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NoScript rocks (AdBlock no longer does & why)
"Ads can go to hell. I've had enough malware served up that I don't give a rat's ass about "ad revenue"." - by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 13, @09:10PM (#42891241)
Per my subject above: NoScript's FF's BEST addon, bar-none, but Adblock "just ain't what it used to be" (proofs below)!
Plus, "oddly enough" (lol, "not"), the advertisers + webmasters OMIT 1 VERY IMPORTANT FACT:
Fact being they not only INFECT you via adbanners (numerous examples below from reputable sources cited in that regard) BUT they also ROB YOU of your bandwidth/speed you PAID FOR MONTHLY TO YOUR ISP for online access! To the tune of 40% of the "weight" of every site online that displays ad banners no less on average!!!
I decided to do something about it, and you can too, should you elect to try this application I designed (works with a native tightly integrated feature of the IP stack itself in the hosts file @ ring 0/rpl 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver, fast as it gets & right off the bat, making adblock REDUNDANT actually, since browsers & addons CANNOT operate without knowing where to go, first, & hosts load @ OS startup once the IP stack loads (@ bootup & fully on 1st request to the internet, in Windows &/or MacOS X)):
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...
"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"
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Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...
Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA
That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!
(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):
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Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option
(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!
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Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).
To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:
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1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use
2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts
3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SI
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I get around it easily enough... apk
"All they care about is being able to uniquely identify you, and target you with adds" - by Charliemopps (1157495) on Monday February 11, @05:53PM (#42866271)
NOT A PROBLEM, per this application I designed & the custom hosts file it produces (in part for stopping that very thing you noted by stalling out the very mechanisms used in combination AGAINST YOU, the websurfer, alongside browser features (Opera noted specifically below in my 'p.s.' section...)):
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...
"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"
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Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...
Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA
That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!
(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):
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Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option
(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!
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Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).
To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:
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1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use
2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts
3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping
4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.
5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)
6.) AdBlock can't help you blow past DNSBL's (DNS block lists)
7.) AdBlock can't help you avoid DNS request logs (hosts can via hardcoded favorites)
8.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. TRACKERS (hosts can)
9.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. DOWNED or "DNS-poisoned" redirected DNS servers (hosts can by hardcodes)
10.) Hosts are EASIER to manage, they're just a text file (adblock means you had BEST know your javascript, perl, & python (iirc as to what languag
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Good one: Here's more... apk
Sources for custom hosts file data for a myriad of purposes, all listed here (which THIS VERY PROGRAM uses):
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
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SOURCES IT USES FOR CUSTOM HOSTS FILE DATA INTAKE:
http://safeweb.norton.com/buzz
http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download
http://hostsfile.org/hosts.html
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/monitor.php?filter=lastupdated
https://spyeyetracker.abuse.ch/monitor.php?filter=all
http://www.malware.com.br/cgi/submit?action=list_hosts_win_0000
http://www.malwaredomainlist.com/hostslist/hosts.txt
http://mirror1.malwaredomains.com/files/
http://sysctl.org/cameleon/hosts
http://pgl.yoyo.org/as/serverlist.php?hostformat=hosts&showintro=1&mimetype=plaintext
http://hostsfile.mine.nu/downloads/
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* HOWEVER: You don't NEED TO KNOW THAT, since the program above uses most all of those sources listed above, & does the work for you, of - Import, Deduplicate & Filter/Normalize + Convert blocking address format used, Speed up hardcoded favorites (which ARE what can solve redirection problems in DNS & most likely here too with facebook mind you), & Save to hosts itself... from those very reliable & reputable sources for custom hosts file data online!
APK
P.S.=> Enjoy if you use the program I wrote above, & good on your part to see here that you have enough sense to take advantage of custom hosts files for better online speed, security, reliability, & of course, even better anonymity (to an extent, vs. DNS request logs OR vs. DNSBL's you may not like too)...
... apk
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Custom hosts = Superior to AdBlock
Especially in regard to redirection bugs (even from DNS poisonings, ala the unpatched for 1/2 a decade especially @ the ISP level, in the Kaminsky flaw) for BOTH added speed & security:
APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...
"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"
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Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...
Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA
That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!
(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):
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Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option
(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!
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Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).
To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:
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1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use
2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts
3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping
4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.
5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)
6.) AdBlock can't help you blow past DNSBL's (DNS block lists)
7.) AdBlock can't help you avoid DNS request logs (hosts can via hardcoded favorites)
8.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. TRACKERS (hosts can)
9.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. DOWNED or "DNS-poisoned" redirected DNS servers (hosts can by hardcodes)
10.) Hosts are EASIER to manage, they're just a text file (adblock means you had BEST know your javascript, perl, & python (iirc as to what languages are used to make it from source)).
& more... as a tiny 'sampling' & proofs thereof!
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Same with Ghostery:
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Evidon, which makes Ghostery, is an advertising company.
They were originally named Better Advertising, Inc., but changed their name for obvious PR reasons.
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AdBlock & Ghostery = inferior to hosts
Especially on this note of redirection (hosts file hardcodes stop that, for one thing, ALONG WITH ADBANNERS TOO - plus custom hosts files can do 10 things listed below, adblock can't, period...):
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...
"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"
---
Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...
Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA
That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!
(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):
---
Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option
(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!
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Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).
To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:
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1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use
2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts
3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping
4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.
5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)
6.) AdBlock can't help you blow past DNSBL's (DNS block lists)
7.) AdBlock can't help you avoid DNS request logs (hosts can via hardcoded favorites)
8.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. TRACKERS (hosts can)
9.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. DOWNED or "DNS-poisoned" redirected DNS servers (hosts can by hardcodes)
10.) Hosts are EASIER to manage, they're just a text file (adblock means you had BEST know your javascript, perl, & python (iirc as to what languages are used to make it from source)).
