Though it would be much easier to make a power-supply based anti-cord-yank solution because you wouldn't have to change anything in software and you could retrofit older systems with it.
Even that wouldn't help with the hotplug procedure someone posted below.
I think what the GP was saying is that you could do something like:
After a period of timeout have the computer wipe the encrypted key in memory using DOD passes on the areas of memory the key was in.
Or have the system automatically run a DOD memory wipe on shutdown.
Unless I'm not understanding the problem about the only thing these wouldn't prevent would be a cord-yank-shutdown of the system if the person were fast enough to get to the system before the wipe timeout.
There'd obviously be overhead in the application because you'd be constantly decrypting after every timeout but with computer speeds increasing I don't think that will be that big of an issue.
1984 was not supposed to be an Instructable dammit. B-(
The problems that I see though are:
1) People won't get off their butts to protect their rights. I'm just as bad - frankly because I'm afraid of losing everything. And with FISA in place disappearing when you disagree with the government is becoming more of a possibility every day.
2) Corrupt corporations and corrupt government are hand-in-hand. And due to the previous problem that likely won't change.
3) People growing up now think that's the way it has to be because they don't know any better.
I just wish someone had a good solution but I think if it existed someone would have used it already.
Just as a side comment it's interesting to note that it was cheaper for me to find an old Dell box with an XP sticker and use Dell reload CDs on it than to buy a copy of XP separately. That includes shipping on the system added into that.
But then I only needed Windows for one program at the moment. I use OS X and Linux for everything else.
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Okay...
1) No technology is "proven" out of the box.
2) All technology that is being given attention in any form improves over time.
3) Payroll initially comes from the investors then from customers just like any other business.
4) The money spent on hiring all those people GOES BACK INTO THE ECONOMY.
So what you end up with is what is basically a young technology that will improve over time and stimulates the economy.
Consider that at least using 1930's technology, a typical airship required a terminal crew of hundreds of handlers just to get the vehicle into a hanger. A great many of these handlers often were injured when a sudden gust of wind lifted the airship up and caused it to go up 30 or more feet... picking up somebody holding onto the ropes that was trying to guide the ship into or out of the terminal.
Well barring the introduction of automated mooring technology or something I see no problem with a job that requires human labor. Especially in an economy that is making it hard for people to find work.
Regarding the funding look at how much pork there is in the budget already. You're telling me that they can't find the money or worse bury the cost in the price of something else? I'm not sure I believe that one...
And the point about there aren't that many egress and ingress points obviously would make the job of filtering the US networks just that much easier and reduce the cost needed as well.
I wasn't referring to just monitoring but filtering as well.
The whole point was that if they go through all the hurdles to learn how to combine all these networks into 50 from 4000 and then filter/restrict that they will have learned how to do that on a larger scale.
From that point it is just a matter of having the covert/overt funds and media spin for the project.
I don't deny that monitoring is already occurring. As you said ECHELON has been around for years.
But if they were to restrict the trunks it would allow them to do things like...say...censor complete legs of the world network that people can get to in the US.
Granted that would only last long enough for the average person to learn to use proxies or encrypted connections or something similar but it wouldn't stop them from trying it.
And the US government has done stupider things in the past...
Hmm...TFA says it's obviously only for the government networks but quite honestly what's going to stop them form going farther?
After they do a project this large for their own network they'll have the experience necessary to do this across the board.
If they do that at the major trunks running in/out of the US that pretty much would be the end of unmonitored access for anybody on the 'net in the US. (Not like ISPs in a lot cases aren't logging stuff now but there's a big difference between that and a government run filter.)
Regardless it certainly bears keeping an eye on this to make sure it doesn't show signs of creep or expansion beyond government use.
We are not talking about upgrades here, but new purchases. If you are using XP in your current PC than you are perfectly right. But if in a 2008 brand new PC computer I will get an old OS, than you are wrong, because I am not upgrading to anything. 2008 hardware needs a properly designed 2008 OS. And Vista is _not_ it. The key words come right from your own post - "properly designed".
In my opinion the only thing Vista was properly designed to do is strip money from customers.
Why would anyone ever use them? They're expensive and their AUP is absurd. Indeed. Weren't these the guys that changed their TOS so they owned your domain and you were just "renting" it from them?
On topic here I agree with others that have said since NS didn't have any first-hand knowledge of the movie content then they shouldn't have shut down the site.
1) They make a complete interface that allows the gamer to sit on the couch and do nothing physical when he/she is playing the game.
2) They make this interface work in conjunction with other body movement - like maybe adding it to the Wii games like Avatar. You'd actually have to move and think the right things to get the character on screen to do what you want.
The former will make even bigger couch potatoes and the latter will make people even more active while gaming.
I personally would choose the latter if given the choice.
Couldn't you use something like a localized version of freenet+samba to do this?
It would allow the local drive connections to not necessarily see what anybody else is storing on the nodes AND it can be locally throttled to keep from interfering with local apps.
(I'm sure this post will now garner a bunch of "Only if he wanted store warez and kiddie porn on it!" replies.)
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...that surprisingly the ISPs won't distinguish between copyrighted files and independent artists?
No...there's no hidden agenda here from BPI...
This will cause encrypted darknets to flourish which will cause a faster downward spiral due to the whole 'Pedo Menace'.
Or beef up capacitors on the motherboard.
Though it would be much easier to make a power-supply based anti-cord-yank solution because you wouldn't have to change anything in software and you could retrofit older systems with it.
Even that wouldn't help with the hotplug procedure someone posted below.
So make it a quick inactivity timer and tie it to the screensaver so you have to re-enter the encryption passphrase before being able to work again.
