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Comment Re:Install size and attack surface (Score 1) 478

Have you seen the corresponding binaries size? Anyway, what would it prevent the new binaries accepting both names, and the old and new syntax? Or writing wrappers (not the best idea, but then...)
The old ones are *still* there...for now. They are just not installed by default.

Comment Re:So (Score 2) 478

disable all ICMP is not feasible as you will be disabling MTU negotiation and destination unreachable messages. You are essentially breaking the TCP/IP protocol. And if you want the protocol working OK, then people can do traceroute via HTTP messages or ICMP echo and reply.
Or they can do reverse traceroute at least until the border edge of your firewall via an external site.

Comment Re:US centric (Score 1) 522

I can pretty much assure you I am *non native*, and do not live anywhere near an English speaking country.
Nonetheless, a guy that does not understand English, well, he wont have a problem either. He pretty much wont understand it as the rest of the text.
What next, do you want to obliterate Shakespeare works, because a non native won't understand them?

Comment Re:Serves them right (Score 1) 343

Bah. I reverse engineered the Novell Login program back in the day. Wrote virus-like tech hidden on the PC that intercepted the Login and password requested transparently, and saved the combo to an encrypted file. Had lists of username/passwords of nearly 300 users. In the end, I was not smart to no brag to the wrong persons about it, and also made a few stupid mistakes. If it were today, would be expelled.

Comment Nonsense (Score 1) 26

So they just bring out a politically correct tool to pretend they do something about controls...
How about new tools to filter out or in stuff by categories? For instance, I only use my private youtube for IT related things...or then give me different views I can select at will, like the IT view and the music view.
Youtube without logins does not interest anybody, only trivia popular trash.
Also listening randomly to music is virtually impossible any song marathon will converge itself to trash like Meghan Trainor.
Please do something useful and give me more controls were I can define IT+no music+no football

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