The certificates still must conform to (probably) X509v3. I managed to create perfectly valid and Windows-understood certificates with a Java-implementation of a crypto provider (bouncycastle), just be analyzing some certificates present in Windows.
Further more, I think all implementations of PKI are "bastardized ones", because the architecture is always slightly different, and X509v3 specification is not really that specific about what you put into the certs and how.
Further more, setting up Certificate Provider Statements as web pages is not really hard work. It much depends on what you will be using your certificates for.
And if there are "plenty of PKI standards", they are not standards.
One thing that should be always taken into consideration is the fact that binary drivers are always meant to work WITH A SPESIFIC version of Xfree/Xorg and Linux kernel. I think there may have been too many internal changes with those in the last year for nVidia and ATI to support them perfectly. Not to mention there may be desktop crash related bugs with XFree/Xorg or kernel themselves, as people use kernels agpgart and such.
I still have a ATI 9800Pro myself and I really hated ATI binary drivers, also. Switched back to Windows since, because I got tired of fighting with stuff like tv-out. A little irony is in the fact Windows XP is really much more stable than with Xorg 6.8.2 and an ATI card. Some day I will probably switch back.
But the fact is ATI and nVidia really do not have to care about Open Source or Linux. The market segment is just too small to make a difference.
Oh, just put a lid on it. Open Source R300 drivers are so far behind when compared to the official ATI drivers, it's hard mention them in the same sentence with a straight face. R300 driver is still pretty much a hack, and is very slow when compared to the binary drivers. It doesn't support RENDER extension, and OpenGL support is still also lacking. People are also complaining about lockups in a regular desktop situation and newer hardware support is also in the works (hopefully).
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Why is that a bad design? If Firefox had the same design, people would say "Firefox has opened up new APIs to help software development on the web platform, praise the open source".
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Except when it comes to system integration. Yeah, I know most people will think the way IE integrates with Windows is a bad thing because of all the possible security risks, but at least it integrates with stuff like certificate handling and bookmarks.
What the hell are you talking about? My 10 gigs of cats playing with balls of string are being uploaded at 250 K/seconds as we speak! I just love watching F.E.A.R and COF play all day long and wanted to share. It's amazing how people are so keen to this shit.
So why is this not an obvious invention? Because it is a single guy against a big company, suddenly it's ok to patent something pretty obvious and try to start cashing in on it? This of course means that the manufacturers will increase the prices in order to cover the extra licensing costs. If someone working for Microsoft had patented this 25 years ago and now won the patent, most people on Slashdot would be huffing and puffing with their faces red. But when it's a single guy against the "new evil empire" Sony, let's all cheer for him. Never mind that it's the consumer that gets screwed in the end.
Uhhh... why is that vital? I take a Xbox360 any day when compared to Open Source based solution that I have to install and maintain my self. And what about digital tv providers and like? I am pretty sure they are not going to sit back and watch MS take over their business. Have you also even considered the fact that maybe Xbox360 is just a very good product and people will not care about alternatives?
Yes, because when developing with open source tools or on *nix platform every password is automatically encrypted in the code. Everyone on Slashdot know this.
So what was the secret information in RMS's id badge ad the summit that required him to tin foil wrap it? My point was that RFID can be also used in a very sensible manner. And the RFID badge must very probably be read about 2 inched away from the badge (the max distance in RFID is about 1.5 feet). And it just can't be read reliably by just waving the reader in a general direction of the badge, so RMS could have just put the badge in his pocket and the security people or other prople for that matter couldn't have read it. The point is RFID is not some mysterious "spy technology" that can be used to id and pin point people's locations. Maybe you should check your facts about RFID, before buying that tin foil roll of your own. Maybe RMS should also wear a brown paper bag over his head so no one id's him, eh?
So does Stallman wrap his driver's license in tin foil also? What if the summit had used regular laminated id badges with name and picture? Would he have wrapped it also in tin foil? The point I'm making is that RFID is just a technology. It can be used right or wrong.
I specially liked the quote containing lyrics to a Twisted Sister song "We're not gonna take it". Okay people, get back to your American Idol reruns, nothing to see here.
This flexibility is also a great method for introducing hilarious new bugs to kernels, because it is way too easy to change stuff around. And you are missing the point. How can you update your drivers if there are no drivers for a certain piece of hardware? Several vendors are simply not in a position to release source code for their equipment, because of licensing issues and such. Even if they wanted. And Linux kernel has been in development 15 years. That's not a breathtaking speed in my book. How many false steps have been made because of sudden changes in kernel design? Also, you should note that it might be easier to craft open source drivers for closed source ones, if the closed source drivers implemented a common, well known and documented interface.
Is there a screening process for people wishing to be a part of Linux kernel coding? Can anyone write code for it? Can anyone's patches REALLY be accepted by Linus? If Linus always decides whose patches go in and what new features are ultimately added, is it really open source? Or an semi-open software project with a dedicated maintainer?
Hmm... I haven't played Nethack for some years. I guess this is the kind of general knowledge that a slashdot reader would and almost should know. I better get back in Nethack shape... this is almost embarassing.
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The certificates still must conform to (probably) X509v3. I managed to create perfectly valid and Windows-understood certificates with a Java-implementation of a crypto provider (bouncycastle), just be analyzing some certificates present in Windows.
Further more, I think all implementations of PKI are "bastardized ones", because the architecture is always slightly different, and X509v3 specification is not really that specific about what you put into the certs and how.
Further more, setting up Certificate Provider Statements as web pages is not really hard work. It much depends on what you will be using your certificates for.