& more... as a tiny 'sampling' & proofs thereof!
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Same with Ghostery:
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Evidon, which makes Ghostery, is an advertising company.
They were originally named Better Advertising, Inc., but changed their name for obvious
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You're a libelous stalker Sardaukar86
Idiot, I own my OWN home @ that address & have for ages - did I give you or anyone else permission to post my home address here?
No.
The FBI are LOOKING for me? Yea, right... I'm one of the guys that helps them & their colleagues AGAINST online scumbags ala malwarebytes hosting my application here:
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
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Which SECURES folks vs. known online threats of MANY kinds, and I've done security guides that do the same for Windows users since 1997! To wit:
To "immunize" a Windows system, I effectively use the principles in "layered security" possibles!
http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&form=QBRE
I.E./E.G.-> I have done so since 1997-1998 with the most viewed, highly rated guide online for Windows security there really is which came from the fact I also created the 1st guide for securing Windows, highly rated @ NEOWIN (as far back as 1998-2001) here:
http://www.neowin.net/news/apk-a-to-z-internet-speedup--security-text
& from as far back as 1997 -> http://web.archive.org/web/20020205091023/www.ntcompatible.com/article1.shtml which Neowin above picked up on & rated very highly.
That has evolved more currently, into the MOST viewed & highly rated one there is for years now since 2008 online in the 1st URL link above...
Which has well over 500,000++ views online (actually MORE, but 1 site with 75,000 views of it went offline/out-of-business) & it's been made either:
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1.) An Essential Guide
2.) 5-5 star rated
3.) A "sticky-pinned" thread
4.) Most viewed in the category it's in (usually security)
5.) Got me PAID by winning a contest @ PCPitStop (quite unexpectedly - I was only posting it for the good of all, & yes, "the Lord works in mysterious ways", it even got me PAID -> http://techtalk.pcpitstop.com/2007/09/04/pc-pitstop-winners/ (see January 2008))---
Across 15-20 or so sites I posted it on back in 2008... & here is the IMPORTANT part, in some sample testimonials to the "layered security" methodology efficacy:
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SOME QUOTED TESTIMONIALS TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SAID LAYERED SECURITY GUIDE I AUTHORED:
"I recently, months ago when you finally got this guide done, had authorization to try this on simple work station for kids. My client, who paid me an ungodly amount of money to do this, has been PROBLEM FREE FOR MONTHS! I haven't even had a follow up call which is unusual." - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral
AND
"APK, thanks for such a great guide. This would, and should, be an inspiration to such security measures. Also, the pc that has "tweaks": IS STILL GOING! NO PROBLEMS!" - THRONKA, user of my guide @ XTremePcCentral
AND
"Its 2009 - still trouble free
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Still is, right into 64-bit... apk
Case-in-point, by literal working example no less, right here:
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
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I've used Delphi since it's inception with GOOD reason (see my p.s. below & the link there).
It's an based on the Object-Pascal 7.x engine, building over their "OWL" (object windows libraries) in Pascal for Windows & the earlier "Turbo" series for DOS!
I got into it since version 1.0 in 16-bit, right into 2.x-7.x for 32-bit (again for great reasons noted below)...
I, the past 2 yrs now or so, have found Delphi XE-XE2 just as excellent for 64-bit in Windows, since it can do Mac stuff & even smartphone apps!
(Even porting to Linux even as a 'snap' via Kylix (discontinued by Borland, bad move imo, but oh well) & even to FreePascal & the Lazarus IDE... not a HUGE 'stretch' except for things like drive letters vs. mounted devices + some socket differences for online apps, etc.).
Delphi? Yes - It rocks!
APK
P.S.=> It was truly, the "VB Killer" & I too feel as you do to this very day, vs. MS offerings... I still like Visual Studio though, just NOT quite as much is all!
In fact, per what I stated above?
Here was EXACTLY why & what took me away from preferring Visual Studio in fact -> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3436053&cid=42799383
Yes - PURE performance, & 99.999% of all the power of MSVC++ with the "RAD" buildspeed of VB (in 1 box, so-to-speak)...
... apk
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Agreed, & disagreed here... apk
DISAGREED SECTION HERE: (Somewhat on 'fine points' only though really)
1st - You can go back FARTHER to DOS with VB in fact, & yes, it was "VISUAL" (first of all) & to an extent, "RAD" (rapid application development). I used it in version 2.0 in fact for quick app development in the Microsoft world.
Secondly - VB for Windows (3.0 onwards) was decent, & @ the risk of sounding like some California surfer? TOTALLY "RAD"... but not so great for db access as its later versions where & only 16-bit...
3rd: It + its descendants have had MORE successful deliveries of projects than almost any other IDE for Microsoft because it was simpler to use...
Mind you - that doesn't translate out as "bad" in the world of business OR in the eyes of mgt., especially when venture capitalists or departmental monies are on the line either gents where deadline penalties can ensue... after all - it's YOUR PAY on the line boys, & payroll IS the easiest cost to control (ever heard of 'downsizing' for example?).
(Fact - for most, meaning MSVC++ due to difficulty level, yes meaning things like pointers usage, & especially VC++ 2.x on downwards which wasn't really "RAD" & neither was a LOT of "OWL" from Borland too!)
Back then with those tools? Well, imo @ least where to do a high speed Windows app, you had to do things like write your own messagepassing schedulers & more...
