is that the US quietly handles these issues. Funny how only the rest of the world hears about the problems within US borders.
Second, Canada handled the situation better than anyone. "In May 2003, veterinary officials in Alberta confirmed that a sick cow sent to a slaughterhouse in January of that year had been inspected, found to be substandard, and removed so that it would not end up as food for humans or other animals. "
And for a view on just how the situation plays out "On Dec. 29, 2004, The USDA announced that it recognized Canada as a "minimal-risk region" for BSE and imports of young Canadian cattle would resume March 7, 2005.
The new classification means the U.S. will not again close its borders to Canadian beef unless there are two or more cases of BSE per one million cattle older than 24 months of age in each of four consecutive years."
- So the US wont' be as silly for a single cow. With 14 million cattle, that means 28 cows need to have mad cow for them to do that again.
Mad Beef, Yummy -- fine. But don't put the focus on Canada here considering you've had the same problems and we've collectively had less than many parts of the world.
Canada to join nearly all other developed countries in implementing the WIPO Internet Treaties
Riiiight- all other developed countries. You'll notice how they stress this like it's the norm and the baseline everyone has. Canada isn't the odd man out, but rather the US is in this case.
Note most Eurpoean and Asian countries, and even in Canada-like Austrailia, have IP laws nowhere near the stupidity of the DMCA.
The US is not the norm. The US is trying to impose it's views coming from CORPORATE AMERICA and project them not only on the individuals but also on the individuals in other countries (all 6 billion of them). The DMCA only removes rights from individuals and gives it to corporations.
I run a few mail servers for many companies, and we have been using RBLs. It's only come up maybe 2-3 times in several years that customers have called wondering why their sender had mail bounced back. We forcably rejected (5xx) mail to provide quick feedback to the sender.
Of course, it's that 2-3 that stand out. We are transitioning to a scoring algorithm, pretty much what SpamAssassin has. Being in 3 or more RBLs means it's probably Spam. In one RBL? Then increase the likeliness in Spam scoring (which is what SpamAssassin does- between 0.5 and 2.0 depending on the list).
This is the way to do it- it stops lists from controlling who you accept mail from, but still uses the services. It requires fair certain to reject mail, and it makes sense.
There are a lot of flames going around as to how this is very bad, but it's the way things have worked above the border for a LONG time. We pay a tad more for MP3 players and blank CDs, and in exchange legally download and burn.
So why should online be treated differently from regular purchases in this case? This money then gets sent off to the music industry.
Interstate 75 heads through Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida in a north-south direction. It starts a few miles from the Windsor,Ontario / Michigan border.
It goes from the bottom of the great lakes down to the west coast of Florida.
http://www.i75online.com/
For amusement:
Marge: I'm here to share my moral outrage. But this time it's not
about that giant inflatable "Dos Equis" bottle. It's about a
certain house in our town.
Moe: Yeah, well what's wrong with this house? Is it the plumbing?
Marge: No. It's a house of ill fame. A house of loose ethics. Brockman: Is there a building code violation? A drainage issue? A
surveying error?
Marge: [annoyed] The house is perfectly fine!
Wiggum: Well, then quit bad-mouthing the house!
Otto: Yeah, leave the house alone!
A quick trip down the I-75 I made last summer proved that there is much more to be done. After places entitled 'We Bear All' every 20 miles or so, it really had us wondering... Of course, I'm sure the truckers only use those for the FREE SHOWERS and 24-hour buffet.
Oooh- and then we can get mad at the OS and make them remove all of those components.
But realistically, that's what Linux is. A base install of RedHat will give you everything from graphics libraries, to video codecs, to a word processor, to a spreadsheet.
As with windows, for better versions (OpenOffice, etc) you start buying/downloading.
How is Windows better? If anything Linux has more applications put there by the vendor
I think I was misunderstood, and if not, please never be an engineer for a train line. *smirk*
I more meant to take, say, every X yards of track and number it. As the front of the train consumes more locks (track), it releases the track behind the train. Personally I wouldn't release locks until I had accumulated enough to cover the train a few time (ie: if a train is 10 cars, and each space-for-a-car is a lock, I'd accumulate 30 locks before releasing the first). This is mainly for buffer space, differing stopping distances, possibility of failure etc.
