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Comment: Re:Good reason not to go there... (Score 1) 202

Pretty soon you'll see privately-owned firefighting companies, mark my words.

USA is going out of their mind with the "private is the solution to anything" concept. They have private armies, private cops (these armed guys that patrol closed-behind-fences residential areas), private prisons, so private firefighters isn't much of a stretch.

I have no particular problems with the private sector, but I do think that some services should NOT be subject to generating benefits (because nowadays you not only need to make benefits, but also double digit growth and margins). In my mind, nobody should make more money because there are more wars, more crime or more fires.

Comment: Re:Firewalls (Score 1) 158

by Alarash (#39671529) Attached to: Mosh: Modernizing SSH With IP Roaming, Instant Local Echo
That was the point of my OP. The paper doesn't describe what you said. It says the client initiates the Mosh UDP session once it got the destination UDP port (the port the server listens on) from the SSH session. A firewall would never allow that. Also, opening a wide range of ports is a... let's say... challenging idea. This goes against all rules of network security known to network administrators.

Comment: Firewalls (Score 5, Insightful) 158

by Alarash (#39645161) Attached to: Mosh: Modernizing SSH With IP Roaming, Instant Local Echo
Reading the linked research paper a bit, and something strikes me.

We use the existing infrastructure for authenticating hosts and users. To bootstrap an SSP connection, the user ïrst logs in to the remote host using conventional means, such as SSH or Kerberos. From there, the user or her script runs the server: an unprivileged process that chooses a random shared encryption key and begins listening on a UDP port. The server conveys the port number and key over the initial connection back to the client, which uses the information to start talking to the server over UDP.

You open a SSH connection (client->server:22). This port is allowed on the firewall, it lets you through. But then the server decides to listen on UDP:(random port) and tells the client, back through the (encrypted) initial connection, which UDP port to contact. So you initiate a SSP UDP session on that port. How does the firewall knows it should let you through? Since the port number is communicated on an encrypted session, it doesn't have access to that information. So how does this work in a secure environment? The paper doesn't mention any mean for the server to communicate with the network which port its listening on.

Games

Minecraft Creator's New Game Called 0x10c->

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silentbrad writes "As announced last month, Notch — creator of Minecraft — is working on a sandbox space game (no, not the Mars Effect April Fools joke, though it's similar). "The game [0x10c] is still extremely early in development, but like we did with Minecraft, we expect to release it early and let the players help me shape the game as it grows. The cost of the game is still undecided, but it's likely there will be a monthly fee for joining the Multiverse as we are going to emulate all computers and physics even when players aren't logged in. Single player won't have any recurring fees. ... The computer in the game is a fully functioning emulated 16 bit CPU that can be used to control your entire ship, or just to play games on while waiting for a large mining operation to finish. Full specifications of the CPU will be released shortly, so the more programatically advanced of you can get a head start.""
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Microsoft

First Look: Visual Studio 11 Beta->

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snydeq writes "Tim Anderson provides a first look at the Visual Studio 11 beta, Microsoft's all-encompassing Windows development tool now with Metro support. 'Visual Studio has been gradually reworked in its last few versions so that it's easier to extend and modernize its user interface. Now with version 11, Microsoft has given Visual Studio a Metro makeover in keeping with the new style of Windows,' Anderson writes. 'Behind its gray face Visual Studio 11 packs in a ton of new features. Metro development is the most obvious, and considering that the platform is new in Windows 8, the developer tools are impressive.'"
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Businesses

EA Is The Worst Company In America->

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Mr_Blank writes "After more than 250,000 votes, Consumerist readers ultimately decided that the type of greed exhibited by EA is worse than Bank of America's avarice. Game-players have voted to send a message to Electronic Arts and the gaming business as a whole: Stop treating your loyal customers like crap... There have even been numerous accusations that EA and its ilk deliberately hold back game content with the sole intent of charging a fee for it at a later date. It's one thing to support a game with new content that is worth the price. It's another to put out an inferior — and occasionally broken — product..."
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Power

Google Embraces Thermal Storage in Data Centers->

Submitted by 1sockchuck
1sockchuck writes "Google has announced plans to use a thermal storage system for the first time in its new data center in Taiwan.Thermal storage systems typically use ice or liquid coolant that can be chilled and then used in heat exchange systems. The systems "charge" by running chillers overnight when power rates are cheaper, and then supplementing cooling systems during peak daytime hours. A number of other data centers are already using this strategy."
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Networking

A feature rich commercially supported SOHO router 1

Submitted by sys_mast
sys_mast writes "I’ve been struggling to find a replacement router for a non-profit I volunteer for. It seems that there is a market segment that is missed by the major manufactures, somewhere above home use, and below enterprise. We’re looking for Dual Trust zones, one for internal use, and one for guest, just to keep them separate. Often a DMZ port works as a second Trust zone. Client based VPN that works with XP-Win 7. Content filtering and we’re willing to pay a few bucks a year for this service. The content filtering should be subject based. All of this, in a commercial product with decent support. So far Google has been failing me, is there a website out there with a good comparison chart of different small office routers?"

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