I hated it compared to VB 3.0 onwards & especially VB 4-5-6 which intro'd for BOTH 16 & 32-bit development & had full-blown DB access built in via @ the very least, MS' OLE-DB &/or ODBC (a form of COM db access in the former).
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AGREED 110% SECTION HERE:
Delphi did rock them all though!
Yes - THAT I can & will agree with wholeheartedly & with solid proof (see below)...
Fact is - I still extensively use it, as do MANY others worldwide, & especially for "personal projects" such as this one -> http://www.start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&Itemid=74
APK
P.S.=> So, per my mentioned 'note' above? How BADLY did Delphi rock MS' stuff? Ok, verifiable & undeniable concrete evidence:
Back circa 1997, I was a BIG fan of coding with Visual Studio... especially MSVC++ &/or VB.
I run into a review in VBPJ, of all places (Visual Basic Programmer's Journal) Sept./Oct. 1997 issue "Inside the VB Compiler", a competing trade rag no less & one that was QUITE respected!
Then?
There, I saw Borland Delphi LITERALLY "knock-the-chocolate" outta MS' offerings, overall, in performance...
How much so? Ok (& this IS what I took to mgt.):
In the 6 tests given, Delphi won the majority (overwhelmingly in fact, in what ALL PROGRAMS DO, math & strings work)...
Specifics below (the most important, overall? Again - imo @ least - What they ALL do - math & strings!):
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STRING SUITE:
Delphi =
MSVC++ =
MSVB = 4.091ms---
MATH SUITE:
Delphi = 1.523ms
MSVC++ = 2.890ms
MSVB = 7.071ms* AGAIN - note what I said above? Even while I was a HUGE fan of MS' Visual Studio?? I couldn't "argue with the numbers" here, & gravitated towards a BETTER coding environs in Delphi, by far, for performance alone!
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API GRAPHICS METHODS SUITE:
Delphi =
MSVC++ =
MSVB = 292---
TEXTBOX FORM LOADING SUITE:
MSVC++ =
Delphi =
MSVB =---
ACTIVE X FORM LOADS:
MSVB =
Delphi = -
I admit being racist - against ALL banner ads!
For good reasons (listed in my 'p.s.' below) & I did something about them, via the most effective & efficient manner possible (a custom hosts file):
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...
"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"
---
Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...
Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA
That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!
(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):
---
Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option
(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!
---
Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).
To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:
---
1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use
2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts
3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping
4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.
5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)
6.) AdBlock can't help you blow past DNSBL's (DNS block lists)
7.) AdBlock can't help you avoid DNS request logs (hosts can via hardcoded favorites)
8.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. TRACKERS (hosts can)
9.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. DOWNED or "DNS-poisoned" redirected DNS servers (hosts can by hardcodes)
10.) Hosts are EASIER to manage, they're just a text file (adblock means you had BEST know your javascript, perl, & python (iirc as to what languages are used to make it from source)).
& more... as a tiny 'sampling' & proofs thereof!
---
Same with Ghostery:
---
Evidon, which makes Ghostery, is an advertising company.
They were originally named Better Advertising, Inc., but changed their name for obvious PR reasons.
Despite the name chan
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Part of the reason I override std. err handlers
Ala these methods (when I code in Object-Pascal/Delphi @ least):
try
try
finally
end;
except
end;E.G. (from working code I use in -> http://www.start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&Itemid=74 ):
function APKParmPassSiteName (HostName:String): Integer; register;
var
Response: TStringStream; {45 sec over 200++k records}
error_url: string; {Down from 3++ minutes... apk}
begin
Screen.Cursor:=crHourGlass;
try
error_url:= HostName;
Response:= TStringStream.Create;
try
Form1.IdHTTP1.Get(error_url, Response);
Form1.Memo2.Text:= Response.DataString;
Form1.Memo2.Update;
Application.ProcessMessages;
finally
FreeAndNil(Response);
end;
Application.ProcessMessages;
except
Application.BringToFront;
ShowMessage('Err/Abend occured in APKParmPassSiteName function on ' + HostName);
exit;
end;
Screen.Cursor:=crDefault;
end;AND, overriding std. error handlers (compiler structured error handling @ times too, to give users a more 'friendly message' than they yield, usually to contact the sysadmin etc.)
procedure AppException(Sender: TObject; E: Exception);
procedure TForm1.AppException(Sender: TObject; E: Exception); register;
var
ErrorLog: System.Text;
begin inherited;
AssignFile(ErrorLog, ExePath + 'APKErrLog.txt');
try
System.Append(ErrorLog);
except
on EInOutError do
Rewrite(ErrorLog);
else
end;
Writeln(ErrorLog,
format('%s %s %s [%s]',
[TimeToStr(Now),
DateToStr(Date),
'APK', E.Message]));
Application.ProcessMessages;
System.Flush(ErrorLog);
System.Close(ErrorLog);
Application.ProcessMessages;
{
MessageDlg(E.Message + '. Occurred at: ' + Addr, mtError, [mbOK],0);
Form1.StatusBar1.Panels[0].Text:= E.Message;
MessageBeep(MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);
Application.ShowException(E);
ShowMessage(E.Message);
}
end;---
* Which stops 'crashes', & yields a nicer return to the end user (one they would understand better & "fear" less too) and usually in those tests I make SURE the app re-enables, for instance, buttons I disable that started that function or others (since that stops the procedure from executing the same thing twice, especially with multiple threads to avoid race condition hangups as well)...
APK
P.S.=> It works...
... apk
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DNS = faulty (hosts fix it)... apk
As well as gaining you superior speed, security, reliability, & even "anonymity" to an extent (vs. DNS request logs, & yes, the ability to bypass DNSBL's (dns block lists) you may not agree with too):
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...
