Posted on 08/22/2013 8:19:40 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
The Federal Government is not going to allow a manufacturer to sell something they can’t hack. That is just a fact in 2013.
If you’re using Windows, go to Start > Run > type ‘mmc’
In the management console hit Ctrl+M or go to File > Add/Remove snap-in.
On the left-hand side of the list, scroll to the bottom and find TPM Management. If it’s in the list, you have a TPM.
Every motherboard from every manufacturer distributed since 2008 has one installed. They used to be optional add-on chips, now they’re soldered to the boards.
Server 2012 isn’t much better.
My Ubuntu Linux is incredibly stable, so far
Maybe, if I was foolish enough to say what I really think about things.
burn an Ubunti Linux live CD and try it out
I’ve always preferred to use Windows. But I must say, Windows 8 is their worst product yet. And the 8.1 update really does nothing to fix it.
I’m sticking with Windows 7, and hoping that they get their act together before this computer gives out.
My XP has an empty Standalone list. That’s good — right ?
With only brute force as an attack method, even 256 bit is likely forever impossible even with quantum.
However, there could always be backdoors and ‘cracks’ that make searching all permutations not necessary.
It’s technologically impossible. The IT Security industry RELIES on the defensible nature of technology. It’s why large corporations like Google are getting nervous with the Feds asking for their salt and hash algorithms.
Realize if ANY of the Class A certification authorities gave into the government, the ENTIRE cryptography industry would crumble. There’s a reason certification authorities pride themselves on trust. If any of them are cracked or hacked, they lose everything. Entrust, Thawte, Verisign: they ALL rely on the stability of their encryption algorithms.
I’ve studied cryptography for over a decade. The conspiracy theorists may be partially correct with pre-configured chipsets such as those in Cisco network hardware, but when it comes to certificates, VPN, and things like TPMs, the managers and “key holders” MUST be trustworthy or their entire network of trust collapses.
At this point, we can’t answer some pretty fundamental questions about the Universe. Where does lightning come from? Explain magnetism, and why it happens.
We aren’t as smart as you might think. We don’t know that diabetes (type 1) actually destroys islet of langerhorn cells in the pancreas. That may seem random, but I hear people RAVE about new insulins, pumps, and sensors, but the brightest minds in the space haven’t a clue about the root cause of the disease.
While I realize there is exactly ZERO shareholder interest in plumbing such a question, there are others you’d think that would be motivated to answer such a thing. I don’t see a lot of that.
In any black box created by men, and that’s what a computer is, I would agree that anything is possible.
Not sure what you mean by “standalone” list?
Now the French Police can continue with keeping secrets.
I understand you can create systems that are unbreakable with current technology. I also understand the Feds lean on manufacturers to add channels to bypass the unbreakable systems.
Call me a conspiracy theorist. I don’t care.
Being in the IT industry, I always had access to Windows server. I recently re-deployed my home network with a free copy of VMware ESXi and nothing but Ubuntu Server for my home infrastructure. I am beyond ecstatic!
No dealing with BS Windows update out of box, no dealing with malware or spyware thanks to a poorly-protected kernel. Just the core OS components I need, a natively-encrypted /home partition, and NO GUI!
I LOVE bursting the bubbles of Windows and Apple people who rely on a GUI. They ask, “How do you get to the desktop?” Ahh, the evil laugh is perfect.
I cant imagine businesses using it. It crap.
Businesses avoided vista and waited till windows 7 before upgrading XPs.
With all the problems computers can have with the internet and complexity its key to be able to have easy control over the programs and OS features on a PC.
But this kids toy appears to be a hackers dream.
Download Adobe flash player new version and who knows where it goes, I still cant get real player video free downloader to work with Firefox flash player plugin as I did before on W7, and as it works on IE.
You can find most stuff but they made it as difficult as possible
No no, I’m not saying your conspiracy theories aren’t unfounded. As a matter of fact, there was a HUGE hullabaloo a few years ago when it was revealed that Cisco’s Chinese manufacturer was installing modified iOS distros with backdoors for Chinese hackers. Cisco released several emergency updates to fix those backdoors, but the cat was out of the bag.
I agree that network hardware, most operating systems, and even your network-connected devices (laptops, tablets, phones, TVs, your FRIDGE) have backdoors. What I’m saying is that cryptography is an industry that absolutely MUST be secure. Entire industries, including the government, relies on authorities like Thawte and Verisign to provide certificates and secure connections. I’m not saying that they can’t intercept that traffic, but if it’s encrypted, it’s easy pickins for them.
The NSA even admitted that MOST of their data logging occurs on websites without SSL. I worry about FR sometimes for that reason. We’re all chatting on HTTP here at FR. That means when you login, your username and password are passed to the FR servers in cleartext. Someone could easily login as you if they wanted.
I have a touch screen and if I don’t turn it off at night, the next morning it has come out of sleep mode and zoomed in to 400%. Sometimes it switches to a different tab. I was thinking it was being remotely controlled even before all this NSA spying had been revealed.
I worked for a large medical center’s IT department. We spent weeks planning to implement a patch to the company’s thousands of XP boxes. And then we had a week of putting out fires.
The idea of upgrading to Win 7 or 8 boggles my mind.
“if it’s NOT encrypted, it’s easy pickin’s.”
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