One of the reasons I got a Palm (Zire and then Treo) was to keep track of the passwords. My list at that time was 4 pages long and growing.
Since that time I have been using SafeDeposit on Palm - http://www.freewarepalm.com/database/safedepositpda.shtml
It does encrypt the passwords with a master password and having them on a PDA/phone is much more convenient than a file/application on a laptop.
Why is this less secure than an online banking?
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It all depends on the implementation. Nobody is shocked by a bank having a web site opened to a public where all one needs is a user name and password to part you with your money (transfer it to another account or send an bill payment).
With the common password recovery options it is not impossible for someone to get a hold of your logon credentials.
On the other hand, an ideal banking service should make it impossible to perform a real transfer or payment (when your account is debited) without letting the customer know and receiving a positive confirmation that the customer (and not someone else) has been notified and approved the transaction.
From that perspective if someone manages to break into my banking account but can only view the information, it is a significantly lower risk that doing the same with a ability to send money out.
So having this information on twitter may actually increase the security (e.g. I will know immediately that someone used my credit or debit card number).
Of course, once it comes down to the implementation, another external service will just open another attack vector. But twitter here is no more or less secure than another account consolidation service or electronic bank statements.
The whole idea of "linking" is too specific to a technology or architecture. It assumes that some code is "compiled" into some form of library and the functions become available through a "linking" process during the build.
What if I call functions in my library over SOAP? The application is still "linked" to a service ("library"), but using that logic a web browser would have to be GPLed if you access any GPLed web server.
You are talking about modifying the SAP developed code. What was the last time you made your own changes to Apache or Linux kernel source?
In the SAP world almost nobody is changing the SAP code, although almost everybody looks at it and uses parts of it.
There are multiple ways to customize SAP application without changing their own code, that's one of their strong points.
I am not saying that SAP is an open source product in EFF terms (of course you cannot contribute back). But the source code is openly available to customers to peek into. Unlike most of the software vendors that only give you binaries.
Technically speaking, SAP is probably one of the first companies to distribute the source code with their product. Any company that purchased an SAP product gets complete source code for the business application (except for the core, which is more like an OS).
One does not even need to apply for access to it, the whole application part is developed in an interpreted language with the source, IDE, and debugger readily available.
The article complains that SAP does not support all the OSS community initiatives (as if nobody in OSS world ever has had any disagreement) and backs software patents.
As a software development company, SAP has no other choice than to hold on to their patent portfolio, even if for defense reasons. I am not saying that SAP will (or have) never sue anyone for patent infringement, but I have not heard of any widely publicized case of them doing so.
I got some noticeable (but still not reaching Win-to-Win speeds) improvements on Gigabit network when I replaced the NIC (and kernel modules, obviously). For some reason motherboard built-in Gigabit adapters are getting better results.
I also noticed some strange degradation of HD performance when LVM is built on top of RAID (all Ubuntu server 8.10).
The rebuttal article (http://www.rsoc.ru/main/about/858/887.shtml?id_news=628) cites a government regulation stating that any device in 2.4GHz range with transmission power less than or equal 100mW is NOT subject to registration.
Google automatic translation did not do a good job on that particular piece, that might have caused the panic.
1. Pick a movie from the top box office list
2. Mention that you looked like a main character when you was in college
3. Provide a 2 page detailed description of your business
4. Profit!
Most of the list (although being a cool technology and may become practical in the next 10 years) is perhaps more suitable for the Disney's World of Tomorrow (with it's regulars like smart homes, flying cars, etc).
The only real thing that will take off in the next two years is the offline webapps. And no - it's not Java applets. And I have doubts about the Adobe's AIR platform. My bet would be on Mozilla.
Let's face it -- if it were up to Torvalds, beauty and intuition would take a backseat to functionality. But when you look at distributions like Ubuntu or OpenSuse, it looks like no one is paying attention. I guess the author does not see the difference between the kernel and window manager/desktop environment.
But no worries! Just quote Linus and you are guaranteed to end up on slashdot.
Apparently the domain is registered in Russia, and the DNS servers use a low TTL (yes, Diane Lane actually says "low TTL" -- sexy!) to switch the hostname between thousands of different IP addresses, each belonging to some compromised machine.
I guess the part where they discovered that the DNS is co-located with kremlin.ru did not make to the movie, probably it will be in the DVD bonus features.
That would be wonderfully accompanied by the main villian depicted in a red should-strap overcoat with Kalashnikov next to his monitor.
Seriously, you have to send a copy of your passport to register a domain name in Russia.
But it's so convenient to have a tried and reliable image of an enemy...
But I'm recommending all my business customers to stear clear of any proprietary thick-client-server groupware. Given the state of rich internet applications and web-based solutions nowadays the concept strickes me as totally backwards. And can you recommend a single application/solution that would support local replication, field-based encryption, digital certificates, application delivery, per-user customization, and central user/access control management?
I am not saying that Notes is perfect. There are numerous applications that have surpassed it in specific areas (especially UI).