"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"
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Vs. even DNS servers too (which hosts files can supplement to overcome THEIR shortcomings, as follows):
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A.) Running another program (sometimes in usermode no less, far, Far, FAR slower than kernelmode by many orders of magnitude & easily attacked) vs. the single hosts file (tightly integrated into the IP stack itself as part of it). ADDING COMPLEXITY & MORE "moving parts" room for error & breakdown!
B.) Wasting CPU cycles, RAM memory, & other forms of I/O to do what a single file can do
C.) Wasting ELECTRICITY (especially if the DNS server is setup as a separate machine) even if run as a service/daemon on a single system as user has
D.) DNS has NUMEROUS faults, & should anyone request a sampling of them? Ask & "ye shall receive" (see my 'p.s.' below...).
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Resulting in security AND in saving your bandwidth & giving you FASTER host-domain name resolution locally vs. remote DNS servers, especially if a NXDOMAIN results!
Since you do it LOCALLY via verified hardcoded hosts file entries of your favorites, which also gets you speed too as noted), simply to overcome that flaw & others!
Hosts files hardcodes are not only faster, but safer too, simply since my program uses reverse DNS hardcoded entries tests, to the in arpa addr 'tld' that houses that information from the DNSSEC root 13 servers - which are secured vs. that flaw noted above in redirect poisonings (& others)
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AND, especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...
Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA
That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!
(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):
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Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option
(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!
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Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermo
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Technically unjustified downmods = invalid
They're the "best you've got" instead of disproving this -> http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3424523&cid=42760269 and the points I listed there, with concrete, verifiable, & UNDENIABLE documentation from reputable sources too, no less!
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(I know it, YOU KNOW IT, & you show it by doing a "hit & run" downmod with no valid critique & disproving of the points I posted - you only show others that, & they CAN read, you know, & will know it too IF they don't already!)
Seriously - your unjustifiable downmods = weak!
How?
In *trying* in vain, to "hide" my post thus with hit & run downmods...)
That won't work either - As most folks here browse FAR below the default level to see all posts, & rightfully so!
(Especially since the "so-called 'moderation system'" here is busted, & hides AC posts like mine by default... "gosh, I wonder WHY?" (lol, NOT)).
The link to my program lists all of what custom hosts files can do for an end-user of them in better speed, security, reliability, & even anonymity to an extent + a LOT more!
(Like actually getting you MORE FOR YOUR MONEY's WORTH in what you pay out monthly to ISP's -> http://www.start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&Itemid=74 in that download link for it!)
There is NO 'hiding' that or *trying* to, via unjustifiable downmods, is there? I also certainly do NOT see others disproving my points either... lol!
APK
P.S.=> Bottom-line: 1st of all, to whoever downmodded me & ran (not even disproving my points on custom hosts files' superiority over other flawed or crippled methods?)
Thanks, actually!
Secondly - Thanks for proving my point, AND MY PREDICTION of an "instant downmod" of my post regarding custom hosts files too, as I knew it would be and WHY -> http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3424523&cid=42760269
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PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:
"Now - I truly KNOW this post will no doubt be downmodded, because Advertisers do NOT want this type of information getting out en-masse to enlighten users - they bought out Ghostery, crippled Adblock, but TRY THAT with a local hosts file (good luck!) especially one a user builds himself!" - http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3424523&cid=42760269
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Since you show us "that's the 'best you've got'" & nothing more, lol...
However - Anyone with 1/2 a brain realizes that bogus downmods aren't justifiable when my points are solid & correct + backed by citations & documentations from reputable sources and yes, facts!
(And, they are invalid in your bogus downmods since you show us that much, downmodding troll, via your 'hit & run downmod'... period, lol!).
Custom hosts files show their superiority over other methods by:
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1.) Gaining you added speed you PAID for & are losing, to the tune of 40% of most webpages on average due to adbanners bulk, processing required, & being bushwhacked per this article too no less!
(and for your monies you pay out to ISPs monthly, by getting more bandwidth instead of 40% of your webpages clotted & slowed down by adbanners)
2.) Added security (blocking out known malicious threats online)
3.) Added reliability (over DNS servers, unpatched for 1/2 a decade vs. the Kaminsky redirect flaw no less MOSTLY WORLDWIDE (except the root 13 DNSS
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Well, here's what I did about it & why... apk
APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...
"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"
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Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...
Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA
That did extremely well for myself (and users of them), for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!
(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):
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Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option
(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!
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Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).
To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:
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1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use
2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts
3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping
4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.
5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)
6.) AdBlock can't help you blow past DNSBL's (DNS block lists)
7.) AdBlock can't help you avoid DNS request logs (hosts can via hardcoded favorites)
8.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. TRACKERS (hosts can)
9.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. DOWNED or "DNS-poisoned" redirected DNS servers (hosts can by hardcodes)
10.) Hosts are EASIER to manage, they're just a text file (adblock means you had BEST know your javascript, perl, & python (iirc as to what languages are used to make it from source)).
& more... as a tiny 'sampling' & proofs thereof!
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Same with Ghostery:
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Evidon, which makes Ghostery, is an advertising company.
They were originally named Better Advertising, Inc., but changed their name for obvious PR reasons.
Despite the name change, let's be clear on one thing: their goal still is building better advertising, not protecting consumer privacy.
Evidon bought Ghostery, an independent
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WRONG again on THIS too... apk
"Even if your hosts file _is_ OK, you still can't protect yourself from resolving xyz.domain.com entries, because hosts files can't use *.domain.com so you can't stop your PC from resolving rapidly changing subdomains." -
OMG - I already EXPLAINED this part, but here goes again: 1st - Did you note my sources?
