Nacraile

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by Nacraile 13y ago
Yes. It gives you the flexibility to make your own decision in the trade off between: increased latency vs. bandwidth overhead vs. loss of data. With TCP, you get increased latency. If your protocol is stateless, you might choose to lose
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by Nacraile 13y ago
I think it's naive to assume that the NSA is the only entity that is likely to be able to exploit vulnerabilities. This is the crux of the controversy around NSA's attacks on web security. I only see a difference between an opaqu
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by Nacraile 13y ago
Again, IANAL, but my understanding is that the concept of self-defense is specific to the use of force, rather than broadly applicable. You'll find it difficult to prove an immediate thread of physical harm from a DDoS. And even if it
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by Nacraile 13y ago
If you define on-premise as being accessed over a private network (which seems to be the idea here), then it is not directly vulnerable to DDoS at all, because it isn't reachable from the public internet.
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by Nacraile 13y ago
IANAL, but I've seen this discussion come up multiple times, and the problem is that the counterattack would technically be illegal. The fact that somebody else has already broken the law in order to compromise an innocent bystander d
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by Nacraile 13y ago
Radar derives altitude from measurements of distance and elevation angle. The greater the distance, the less sensitive elevation angle is to vertical displacement (simple trigonometry), and hence signal:error decreases.
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by Nacraile 13y ago
What would be the point in stealing a 777? There are not that many of them, really, and their history is usually recorded in extensive detail. I think it's unlikely in the extreme that anybody could successfully pass off the aircraft
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by Nacraile 13y ago
You're correct, the system does not advertise partition tolerance, and @Aphyr does indeed confirm that the system is not partition tolerant. Broadly, I think sacrificing P is pretty deeply misguided. If you run a distributed system at
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by Nacraile 13y ago
I'll admit to being hyperbolic in "doesn't exist". My actual point being: Even when I was writing a lot (note-taking in university), a nice-ish $2 fine-point pen solved my problem pretty well. The issues you cite are al
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by Nacraile 13y ago
Very different supply lines. Bevereages companies have many bottling facilities distributed throughout their markets, electronics companies tend to have relatively centralized manufacturing. With low value:weight beverages, transport costs
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by Nacraile 13y ago
A case study in solving a problem that doesn't really exist? Maybe this is just me, but it seems mean time to lose a pen is much smaller than the amount of time it takes to run out of ink. And replacement is hardly a pain - it's
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by Nacraile 13y ago
Not strictly true. I have 100Mbps CondoInternet for $60/mo, and could have 1Gbps for $120/mo if my home usage justified it. Availability is somewhat limited - basically, bigger upscale buildings around downtown.
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by Nacraile 13y ago
Overwrite entire disk with random data. Create new filesystem. Place encrypted volume in unallocated space. "The disk was just securely wiped prior to the current OS install"
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by Nacraile 13y ago
I'm fairly sure sending an email is more expensive than sending a GET, so it should be more effective for an attacker to make the requests directly than trying to use this to get google to proxy an attack. I also strongly suspect that
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by Nacraile 13y ago
What if google just immediately fetches images for all received messages, regardless of deliverability? They can dedupe wherever possible, but the sender still ends up with no information about whether the message was delivered, much less