I wonder what happens about so called "internet noise", that continuous flow of traffic (typically bots trying to hack your devices) that yanks up your total traffic throughput although you're not doing anything particular.
Or, for that reason, what about all those pesky updating programs (adobe, java, apple, windows update...)?
I think the best way would be some sort of "best effort" approach. If you need to download something big, great, you'll get all the bandwidth you need... for a short time, though.
If your hooking up to bittorrent (et al.), then your bandwidth will be throttled downwards, depending on what you pay.
I don't think it's a novelty that Windows PCs tend to be suicidal and in constant need of attention. How come the IT division of the un-named branch had no plans for this?
We have had backups and Ghost(tm) mirrors and all since, well, 95. PCs should be clones/drones, all sensitive data and configs should be on a central server. Is this that hard to plan? Sounds so banal to me... and I guess to you guys too.
And at any rate, how can all this malware be scouting around? I don't administer such large networks but those I do maintain have had near zero attacks, and I have no magic wand, just common policies and best practices.
And also some good old humiliation for the user who got himself into trouble: "well, you shouldn't have opened that mail SHOULD'VE YOU? Now all your files are F*UP, I hope I can repair them but I'm not so sure it will be possible, in the mean time TRY AND FOLLOW THE MEMOs!"
I remember there was also a post here on/. about it. Terrorists are smart when it comes to IT! Their hard-disks are always heavily encrypted so forensics are very tough. Now they hope to have a look at logs so to find out who they called and mailed? What sites they looked at?
Just set up an SSL Proxy, a little bit of P2P and you've skipped around all controls. Or simply nick someones cell phone and use it until it get's cut off.
I can't help but think of how ISPs and Telcos will up their prices to cover for this needless logging.
I really can't understand all these issues with Windows desktops! At my (very small) company we have 4 windows pcs and a Linux file/mail server. We have never had half a minute's worth of downtime since 2001, except maybe when during the summer I switched the last PC over from 2K di XP.
Malware? Never. Virii? None. Patches? Just a question of clicking "next" a couple of times.
The trick? No one is allowed to install anything and all users run with minum priviledges. Sounds banal? It should!:-)
Add RDP and SSH and you can administer anything with out burning calories!
In my part of the world (northern Italy) the only parameter that works is the ROI* index.
A 1,000$ computer in admin will improve productivity by 10% for 3 years. The business' turnover is 100,000$ g.p.a. thus the investment is good (bloody good!).
A 500$ wireless kit will improve productivity by.1%... no way!
If you have no idea how the new investment will alter the productivity ratio, then it doesn't even get considered by those who run the budget.
That's how we work, hope it's of some interest!
Alex.
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Would be useful if he gave some comparison with Sulawesi...
I agree...
I too got tired of ending up in black-lists so I just relay all outgoing email to my provider's SMTP.
Piece of cake
Uff... make it a "to go" please, there's no seating place right now. Thanks
I need to be a little more agnostic and work with more than one format (many users still expect .doc and .xls from sites).
And besides, I would rather OOo or PHP provide me with a good API than delve into the XML "by hand"
Mmm... no... not this time... :-(
Am I the only one who is waiting for some kind of DOM to create docs via PHP? Possibly with updated fresh modules?
I wonder what happens about so called "internet noise", that continuous flow of traffic (typically bots trying to hack your devices) that yanks up your total traffic throughput although you're not doing anything particular.
Or, for that reason, what about all those pesky updating programs (adobe, java, apple, windows update...)?
I think the best way would be some sort of "best effort" approach. If you need to download something big, great, you'll get all the bandwidth you need... for a short time, though.
If your hooking up to bittorrent (et al.), then your bandwidth will be throttled downwards, depending on what you pay.
The article is dated Feb 15, 2005.
Since then things have changed a lot, especially regarding Win32 service support, ALTER TABLE features, stability and security.
I suggest we scrap this post altogether
I don't think it's a novelty that Windows PCs tend to be suicidal and in constant need of attention. How come the IT division of the un-named branch had no plans for this?
:-))
We have had backups and Ghost(tm) mirrors and all since, well, 95. PCs should be clones/drones, all sensitive data and configs should be on a central server. Is this that hard to plan? Sounds so banal to me... and I guess to you guys too.
And at any rate, how can all this malware be scouting around? I don't administer such large networks but those I do maintain have had near zero attacks, and I have no magic wand, just common policies and best practices.
And also some good old humiliation for the user who got himself into trouble:
"well, you shouldn't have opened that mail SHOULD'VE YOU? Now all your files are F*UP, I hope I can repair them but I'm not so sure it will be possible, in the mean time TRY AND FOLLOW THE MEMOs!"
A mug of tea leater: ~$ tar xjf
Sorry, I couldn't resist it:
"in Soviet Russia, Binaries pre-compile you!"
(don't know what that means, though)
Alex.
mmmm... guess there are different ways of expressing one-self, however I can't see what your addition is to the discussion.
Alex.
Maybe I'm over-simplifying things, but in this day and age is it that hard to implement a device that reads both technologies?
From what I understand, the issue is on the lasers being red or blue... well... put two lasers? Vary the voltage?
Or am I missing something (like mutually exclusive rights/royalties)?
Alex.
I remember there was also a post here on /. about it. Terrorists are smart when it comes to IT! Their hard-disks are always heavily encrypted so forensics are very tough. Now they hope to have a look at logs so to find out who they called and mailed? What sites they looked at?
Just set up an SSL Proxy, a little bit of P2P and you've skipped around all controls. Or simply nick someones cell phone and use it until it get's cut off.
I can't help but think of how ISPs and Telcos will up their prices to cover for this needless logging.
As always, it's the good guys who lose.
I disagree, Paladin.
:-)))
I drank an excellent chilled fizzy coffee beverage (like a soda iced coffee) in southern Italy and it was great.
Refreshing, tasty, thirst quencing (sorry for the spelling...).
Just use proper sugar and not some caramel or aspartame based mockup. And real coffee, not a chemical equivalent.
And serve chilled, I mean really cold, no ice, just straight from the fridge!
Put simply: keep it real, man
Alex.
Yep, I guess we're back to "mumble-jumble" in our id3 tags :-))
:-))
And yes, you did have rather too many onions for lunch, I could tell a mile away
Alex.
I hope they remember to "flag" those guys flying into town with their cell phones switch on...
especially since the FCC decided to allow this...
Please help me guys...
:-)
I really can't understand all these issues with Windows desktops! At my (very small) company we have 4 windows pcs and a Linux file/mail server. We have never had half a minute's worth of downtime since 2001, except maybe when during the summer I switched the last PC over from 2K di XP.
Malware? Never. Virii? None. Patches? Just a question of clicking "next" a couple of times.
The trick? No one is allowed to install anything and all users run with minum priviledges. Sounds banal? It should!
Add RDP and SSH and you can administer anything with out burning calories!
Beats me why one should want to run KDE on OS-X... let's talk about getting OSX (desktop, at least) on a common Intel machine!
"why have cotton when you can have silk"
Alex.
Put them in the front row. Architecture is art. They are working to the benefit of our existence, our future, our culture.
We should pause in front of their desks and give thanks
LOL :-)
Alex.
In my part of the world (northern Italy) the only parameter that works is the ROI* index. A 1,000$ computer in admin will improve productivity by 10% for 3 years. The business' turnover is 100,000$ g.p.a. thus the investment is good (bloody good!). A 500$ wireless kit will improve productivity by .1% ... no way!
If you have no idea how the new investment will alter the productivity ratio, then it doesn't even get considered by those who run the budget.
That's how we work, hope it's of some interest!
Alex.