They're all reputable, reliable, & QUITE GOOD AT SECURITY! Especially since that IS what they DO!
(Ala malwarebytes hpHosts, Norton/Symantec, & others I noted like ZeusTracker, SpyEye Tracker & more...)
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SECONDLY:
My application gets its feed from those reputable, reliable EXCELLENT sources, automatically or manually (it doesn't GET better than that)
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
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My hosts file data for blocking WILL be ok - as that's what those sites do - track online threats, and yes:
EVEN ALGORITHMICALLY GENERATED NAMES THAT YOU USE WILDCARDING FOR IN DNS!
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Problem being in DNS, since the Kaminsky bug IS UNPATCHED ON MOST DNS SERVERS WORLDWIDE, & 1/2 a decade later? All the wildcarding in the world doesn't matter... especially @ the ISP level!)
Get it?
APK
P.S.=> You also ADMIT that my reverse DNS resolves of my favorites, helps:
"our reverse lookup check doesn't buy you much. It's better than not checking," - by ilikejam (762039) on Wednesday January 30, @04:12PM (#42742349) Homepage
You admit it right there, and? Well, for sure, it's BETTER THAN RELYING ON A WORLD FULL OF UNPATCHED DNS SERVERS VS. THE KAMINSKY BUG when they're SET IN RECURSIVE MODE, for sure...
Which doing hardcodes avoiding DNS simply solves having to depends on potentially compromised DNS servers due to be unpatched vs. the Kaminsky bug, bypasses them completely!
AVOIDING BEING MISDIRECTED BY THEM, PERIOD!... apk
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Did I once say you could? No!... apk
However, again: What good's it if DNS servers worldwide = unpatched & vulnerable
FACT.... period!
They ARE compromisable - & I merely offer a cure that helps you on FAR MORE LEVELS (including monies you spend to be online monthly & many more), here:
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
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What DOES stop that though?
See above!
The output from that app does - Custom hosts files via hardcodes of favorite sites for bypassing DNS do and many other things, see that link, it enumerates them...
(NO questions asked, because they bypass DNS servers!)
Fact/Period!
PLUS - Hey - I am ONLY here trying to help (but as usual, with techie geeks *trying* to take on guys like me that build the tools you merely USE, & are helpless without? I was attacked... & that's ok too - I triumph as always in the end!).
Geeks have TROUBLE with 'geek angst' when dusted by facts, & his name tossing showed it directed my way - the 1st sign of FAIL usually & proof of my points when theirs are in grave error!
(Oh, I toss a few but only after I floored his points... rightfully!)
Bottom-line: This entire discussion, proves it, along with my providing a working solution vs. it until servers are patched (but 1/2 a decade later vs. the Kaminsky flaw? Doubt they will be, ever... sad!)
Now, Stalk? Above ALL else:
I just KNOW it's you replying by ac instead of your registered 'luser' account here... lol, you're not fooling me on that account either!
APK
P.S.=> He made SO many mistakes here on down (especially here right off the bat -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3417867&cid=42737625 with BOGUS hosts data misleading others & FAR MORE later?)
HOWEVER - At least you tried Stalk! I'll give you that, nobody else had the balls... you just ran into "Mr. Kowalski" ala Gran Torino (lol, per my quote I used) is all!
HEY: At first, I thought it was funny, but...it's not funny - you are welcome to read & verify (I think you did, since none of my other points are disputed by you on various things in this exchange).... apk
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Facts are facts, & you failed... apk
Insanely better than you are - my app solves this DNS issue, period:
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit::
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FACT, since it's hardcoding of favorite sites bypasses DNS compromisable servers (the majority of which are STILL unpatched per this article)...
Also/yes: That allows FASTER resolutions as well as protection vs. remote DNS (& uses less resources than local ones & certainly less moving parts for breakdown) & especially using my "math trick" as you called it... another FACT!
You couldn't dispute that, or any of it, & did yourself in... beating me? Hey - it's be IMPOSSIBLE to do & especially on this topic!
APK
P.S.=> You can *try* all you like to "shit" on me, but you defeating yourself shit on you... did that to yourself here in this exchange, I merely schooled you, as I did those "antivirus pro experts" you noted, and you are welcome to verify it... it's fact!
AGAIN & FOR THE 4th TIME NOW SO IT SINKS IN (& you realize you are NOT in my league):
Remember:: You're the one that posted BOGUS incorrect hosts data too here mind you attempting to MISLEAD others imo -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3417867&cid=42737625 lol!
(THAT was hillarious & a HUGE BLUNDER on YOUR end... bigtime!)
Give up your "geek angst"!
Sooner or later, you run into a "bad motor scooter" in life (even in street fights, even though you *think* you're 'tough as a nail' there's always someone bigger, faster, stronger & better... that's me!)
To quote my namesake, Mr. Kowalski, from the film "Grand Torino":
EVER NOTICE THAT EVERY ONCE IN AWHILE, YOU COME ACROSS SOMEONE YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE FUCKED WITH? THAT'S ME!
Fact - You have failed vs. "yours truly" on TONS of levels (even speed in hashtable indexing or btree seeks vs. my smart placement in hosts files)... & of course?
There's NO QUESTION hardcoded hosts file entries bypass these compromisable DNS servers... most important point of all, as it can "proof" a user vs. this type of exploit... period!
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"Rinse, Lather, & Repeat" troll... apk
What's DNS & its data got? ZERO protection... this article proves it in fact, lol... fact/period!