I don't think this exploit is a serious issue while the person is working. The minute they walk away or lock their screen though...
I think what the GP was saying is that you could do something like:
After a period of timeout have the computer wipe the encrypted key in memory using DOD passes on the areas of memory the key was in.
Or have the system automatically run a DOD memory wipe on shutdown.
Unless I'm not understanding the problem about the only thing these wouldn't prevent would be a cord-yank-shutdown of the system if the person were fast enough to get to the system before the wipe timeout.
There'd obviously be overhead in the application because you'd be constantly decrypting after every timeout but with computer speeds increasing I don't think that will be that big of an issue.
You have this solution. Turn on main brain. All your country belongs to you. Take off every 'American'. For great justice!
:-D
You know that's just geeky enough to become a popular t-shirt...
When's the next trip off this rock?
1984 was not supposed to be an Instructable dammit. B-(
The problems that I see though are:
1) People won't get off their butts to protect their rights. I'm just as bad - frankly because I'm afraid of losing everything. And with FISA in place disappearing when you disagree with the government is becoming more of a possibility every day.
2) Corrupt corporations and corrupt government are hand-in-hand. And due to the previous problem that likely won't change.
3) People growing up now think that's the way it has to be because they don't know any better.
I just wish someone had a good solution but I think if it existed someone would have used it already.
Just as a side comment it's interesting to note that it was cheaper for me to find an old Dell box with an XP sticker and use Dell reload CDs on it than to buy a copy of XP separately. That includes shipping on the system added into that.
But then I only needed Windows for one program at the moment. I use OS X and Linux for everything else.
Okay...
1) No technology is "proven" out of the box.
2) All technology that is being given attention in any form improves over time.
3) Payroll initially comes from the investors then from customers just like any other business.
4) The money spent on hiring all those people GOES BACK INTO THE ECONOMY.
So what you end up with is what is basically a young technology that will improve over time and stimulates the economy.
You gotta start somewhere my friend...
Consider that at least using 1930's technology, a typical airship required a terminal crew of hundreds of handlers just to get the vehicle into a hanger. A great many of these handlers often were injured when a sudden gust of wind lifted the airship up and caused it to go up 30 or more feet... picking up somebody holding onto the ropes that was trying to guide the ship into or out of the terminal.
Well barring the introduction of automated mooring technology or something I see no problem with a job that requires human labor. Especially in an economy that is making it hard for people to find work.
Regarding the funding look at how much pork there is in the budget already. You're telling me that they can't find the money or worse bury the cost in the price of something else? I'm not sure I believe that one...
And the point about there aren't that many egress and ingress points obviously would make the job of filtering the US networks just that much easier and reduce the cost needed as well.
I wasn't referring to just monitoring but filtering as well.
The whole point was that if they go through all the hurdles to learn how to combine all these networks into 50 from 4000 and then filter/restrict that they will have learned how to do that on a larger scale.
From that point it is just a matter of having the covert/overt funds and media spin for the project.
I don't deny that monitoring is already occurring. As you said ECHELON has been around for years.
But if they were to restrict the trunks it would allow them to do things like...say...censor complete legs of the world network that people can get to in the US.
Granted that would only last long enough for the average person to learn to use proxies or encrypted connections or something similar but it wouldn't stop them from trying it.
And the US government has done stupider things in the past...
Hmm...TFA says it's obviously only for the government networks but quite honestly what's going to stop them form going farther?
After they do a project this large for their own network they'll have the experience necessary to do this across the board.
If they do that at the major trunks running in/out of the US that pretty much would be the end of unmonitored access for anybody on the 'net in the US. (Not like ISPs in a lot cases aren't logging stuff now but there's a big difference between that and a government run filter.)
Regardless it certainly bears keeping an eye on this to make sure it doesn't show signs of creep or expansion beyond government use.
In my opinion the only thing Vista was properly designed to do is strip money from customers.
Christianity 2.0 - a recent revision and in need of far too many bug fixes.
On topic here I agree with others that have said since NS didn't have any first-hand knowledge of the movie content then they shouldn't have shut down the site.
I stand corrected. Perhaps I need to be...upgraded? ;-)
Sorry - apparently Slashdot is no longer aut-linking stuff:
Here's the link...
I just hope to hell that nobody ever interfaces one of these to a cell phone. The bluetooth headset zombies are quite bad enough, thank you.
Bah! What's a little Cyberman Invasion!For those that don't watch Doctor Who I'm referring to the closing of Series 2 of the new shows:
Rise of the Cybermen
Actually Steve Ciarcia did computer biofeedback in the 70's and even published in Byte in June 1979:
http://www.piclist.com/techref/article/byte/index.htm
His was actually neuro-muscular IIRC but still biofeedback
I can see this going two ways:
1) They make a complete interface that allows the gamer to sit on the couch and do nothing physical when he/she is playing the game.
2) They make this interface work in conjunction with other body movement - like maybe adding it to the Wii games like Avatar. You'd actually have to move and think the right things to get the character on screen to do what you want.
The former will make even bigger couch potatoes and the latter will make people even more active while gaming.
I personally would choose the latter if given the choice.
All good satellite people use a trusted brand of Satellite Wax!
;-P
Sorry - couldn't resist. I'll get my hat...
BENDER: Great, we're gonna die.
FRY: And this ham gum is all bones.
Couldn't you use something like a localized version of freenet+samba to do this?
It would allow the local drive connections to not necessarily see what anybody else is storing on the nodes AND it can be locally throttled to keep from interfering with local apps.
(I'm sure this post will now garner a bunch of "Only if he wanted store warez and kiddie porn on it!" replies.)