Basil Chupin wrote:

(But read this, which may be considered slightly 'off topic' on this list:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-05/phones-stymie-police-efforts-to-preven... )

Smart phones already support encrypted VPNs, including IPSec, so it's been available for some time. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 2014-03-07 06:02, Basil Chupin wrote:

On 07/03/14 05:13, James Knott wrote:

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Basil Chupin wrote:

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(But read this, which may be considered slightly 'off topic' on this list:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-05/phones-stymie-police-efforts-to-preven...

) Smart phones already support encrypted VPNs, including IPSec, so it's been available for some time.

I see. So why suddenly our police force starts squawking about this now? (No need to answer :-) .)

Encrypted VPN is hardly what someone wanting secure mobile phone communications would want, IMHO. Rather a phone that, out of the box, has some secure apps, like something for secure end to end instant messaging. The user could use that app or another (unsecured one). Or, much more secure, everything in the phone would be secured and closed, so that the user is not even able to use anything that can be intercepted. As the user of such a phone needs not knowing anything technical, then even a bad guy with lots of money can just buy it and be "secure"... (well, he as long as he talks to people with the same gadget, I assume). That phone in the article has been so well designed that it is apparently unbreakable. It could be such a model that Angela Merkel got recently to avoid being spied upon by the NSA. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar)

On 07/03/14 00:28, Alvin Beach wrote:

On 06/03/14 08:58, Basil Chupin wrote:

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All day I am getting a download speed of around the dial-up speed (54KB/s) and as low as 0B/s and not my normal speed of >450KB/s.

Is there something wrong with the oS server or do I go chasing my ISP for answers? Download speed for my connections with other sites (in Australia and UK) are pretty much normal.

BC

Same here in Canada. May just be a hiccup?

Could be, but see Patrick's response. (If it is a hiccup then the hiccup is lasting a verrrryyy long time! I started my 'zypper up' early this morning but stopped the whole sheebang because of the slow speed. I resumed some 13 hours later and saw no difference in speed..) BC -- A civilisation is judged by how it treats the most vulnerable. Lauren Smith - 30 January 2014 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 07/03/14 00:49, Alvin Beach wrote:

On 06/03/14 09:44, Basil Chupin wrote:

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On 07/03/14 00:28, Alvin Beach wrote:

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On 06/03/14 08:58, Basil Chupin wrote:

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All day I am getting a download speed of around the dial-up speed (54KB/s) and as low as 0B/s and not my normal speed of >450KB/s.

Is there something wrong with the oS server or do I go chasing my ISP for answers? Download speed for my connections with other sites (in Australia and UK) are pretty much normal.

BC

Same here in Canada. May just be a hiccup? Could be, but see Patrick's response.

(If it is a hiccup then the hiccup is lasting a verrrryyy long time! I started my 'zypper up' early this morning but stopped the whole sheebang because of the slow speed. I resumed some 13 hours later and saw no difference in speed..)

BC

I thought it was an issue with the Build Service, but I think the repo URLs are just redirected to the closest mirror. I believe my closest mirror is a one of the local Universities, which is likely different from the mirror you would be using.

If this is still the case, I'm not sure what could be causing the slow down. Perhaps the Intertubes are congested? ;)

Perhaps there is some zypper command that can be issued to find out which mirror a repository is being redirected?

The last idea would be helpful in some ways but of more help would be an automatic redirection when (?)zypper/Yast recognises that the thru-put is rubbish (which would happen if the server is stressed). BC -- A civilisation is judged by how it treats the most vulnerable. Lauren Smith - 30 January 2014 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On Thursday 06 Mar 2014 11:35:58 Linda Walsh wrote:

Basil Chupin wrote:

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All day I am getting a download speed of around the dial-up speed (54KB/s) and as low as 0B/s and not my normal speed of >450KB/s.

Is there something wrong with the oS server or do I go chasing my ISP for answers? Download speed for my connections with other sites (in Australia and UK) are pretty much normal.

BC

--- Could it be some specific mirror you are hitting?

I've seen such perf off of mirrors at times...

I have had the same issue, very slow connection and I have had an error saying failed to resolve download.opensuse.org at home and work. -- Paul Groves -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org

On 09/03/14 07:36, James Knott wrote:

Basil Chupin wrote:

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(for me that's ~10X dial-up speed) OUCH!

For me it's almost 1000x.

Yeah, I know..... :-( . I am ~4Km from the exchange (as the signal travels) which puts me in the right speed range for ADSL2+ . Our previous government started rolling out the fibre-based NBN (National Broadband Network) but the bunch which won government 6 months ago have now put a stop to this, want to retain the copper connection from the "pole" to the house and there are now suggestions re privatising the whole thing. BC -- A civilisation is judged by how it treats the most vulnerable. Lauren Smith - 30 January 2014 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org