RE: How secure should it be? (was RE: password stores?)

2002-07-25 Thread Rowland, Alan D
Ah, There's the rub. Access has a range from open to closed. The point you choose along that line directly effects cost and ease of use. Put another way, Careful what you ask for, you may get it. Best regards, _ Alan Rowland To quote another NANOG poster's sig file

RE: Draft of Rep. Berman's bill authorizes anti-P2P hacking

2002-07-25 Thread Rowland, Alan D
First I agree that this is BAD on general principle but... IANAL but IMHO spewing cracked copies of say, Photoshop, or other copyright violations might be considered probable cause with the specific place/things being the share program and it's contents. Sharing the content of your favorite

RE: Draft of Rep. Berman's bill authorizes anti-P2P hacking

2002-07-25 Thread Rowland, Alan D
to our MP3s playlists and watching the latest Starwars rip? Just my 2ยข Best regards, _ Alan Rowland -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:57 PM To: Rowland, Alan D Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re

OT: If you thought Y2K was bad, wait until cyber-security hits

2002-07-22 Thread Rowland, Alan D
(shooting self in foot...) Just eliminate tech support and proprietary software! A list of our settings is available at www.domain.com/settings. And don't call us with tech problems. We don't do tech support. I know of at least one ISP out there already doing this. Not that they're highly

OT: MTA. (Was) RE: Stop it with putting your e-mail body in ATT attachments. Its annoying and no one can see your message

2002-07-12 Thread Rowland, Alan D
Folk, This is like the insurance industry basing rates on auto make/model. While that is one factor, the much more important factor is the driver. It's the user, not the MTA, that 'spreads' viri. This problem is not limited to AOL/MSNites. And if techies are so much better why are there

RE: OT: MTA. (Was) RE: Stop it with putting your e-mail body in ATT a ttachments. Its annoying and no one can see your message

2002-07-12 Thread Rowland, Alan D
]] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 9:10 AM To: Rowland, Alan D Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: MTA. (Was) RE: Stop it with putting your e-mail body in ATT a ttachments. Its annoying and no one can see your message Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you accept. I seriously

OT: Total Traffic. Was: Sprint peering policy

2002-07-02 Thread Rowland, Alan D
Richard, I know a few news server admins who might disagree with you. Or at least it seems that way at times. ;) I typically have a 251Kbps (broadband) stream from www.thebasement.com.au running in the background when on line. The stream is coming out of Australia (don't think it's been

RE: Fwd: WorldCom Investor News: WorldCom Announces IntentiontoRestate 2001 and First Quarter 2002 Financial Statements

2002-06-26 Thread Rowland, Alan D
RoadRunner is also involved in supplying TWC service (Time Warner Cable). As a former RoadRunner then MediaOne then ATTBI customer, I believe RoadRunner best fits as a sort of Covad in Cable land. Just my WAG (Wild Axx Guess) Best, Al -Original Message- From: Pawlukiewicz Jane

RE: ATTBI refuses to do reverse DNS?

2002-06-18 Thread Rowland, Alan D
As an ATTBI customer at home (only [reasonably priced] high speed available in the area), the recent network/service changes being rolled out have a high negative pressure coefficient. Haven't tried FTP lately, will have to see if it still works on 'my' network tonight! I do know their USENET

RE: LEAP Security Vulnerabilities??

2002-06-13 Thread Rowland, Alan D
Title: LEAP Security Vulnerabilities?? If you're serious enough about security to find 128 WEP inadequate, I would think you would be doing some sort of VPN or other SSL solution anyway, making WEP redundant. Or am I missing something? Best, -Al Rowland -Original Message-From:

OT: Trying to find a connectivity provider that wont go under (was RE: CAIS/Ardent and now Network Access Solutions)

2002-05-31 Thread Rowland, Alan D
But you have Drew Carey! What about cable access? It's more and more an option that has, IMHO, significant benefits over DSL. No PPPoE for starters... Unless you're in a business zone. :( -Al -Original Message- From: Steven J. Sobol [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 30,

RE: operational: icmp echo out of control?

2002-05-28 Thread Rowland, Alan D
We had one user report our DNS servers were hacking his system. Knew enought to do a whois but didn't have any clue beyond that. :) (lots of port 53 activity in the logs every time he surfed the web...) Best, -Al -Original Message- From: Richard A Steenbergen [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: Routers vs. PC's for routing - was list problems?

2002-05-24 Thread Rowland, Alan D
AFAIK standard (non-proprietary) CompactFlash, SmartCards, Memory Stick, et al, are seen as (removable) storage with typical allowed attributes. I can set a file/folder/card to 'locked' in my camera but when plugged into the computer this will show as 'read only.' Then again, router

RE: Routers vs. PC's for routing - was list problems?

2002-05-24 Thread Rowland, Alan D
Most flash media includes read only 'tabs' similar to the legacy floppy variety. Steven may have hit on an interesting solution here... -Al -Original Message- From: E.B. Dreger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 2:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Dan Hollis; Steven

RE: Certification or College degrees? Was: RE: list problems?

2002-05-22 Thread Rowland, Alan D
While the effectiveness of degree requirements may be argued, they are efficient. When your HR department gets hundreds or thousands of applications, they need some way to find the wheat. The net sector is young and was mostly immune to traditional business practices. Not all traditional

RE: anybody else been spammed by no-ip.com yet?

2002-05-09 Thread Rowland, Alan D
For more on EarthLink's Port 25 policy see: http://help.earthlink.net/port25/ Best regards, Al Rowland -Original Message- From: Joel Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 7:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: anybody else been spammed by no-ip.com yet?

RE: CIA Warns of Chinese Plans for Cyber-Attacks on U.S.

2002-04-26 Thread Rowland, Alan D
No. What's hard to believe is that anyone would find that surprising/newsworthy. My last post on this OT subject. Really. I promise... -Al -Original Message- From: Deepak Jain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 3:02 PM To: Steve Goldstein; Rowland, Alan D Cc

RE: How to get better security people

2002-03-26 Thread Rowland, Alan D
Title: RE: How to get better security people A knowledgeable investor would ask your HR department a few questions: 1. Which half of the resume do you believe? 2. Is it really more economical to ignore half your talent than spend a little checking resumes? 3. What does it say about