Comment Just went through this thought process last year (Score 1) 708
Wrote a 1-pager on it:
http://packetpushers.net/managing-your-job-versus-managing-your-career/
Comment Re:Serious (Score 1) 181
He didn't hear your mom complaining.
Submission + - Jumping to Ubuntu at work for non-Linux geeks
twigles writes: I'm a network engineer, meaning I spend my days dealing with things like selective route advertisements, peering, and traffic engineering; I'm not a Linux admin or developer. About 6 months ago I finally got fed up enough with my experience on Windows XP to jump ship to Ubuntu 8.04, despite not having much Linux experience, particularly on the desktop. Read my ramblings for an engineer's take on taking what can be a pretty intimidating plunge for us Linux noobcakes.
Submission + - New bill could rein in DHS laptop seizures (securityfocus.com)
twigles writes: A new proposed bill seeks to actually limit the US Department of Homeland Security in some ways, including requiring some type of demonstrable reason for the seizure and how long they may keep someone's laptop before it's classified as such.
"The Travelers Privacy Protection Act, a bill written by U.S. Senators Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Representative Adam Smith, D-Wash., would allow border agents to search electronic devices only if they had reasonable suspicions of wrongdoing. In addition, the legislation would limit the length of time that a device could be out of its owner's possession to 24 hours, after which the search becomes a seizure, requiring probable cause."
I only hope this legislation makes its way into the presidential election debates so I can hear the words, "terrorists" and "protect Americans" more.
"The Travelers Privacy Protection Act, a bill written by U.S. Senators Russ Feingold, D-Wis., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Representative Adam Smith, D-Wash., would allow border agents to search electronic devices only if they had reasonable suspicions of wrongdoing. In addition, the legislation would limit the length of time that a device could be out of its owner's possession to 24 hours, after which the search becomes a seizure, requiring probable cause."
I only hope this legislation makes its way into the presidential election debates so I can hear the words, "terrorists" and "protect Americans" more.
Comment I guess I'm a security researcher then (Score 2, Insightful) 61
Since I did a "show buffers all" on a 4948 and it reloaded the box. General rule I follow is that if you have to have root access to do something, it's not a vulnerability. This is just a TAC case/bug fix.
