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Comment Re:The noise is the biggest issue for me (Score 1) 64

Exactly which equipment is the noise coming from? I've worked in chemical plants for decades, with hundreds of pumps running 24/7, multiple large cooling towers, dozens of blowers larger than anything you'd find in a data center, and there was no noise problem. I ride my bike past the last one I worked at all the time; it's about a mile from the highway and you can't hear anything, although you can smell it sometimes.

Comment Re: This is NOT NORMAL (Score 1) 205

The war powers act was passed by congress, which means that it can be invalidated by the courts as an unconstitutional restraint on the unitary executive. Sound familiar? There is chatter about teeing up a challenge in court, and do you really believe that the Roberts court would uphold it?

Comment Re: Is it worth it (Score 1) 232

Which still requires logging of every single translation made. Seriously? Feels like you're just making a side argument to avoid conceding the original point: NAT provides zero additional security over a stateful firewall, only a false sense of security, or something akin to "security through obscurity".

Comment Re: Is it worth it (Score 1) 232

Uh, really??? Behind NAT?

Complaint: Hey, someone from [your gateway IP] was trying to hack us!!@#$
You: Fuck, how do I figure this out, I have 25,000 users.

versus:

Properly deployed IPv6 network, with a different prefix mapped to every building or even floor.
Complaint: Hey, someone using 2600:0152:4321::dead:beef was trying to hack us!!$#@
You:

Where are you getting the internal IP? Are you logging every outbound connection and port pair mapping? What if you don't have the port? It's an order of magnitude more difficult.

Comment Re: Is it worth it (Score 1) 232

It's no more a security mechanism than a simple stateful firewall. And from an administrative standpoint, especially for a university, it's easier and gives you some cover. If someone reports that one of your students was doing something improper, good luck figuring out who the culprit was. With unique addresses you know exactly who it was.

Comment Subjective anyone? (Score 3, Insightful) 282

I would say this is a subjective opinion, and it has always been controversial, somewhat unpopular, and abused by corporate giants.

The helplessness one feels when someone shows up and literally takes your job has to be pretty traumatic. Losing your job due to downsizing is pretty bad, but that I'd even more dehumanizing. So backlash and resentment is part of the process, and the Indians are smart enough to know that as well.

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