And if there are "plenty of PKI standards", they are not standards.
What are we supposed to do with these pigs? They have only one ass! Get back to us when you have mastered the engineering of a pig with four asses.
"A very nice unix"? "Order of magnitude in worse shape"? Modded as +5 Insightful?
Step back folks, the professionals have arrived.
One thing that should be always taken into consideration is the fact that binary drivers are always meant to work WITH A SPESIFIC version of Xfree/Xorg and Linux kernel. I think there may have been too many internal changes with those in the last year for nVidia and ATI to support them perfectly. Not to mention there may be desktop crash related bugs with XFree/Xorg or kernel themselves, as people use kernels agpgart and such.
I still have a ATI 9800Pro myself and I really hated ATI binary drivers, also. Switched back to Windows since, because I got tired of fighting with stuff like tv-out. A little irony is in the fact Windows XP is really much more stable than with Xorg 6.8.2 and an ATI card. Some day I will probably switch back.
But the fact is ATI and nVidia really do not have to care about Open Source or Linux. The market segment is just too small to make a difference.
Oh, just put a lid on it. Open Source R300 drivers are so far behind when compared to the official ATI drivers, it's hard mention them in the same sentence with a straight face. R300 driver is still pretty much a hack, and is very slow when compared to the binary drivers. It doesn't support RENDER extension, and OpenGL support is still also lacking. People are also complaining about lockups in a regular desktop situation and newer hardware support is also in the works (hopefully).
Why is that a bad design? If Firefox had the same design, people would say "Firefox has opened up new APIs to help software development on the web platform, praise the open source".
Except when it comes to system integration. Yeah, I know most people will think the way IE integrates with Windows is a bad thing because of all the possible security risks, but at least it integrates with stuff like certificate handling and bookmarks.
What the hell are you talking about? My 10 gigs of cats playing with balls of string are being uploaded at 250 K/seconds as we speak! I just love watching F.E.A.R and COF play all day long and wanted to share. It's amazing how people are so keen to this shit.
So why is this not an obvious invention? Because it is a single guy against a big company, suddenly it's ok to patent something pretty obvious and try to start cashing in on it? This of course means that the manufacturers will increase the prices in order to cover the extra licensing costs. If someone working for Microsoft had patented this 25 years ago and now won the patent, most people on Slashdot would be huffing and puffing with their faces red. But when it's a single guy against the "new evil empire" Sony, let's all cheer for him. Never mind that it's the consumer that gets screwed in the end.
Yeah, looks like the UUID I reprogrammed to you CPU at the factory.
They are not standards, they are specifications. Any one can cook up a specification and publish it.
Uhhh... why is that vital? I take a Xbox360 any day when compared to Open Source based solution that I have to install and maintain my self. And what about digital tv providers and like? I am pretty sure they are not going to sit back and watch MS take over their business. Have you also even considered the fact that maybe Xbox360 is just a very good product and people will not care about alternatives?
Yes, because when developing with open source tools or on *nix platform every password is automatically encrypted in the code. Everyone on Slashdot know this.
So what was the secret information in RMS's id badge ad the summit that required him to tin foil wrap it? My point was that RFID can be also used in a very sensible manner. And the RFID badge must very probably be read about 2 inched away from the badge (the max distance in RFID is about 1.5 feet). And it just can't be read reliably by just waving the reader in a general direction of the badge, so RMS could have just put the badge in his pocket and the security people or other prople for that matter couldn't have read it.
The point is RFID is not some mysterious "spy technology" that can be used to id and pin point people's locations. Maybe you should check your facts about RFID, before buying that tin foil roll of your own.
Maybe RMS should also wear a brown paper bag over his head so no one id's him, eh?
So does Stallman wrap his driver's license in tin foil also? What if the summit had used regular laminated id badges with name and picture? Would he have wrapped it also in tin foil? The point I'm making is that RFID is just a technology. It can be used right or wrong.
I specially liked the quote containing lyrics to a Twisted Sister song "We're not gonna take it". Okay people, get back to your American Idol reruns, nothing to see here.
Is this different from chewing gum containing Xylitol? Google it up, this may be REALLY old news...
This flexibility is also a great method for introducing hilarious new bugs to kernels, because it is way too easy to change stuff around. And you are missing the point. How can you update your drivers if there are no drivers for a certain piece of hardware? Several vendors are simply not in a position to release source code for their equipment, because of licensing issues and such. Even if they wanted. And Linux kernel has been in development 15 years. That's not a breathtaking speed in my book. How many false steps have been made because of sudden changes in kernel design? Also, you should note that it might be easier to craft open source drivers for closed source ones, if the closed source drivers implemented a common, well known and documented interface.
Is there a screening process for people wishing to be a part of Linux kernel coding? Can anyone write code for it? Can anyone's patches REALLY be accepted by Linus? If Linus always decides whose patches go in and what new features are ultimately added, is it really open source? Or an semi-open software project with a dedicated maintainer?
Hmm... I haven't played Nethack for some years. I guess this is the kind of general knowledge that a slashdot reader would and almost should know. I better get back in Nethack shape... this is almost embarassing.
But most of the smoke goes once through the filter when the smoker inhales. So yes it helps the second hand smoke.
Is it better than the Amulet of Yendor? What are the stat raises with one of these?
I talked about building flying cars at the age of 6. In fact, I built one. It amazing what legos and some good old childhood imagination can do.
No, the best deal is to do absolutely buy nothing if you have a less that 3 year old system and do not play any modernish games.
Why?