Comment Re:Happy birth-day OpenSSH (Score 1) 249
12) I will not buy this tobacconist. It is scratched.
Fixed.
12) I will not buy this tobacconist. It is scratched.
Fixed.
What is really pissing the British off is that the American government is trying to extradite McKinnon using a law that was passed under the shadow of 9/11 for the purposes of anti-terrorism.
Granted, McKinnon was foolish to enter the US government computers, although perhaps he should be given a consultant's fee for highlighting such lax security. If they're going to prosecute him for being an idiot, then certainly they could look closer to home.
And the tactics employed by the American Justice Department have been more than questionable under various EU laws, let alone the English legal system.
Perhaps the biggest disappointment is to see the politicians rolling over for the American government instead of standing up for their own citizens.
Did McKinnon break into the systems? Yes, and he has admitted such. Surely as a British citizen having commited a crime in England he should be tried under English law.
Iain
Mod parent up. The statements are factually correct in every way and should by no means be tagged as 'troll'.
Both Samba and Mono are clones, although I would suggest that certainly Samba has better performance than native Windows machines.
Java is removed from the IP/patent stone-round-the-neck negativity.
A link to the Microsoft quote would be nice though.
Iain.
I would be happy to setup a proxy for just this purpose and charge a nominal subscription charge on a monthly basis along with a step-by-step guide on how to use such a service.
Information tends to spread quickly enough via email where people do have something to share and if this does concern users then there appears to be a viable business model here.
Agreed, using free proxy services does mean playing catch-up, but pay-for-services that are profitable will more often be around for the long term.
Far from being a 'lax country', I would suggest that perhaps a 'free' country would be a more appropriate description. Certainly the majority of democratic nations do not (yet) subscribe to the Chinese standard. And as much as blocking methods can be put in place, it is still easier to provide a method to bypass these, whilst the bureaucracy takes time (and money) to implement their next attempt.
As for the
1% of people with the necessary knowledge and skills
...let's not forget that it was not long ago that Internet use was by that same 1% and considered to be 'too technical' for most people.
Iain.
It's simple enough to proxy through SSH and have access once again and (short of blocking SSH traffic) the Though Police can do very little.
Iain.
... Muslim head scarves / veils, anyone?
Not for me, thanks. They don't match with my complexion.
I would go with Linux has never had a rapidly spreading virus, or the standard security settings in Linux have so far prevented the spread of Linux viruses without anti-virus software
The fact that one must manually execute the malware, instead of having Windoze conveniently install it for you makes a difference.
If you run the windows task manager you will typically see about three users with processes running. (as opposed to the typical linux machine that has over a dozen users, bind, www, mail, etc.)
It concerns me that you run multiple services on the same nodes and then talk about security. You are way off the mark with that comment though. My machine that I'm doing some web development on has a high user count of 7 at the moment, but turning off some stuff that is not normally in use brings this down to 3. I should point out, however, that these extra users are running various services under these restricted identities. This is a Good Thing.
I do not want to have just one user running all services. I want them separate. It's safer that way. But a DNS server should not be running web services or email. One server, one service.
Windows security model is closer to that of linuxSE than traditional unix permissions.
Exactly how do you figure that?
The big problem with windows security is that configuration is left as an exercise for the end user.
No, the big problem is that it's almost non-existent.
According to a study released by Microsoft 90% of the Windows malware would not run if people did not run as administrator.
Blame the customer? Nice one.
Personally I believe that when SELinux makes it to web browsers and filemanagers, then Linux may be ready for the desktop, in the meantime it is as close as anything else.
SELinux has little bearing on general desktop acceptance. And I would suggest that "ready for the desktop" happened years ago.
Regs.
Iain.
You might want to skip that part. Linux has had proof of concept viruses, and the windows NT family was designed to be multi user.
Okay, How about Linux has never had a virus outside of a lab environment?
Windows being designed as multi-user is only in the context that multiple users could login and have their own environment. Not quite in the same vein as having a multi-user operating system that supports multiple simultaneous users.
Back on the virus issue, it should also be borne in mind that the worst a regular user will do is delete his/her home directory. That's after they have explicitly executed the virus payload. The *NIX design architecture is still inherently more secure that anything MSFT has brought to market.
Regs.
Iain.
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Nice side effects from non-malaria carrying insects. Thanks, Bill, you tosser.
Not to mention that when it comes to a fight between you and Microsoft, you're going to lose. Not smart.
Tell that to the European Commission.
(If the allegations are true, that is).
Sadly "truth" and "justice" do not always appear together.
Iain.
I suppose it all depends on what you see as being the "Right Thing". I would suggest that:
Now, in best Groklaw tradition, IANAL, however this seems to me that when it comes to fairness the guy might have been able to get similar information from 'dumpster diving' and certainly seems to have been vindicated. So what we're really seeing here is:
It would not surprise me if they try their old dirty tricks and try to put the US case on hold whilst they visit global MS friendly courtrooms to get some judgements onside in other jurisdictions just as they did with Lindows.
Bastards.
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