Additionally, again per this -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3417867&cid=42738641 reply of mine that 'schooled you' easily!
I.E./E.G.-> YOU? You're obviously MERELY a techie only & it shows!
You're merely a USER of what guys like ME create for "your low kind" to merely USE, user - without us, & what WE know? YOU ARE HELPLESS & YOU KNOW IT!)
Fact! One you MAY not like, but fact!
You didn't & don't even UNDERSTAND how binary trees & b-tree seeks + hashtable indexing works, & how my smart placement of hosts data for favorites hardcoded (which again, mind you, solved this DNS issue easily, fact again) works to beat them!
That is funny but then again, it's not... it's the big diff. between guys like me & guys like you!
AGAIN:
My app does too via applying read-only/write-protect attributes to hosts as well, ONTOP of UAC & MS Security Essentials PROTECTING THE HOSTS FILE!
What's protecting YOUR dns & data? ZERO!
Thus, again - My app ends up supplementing more security via the best thing we have going vs. online threats: "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth"... period!
(It does so, every 500ms, & NO programs' or malware-in-general that's NOT a driver powered rootkit's going to get past that, since the timer registered with the OS is as 'fast as it gets' in usermode, period!)
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
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* Courtesy of "yours truly" - "Ghost in the Machine" & "LAST OF THE 'V8-Interceptors'": A piece of history..."
APK
P.S.=> There is a WORLD of difference between guys like me, software engineers, & techs like you... this discussion is showing it on MANY levels - learn by it!
... apk
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DNS servers can be bypassed (see article)... apk
This very THREAD exemplifies it, and? See this http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3417867&cid=42738641
Unlike ISP DNS servers (or that of companies unpatched vs. the Kaminsky flaw have been now, for 1/2 a decade? What a shame, no less?? I hope YOU patched yours!)
However - if you want to be wasteful, ala this list of DNS ineffficiencies vs. hosts I wrote up, all fact & I dusted one of your fellow naysayers on it above? That's up to you... I can lead a horse to water, I can't make him drink after all:
"DNS Servers are also (inefficient apk):
1.) MORE "moving parts" complex in services/daemons, & front-ends to them
2.) MORE complex in entries necessary (and knowledge for it)
3.) Wasteful of CPU cycles due to more parts
4.) Wasteful of ELECTRICITY (due to extra moving parts)
5.) Wasteful of RAM (data is larger, see that DNSBL I put out)
6.) Wasteful of other forms of I/O too
7.) Room for more "breakdown" in their parts in DNS since there ARE more 'moving parts' involved, especially programs (hosts are merely a text file filter for the IP stack itself)
9.) Hosts are an integrated part of the IP stack itself, running in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode & merely a filter for it (which the IP stack has over 40++ yrs. of optimization & refinement put into it, as well as hardening vs. compromise)
10.) I've seen DNS servers that run in far, Far, FAR SLOWER Ring 3/RPL 3/usermode as well vs. kernelmode & the IP stack as noted in point #9" - by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 30, @07:55AM (#42736495)* I had to 'school' one of your fellow 'naysayers' on that too: UAC, & MS Security Essentials/Windows Defender (part of Windows 8) protect hosts... and?
My app does too via applying read-only/write-protect attributes to hosts as well, supplementing more security via the best thing we have going vs. online threats: "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth"... period!
(It does so, every 500ms, & NO programs' or malware-in-general that's NOT a driver powered rootkit's going to get past that, since the timer registered with the OS is as 'fast as it gets' in usermode, period!)
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
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* Courtesy of "yours truly" - "Ghost in the Machine" & "LAST OF THE 'V8-Interceptors'": A piece of history..."
AGAIN - As far as MS bypassing hosts?
Again - It's for GOOD SECURITY MEASURES, so that things like Windows update, work (& that's great for security).
APK
P.S.=> Better luck next time - you FAIL... learn more before you & YOURS even *try* to "take me on", especially on THIS point/issue...
... apk
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Addendum (important 4 security (UAC))... apk
"It reads a text file into RAM, it isn't any more secure that any other configuration file." - by Stalks (802193) * on Wednesday January 30, @11:10AM (#42738291)
UAC in Windows VISTA onwards protects hosts files, so does MS Security Essentials (part of Windows 8 no less)... lastly & IMPORTANTLY:
My app does so ontop of those, with read-only/write-protection attributes APPLIED while it runs (unless you turn that off, it's possible & I do on updates automated - & have to so updates "take"):
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
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* Courtesy of "yours truly" - "Ghost in the Machine" & "Last of the V8 Interceptors - a piece of HISTORY!"
APK
P.S.=> "Here endeth the lesson"... learn by it, in addition to the 1st part I wrote you in rebuttal, here -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3417867&cid=42738543
... apk
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Funny you conveniently ignore these facts... apk
I stated them explicitly too in a list (once more for your reference):
"DNS servers are also:
1.) MORE "moving parts" complex in services/daemons, & front-ends to them
2.) MORE complex in entries necessary (and knowledge for it)
3.) Wasteful of CPU cycles due to more parts
4.) Wasteful of ELECTRICITY (due to extra moving parts)
5.) Wasteful of RAM (data is larger, see that DNSBL I put out)
6.) Wasteful of other forms of I/O too
7.) Room for more "breakdown" in their parts in DNS since there ARE more 'moving parts' involved, especially programs (hosts are merely a text file filter for the IP stack itself)
9.) Hosts are an integrated part of the IP stack itself, running in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode & merely a filter for it (which the IP stack has over 40++ yrs. of optimization & refinement put into it, as well as hardening vs. compromise)
10.) I've seen DNS servers that run in far, Far, FAR SLOWER Ring 3/RPL 3/usermode as well vs. kernelmode & the IP stack as noted in point #9" - by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 30, @07:55AM (#42736495)Again - Funny you AVOID ALL THAT too, eh? Not... lol!
