xl-brain

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by xl-brain 2mo ago
It appears to be trained on Eric Weinstein quotes.
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by xl-brain 8mo ago
I don't disagree with your comment that the best de facto firewall is a proper firewall. I think you are reacting against the idea that I am saying IPv6 is less secure than IPv4. I am not saying that. The point of my original post is
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by xl-brain 8mo ago
I think you missing my point. My point is not that IPv6 cannot be secured, it is that the author's take is controversial because people are skeptical about whether networks ARE being secured when NAT is not present. This skepticism is
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by xl-brain 8mo ago
This is splitting hairs. The point stands that PAT is the de facto firewall for most soho users.
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by xl-brain 8mo ago
Nope, I agree with the findings here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04792 ?
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by xl-brain 8mo ago
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04792 ? "Collectively, our results show that NAT has indeed acted as the de facto firewall of the Internet, and the v4-to-v6 transition of residential networks is opening up new devices t
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by xl-brain 8mo ago
Think about what 99% of SOHO users have: PAT (Nat Overload). This NAT impacts the way a connection is established in BOTH directions. Inbound connection attempts from the Internet to the NAT public IP address of the SOHO router can go no
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by xl-brain 8mo ago
Yes, it is the case. In the real world, there are malfunctioning ALGs, permissive defaults, and connectionless protocols that are poorly tracked by these sloppy, underpowered "SPI" devices.
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by xl-brain 8mo ago
You are stuck on the theory of what is protecting this population. In practice, less than 1% of these users can or will turn NAT off. Can you imagine how great things would work out with a public IP on all your nana's computers, NAT t
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by xl-brain 8mo ago
The tension here is the difference between theory and reality. In reality, IPv4 NAT is the only thing protecting most users in their homes. If you force IPv6 on this same population, you have to give them an equivalent posture by default.
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by xl-brain 1y ago
The micro center in my neighborhood has hundreds of 5090s in stock. I'm not sure its as hard as it used to be.
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by xl-brain 2y ago
As well as any human beings could, they knew what lay behind the cold, clicking, flashing face -- miles and miles of face -- of that giant computer. They had at least a vague notion of the general plan of relays and circuits that had long s
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by xl-brain 2y ago
I wish they called it llamarama...
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by xl-brain 9y ago
I think the claim in the title is a little overstated. Every few months, there is a claim that it has been solved, only to conclude that more work needs to be done. The remember the last time it was solved: https://www.the-tls.
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by xl-brain 15y ago
So, I guess they are saying you can brick a Tesla roadster. Just to add to the PR observations, I like how they have a few positive comments, but it is actually impossible to make comments on the post.
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by xl-brain 15y ago
This notion that the URL bar is too complicated is just plain poppycock. I have a feeling most of the folk pushing for this have a vested interest in search. Maybe they are just overly eager UX people trying desperately to put a fingerprin
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by xl-brain 15y ago
I couldn't tell who was interviewing who.
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by xl-brain 16y ago
I only hope there's a small chance that shareholders can reject the acquisition.
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by xl-brain 16y ago
It depends on how bad you want the position. If it's a golden opportunity, keep your eye on the prize.
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by xl-brain 16y ago
Does anyone know if this has to go through shareholder approval? Maybe there is a chance we can defeat this. I'm a shareholder and I'm considering dumping the stock. I haven't seen anything this bad since the AOL/TimeWarner debacle.
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by xl-brain 16y ago
I believe this was done in the 80's and they called it "choose your own adventure."
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by xl-brain 16y ago
Please start here: It was thirty years after bogleron emancipated the children of the shadowrealm...