Cynicism is a negative perception of something that doesn't neccessairily involve evaluation of the topic in the larger context, something like: "There is no good left in the world, people will never change, and I might as well become evil too!".
^^^^That's some pretty bad cynicism (or pessimism) though, hopefully most people don't ever get that cynical;).
Bringing accountability to Government means actually saying what you think, not just accepting that you have no voice... Incidentally - the Internet & Web is the most effective tool for "having a voice" that the Human Race has ever had, why do you think China comes down so hard on it?
Don't just let Governments (or other people in power) pull the wool over your eyes with crap because it makes their jobs easier... Speak out!! (within legal boundaries)
Remember people, we live in Democracies (well, alot of us do!), you don't just have to bend over and take it unless EVERYONE AGREES you should, and most of the time people JUST AREN'T AWARE/INFORMED of what's happening.
So Agent Mularski got a taste of what it's like to be a SysAdmin? I think it's a good thing, now he would understand what it's like to work in IT, he'll (hopefully) be more sympathetic to IT staff that he works with... We should get more Law-Enforcement officers into undercover IT "busts"!!!
Now, if he had a pager that would buzz him in the 6 hours he got "off" from the computer, that would be JUST like being a SysAdmin;)
Easy. You're "Anonymous Coward". You're anyone and no one.
Well, even posting under my Slashdot "handle" I could be everyone and no-one too;)
A novice administrator would know this. I think you've been talking to the average joeish end users.
No, the person I had to correct that issue for considered himself an "experienced" Linux Administrator (and Zealot - "Linux should be used for EVERYTHING"), having worked with various distros for 3 or 4 years. He was also employed by the Victorian Department of Education at the time - the problem he was having was at a client he was moonlighting for. I was the poor Bastard who had to drive on-site when he eventually called me for help at 8pm on Saturday after he'd spent a good 10 hours working on the issue (mind you, I walked away with $100 in cash for typing 'chmod -R ug+w [directory]', so it was inconvenient, but lucrative).
The assumption you're making is that just because someone uses Linux, they also understand the underlying design of the technology that it is integrated with... not everyone understands filesystem permissions, you'd probably be surprised, like I always say... Computers/Operating-Systems/Applications are a "tool" - to be the most effective, you need to understand the function of the tool in addition to it's application.
I didn't ask if Samba had AD support... I asked why the PP thought this was a "Good Thing"... Because an Open-Source product was integrating itself with a Non-Standard one that Microsoft produces?
Not that I mind really, I just think it's not that great of a leap ahead for Open Source Software, just more Integration with Commercial Closed-Source software that already exists.
Do you understand that a "Directory" and SMB are two different things?
Perhaps Linux is used ALOT more than you think, you're just not aware of the installations;)
I know of at least 2 places which are very large and influential organizations that run ALOT of Linux and other Open-Source Systems - in one of the organizations I'm thinking of I implemented Linux in combination with MRTG, PHP and MYSQL for an application I wrote for the purposes of systems monitoring and server inventory, something I whipped up because Tivoli, a large, expensive "enterprise" product was proving too cumbersome and taking too long to implement and my Management needed something RealSoonNow(tm) to do the job. Unfortunately though, Non-Disclosure, and fear of being publicly identified prevents me from citing the organization(s) by name.
Linux is used in quite a number of places, but it doesn't get the big "The Department of xyz for the pqr Government is installing Linux" publicity.
Don't despair, Linux is making waves, you just can't see the ripples;)
Oh and Linux has its own Directory functionality, it's OpenLDAP. It's just not necessarily as easy to maintain as Open/Active Directory.
No offense intended... but I did say that in my original post;)
Why is it good news? Is the Open-Source community embracing the concept "If you can't beat 'em join 'em?".
Pish-Posh, Linux can have, and has its own "Directory" functionality, and the members of the OS community are more than capable of implementing their own standards. My opinion of this is that it's good for cross-compatibility, but not so much that it advances the concept that OSS products can compete in their own right.
I will be more impressed when Microsoft adds standards compatibility for integration with Open-Source standards and not the other way around.
Overthrowing a Government just means you'll end up replacing it with something that'll eventually become worse. The best course of action is to talk to them, remind them why Governments should be afraid of their people and not the other way around.
Please note, this doesn't necessarily mean using violence.
it means a true l33t cracker could easily start World War III?
A true l33t cracker would NEVER engage an enemy with something as petty as violence or death...
