On 1/1/2012 6:12 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
Once I was able to boot, then I was not able to log in on Gnome3, but
that was probably the customizations I added,
There was a problem with the caribou package (it was noarch in F15, in
F16 the x86_64 installer would update to the i686 version). The
On 01/02/2012 01:03 PM, Matthew Gillen wrote:
On 1/1/2012 6:12 PM, Jerry Feldman wrote:
Once I was able to boot, then I was not able to log in on Gnome3, but
that was probably the customizations I added,
There was a problem with the caribou package (it was noarch in F15, in
F16 the x86_64
Stephen Adler wrote:
...I've set out for my new years resolution, to build my own cell
phone...
Anyone on BLU ever attempt or know of anyone who attempted to build
their own cell phone?
Didn't the Openmoko (http://www.openmoko.com/) guys run into some
significant roadblocks when it came to
I heard Microsoft's Standalone System Sweeper mentioned on the Security
Now podcast sometime last year, and recently when several friends and
relatives, that are still unfortunate enough to be running Windows,
asked me for advice on repairing malware infections, I recommended they
try it. They've
The EFF recently tweeted
(http://twitter.com/#!/EFF/status/153306301965938688):
@EFF
Call to action for 2012: full disk encryption on every machine you
own! Who's with us? eff.org/r.3Ng
Which links to this article:
No, I'm not for it.
Just don't loose your laptop. Just don't
leave your laptop, in the car, in high theft
areas, like the Microcenter parking lot ;-(
I've been at companies that demanded that
everyone use it, and there is a performance
hit. The one that we used was like a bios
thing, it
BitLocker claims a single digit percentage hit. Personally I've not
noticed it.
ALSO, NO FULL DISK ENCRYPTION should ever be used on an SSD drive.
Performance will drop by 30% and the drive's wear-leveling system and TRIM
won't function correctly.
On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 8:10 PM, Jim Gasek
Benjamin Carr wrote:
I am personally enamored of the HP Proliant Microserver... It has
a 64bit AMD Athlon II Neo processor, two DIMM slots (supports ECC), one
gigabit NIC, a four drive cage (not hot-swap)...
It is $330 from NewEgg with a throw away 250GB drive and 1GB of Ram. I
wish they
On Jan 2, 2012, at 7:55 PM, Tom Metro wrote:
What makes Microsoft BitLocker better than TrueCrypt?
... because it protects against more attack modes than other software.
Are you using full disk encryption? If so, what tool are you using?
I don't. I take care of my gear. I made this
Maybe a better term is a hand held Gnu/Linux PC with at least WiFi
capability. One
can then move on to adding the cell phone component.
Once the first step is done, go to google.com/voice. Universal WiFi is
a threat to cell phones, so don't expect to see it anytime soon.
In my brand new
What makes Microsoft BitLocker better than TrueCrypt?
I've used TrueCrypt; no experience w/ BitLocker.
Are you using full disk encryption? If so, what tool are you using?
I use Ubuntu which allows encryption of the home directory. I keep all of my
personal/sensitive stuff in the home
On 1/3/2012 12:16 AM, a k'wala wrote:
Any thoughts on the kind of security risk I might be vulnerable to
because I only encrypt my home dir as opposed to the full disk?
Many applications use /tmp or /var files as working storage, and they
leave ghosts behind.
Bill
--
Bill Horne
I used to work for a small VOIP hardware vendor. We sold Asterisk systems.
Getting them set up 'right' the first time is the trick. Also VOIP
does not work
well over open internet (latency, dropped packed, traffic shaping - even when
the vendor says they don't do it, over committed networks,
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