Closed Circuit Television cameras hooked to recording devices chip away at your right to privacy. National ID cards chip away at your right to be anonymous. Fairly clear except for one thing, you do not have a right to remain anonymous. If a policeman asks you who you are, you are obliged to tell them. If they are investigating a crime and you lie to them about your identity, you are now guilty of a crime as well. If someone issues you an GeorgeOrwell(TM) ID card and you lock it in a safe deposit box and never ever show it to anyone, how is this a problem? Does problem occurs when things are attached to the National ID card? Maybe when policemen can force you to produce the card to prove your identity, or banks, or insurance companies, or employers, or immigration officers, etc? All these institutions already require you to submit evidence that you are who you say you are, so what changes? Why is something that says "You are you, and nobody else" bad?
They have a very complicated website composed of 7000 nested HTML constructs devoted entirely to informing us about every last detail of the event. They forgot to add one thing though, the actual details. The scores are wrong, missing, late, etc. The GTV coverage consists of 1 server for 50 people which is full, crashes, and is showing a practice game. There is no UTV coverage. I do not know the state of the HLTV coverage, but I can guess. The live streaming had Korean Curling, I let you draw your own conclusions about the live streaming. The BIOS are threadbare and boring (cept for K9-Makaveli's of course).
Why does everyone, except slashdot (shameless attempt @ favorable mod), forget the content?
Contract Anthrax, make sure it is the skin variant as this has the greatest visual impact.
Enlist in the Army/Navy/Air Force/Marines, this will cut down on the number of times they search you as you will not be working there anymore.
Die in a terrorist attack, I doubt they will dig you up to search you.
K9Con has been one of the larger Bay Area events in the past (upwards of 100 people). We had one in 2000, we may have one in 2001. We will definately have one when the new Doom or quake4 is released. You can catch us playing quake3 while we wait on q3.thejadegarden.com:27960
...it would be too much to ask that Congress police itself before policing us. It wouldn't be all that ironic if some lusty congresscritter video taped itself using a staff member, and then converted the video to mpeg, and then shared it via peer-2-peer network, finally landing smack in the report to Congress.
-Sometimes I outdo myself, but usually, I find I do exactly what I would have done given identical circumstances.
Quote - "This is a very dangerous new trend in the security industry."
Since when is Microsoft part of the security industry? They ARE firmly entrenched in the obscurity industry. (and apparently digging themselves deeper)
Escher is nothing, just give me some coffee...
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For those of you who missed out on the paradox in my previous post: To remove the Style Sheets from DeCSS code you must first remove the DeCSS code from the Style Sheets.
Now this would be the perfect way to obfuscate the DeCSS (dvd) source code. Step 1: enclose it in HTML BODY PRE opening and closing tags Step 2: put Cascading Style Sheets all over the place that contain the DeCSS (html) code When ever you wish to actually view the DeCSS (dvd) code, you can take the DeCSS (html) code in the CSSes and then DeCSS the CSS laden HTML and die from acronym overdose. I hope this hurts the collective brain of the MPAA - K9-quaint
A privacy proxy, that does not log connections, could be used by anyone to browse the web in complete privacy. These may even become standard issue along with DNS and mail service. People just don't realize that they have no privacy today.
I am sure however, that there will be some uproar about this by the non-technophiles.
Lemme know when Microsoft gets Hotmail running reliably on Windows NT. Then I will pay attention to what they say about their enterprise service. On the other hand, the article did have some valid points about shortcomings in Linux when deployed as a large enterprise server.
I will address each bullet point with IMHO remarks.
Performance The PC Week web server tests exposed a weakness in the Linux IP stack (this is a good thing, cuz now the IP stack is better) Serving static web pages is not a very good test of modern web server performance. SSL development and deployment is hamstrung by the moronic rules of the US gov regarding encryption and open source. So I would not be surprised if Linux lags a bit there. There are no TPC results for Linux yet, because the DB companies just ported their stuff to Linux recently. Give it time Ok, Linux does not scale well past 2 processors. One word, Beowulf Linux is in the process of providing a fine tuned SMP kernel. Linux is in the process of providing a fined tuned *everything*. The improvement process never stops. Reliability Microsoft has been disproven at Hotmail and Walmart (and others I don't have on the tip of my tongue). People didn't develop Linux just cuz they don't like the weather in Seattle, there is a need for it. Ok, you got us, we don't have a journaling file system. At least we don't lie to people and claim that we have one. Commercially proven clusters? One word, Titanic the Movie (shutup, i know that was 3 words) 99.9% uptime eh? woooo! only down 1 day a year (ebay should run NT;) What happens when it doesnt stay up 99.9% of the time? do they refund you in hours? minutes? or seconds? Free? Ok, it aint free...your time is valuable if you use linux, and it aint worth a dime if you use NT. *ahem* sorry, TCO for NT is lower eh? You get what you pay for I guess;). Fees for service in the computer industry are outrageous whether you are running Solaris, NT, or Linux. They do have a good point, it is hard to find skilled Linux engineers. Security File security, everything in Unix is a file, you do the math. Ownership, groups, etc etc...this one is just a case of ignorance C2 eh? Did you make sure that CAT5 cable is plugged into your NIC? NO? oh...i c nudge nudge;);) CERT + redhat.com is what I use, writing posts like these tho is a real time burner (I type with my tongue) Yes it is easy for a newbie to leave doors open on UNIX boxes, therefore do not let newbies administer UNIX boxes. Let them play with NT until they grow up. Desktop ACK! THEY GOT US AGAIN! Hardware support on Linux sux. CDE on linux, CDE on Solaris... Do you have a phone list for that 13%? BTW only 10% of the ISVs are in the top 10% of their field.