Now - THEY ARE FACTS!
Multiple facts not in favor of DNS, especially locally, which YOU rather "conveniently avoided", no less!
("Gosh & golly gee, I wonder why?"... lol, NOT! They "shoot your down", badly...)
*
APK
P.S.=> Let's also NOT FORGET THE PREMISE OF THIS ARTICLE, since 5++ yrs. later, the KAMINSKY BUG IS UNPATCHED on DNS SERVERS WORLDWIDE - thus, compromisable!
What SOLVES it?
Custom hosts, via hardcodes especially + vs. other known malicious sites-servers/hosts-domains online (and trackers, phishers, spammers, bogus DNS servers, botnet C&C servers etc.), & automagically, via my application:
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
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By providing updated custom hosts file information REGULARLY automagically if one wishes OR manually in minutes no less (also autoprotecting the hosts file via write-protect attributes supplementing UAC protection as well which hosts files have since VISTA onwards)...
And, with less moving parts (especially local DNS servers that are wasteful, more complex in file data, more moving parts room for error & more, listed above), vs. your "facts" which ARE in error (by omission too see above)...
... apk
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On your 2nd point? Here's where you fail... apk
"2. By setting up your malicious content to use random subdomains, like a4bacd4adef.domain.com renders any host files useless as they can't possibly list every permutation." - by Stalks (802193) * on Wednesday January 30, @03:42AM (#42735631)
I don't fail here - you do: My application:
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
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Gets them, yes - even the types you noted (the fastflux & SPF types (algorithmically added types too, with names tacking on #'s randomly or in order, either way)) FROM MY SOURCES IN THE SECURITY COMMUNITY & right away as they get them...
Auto-magically/no effort, often as you like manually (or you can setup my app to draw new data every 12 hours if you wish).
Additionally - you failed your 1st "so-called 'point'" as well on your ALLEGED "inefficiencies" in hosts files vs. DNS here & badly -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3417867&cid=42736287
(Simply since hosts entries data are FAR smaller than DNS entries in DNSBL's, no questions asked - your data required is LARGER, hands-down, undeniably).
DNS servers are also:
1.) MORE "moving parts" complex in services/daemons, & front-ends to them
2.) MORE complex in entries necessary (and knowledge for it)
3.) Wasteful of CPU cycles due to more parts
4.) Wasteful of ELECTRICITY (due to extra moving parts)
5.) Wasteful of RAM (data is larger, see that DNSBL I put out)
6.) Wasteful of other forms of I/O too
7.) Room for more "breakdown" in their parts in DNS since there ARE more 'moving parts' involved, especially programs (hosts are merely a text file filter for the IP stack itself)
9.) Hosts are an integrated part of the IP stack itself, running in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode & merely a filter for it (which the IP stack has over 40++ yrs. of optimization & refinement put into it, as well as hardening vs. compromise)
10.) I've seen DNS servers that run in far, Far, FAR SLOWER Ring 3/RPL 3/usermode as well vs. kernelmode & the IP stack as noted in point #9Above ALL else, per this article's example?
DNS = COMPROMISABLE (per this article & other means noted @ the tail end of my initial post, do refer to that in its termination/'p.s.' section, here -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3417867&cid=42729809 )
Hosts solve that too - easily: Since 'hardcoded' entries of your favorite sites you go to is possible in them, avoiding potentially compromised DNS servers totally!
This also allows FASTER resolution of IP addresses from host-domain names, by far (especially to remote DNS servers, & especially if they come up NXDOMAIN) also, & local custom hosts allow TOTAL end-user control - remote DNS does not!
APK
P.S.=> A list of some of the reputable & RELIABLE sources my application utilizes:
1.) hpHosts (malwarebytes)
2.) Norton/Symantec
3.) ZeusTracker
4.) SpyEye Tracker
5.) 2 other botnet trackers (same sources, just more 'minor' botnets)
6.) malwaredomainslist
7.) MVPS.org
8.) Someone who cares hosts list... apk
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NewsFlash (just 4U): Opera 12.13 final 32/64 bit
Is out, just relieased (speak of the devil, right?) -> http://www.start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5788:opera-64-bit-version&catid=25:64bit-internet-software&Itemid=75
* BOTH the 32-bit & 64-bit versions are SMALLER than RC1 & RC2 (meaning they did their FINAL optimization & pulled the debug code I'd wager & that = YET MORE SPEED!)
I was ALREADY impressed by the Release Candidates (way, Way, WAY so vs. 12.12 which had the problem I noted... not anymore, & this means good news!)
(ENJOY!)
APK
P.S.=> Just thought I'd drop you a line here, & let you know is all, since we're both Opera 'fans' & "great minds think alike", lol...
... apk
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Saw your comment on hosts... apk
"And to the guy who suggested hosts files with nasty scripts copying things to and fro, ummm... NO. Sounds like some of the horror stories I've heard of how things are cobbled together at a certain large Seattle-based internet retailer, and it's the kind of hair-brained idea a DevOps fan might dream up." -
See subject-line above: This is far better & how/why vs. this threat -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3417867&cid=42729809
* Beats the hell outta scripts by far, & is "GUI easy" to use (for Windows users).
Enjoy!
APK
P.S.=> Against this particular threat? It works, hands-down, AND, against tons of other malicious sites-servers/hosts-domains that are known to "f you up" too!
