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Comment on Want proof Vista is crap? by Banny

Banny — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:22:49 +0000

try windows7 that will show you how bad vista was. IS

Comment on Want proof Vista is crap? by shez

shez — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:57:44 +0000

i have had windows vista for few years and I dont think it is as bad? Only recently i had a problem caused by a virus and I am in the process of re-installing vista but there is something wrong which i am trying to fix..

Comment on How to lose all your customers if you are a WISP by Robert

Robert — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:45:42 +0000

Shite! I missed your comment until now Dan, Sorry!

I don’t think eircom support TLS on POP3 yet.

Comment on How to lose all your customers if you are a WISP by Dankoozy

Dankoozy — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:06:42 +0000

can she not use TLS on the POP3?

Comment on How to lose all your customers if you are a WISP by Robert

Robert — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:20:02 +0000

Tiernan,

POP3 is comparitively insecure anyway. Sending plaintext passwords etc.

For the average user setting up a POP3 account is relatively simple plus don’t forget that a large majority of people with eircom.net mail addresses are probably using eircom as their ISP. Setting up an encrypted POP account is adding an extra level of complexity for people who can’t/don’t want to know about these sort of things. They just want to access their mail.

In the case above she had already made her connection to eircom, her ISP’s firewall is busy listening to all traffic on port 110. It can probably scan all other traffic too.

Comment on How to lose all your customers if you are a WISP by Tiernan OToole

Tiernan OToole — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:15:50 +0000

they aint cheap either! 100 Quid for 3mb connection…

i remember NTL used to have a hidden proxy for web serving years ago, but lucky its gone now… why are eircom still using insecure pop3 though? if your ISP can take your details and pass them on as their own, and take the response, mess with them and pass them back to you, its not very secure on eircom’s part either… Gmail have secure pop3 and secure imap so this cant happen… why dont eircom?

Comment on Another postal lottery scam by Sylvester

Sylvester — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 12:48:42 +0000

Got one in my mail box this morning just as I have been recieving for several years now.
Am from Kenya and I too wonder how they ever got my name and postal address.
Whether Boesche will actualy buy the ticket and enter you in the draw or not is irrelevant, whether it’s a true lottery or a scum, just don’t fall for it. I go by the brobability that there’s a greater chance of being striked by lightening than winning the lottery. Find some good use for the 50€/ or just buy enough icecream for the year.
Am gratefull for this site though and for the government agencies who are now enlightening the public.

Comment on Server Administrator in Training by Robert

Robert — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:57:40 +0000

K8 Cheers! – All he as to do is master BASIC and he has me beaten

Comment on Server Administrator in Training by K8

K8 — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:17:13 +0000

Aww, my dad tried to tech me out of it when I was a wee snapper, but not a jot of it went in!. Can’t you just see the sponginess of this chap’s brain in his eyes though? He’ll have C++ mastered before his senior infant’s teacher’s through with his 1,2,3s! Lovely photo

Comment on How to lose all your customers if you are a WISP by Robert

Robert — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:42:23 +0000

They are probably proxying as well Dan, I know quite a few ISP’s provide transparent proxying to their customers.

That’s not necessarily a bad thing as it can actually speed things up a bit for the customers. Modifying that content is another story though!