Re: VIRUSES ARE PROFITABLE???
> ... why don't you isolate > your important information from the internet, including back ups for your > web servers and open attachments on offline isolated computers also remember > to do your browsing on seperate computers. That may reduce disaster > vunerability by about 5%. If you are so rich that you can afford one seperate computer for each little task to accomplish, please send me some money. It seems that you have plenty. - Anders Feder
Re: VIRUSES ARE PROFITABLE???
> ... why don't you isolate > your important information from the internet, including back ups for your > web servers and open attachments on offline isolated computers also remember > to do your browsing on seperate computers. That may reduce disaster > vunerability by about 5%. If you are so rich that you can afford one seperate computer for each little task to accomplish, please send me some money. It seems that you have plenty. - Anders Feder
Universal Network Language
Hi, The translation system being developed for the United Nations, the Universal Network Language (UNL), looks quite promising. Does the IETF have any plans regarding this system? UNL homepage: http://www.unl.ias.unu.edu/ - Anders Feder
Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for APPS WGs
I think that, believing that the world is no bigger than America is a common problem among many US citizens. No offense, so would I if I lived in US, because after all there is quite a few states and cities to keep track of. But my point is that we, including the Americans, speak so proudly of the Internet as this global network interconnecting millions of computers around the world providing a relatively cheap means of communicating and informing across borders. Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia have all payed their part of what makes up this Internet, just like the US have. And yet some US citizens feel that the 'net somehow belongs to them and that they are superior in deciding its future. Luckily, German Daimler-Benz wasn't that short-sighted when they invented the automobile a century ago. - Anders Feder
Re: IETF Adelaide and interim meetings for APPS WGs
I think that, believing that the world is no bigger than America is a common problem among many US citizens. No offense, so would I if I lived in US, because after all there is quite a few states and cities to keep track of. But my point is that we, including the Americans, speak so proudly of the Internet as this global network interconnecting millions of computers around the world providing a relatively cheap means of communicating and informing across borders. Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia have all payed their part of what makes up this Internet, just like the US have. And yet some US citizens feel that the 'net somehow belongs to them and that they are superior in deciding its future. Luckily, German Daimler-Benz wasn't that short-sighted when they invented the automobile a century ago. - Anders Feder
Re: Internet SYN Flooding, spoofing attacks
Robert Elz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm not sure there is a good analogy there.There's no good purpose >in sending packets with incorrect source addresses I can think of, and >stopping the practice is the basic intent of the filters. "In his early days at Intel, Andy Grove was approached by an employee who suggested the company start work on a personal computer based on its chips. Skeptical, he asked what a personal computer might do. The employee, searching for a good example, said it could be used to store recipes. Grove thought about the millions he'd have to spend on research, development, and marketing, then considered the imperfect but steady quality of an alphabetized loose-leaf binder. He finally passed on the idea and decided to concentrate on the lucrative business of supplying chips for traffic lights." It is rarely very easy to see what requirements the future will bring and particularly in this business you can't be sure what the technology of tomorrow demands. And, agreed, bogus source IPs _does_ at present time look like nothing but the devils work. But in, say, 10 years a new flashy techology could be requiring that you have the ability to stamp packets with other IPs than your own. Unfortunately, back in year 2000, somebody put in IP filters at all ISPs and now, 10 years after, these filters is so integrated a part of the ISP software that reprogramming would cost a fortune. Also consider the size of the group of Internet users that send out packets with incorrect source IPs. Using IP filters would be like illegalizing coffee because a fraction of the people on the earth is allergic to caffeine. - Anders Feder