And of course, on a side note, since this is safety, I'd probably want it so that should a train fail to obey a lock (ie: not be able to stop), all trains ahead will close their doors and promptly move forward to make room 'just in case'. This is of course rare, but if the train gets that close, I'd rather move the cars in front out of the way.
Then again, I'm in no way trying to program one here. The point of my original post was to say that the logic behind it isn't at all the focus of the article as it really is easy- ensure that nobody uses the same foot/metre/yard of track at a given time, and leave some room despite that. The difficulty, and I think what the article was many posters were trying to say, is in signalling and getting this logic in place and having enough failsafes.
Otherwise, this isn't a very complicated problem at all. But it's the signalling and communication that becomes the issue.
So this is a basic Semaphor and locking algorithm.
Pretty much make sure that the trains don't use the same track (resources).
Have a timer for the station waits and an attendant to help enforce them (again locking to ensure the doors are all closed)- maybe some sort of fine for trying to enter after an orange light comes on or something (read: money grab).
Most slashdot readers could probably write this in C, Perl, Assembly, etc in a matter of a couple hours. DESPITE this, it's the actual signalling that becomes more difficult. Getting the trains to do what they're supposed to do based on your structure.
Somehow the word WIRELESS severely concerns me in this process. Have switches and read status using ifrared or something as you pass every few yards/metres.
Take a look at the way the power grid works (or is intended to work). The big North America power shutdown two summers ago was that a power plant in north eastern United States sent bad data to the grid, which triggered a shutdown. It's better to be safe than sorry.
While I agree it could have probably tried to isolate the problem more rather than a full shutdown, I'm sure it was designed this way for good reason with more serious problems in mind.
If signaling gets interrupted, really all trains should assume the worst- that there is another train or object right in front of them and stop. Now this means that anyone with a jammer above ground of some sort could shut down the subway line... but again the lesser of two evils.
They should really consider instead some sort of 'data' rail or something. I wonder if data over the power rail works with such high voltage?
How are they going to take into account kids on the tracks and stuff. I realize this is underground and a subway, but there have been cases where kids explore the tunnels late in the evenings when the trains are sparse. You can get to most of them through various access points taht are often pretty accessable to those with some intuition and a willingness to climb.
Oh man- I saw two episodes of this today. I have never seen such a boring video. It's 18 minutes an episode of watching a guy type to other people.
Summary (spoiler included):
guy gets DVD, tells his friends about it, blows off his real friends to sit at a computer ripping the disk. Types to people on AIM, ICQ, and IRC.
Who in their right mind actually made this popular? I hear enough sounds of incoming messages from across the hall... why do I need someone elses.
If your looking to find a job in the security industry, this a is a nice bullet on the resume.
Employers want to know your skills and how you have such in-depth knowledge of such systems. HOWEVER putting this on your resume is just a red flag for most employers. "If (s)he has the ability to hack into this big-bad server then imagine what (s)he can do to the security-though-obscurity network we've set up". Think about it.
Now you're going to say software companies want secure software and someone to look at it, but at the same time, they don't want backdoors. They want to trust you.
I'd be a bit hesitant before putting it on paper unless it has a big company (IBM Security Challenge or something) beside it.
Wasn't this the point of SFC? Interrupt system calls in the kernel in order to prevent people from overwriting key system files? Interrupt the opening of these files for writing or implement some checks in there.
This all started with ICQ I think in the mid-to-late 90's. There was no profit model to make money, and until they came up with a way (ads now), it was wide open to change (hence Beta).
The other advantage, of course with free software, is that there is no warranty. If everything goes wrong, it was a 'beta' version and you can change your whole protocol in a day and force an upgrade to all users.
The actual name means nothing- it's what's implied with the sureness of the functionality and warranty that matters.
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That's exactly the problem. The music you download will be DRM'd to hell. If it was unencombered, sign me up... or since it'd have to be in the software (as you can't brand the MP3 file on your own machine because others get it) I see a lovely patch coming out in the 'export from media library' function... though then I see FORCED protocol changes and new releases every month... Oh that'll be fun.
-M
It sounds like the industry wants to use our hard-earned bandwidth, and not provide us a benefit for it. It's very simple- They don't need the bandwidth and infrastructure costs of sending all of those files, so there's no limitation to how much crap they can send our way at whatever quality they choose.
