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From: James Taylor on 21 Jan 2010 02:53 Rowland McDonnell wrote: > That does not capture and download the video streams - where `the' means > `any of 'em'. It downloads the streams intended for use on the iPhone, > which are not equipped with consumer rights limitation crud (due to no > flash on the iPhone). That can't be far away now, and once Flash is available on the iPhone I guess we can say goodbye to non-DRM content from the BBC. >> You can check the bundles yourself - there's no sticky bits to inherit >> any privs, so they're clean. > > Whassat mean? You can read all about "set user ID" (SUID) and "set group ID" (SGID), which is I think what Jamie means, by reading the chmod man page. These are permission bits on executable files which confer (typically) root level rights to the user of those executables. There is also the so-called "sticky" bit, only passingly mentioned in the chmod man page, which has a different function. It prevents users from deleting each other's temporary files and does not confer additional privileges. >> Um. As long as there aren't any extended attributes that might do the >> same thing, I suppose - never occurred to me before. > > And you can check that every single file is as required in that line? The "find" command has options for locating files with specific permissions, flags, and other attributes. See the find man page. -- James Taylor
From: James Taylor on 21 Jan 2010 03:02 Rowland McDonnell wrote: > James Taylor wrote: > >> Unfortunately, I don't run Mac OS X as an Internet facing OS any more. >> I've become disillusioned because of Apple's poor security performance. > > ARGH! > > Apple's security delivery is better than almost everyone else's, No, we've done this to death this in the other thread, so please pay attention. Everyone, including you I might point out, recognises that Apple are probably the worst of all at security. Your point, was that this didn't matter, not that it wasn't true. Try to stay on track. > Forget your paranoid panics - look at the damned evidence! Why don't you look at the evidence? Oh no you wouldn't do that would you, because then you'd have to change your stated position and changing your mind to fit the evidence is beyond your ability. It looks like you just like arguing for its own sake and don't care which side you're arguing for. I give up trying to get you to use logical reasoning. You've clearly friend your brain doing drugs. -- James Taylor
From: The Older Gentleman on 22 Jan 2010 14:16 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Why? > > Do you honestly think that the BBC is hugely worried about people having > low-res illegal copies of its programmes stored privately at home for > their own private viewing, even if it is in breach of the law? No, but your phrasing suggests that you don't GAF about copyright in general. You're not too bright, sometimes. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Rowland McDonnell on 23 Jan 2010 02:55 The Older Gentleman <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > Why? > > > > Do you honestly think that the BBC is hugely worried about people having > > low-res illegal copies of its programmes stored privately at home for > > their own private viewing, even if it is in breach of the law? > > No, but your phrasing suggests that you don't GAF about copyright in > general. You're pretty damned stupid if you've managed to get that grotesquely erroneous conclusion from my words. > You're not too bright, sometimes. And you are very insulting most of the time. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: zoara on 23 Jan 2010 18:26
James Taylor <usenet(a)oakseed.demon.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell wrote: > > > That does not capture and download the video streams - where `the' > > means > > `any of 'em'. It downloads the streams intended for use on the > > iPhone, > > which are not equipped with consumer rights limitation crud (due to > > no > > flash on the iPhone). > > That can't be far away now, and once Flash is available on the iPhone > I > guess we can say goodbye to non-DRM content from the BBC. Flash on the iPhone? Don't hold your breath. Actually, I think the latest YouTube stuff (and Vimeo, incidentally) is a sign that Flash is heading for a decline anyway. I certainly hope so... -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm |