Re:The Big Secret of User Mode Linux
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the very latest UML (in kernel 2.6.17?) does have support for NPTL.
Having said that I have succesfully run Sun and GNU Java in the 2.6.15 UML and 2.6.8 UML neither of which support NPTL. It's just like the old days, you end up with a lot of processes. It's ok for simulating environments though.
I am in the same situation at the moment working for, err... a major british telco. I've done it before as well, I spent 10 years working in the civil service. That was pretty tough.
I have a consistent approach to the problems of working this way: I do everything myself. If I need a server? I buy one, charge it, plug it in, install it, support it. If I need hosting? There are plenty of hosting companies out there selling services; I buy it and set it up.
I do try and keep the things I do clean and secure and "away" from the IT department.
I do try to point out, whenever I can, what a clueless bunch of losers the IT department are.
I do try to get people on my side by doing favours for them with "my" resources as quickly as I can. If you can save an important managers pet project by judicous installation then all well and good.
I tell as many people as possible about what I am doing; taking care to point out that if I relied on the IT department I would never have been able to achieve success.
Mostly this approach is getting easier. It's easier to buy powerfull servers that can host masses of virtual machines; it's easier to get the hosting you need.
Lastly, remember that IT departments are so swamped by their own dumb rules and ineptitude that they have very little time to concentrate on trying to stop someone who knows what they are doing.
Bank of America are using SSL so the little key icon will appear to show users the page is *really* from Bank of America.
The trouble with doing the sort of thing that SiteKey does is that it detracts from the homogenity of the web experience, thus making it even more difficult to explain to users how it all works.
All these strange security systems are so much marketing fluff, to try to convince users that their money is totally safe. Which it isn't. Even with SSL there are still risks (someone can spoof the entire certificate architecture for example).
My own bank use a totally lame "enter the third fourth and seventh characters from your password" system which drives me mad.
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the very latest UML (in kernel 2.6.17?) does have support for NPTL.
Having said that I have succesfully run Sun and GNU Java in the 2.6.15 UML and 2.6.8 UML neither of which support NPTL. It's just like the old days, you end up with a lot of processes. It's ok for simulating environments though.
I am in the same situation at the moment working for, err... a major british telco. I've done it before as well, I spent 10 years working in the civil service. That was pretty tough.
I have a consistent approach to the problems of working this way: I do everything myself. If I need a server? I buy one, charge it, plug it in, install it, support it. If I need hosting? There are plenty of hosting companies out there selling services; I buy it and set it up.
I do try and keep the things I do clean and secure and "away" from the IT department.
I do try to point out, whenever I can, what a clueless bunch of losers the IT department are.
I do try to get people on my side by doing favours for them with "my" resources as quickly as I can. If you can save an important managers pet project by judicous installation then all well and good.
I tell as many people as possible about what I am doing; taking care to point out that if I relied on the IT department I would never have been able to achieve success.
Mostly this approach is getting easier. It's easier to buy powerfull servers that can host masses of virtual machines; it's easier to get the hosting you need.
Lastly, remember that IT departments are so swamped by their own dumb rules and ineptitude that they have very little time to concentrate on trying to stop someone who knows what they are doing.
the british are also famed for their irony *and* their lack of respect for surveys.
You bet. Other people's firewalls and security software might actually work and that would be a bad thing.
he was one of the biggest idiots I've ever met. I used to be a UK civil servant, so the sample of idiots I've met is quite high.
I'm just saying...
Bank of America are using SSL so the little key icon will appear to show users the page is *really* from Bank of America.
The trouble with doing the sort of thing that SiteKey does is that it detracts from the homogenity of the web experience, thus making it even more difficult to explain to users how it all works.
All these strange security systems are so much marketing fluff, to try to convince users that their money is totally safe. Which it isn't. Even with SSL there are still risks (someone can spoof the entire certificate architecture for example).
My own bank use a totally lame "enter the third fourth and seventh characters from your password" system which drives me mad.
So I wrote some Greasemonkey to hack it: Read about it here.