Re: LAN access while VPN is up
From: Triffid (triffid_at_nebula.net)
Date: 11/05/05
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Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 12:11:36 -0500
Moe Trin wrote:
> In the Usenet newsgroup comp.security.firewalls, in article
> <UsUaf.11606$J14.554611@news20.bellglobal.com>, Triffid wrote:
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>>Tapes are a pain, but how else do you back up 200GB affordably, at home?
>
>
> Some depends on your threat model. If you're just worrying about a
> computer/disk failure, adding TWO backup servers with large disks
> (old PC with BIOS mod or an O/S that doesn't care, to use large disk)
> is likely a cheap alternative. On the other hand, protecting against
> earthquake, fire, flood or theft means storing the backups off site.
Offsite storage is my primary reason for messing with tapes. The server
is an old 440BX box with SCSI disks in RAID 5, and I have at least one
spare for each of it's components.
>>Nope, even the spot on the jewel case where the Phillips mark is
>>normally embossed is a blank rectangle. This one was published by EMI,
>>but they appear to have licensed the same cruft as Sony.
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>
> Nice to know the indication of a bad disk - thanks!
According to The Register, the DRM cruft only (attempts to) support
windoze, so you're safe.
>>I believe so, but I'm not about to file suit and I doubt the police
>>would show an interest.
>
>
> Might be nice to talk to a lawyer about a 'Class Action' type of lawsuit
> if these are allowed under Canadian law.
They are. Worth considering.
>>The music industry here managed to shoot itself in the foot rather
>>effectively a couple of years ago by convincing the government to
>>collect a levy on all blank media and distribute the proceeds to artists
>>as compensation for illegal copying of their works.
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> How much was the levy? Is it worth buying over the border and paying
> the import duties?
It varies by media, currently $0.22 per blank CD - and in theory should
be collected at the border, even on privately imported discs. Given I
recently paid $23 for a spindle of 100 cheap blanks, one wonders if the
importers are playing by the rules ;-)
>>but not at all surprised when courts ruled that payment of the levy
>>entitles the purchaser to store copyrighted material on the media.
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> I'm sure that was a screw-up in the wording of the original law.
I'm not. The levy amount is directly based on music industry
calculations of their losses due to copying, divided by the volume of
blank media sales - so the intent is clear. The government was careful
to minimise their involvement - it's explicitly not a 'tax', in that the
government charges the music industry for levy collection services, and
hands the proceeds over to them for disbursement.
Triffid
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