This is just a way to milk consumers. I know most North American broadband users just don't care, but what about dialup? What about metered T1's? What about business users who pay by volume or sustained transfer? This is a lame way to put the burden of cost on someone else.
The problem has always been the reliability of some peer-2-peer when you are paying for it- is the transaction when you start getting the file? when you finish downloading it? when it verifies? What if I cancel it with a second left?
-M
Administration Costs for bigcorp are mostly on the server end, and as you say that's easier. These are the people who probably transparently proxy port 25 to their in-house mail server anyway from all of their workstations, or have everthing set up inside some VPN for travelling users. Perfect. The cost here is often migrating legacy systems to new versions- something that isn't so easy. Software developers need to produce updates very quickly and most companies won't put them in until they're tested through-and-through.
But what about Small corporations and small business. I do some consulting as a part of my day for various businesses. These are generally offices between 1 and 30 people, often on the 'commercial' cable or DSL style line. Some of these block SMTP entirely (fine- so we use mail submission on port 587), but think of the time. You can't get users to do even this simple change. This is an admin coming in at a few minutes a workstation, stopping productivity for the users, and changing everyone's outlook settings to point to the proper SMTP server, or enable SMTP authentication, or countless other things. Changing these settings is a ton of work for small businesses... let alone hosting providers who have to force this change.
The reality is, M$ users won't get phone calls saying the mail didn't go through. M$ will return a message to the sender (500 response) saying that they don't have a record. Most users won't know what to do, and 99% of them will delete it and just not send mail to the person much anymore.
The problem is that the solution is not in the hands of the user. Receiving a no-SenderID bounce will not go to someone who has the power to create one- it instead goes to the end user.
-M
Let me first say that I don't play many games. I'll maybe play one-to-two a year- in the past 18 months need-for-speed:U2 and midnight-club:II. I'm a geek, but I'd say with the exception of SSH software, your typical knowledgeable user who does a some Web development and other tasks typical of most users on Slashdot.
Firefox and Thunderbird do all I need, but there are still a lot of things lacking. Personally, I use Trillian- and Miranda is far from ready. When it is, you'll get users of all IMs onto Linux a lot more. OpenSSH comes nowhere near SecureCRT for SSH/Telnet/etc. The entire Adobe suite is very Windows based. The entire macromedia suite is very windows based. Anything A/V is terror on Linux. Office on its clean and simple interface could squash OO any day- especially when sharing files with other people.
This is indeed off-topic- I'll admit that. But seriously- Linux is not the answer to anything. It has a LONG way to go on the desktop front before it's accepted by your average geek let alone average home user (so add MSN's smiley collections, IE, games, and clippy).
Linux has been ready on the server market for a long time, and you'll notice a ton of adoption into servers with the help of Samba, Novell's offerings, etc. Despite this, it's desktop usage is still nowhere near what it needs to be to get people over. A large part of this is application support, but rebooting to get Linux running isn't going to happen as much as you claim it will given more copyprotection... all it will do is add more legit windows users.
-M
Yes- Webster's dictionary defines news as "a report of recent events b : previously unknown information". Indeed that does make it news. However the news was clearly meant to put Slashdot readers in shock and awe as to how big-corp is screwing them once again.
And I'd beg to differ- while yes it does fit the definition, news that is expected isn't really news by my books. I can see the papers now... "Today is Wednesday" is a pretty weak headline. "Traffic will be average today" is again as weak headline. "Computers at major banks did not fail today, similar to much of last week"- it's just not interesting news.
All I'm saying is that the way the headline was written, it first off discusses Microsoft "cutting A/V support for unix/linux" when they didn't supply it in the first place. They purchased a company, and moved their efforts to their benefit. Yippie. Lets not mislead slashdot readers.
Some of us use Slashdot to obtain real information about geeky current events and stay in the know rather than flaimbait M$.
They did the same thing with RAV (Romainian Anti -Virus)- one of the best qmail/sendmail/postfix/courier and console+monitoring virus scanners when M$ bought it.
First the sales stopped, then the virus definitions took a few days to get updated on each big 'outbreak', then they stopped coming at all... *sniff*
Fortunately by then, ClamAV had matured more than it did when we purchased RAV for our mail servers, and it was kicked to the curb.
In any case, why is this news? Microsoft decides not to put THEIR MONEY (since they purchased it) into their competitors products... duh!
