Ah… new software, my favorite.
Here’s my latest pet peeve about the Microsoft Windows “where-do-you-want-to-go-today-how-about-down-the-hall-to-the-bathroom” 98 Operating System for Certian Computers: the login prompt for Microsoft Networking. User Name, Password, right? Enter the data, and the computer should validate it, right? So, if it’s invalid, like if you hit the wrong key, what happens? Here’s what happens, you do not get another chance to enter the User Name and Password. The computer tells you you were wrong, and logs you on to windows, without giving you another chance.
In fact, all of Microsoft Windows Networking is, at best, opaque: a crap-shoot with pretty good odds.
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1 Scotty The Body // Aug 15, 2002 at 3:30 pm
I like that—a crap-shoot with pretty good odds.
Being up to my ears in Solaris (UNIX) networking components right now, I have to say that they are not much better. What Sun calls the ONC (Open Networking Components) are a jumble of difficult-to-implement, expensive and insecure packages.
But at least it lets you know if you’ve logged in correctly or not.
2 Scotty The Body // Aug 15, 2002 at 3:30 pm
I like that—a crap-shoot with pretty good odds.
Being up to my ears in Solaris (UNIX) networking components right now, I have to say that they are not much better. What Sun calls the ONC (Open Networking Components) are a jumble of difficult-to-implement, expensive and insecure packages.
But at least it lets you know if you’ve logged in correctly or not.
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