He or She would realize that only escalates and encourages fear, he or she would engage the world with words.
One of the worlds most admirable and effective Social Engineers said: "There are many causes that I am prepared to die for but no causes that I am prepared to kill for."
Yelling "Install NoScript you n00bs!!!" won't register noobs... because they're newbs.
Well, I wouldn't call them n00bs firstly... and secondly, most of the technically-savvy geeks/nerds I know read Slashdot and find out new and interesting stuff from here.
One of the best things about Slashdot is if you write something on here, ALOT of people will take notice. So if by providing solutions/information that people can read and take away to tell other non-technically-savvy individuals helps protect at least one person from being scammed, I'm more than happy to yell on Slashdot about it;)
Sounds like a great way to implement censorship or force traffic to follow certain (compromised) routes. Simply say: Wikipedia does something dodgy, they allow free speech and free information, let's revoke their cert (since IANA can be controlled by a government).
Preaching to the converted here my friend...
I immediately thought of this topic when I was reading the BGP article and thinking about the implications of a hierarchal structure (incidentally, they can pretty much "disconnect" direct connections between eachother NOW if they want to... but of course we can route around it, if required - adding encryption/PKI doesn't make all that much of a difference if people don't enforce it).
See, Governments are still duking it out (Diplomatically and Militarily) while their populations talk to eachother on the net' - the wonderful thing about this is I can talk to you, not knowing if you're White, Black, Green, Yellow, Blue, Purple, Male, Female, American, French, Canadian, Belgian or Martian... if you call me an idiot, I can't say "You called me an idiot because I'm (insert racial/gender type here)", well, I CAN, but you can reply... "I didn't know that, but I still just think you're an idiot!".
The concept of a Worldwide Global Communications network with almost ubiquitous availability is something we really haven't had for along time, it's going to take the Governments of the world a bit of time to get their head around it... Personally I think the Politicians/Diplomats of the world should read The Truth by Terry Pratchett (if they haven't already), as it has alot of similar concepts regarding local, social, and geo-political issues in it, just with a different "new" Technology.
I don't mean public networks, I mean private ones, SWIFT for instance..
Has been a few years since I've worked in the finance arena, but I thought each BIC code was signed (or at least they were talking about it while I was involved in that area) and things like MQSeries channels between nodes that were used for transporting data have been SSL/TLS encrypted for ages? I remember doing it actually, MQ Version 5.2 (or 5.3?) included SSL-over-channel functionality.
Anyways, I'm sure it's being taken care of, maybe get in touch with your bank and ask them if you're concerned?
Couldn't you just not do that? Why do the Feds have to roll out a $600k program because of you? That is taxpayers money for gods sake!
I wouldn't do it (I don't even have an AS to play with anymore), and it's rather more complicated than my explination made out...
I think a possible way to implement this would be a Hierarchical model where IANA has a top-level certificate for the trust and then it signs each regional NICs certificate, and they sign AS's which sign their subnets, then IANA could ask various NICs to revoke the Certificates of AS's that do dodgy things (like advertise subnets that aren't theirs), still it would require alot more overheads in terms of processing and memory than BGP currently requires.
I should also mention, I haven't worked with BGP in around 7 years now.
will this only increase security at things that are.gov? That's the impression I get but I don't know enough technically to be sure.
Pretty much... it means that when Router A says to Router B "I have a new path to this network." the routers will first authenticate eachothers identity utilizing Digital Signatures.
Basically it's applying elements of PKI to router communications, so the router receiving the information knows it can trust other router's updates. If you didn't do it I could (potentially) spoof updates and say "this network exists here now" and all the information destined for that network would then be routed to me to packet-sniff to my heart's content.
This type of stuff (in addition to SSL/TLS encryption of sensitive data communication channels) has been used internally in (most) Banking networks for awhile now, I'm actually surprised they didn't have something like it in place already.
When he came to a few moments later, Mark Petric said, he saw that his wife wasn't moving, and Daniel was trying to place a 9 mm handgun in his hand.
Prosecutors contend that Daniel stole his father's key to the lockbox where the gun was kept and retrieved the semiautomatic pistol along with a copy of the sci-fi video game "Halo 3" that his parents had confiscated from him before the shooting. (I snipped a section here)
Prosecutors say Daniel later confessed to the shootings and said he tried to make it appear to be a murder-suicide.
His Defense lawyer is grasping at straws for a reduced sentance, if the kid didn't realize his parents wouldn't be DEAD... WTF would he try and frame his Dad?!?!
