5. See them complain that the off-the-shelf program they bought won't run on their new Apple computer, since they failed to read the program's requirements that were on the box.
If someone makes a virus that only targets user data, it wouldn't need root privileges to install itself. If you can run programs that are in your home dir and are able to delete or modify files from your home dir, then anything you run in your home dir can wipe off files in your home dir. Chances are, most users only have a backup of their system (the install CDs) and have either no backup of their data or have backups that aren't updated often enough.
heh. I didn't even notice the misspelling until you said you misspelled it. When I went and re-read your comment, I finally noticed it. I guess some of us are so used to people typo'ing stuff that we don't even notice typos anymore.
Maybe because there are some techniques (that I heard about somewhere) to searching that you can use to read an entire work online, even when you don't have direct access to the full thing. But, I would assume it would require a LOT of complex search terms to read something in its entirety that way.
What I want is a system where I go to a site requiring a login and it asks my browser to sign some data with my private key. During the account creation I send the server my public key and that's that -- no need for a password and the login could be done automatically using cookies or something. Then there is no need for a single sign-on provider and nobody can globally revoke my account at all sites.
Interesting...That sounds a lot like what client-side SSL certificates can already do in most web browsers that support SSL. I haven't heard of any sites making much use of client-side SSL certificates, though.
security fixes from firefox 1.0.4 have been back ported to 1.0.2. (the only problem is that update.mozilla.org tell you that you need to upgrade, but with a poke in about:config you can fix that.
For those wondering what setting to change for this, it is "general.useragent.vendorSub". Change its value from "1.0.2" to "1.0.4", after you download the firefox update for Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog).
2. What if your kernel doesn't support secure memory? Say an earlier kernel.
Turn off swap? Assuming that the insecure memory message relates to it not being able prevent what it stores in memory from being paged out to disk by the O/S.
Maybe that is due to the overhead of base64 encoding of the attachment in the email, which causes the resulting attachment to be about 6 megs larger due to base64's 33% overhead (according to wikipedia).
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5. See them complain that the off-the-shelf program they bought won't run on their new Apple computer, since they failed to read the program's requirements that were on the box.
If someone makes a virus that only targets user data, it wouldn't need root privileges to install itself. If you can run programs that are in your home dir and are able to delete or modify files from your home dir, then anything you run in your home dir can wipe off files in your home dir. Chances are, most users only have a backup of their system (the install CDs) and have either no backup of their data or have backups that aren't updated often enough.
What properly runs in Windows without requiring admin privileges?
heh. I didn't even notice the misspelling until you said you misspelled it. When I went and re-read your comment, I finally noticed it. I guess some of us are so used to people typo'ing stuff that we don't even notice typos anymore.
Maybe because there are some techniques (that I heard about somewhere) to searching that you can use to read an entire work online, even when you don't have direct access to the full thing. But, I would assume it would require a LOT of complex search terms to read something in its entirety that way.
Since when has Firefox ever had sandboxing for flash?
Ugh! The 60hz refresh rate used on this distribution when booted is extremely irritating to my eyes on my CRT monitor.
For those wondering what setting to change for this, it is "general.useragent.vendorSub". Change its value from "1.0.2" to "1.0.4", after you download the firefox update for Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary Hedgehog).
Turn off swap? Assuming that the insecure memory message relates to it not being able prevent what it stores in memory from being paged out to disk by the O/S.
Really?
Maybe that is due to the overhead of base64 encoding of the attachment in the email, which causes the resulting attachment to be about 6 megs larger due to base64's 33% overhead (according to wikipedia).