* Posts by Red Right Hand

4 publicly visible posts • joined 30 Nov 2019

United States Congress stormed by violent followers of defeated president, Biden win confirmation halted

Red Right Hand

Gotta love those American elections - down under we don't get to run randy through the parliament house because its too bloody far and the food isnt too good around there...

Are you getting it? Yes, armageddon it: Mass hysteria takes hold as the Windows 7 axe falls

Red Right Hand
Facepalm

I'm not quite sure why there is this massive hype to get rid of the OS. I understand that network connected machines, particularly those that face the Internet and/or are not behind DMZ's/firewalls are definitely subject to possible security threats and should be mitigated appropriately (shouldn't you start considering the move to linux for those perimeter servers?)

For businesses that use appropriate controls, particularly those that meet stringent compliance requirements, PCI, ISO, etc. they should be able to continue without too much of a fuss but should nonetheless work out a phased strategy to move away from a deprecated system

US hands UK 'dossier' on Huawei: Really! Still using their kit? That's just... one... step... beyond

Red Right Hand
Trollface

Im surprised people arent asking questions about the integrity of Cisco's products or even questioning the accuracy of the report "handed by US to UK"

Internet Society CEO: Most people don't care about the .org sell-off – and nothing short of a court order will stop it

Red Right Hand

And next on the list ladies and gentlemen is this rare item... The .net domain. Let's start the bidding at an easy 12 million dollars... Do I have 15?