I am so angry that politicians are not accountable for their actions. It makes the implementation of democracy a farce because the people in power voted in by the public can basically do whatever the hell they want and walk away with a fat paycheck and pension without having to worry that if they do something seriously wrong they can be punished somehow.
That's a very Insightful comment...
Politicians tend to say "If you pay peanuts you'll get monkeys", yet most businesses appear to operate on exactly this ideology.
I don't know about you, but I've seen far more Monkeys working as politicians than as (relatively) low-seniority employees.
A week later, I sent one of my male friends over, and he got it no problem, no questions asked. Men don't ask other men why they need a tool often, but when a woman asks for a tool, it's always "What for?" It's really #$@! irritating.
Hrm... it's possibly because they play with their "tools" a tad too much?;) In all seriousness alot of men suffer from what I call "Small Mental Penis" syndrome, they compare brainsize instead, then Women get involved and their masculinity becomes threatened.
I wish they could clone you.
LOL, thanks, but somehow I think Amenacier would not approve;)
Windows programmers... I don't know what's wrong with them but it's like they core dump at the sight of tits and only offer condescending advice. I sure hope they fix that bug someday.
Perhaps it is better to allow you to learn for yourself than have someone tell you everything. Knowledge and Understanding are two seperate things.
Incidentally, I'd treat you exactly the same way if you were a Man, the sexism is your perception, not the reality of the situation. and I'm no-more a "Windows Programmer" than I am a "Linux Programmer"... do you call someone who works with wood a Screwdriverer or a Hammerer?;)
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Is that cynical?
Actually, it's called Critical or Analytical thinking...
;).
Cynicism is a negative perception of something that doesn't neccessairily involve evaluation of the topic in the larger context, something like:
"There is no good left in the world, people will never change, and I might as well become evil too!".
^^^^That's some pretty bad cynicism (or pessimism) though, hopefully most people don't ever get that cynical
Oops, thanks!! +1 for you too! ;)
Bringing accountability to Government means actually saying what you think, not just accepting that you have no voice...
Incidentally - the Internet & Web is the most effective tool for "having a voice" that the Human Race has ever had, why do you think China comes down so hard on it?
Don't just let Governments (or other people in power) pull the wool over your eyes with crap because it makes their jobs easier... Speak out!! (within legal boundaries)
Remember people, we live in Democracies (well, alot of us do!), you don't just have to bend over and take it unless EVERYONE AGREES you should, and most of the time people JUST AREN'T AWARE/INFORMED of what's happening.
So Agent Mularski got a taste of what it's like to be a SysAdmin? I think it's a good thing, now he would understand what it's like to work in IT, he'll (hopefully) be more sympathetic to IT staff that he works with... We should get more Law-Enforcement officers into undercover IT "busts"!!!
;)
Now, if he had a pager that would buzz him in the 6 hours he got "off" from the computer, that would be JUST like being a SysAdmin
Easy. You're "Anonymous Coward". You're anyone and no one.
Well, even posting under my Slashdot "handle" I could be everyone and no-one too ;)
A novice administrator would know this. I think you've been talking to the average joeish end users.
No, the person I had to correct that issue for considered himself an "experienced" Linux Administrator (and Zealot - "Linux should be used for EVERYTHING"), having worked with various distros for 3 or 4 years. He was also employed by the Victorian Department of Education at the time - the problem he was having was at a client he was moonlighting for. I was the poor Bastard who had to drive on-site when he eventually called me for help at 8pm on Saturday after he'd spent a good 10 hours working on the issue (mind you, I walked away with $100 in cash for typing 'chmod -R ug+w [directory]', so it was inconvenient, but lucrative).
The assumption you're making is that just because someone uses Linux, they also understand the underlying design of the technology that it is integrated with... not everyone understands filesystem permissions, you'd probably be surprised, like I always say... Computers/Operating-Systems/Applications are a "tool" - to be the most effective, you need to understand the function of the tool in addition to it's application.
I didn't ask if Samba had AD support... I asked why the PP thought this was a "Good Thing"... Because an Open-Source product was integrating itself with a Non-Standard one that Microsoft produces?
Not that I mind really, I just think it's not that great of a leap ahead for Open Source Software, just more Integration with Commercial Closed-Source software that already exists.
Do you understand that a "Directory" and SMB are two different things?
Perhaps Linux is used ALOT more than you think, you're just not aware of the installations ;)
;)
I know of at least 2 places which are very large and influential organizations that run ALOT of Linux and other Open-Source Systems - in one of the organizations I'm thinking of I implemented Linux in combination with MRTG, PHP and MYSQL for an application I wrote for the purposes of systems monitoring and server inventory, something I whipped up because Tivoli, a large, expensive "enterprise" product was proving too cumbersome and taking too long to implement and my Management needed something RealSoonNow(tm) to do the job.
Unfortunately though, Non-Disclosure, and fear of being publicly identified prevents me from citing the organization(s) by name.
Linux is used in quite a number of places, but it doesn't get the big "The Department of xyz for the pqr Government is installing Linux" publicity.
Don't despair, Linux is making waves, you just can't see the ripples
Oh and Linux has its own Directory functionality, it's OpenLDAP. It's just not necessarily as easy to maintain as Open/Active Directory.
No offense intended... but I did say that in my original post ;)
But it's still good news,
Why is it good news? Is the Open-Source community embracing the concept "If you can't beat 'em join 'em?".
Pish-Posh, Linux can have, and has its own "Directory" functionality, and the members of the OS community are more than capable of implementing their own standards.
My opinion of this is that it's good for cross-compatibility, but not so much that it advances the concept that OSS products can compete in their own right.
I will be more impressed when Microsoft adds standards compatibility for integration with Open-Source standards and not the other way around.
I think the Soviet Union didn't care about that stuff, but am not entirely sure.
Government persecution of Christianity continued unabated until the fall of the Communist government, with Stalin's reign the most repressive.
Stalin is quoted as saying that "The Party cannot be neutral towards religion. It conducts an anti-religious struggle against any and all religious prejudices."
Overthrowing a Government just means you'll end up replacing it with something that'll eventually become worse.
The best course of action is to talk to them, remind them why Governments should be afraid of their people and not the other way around.
Please note, this doesn't necessarily mean using violence.
it means a true l33t cracker could easily start World War III?
A true l33t cracker would NEVER engage an enemy with something as petty as violence or death...
He or She would realize that only escalates and encourages fear, he or she would engage the world with words.
One of the worlds most admirable and effective Social Engineers said: "There are many causes that I am prepared to die for but no causes that I am prepared to kill for."
Yelling "Install NoScript you n00bs!!!" won't register noobs... because they're newbs.
Well, I wouldn't call them n00bs firstly... and secondly, most of the technically-savvy geeks/nerds I know read Slashdot and find out new and interesting stuff from here.
;)
One of the best things about Slashdot is if you write something on here, ALOT of people will take notice. So if by providing solutions/information that people can read and take away to tell other non-technically-savvy individuals helps protect at least one person from being scammed, I'm more than happy to yell on Slashdot about it
Don't have multiple tabs/windows open while you're doing your online banking!!!
Oh, and use NoScript!
Sounds like a great way to implement censorship or force traffic to follow certain (compromised) routes. Simply say: Wikipedia does something dodgy, they allow free speech and free information, let's revoke their cert (since IANA can be controlled by a government).
Preaching to the converted here my friend...
I immediately thought of this topic when I was reading the BGP article and thinking about the implications of a hierarchal structure (incidentally, they can pretty much "disconnect" direct connections between eachother NOW if they want to... but of course we can route around it, if required - adding encryption/PKI doesn't make all that much of a difference if people don't enforce it).
See, Governments are still duking it out (Diplomatically and Militarily) while their populations talk to eachother on the net' - the wonderful thing about this is I can talk to you, not knowing if you're White, Black, Green, Yellow, Blue, Purple, Male, Female, American, French, Canadian, Belgian or Martian... if you call me an idiot, I can't say "You called me an idiot because I'm (insert racial/gender type here)", well, I CAN, but you can reply... "I didn't know that, but I still just think you're an idiot!".
The concept of a Worldwide Global Communications network with almost ubiquitous availability is something we really haven't had for along time, it's going to take the Governments of the world a bit of time to get their head around it... Personally I think the Politicians/Diplomats of the world should read The Truth by Terry Pratchett (if they haven't already), as it has alot of similar concepts regarding local, social, and geo-political issues in it, just with a different "new" Technology.
I don't mean public networks, I mean private ones, SWIFT for instance..