I like the fact that ZDNet is spreading FUD about Linux and how *hard* it is to make a linux box secure (21 patches, YIKES). "Just run NT and you will never have to worry, yada yada yada...". Get all the simpletons running NT and joining get rich quick pyramid schemes and the world will be a better place.
This is a form of natural selection. If you listen to morons and do what they suggest, you will most likely fail (at best you will just lose a lot of money). Eventually, I will be able to identify idiots just by glancing at their desktop, NT? or Linux? Thank you ZDNet for providing us with this valuable idiometer. Preach on brother Bill. Meanwhile, I will tune my X server:)
Ah, good point. RAS was not on the NT web server in question? or is that a presumption. Do people install/configure RAS on their webservers? If so, I sure hope Microsoft thought about security when they coded RAS, otherwise that would be a huge back door:)
Unix machines are by nature multiuser environments where any user with priveledges can execute instructions on that machine from anywhere. NT was first and foremost a file/print server, second an application server, and lastly a timeshare machine.
One more question, does RAS change the flavor of NT from vanilla to strawbery? or is that a default install option for workstation and/or server?
Denial of service attacks. To which NT is nortoriously prone and to which Linux is not. I am not talking about packet storming, but rather boundary cases in the protocol stacks that cause crashes(BlueSoDs) and kernel panics.
Since vanilla NT has virtually no remote administration or remote anything capabilities, it had a natural advantage in this test. Turn off NT File Serving, and you have to put machine code on the stack to change files (annoying and not worth $1000). On Linux, I could just root the machine and then enable telnet, configure the shell of my choice, set all my little aliases, and it would be just like home.
IMHO, NT is more secure out of the box than most Linux distros. If you want perfect security, may I recommend a piece of wood (not as much functionality as NT, but very very secure).
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Linus didn't write the Linux kernel, he typed it.
I may be stretching things a bit when I say "research". Here is a fledgling industry that turns pounds into gallons, not tons:
Not just research
Closed Circuit Television cameras hooked to recording devices chip away at your right to privacy.
National ID cards chip away at your right to be anonymous.
Fairly clear except for one thing, you do not have a right to remain anonymous. If a policeman asks you who you are, you are obliged to tell them. If they are investigating a crime and you lie to them about your identity, you are now guilty of a crime as well.
If someone issues you an GeorgeOrwell(TM) ID card and you lock it in a safe deposit box and never ever show it to anyone, how is this a problem? Does problem occurs when things are attached to the National ID card? Maybe when policemen can force you to produce the card to prove your identity, or banks, or insurance companies, or employers, or immigration officers, etc? All these institutions already require you to submit evidence that you are who you say you are, so what changes? Why is something that says "You are you, and nobody else" bad?
I tipped off slashdot about ShackES right after I heard you were using a temp server. =)
P.S. you are a poohead
They have a very complicated website composed of 7000 nested HTML constructs devoted entirely to informing us about every last detail of the event. They forgot to add one thing though, the actual details. The scores are wrong, missing, late, etc. The GTV coverage consists of 1 server for 50 people which is full, crashes, and is showing a practice game. There is no UTV coverage. I do not know the state of the HLTV coverage, but I can guess. The live streaming had Korean Curling, I let you draw your own conclusions about the live streaming. The BIOS are threadbare and boring (cept for K9-Makaveli's of course).
Why does everyone, except slashdot (shameless attempt @ favorable mod), forget the content?
Contract Anthrax, make sure it is the skin variant as this has the greatest visual impact.
Enlist in the Army/Navy/Air Force/Marines, this will cut down on the number of times they search you as you will not be working there anymore.
Die in a terrorist attack, I doubt they will dig you up to search you.
K9Con has been one of the larger Bay Area events in the past (upwards of 100 people). We had one in 2000, we may have one in 2001. We will definately have one when the new Doom or quake4 is released. You can catch us playing quake3 while we wait on q3.thejadegarden.com:27960
If you don't like broccoli then don't eat it. If you don't like Linux then don't use it.
...it would be too much to ask that Congress police itself before policing us. It wouldn't be all that ironic if some lusty congresscritter video taped itself using a staff member, and then converted the video to mpeg, and then shared it via peer-2-peer network, finally landing smack in the report to Congress.
