This is the perfect realm for someone like Google to change the space...

As of now PKI for email is just too much work for a normal user, and single emails, or single users, using encryption stand out as people to monitor, anomalous activity.

Someone like Google could add a checkbox in their Labs features that automatically encrypts email between users who have the feature enabled on their system, and publicizes the spec so others can implement on the server side. It doesn't address the authentication side of the equation, but at least could raise the traffic level of encrypted email enough to make purposely encrypted emails noise instead of signal.

Authentication can still be handled by other means, including SSI and self-signed keys.

I have used Zenoss pretty extensively for this in the past.... Between the native SNMP tools and clients for most platforms, you can pretty extensively get a running snapshot of your network, as well as do performance and service monitoring. Depending on the SNMP plugin or client you're using, it can even do some software auditing.

Interesting. The page, fonts, etc. all looked fantastic in Safari and Firefox on my Mac.

The same people who dig http://www.virtualapple.org/ or think FreeDos is still relevant. People who are know vinyl has something CDs can't replicate. People who know the pinnacle of gaming was either Nethack or Ultima 7 (Depending on whether you prefer gameplay or story).

Let's answer two ways that could be taken... No, I didn't mean Mac OS X is 40, my grammar radar missed that possible interpretation. (Though being a hereditary Unix through NeXT, BSD4.4 and back, it could be considered such)

By any measure I have seen in the past 5 years, Mac OS X continually shows market penetration 5-8+ times that of Linux, compared to which any other Unix system usage can mostly be considered statistical noise.

That's not to say they don't have relevance or followers, but when it comes to getting the average user putting their hands on a Unix or Unix-like system, no other compares to Mac OS X, and that's not even counting embedded usage like the iPhone and iPod Touch.

Wow... 40 already.

When I started doing Unix Admin professionally Unix was just turning 30, Linux was poised to take over the Desktop, Mac OS X was just a glimmer of hope, and Sun was the king of commercial Unix.

When I started using Minix, Unix was only 20, but RMS was kvetching about source code (and Hurd was Coming Soon), BSD had just won it's freedom, and Steve Jobs was doing cool things over at NeXT. Unix was just leaving it's First "Golden Age"...

Now, at 40, Mac OS X is the most used Unix system, Sun was just bought cheap, most other commercial Unix systems are defunct... But with Android, Pre, and iPhone all putting *nix systems in the palms of millions, Macs selling more than ever, and many companies offering Linux pre-installed in the box, Unix is as relevant as ever.