-M
Wow! I'm going to change my applications to have the question icon on yes/no boxes to exclaimation and repackage it- I'll make millions :)
First off, why is this news? Why is this worthy of Slashdot? Microsoft creates new error message screen *gasp*. Microsoft changes colour of text-only screen *gasp*. Who cares!
So a list of error codes now has a new colour- yippie.
-M
Get the facts straight! First off, the US has had cases of mad cow that initiated in house. The main difference is that the US quietly handles these issues. Funny how only the rest of the world hears about the problems within US borders.
The United States' first probable case of mad cow disease was detected in a cow from a farm in Mabton (washington state)
http://www.mindfully.org/Farm/2003/Mad-Cow-Diseas
http://www.theeagleonline.com/news/2004/01/29/New
Second, Canada handled the situation better than anyone.
"In May 2003, veterinary officials in Alberta confirmed that a sick cow sent to a slaughterhouse in January of that year had been inspected, found to be substandard, and removed so that it would not end up as food for humans or other animals. "
And for a view on just how the situation plays out
"On Dec. 29, 2004, The USDA announced that it recognized Canada as a "minimal-risk region" for BSE and imports of young Canadian cattle would resume March 7, 2005.
The new classification means the U.S. will not again close its borders to Canadian beef unless there are two or more cases of BSE per one million cattle older than 24 months of age in each of four consecutive years."
- So the US wont' be as silly for a single cow. With 14 million cattle, that means 28 cows need to have mad cow for them to do that again.
Mad Beef, Yummy -- fine.
But don't put the focus on Canada here considering you've had the same problems and we've collectively had less than many parts of the world.
-M
Riiiight- all other developed countries. You'll notice how they stress this like it's the norm and the baseline everyone has. Canada isn't the odd man out, but rather the US is in this case.
Note most Eurpoean and Asian countries, and even in Canada-like Austrailia, have IP laws nowhere near the stupidity of the DMCA.
The US is not the norm. The US is trying to impose it's views coming from CORPORATE AMERICA and project them not only on the individuals but also on the individuals in other countries (all 6 billion of them). The DMCA only removes rights from individuals and gives it to corporations.
-M
I run a few mail servers for many companies, and we have been using RBLs. It's only come up maybe 2-3 times in several years that customers have called wondering why their sender had mail bounced back. We forcably rejected (5xx) mail to provide quick feedback to the sender.
Of course, it's that 2-3 that stand out. We are transitioning to a scoring algorithm, pretty much what SpamAssassin has. Being in 3 or more RBLs means it's probably Spam. In one RBL? Then increase the likeliness in Spam scoring (which is what SpamAssassin does- between 0.5 and 2.0 depending on the list).
This is the way to do it- it stops lists from controlling who you accept mail from, but still uses the services. It requires fair certain to reject mail, and it makes sense.
-M
There are a lot of flames going around as to how this is very bad, but it's the way things have worked above the border for a LONG time. We pay a tad more for MP3 players and blank CDs, and in exchange legally download and burn.
So why should online be treated differently from regular purchases in this case? This money then gets sent off to the music industry.
-M
It goes from the bottom of the great lakes down to the west coast of Florida.
http://www.i75online.com/
For amusement:
A quick trip down the I-75 I made last summer proved that there is much more to be done. After places entitled 'We Bear All' every 20 miles or so, it really had us wondering... Of course, I'm sure the truckers only use those for the FREE SHOWERS and 24-hour buffet.
-M
Oooh- and then we can get mad at the OS and make them remove all of those components.
But realistically, that's what Linux is. A base install of RedHat will give you everything from graphics libraries, to video codecs, to a word processor, to a spreadsheet.
As with windows, for better versions (OpenOffice, etc) you start buying/downloading.
How is Windows better? If anything Linux has more applications put there by the vendor
-M
I think I was misunderstood, and if not, please never be an engineer for a train line. *smirk*
I more meant to take, say, every X yards of track and number it. As the front of the train consumes more locks (track), it releases the track behind the train. Personally I wouldn't release locks until I had accumulated enough to cover the train a few time (ie: if a train is 10 cars, and each space-for-a-car is a lock, I'd accumulate 30 locks before releasing the first). This is mainly for buffer space, differing stopping distances, possibility of failure etc.