-Sometimes I outdo myself, but usually, I find I do exactly what I would have done given identical circumstances.
so call it 641/\/\ and be l33t at the same time you avoid the AOL trained monkeys.
Quote - "This is a very dangerous new trend in the security industry." Since when is Microsoft part of the security industry? They ARE firmly entrenched in the obscurity industry. (and apparently digging themselves deeper)
For those of you who missed out on the paradox in my previous post:
To remove the Style Sheets from DeCSS code you must first remove the DeCSS code from the Style Sheets.
Now this would be the perfect way to obfuscate the DeCSS (dvd) source code.
Step 1: enclose it in HTML BODY PRE opening and closing tags
Step 2: put Cascading Style Sheets all over the place that contain the DeCSS (html) code
When ever you wish to actually view the DeCSS (dvd) code, you can take the DeCSS (html) code in the CSSes and then DeCSS the CSS laden HTML and die from acronym overdose.
I hope this hurts the collective brain of the MPAA
- K9-quaint
...this must be said.
Ding Dong the witch is downsized.
I can see the headlines now, "House of Bill Defaced"
#include "stdflamethrower.h" - stolen from another /. poster
I am sure however, that there will be some uproar about this by the non-technophiles.
On the other hand, the article did have some valid points about shortcomings in Linux when deployed as a large enterprise server.
I will address each bullet point with IMHO remarks.
Performance ;) What happens when it doesnt stay up 99.9% of the time? do they refund you in hours? minutes? or seconds? ;). ;) ;)
The PC Week web server tests exposed a weakness in the Linux IP stack (this is a good thing, cuz now the IP stack is better) Serving static web pages is not a very good test of modern web server performance.
SSL development and deployment is hamstrung by the moronic rules of the US gov regarding encryption and open source. So I would not be surprised if Linux lags a bit there.
There are no TPC results for Linux yet, because the DB companies just ported their stuff to Linux recently. Give it time
Ok, Linux does not scale well past 2 processors. One word, Beowulf
Linux is in the process of providing a fine tuned SMP kernel. Linux is in the process of providing a fined tuned *everything*. The improvement process never stops.
Reliability
Microsoft has been disproven at Hotmail and Walmart (and others I don't have on the tip of my tongue). People didn't develop Linux just cuz they don't like the weather in Seattle, there is a need for it.
Ok, you got us, we don't have a journaling file system. At least we don't lie to people and claim that we have one.
Commercially proven clusters? One word, Titanic the Movie (shutup, i know that was 3 words)
99.9% uptime eh? woooo! only down 1 day a year (ebay should run NT
Free?
Ok, it aint free...your time is valuable if you use linux, and it aint worth a dime if you use NT. *ahem* sorry, TCO for NT is lower eh? You get what you pay for I guess
Fees for service in the computer industry are outrageous whether you are running Solaris, NT, or Linux.
They do have a good point, it is hard to find skilled Linux engineers.
Security
File security, everything in Unix is a file, you do the math.
Ownership, groups, etc etc...this one is just a case of ignorance
C2 eh? Did you make sure that CAT5 cable is plugged into your NIC? NO? oh...i c nudge nudge
CERT + redhat.com is what I use, writing posts like these tho is a real time burner (I type with my tongue)
Yes it is easy for a newbie to leave doors open on UNIX boxes, therefore do not let newbies administer UNIX boxes. Let them play with NT until they grow up.
Desktop
ACK! THEY GOT US AGAIN! Hardware support on Linux sux.
CDE on linux, CDE on Solaris...
Do you have a phone list for that 13%? BTW only 10% of the ISVs are in the top 10% of their field.
-quaint, member emeritus of the committee for natural selection. P.S. on a more serious note, thanx for the worklist Bill. :)
This is a form of natural selection. If you listen to morons and do what they suggest, you will most likely fail (at best you will just lose a lot of money). Eventually, I will be able to identify idiots just by glancing at their desktop, NT? or Linux? Thank you ZDNet for providing us with this valuable idiometer. Preach on brother Bill. Meanwhile, I will tune my X server :)
Unix machines are by nature multiuser environments where any user with priveledges can execute instructions on that machine from anywhere. NT was first and foremost a file/print server, second an application server, and lastly a timeshare machine.
One more question, does RAS change the flavor of NT from vanilla to strawbery? or is that a default install option for workstation and/or server?
Since vanilla NT has virtually no remote administration or remote anything capabilities, it had a natural advantage in this test. Turn off NT File Serving, and you have to put machine code on the stack to change files (annoying and not worth $1000). On Linux, I could just root the machine and then enable telnet, configure the shell of my choice, set all my little aliases, and it would be just like home.
IMHO, NT is more secure out of the box than most Linux distros. If you want perfect security, may I recommend a piece of wood (not as much functionality as NT, but very very secure).