Has been a few years since I've worked in the finance arena, but I thought each BIC code was signed (or at least they were talking about it while I was involved in that area) and things like MQSeries channels between nodes that were used for transporting data have been SSL/TLS encrypted for ages? I remember doing it actually, MQ Version 5.2 (or 5.3?) included SSL-over-channel functionality.
Anyways, I'm sure it's being taken care of, maybe get in touch with your bank and ask them if you're concerned?
Couldn't you just not do that? Why do the Feds have to roll out a $600k program because of you? That is taxpayers money for gods sake!
I wouldn't do it (I don't even have an AS to play with anymore), and it's rather more complicated than my explination made out...
I think a possible way to implement this would be a Hierarchical model where IANA has a top-level certificate for the trust and then it signs each regional NICs certificate, and they sign AS's which sign their subnets, then IANA could ask various NICs to revoke the Certificates of AS's that do dodgy things (like advertise subnets that aren't theirs), still it would require alot more overheads in terms of processing and memory than BGP currently requires.
I should also mention, I haven't worked with BGP in around 7 years now.
will this only increase security at things that are .gov? That's the impression I get but I don't know enough technically to be sure.
Pretty much... it means that when Router A says to Router B "I have a new path to this network." the routers will first authenticate eachothers identity utilizing Digital Signatures.
Basically it's applying elements of PKI to router communications, so the router receiving the information knows it can trust other router's updates. If you didn't do it I could (potentially) spoof updates and say "this network exists here now" and all the information destined for that network would then be routed to me to packet-sniff to my heart's content.
This type of stuff (in addition to SSL/TLS encryption of sensitive data communication channels) has been used internally in (most) Banking networks for awhile now, I'm actually surprised they didn't have something like it in place already.
That is all :)
Quoted from this article:
When he came to a few moments later, Mark Petric said, he saw that his wife wasn't moving, and Daniel was trying to place a 9 mm handgun in his hand.
Prosecutors contend that Daniel stole his father's key to the lockbox where the gun was kept and retrieved the semiautomatic pistol along with a copy of the sci-fi video game "Halo 3" that his parents had confiscated from him before the shooting.
(I snipped a section here)
Prosecutors say Daniel later confessed to the shootings and said he tried to make it appear to be a murder-suicide.
His Defense lawyer is grasping at straws for a reduced sentance, if the kid didn't realize his parents wouldn't be DEAD... WTF would he try and frame his Dad?!?!
Good article... shows the mentality of the Psychologists/Social workers though, something like this:
Two social workers were walking through a rough part of the city in the evening. They heard moans and muted cries for help from a back lane.
Upon investigation, they found a semi-conscious man in a pool of blood. "Help me, I've been mugged and viciously beaten" he pleaded.
The two social workers turned and walked away. One remarked to her colleague: "You know the person that did this really needs help."
machine full of adware that pops up each minute trying to sell him viagra or one night stand services
But... But... I thought that WAS Windows?! ;)
I am so angry that politicians are not accountable for their actions. It makes the implementation of democracy a farce because the people in power voted in by the public can basically do whatever the hell they want and walk away with a fat paycheck and pension without having to worry that if they do something seriously wrong they can be punished somehow.
That's a very Insightful comment...
Politicians tend to say "If you pay peanuts you'll get monkeys", yet most businesses appear to operate on exactly this ideology.
I don't know about you, but I've seen far more Monkeys working as politicians than as (relatively) low-seniority employees.
A week later, I sent one of my male friends over, and he got it no problem, no questions asked. Men don't ask other men why they need a tool often, but when a woman asks for a tool, it's always "What for?" It's really #$@! irritating.
Hrm... it's possibly because they play with their "tools" a tad too much? ;)
In all seriousness alot of men suffer from what I call "Small Mental Penis" syndrome, they compare brainsize instead, then Women get involved and their masculinity becomes threatened.
I wish they could clone you.
LOL, thanks, but somehow I think Amenacier would not approve ;)
Windows programmers... I don't know what's wrong with them but it's like they core dump at the sight of tits and only offer condescending advice. I sure hope they fix that bug someday.
Perhaps it is better to allow you to learn for yourself than have someone tell you everything.
;)
Knowledge and Understanding are two seperate things.
Incidentally, I'd treat you exactly the same way if you were a Man, the sexism is your perception, not the reality of the situation.
and I'm no-more a "Windows Programmer" than I am a "Linux Programmer"... do you call someone who works with wood a Screwdriverer or a Hammerer?
I glean more information about you from your response to my comment than I ever would from a Personality test ;)