And of course, on a side note, since this is safety, I'd probably want it so that should a train fail to obey a lock (ie: not be able to stop), all trains ahead will close their doors and promptly move forward to make room 'just in case'. This is of course rare, but if the train gets that close, I'd rather move the cars in front out of the way.
Then again, I'm in no way trying to program one here. The point of my original post was to say that the logic behind it isn't at all the focus of the article as it really is easy- ensure that nobody uses the same foot/metre/yard of track at a given time, and leave some room despite that.
The difficulty, and I think what the article was many posters were trying to say, is in signalling and getting this logic in place and having enough failsafes.
Otherwise, this isn't a very complicated problem at all. But it's the signalling and communication that becomes the issue.
-M
So this is a basic Semaphor and locking algorithm.
Pretty much make sure that the trains don't use the same track (resources).
Have a timer for the station waits and an attendant to help enforce them (again locking to ensure the doors are all closed)- maybe some sort of fine for trying to enter after an orange light comes on or something (read: money grab).
Most slashdot readers could probably write this in C, Perl, Assembly, etc in a matter of a couple hours. DESPITE this, it's the actual signalling that becomes more difficult. Getting the trains to do what they're supposed to do based on your structure.
Somehow the word WIRELESS severely concerns me in this process. Have switches and read status using ifrared or something as you pass every few yards/metres.
-M
Take a look at the way the power grid works (or is intended to work). The big North America power shutdown two summers ago was that a power plant in north eastern United States sent bad data to the grid, which triggered a shutdown. It's better to be safe than sorry.
While I agree it could have probably tried to isolate the problem more rather than a full shutdown, I'm sure it was designed this way for good reason with more serious problems in mind.
If signaling gets interrupted, really all trains should assume the worst- that there is another train or object right in front of them and stop. Now this means that anyone with a jammer above ground of some sort could shut down the subway line... but again the lesser of two evils.
They should really consider instead some sort of 'data' rail or something. I wonder if data over the power rail works with such high voltage?
How are they going to take into account kids on the tracks and stuff. I realize this is underground and a subway, but there have been cases where kids explore the tunnels late in the evenings when the trains are sparse. You can get to most of them through various access points taht are often pretty accessable to those with some intuition and a willingness to climb.
-M
I believe both Canada and the US amortize computer equipment and software 100% in the first year, meaning that it doesn't make much of a difference.
Whether that's what the company's internal accounting is becomes another story, but as far as taxes are concerned, write it all off in the first year.
-M
No- this is IBM. We're assuming everyone is running Lotus products that have the button built in :)
-M
Oh man- I saw two episodes of this today. I have never seen such a boring video. It's 18 minutes an episode of watching a guy type to other people.
Summary (spoiler included):
guy gets DVD, tells his friends about it, blows off his real friends to sit at a computer ripping the disk. Types to people on AIM, ICQ, and IRC.
Who in their right mind actually made this popular? I hear enough sounds of incoming messages from across the hall... why do I need someone elses.
-M
If your looking to find a job in the security industry, this a is a nice bullet on the resume.
Employers want to know your skills and how you have such in-depth knowledge of such systems. HOWEVER putting this on your resume is just a red flag for most employers. "If (s)he has the ability to hack into this big-bad server then imagine what (s)he can do to the security-though-obscurity network we've set up". Think about it.
Now you're going to say software companies want secure software and someone to look at it, but at the same time, they don't want backdoors. They want to trust you.
I'd be a bit hesitant before putting it on paper unless it has a big company (IBM Security Challenge or something) beside it.
-M
Wasn't this the point of SFC? Interrupt system calls in the kernel in order to prevent people from overwriting key system files? Interrupt the opening of these files for writing or implement some checks in there.
Yet another flawed marketing ploy I guess.
-M
In the words of Chris Rock: "Now, go buy yourself a bouncing car"
This all started with ICQ I think in the mid-to-late 90's. There was no profit model to make money, and until they came up with a way (ads now), it was wide open to change (hence Beta).
The other advantage, of course with free software, is that there is no warranty. If everything goes wrong, it was a 'beta' version and you can change your whole protocol in a day and force an upgrade to all users.
The actual name means nothing- it's what's implied with the sureness of the functionality and warranty that matters.
-M
It's called 'opportunity cost'. There was the opportunity for them to make money, and it didn't happen... (from the buyers perspective it is at least)
-M