I agree that the overall design (especially for anything prior to v8) is so '90s.
But in a large corporation landscape you will really have a hard time finding something that covers it all and is not a nightmare to support/integrate.
Every time a subject of evolution is brought up, there are at least 500 posts crying about science education being reduced to 14-th century curriculum about number of turtles under a flat earth.
Give me a break! How many hours does the evolution theory take in the whole U.S. middle/high school science program? It's probably much less than 1% of it.
What about the rest of it?
Nobody even mentions the sorry state of the science education in school in general, besides the evolution topic.
I find it almost embarrassing that almost the only things that most of the high school graduates remember from the science classes is dissecting a frog.
...however, Internet Explorer 7 needs to be installed. This severe security problem promises another round... Indeed. I wonder if Spybot database is updated to include that one.
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It's called TV commercials.
S-300 SAM can track up to 100 and engage up to 12.
That's what would make speeding riskier.
How many targets that puny Cordon can engage at once?
Then when your OS application bar and browser toolbar/menu will gradually disappear, you will not be surprised.
It does encrypt the passwords with a master password and having them on a PDA/phone is much more convenient than a file/application on a laptop.
On the other hand, an ideal banking service should make it impossible to perform a real transfer or payment (when your account is debited) without letting the customer know and receiving a positive confirmation that the customer (and not someone else) has been notified and approved the transaction.
From that perspective if someone manages to break into my banking account but can only view the information, it is a significantly lower risk that doing the same with a ability to send money out. So having this information on twitter may actually increase the security (e.g. I will know immediately that someone used my credit or debit card number).
Of course, once it comes down to the implementation, another external service will just open another attack vector. But twitter here is no more or less secure than another account consolidation service or electronic bank statements.
The whole idea of "linking" is too specific to a technology or architecture. It assumes that some code is "compiled" into some form of library and the functions become available through a "linking" process during the build.
What if I call functions in my library over SOAP? The application is still "linked" to a service ("library"), but using that logic a web browser would have to be GPLed if you access any GPLed web server.
I am not saying that SAP is an open source product in EFF terms (of course you cannot contribute back). But the source code is openly available to customers to peek into. Unlike most of the software vendors that only give you binaries.
The article complains that SAP does not support all the OSS community initiatives (as if nobody in OSS world ever has had any disagreement) and backs software patents.
As a software development company, SAP has no other choice than to hold on to their patent portfolio, even if for defense reasons. I am not saying that SAP will (or have) never sue anyone for patent infringement, but I have not heard of any widely publicized case of them doing so.
They use Mexicans here illegally to do jobs that Americans would do if they were paid appropriately.
Why don't you change that by paying $100 every time you lawn gets mowed?
What's next - flying pig flu?
I got some noticeable (but still not reaching Win-to-Win speeds) improvements on Gigabit network when I replaced the NIC (and kernel modules, obviously). For some reason motherboard built-in Gigabit adapters are getting better results. I also noticed some strange degradation of HD performance when LVM is built on top of RAID (all Ubuntu server 8.10).
The rebuttal article (http://www.rsoc.ru/main/about/858/887.shtml?id_news=628) cites a government regulation stating that any device in 2.4GHz range with transmission power less than or equal 100mW is NOT subject to registration. Google automatic translation did not do a good job on that particular piece, that might have caused the panic.
1. Pick a movie from the top box office list
2. Mention that you looked like a main character when you was in college
3. Provide a 2 page detailed description of your business
4. Profit!
Very funny.
The only real thing that will take off in the next two years is the offline webapps. And no - it's not Java applets. And I have doubts about the Adobe's AIR platform. My bet would be on Mozilla.
But no worries! Just quote Linus and you are guaranteed to end up on slashdot.
I guess the part where they discovered that the DNS is co-located with kremlin.ru did not make to the movie, probably it will be in the DVD bonus features. That would be wonderfully accompanied by the main villian depicted in a red should-strap overcoat with Kalashnikov next to his monitor.
Seriously, you have to send a copy of your passport to register a domain name in Russia.
But it's so convenient to have a tried and reliable image of an enemy...
I am not saying that Notes is perfect. There are numerous applications that have surpassed it in specific areas (especially UI). I agree that the overall design (especially for anything prior to v8) is so '90s. But in a large corporation landscape you will really have a hard time finding something that covers it all and is not a nightmare to support/integrate.
Give me a break! How many hours does the evolution theory take in the whole U.S. middle/high school science program? It's probably much less than 1% of it.
What about the rest of it?
Nobody even mentions the sorry state of the science education in school in general, besides the evolution topic. I find it almost embarrassing that almost the only things that most of the high school graduates remember from the science classes is dissecting a frog.
1. Get the facts
2. Compare
3. Oops!
...however, Internet Explorer 7 needs to be installed. This severe security problem promises another round... Indeed. I wonder if Spybot database is updated to include that one.See, it's a win-win situation - the criminals did everything smoothly without leaving a trace, and at DoT it looks like nothing happened!