It gains you MORE speed, MORE security, MORE reliability, & even anonymity to an extent!
(See this short list of what it can do in a direct link to it -> http://www.start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&Itemid=74 for a short summary).
Both 32 &/or 64-bit as well...
... apk
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I'd have all +5's & I don't... apk
IF I was 'self-modding', as you seem to know ALL about? I'd have all +5 posts not a load of +1's... besides: The technical points in my posts are solid, hence, the upmod ratings by others! Read them yourself, if you wish, as you might learn a trick or two...
I don't use a registered 'luser' account... no need, as again, I have better things to do than live for karma points on a forums! See below...
Above all else: What I do know, is that what you said 'fell apart' vs. my list of upmods here -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3417867&cid=42731467
Fact!
* Again - so it "sinks in" to your skull, "Mr. Troll": I have and DO, better things -> http://www.start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&Itemid=74
(Things which gives users more speed, security, reliability, & even anonymity to an extent, THAT SOLVE THIS PARTICULAR ARTICLE'S DNS ISSUE no less!)
APK
P.S.=> Again - Why not spend your energies *trying* to disprove my points on custom hosts files, noted here as a challenge to ANY 'naysayers' (like trolls especially, like yourself) -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3417867&cid=42731025
You might learn something (or possibly, I just might (doubt it vs. a troll, but there it is)).
Seriously - GOOD LUCK: You'll NEED it, badly!
(Again/once more - Since no one has ever disproved my points on custom hosts files with valid critique or information, & not just here on this site either, though 100's have tried & failed, every single time)...
.... apk
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Per my 1st post? I do better things... apk
Sounds like you cheat the moderation system here (I don't - no need, per my list which is good enough for me... especially as an AC poster -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3417867&cid=42731467 ) but, I have LITERALLY caught others who do (and drove one away in fact - if you would like proof? Ask!).
Anyhow/anyways:
However, unlike others who don't HAVE anything BETTER to do (lol, like "live for karma points" on a forums)?
As you can see: I am out doing what's right, & right by others too -> http://www.start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&Itemid=74 by producing a useful program!
* That "all said & aside"?
I challenge you to put your energies to better use, per my challenge to you & any LIKE you (i.e. -> Off-Topic trolls especially), here -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3417867&cid=42731025
Good luck - You'll NEED it: Many trolls like you have tried over time, & not a single one has validly disproved my points listed where my program is, not a single one!
APK
P.S.=> Ah, you trolls... you're ALL the same - projecting must be part of your "troll mentality" or something, lol... apk
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How custom hosts files help vs. DNS flaws... apk
As they help you avoid making DNS requests, if you use 'hardcoded' entries of your favorites, properly resolved against the in-arpa addr "TLD" that houses that information!
I do so, via this application I wrote up:
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...
"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"
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Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...
(Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA
(Security guides of mine that did extremely well for myself and users of them) for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!
(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):
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Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option
(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!
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Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).
To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:
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1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use
2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts
3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping
4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.
5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)
6.) AdBlock can't help you blow past DNSBL's (DNS block lists)
7.) AdBlock can't help you avoid DNS request logs (hosts can via hardcoded favorites)
8.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. TRACKERS (hosts can)
9.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. DOWNED or "DNS-poisoned" redirected DNS servers (hosts can by hardcodes)
10.) Hosts are EASIER to manage, they're just a text file (adblock means you had BEST know your javascript, perl, & python (iirc as to what languages are used to make it from source)).
& more... as a tiny 'sampling' & proofs thereof!
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Same with Ghostery:
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Evidon, which makes Ghostery, is an advertising company.
They were originally named Better Adver
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Adblock's INFERIOR to hosts files
As custom hosts files do a lot more, & are loaded by the IP stack when you startup your OS (as well as when you make requests via any webbound client): That makes AdBlock redundant (i.e.-> why do the job TWICE & not as well, in other words!).
PLUS, sadly, AdBlock doesn't BLOCK ALL ADS anymore by default & it can't do as much as custom hosts files do for you on more grounds! See below for a list...
I build mine, using this (after I built it, of course):
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
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Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces listed in the link above, you'll understand how/why...
"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"
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Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below in AdBlock/Ghostery & yes even DNS servers, next, as 'examples thereof'...
(Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA
(Security guides of mine that did extremely well for myself and users of them) for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!
(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):
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Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option
(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!
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Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).
To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:
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1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use
2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts
3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping
4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.
5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)
6.) AdBlock can't help you blow past DNSBL's (DNS block lists)
7.) AdBlock can't help you avoid DNS request logs (hosts can via hardcoded favorites)
8.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. TRACKERS (hosts can)
9.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. DOWNED or "DNS-poisoned" redirected DNS servers (hosts can by hardcodes)
10.) Hosts are EASIER to manage, they're just a text file (adblock means you had BEST know your javascript, perl, & python (iirc
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Disprove my points on custom hosts files
This all stems from your inability to DISPROVE my points on custom hosts files, listed in summation in the link below to my program for them!
(Custom hosts files benefit users on many levels in added speed, security, reliability, & even anonymity to an extent),
So, that all said & aside - Disprove the list of points of benefits that custom hosts files can give end users of them, shown here::
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
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* Yes - It is going to be a PLEASURE watching you "dance" & fail yet again on this note!
(By you having to "eat your words" flavored with the "bitter taste of SELF-DEFEAT" spiced with your foot in your mouth yet again, by making a fool of your trolling self, yet again by failing to disprove those points listed in the link just above!)
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That, along with the FACT your "opinion" of my posts being lousy is outmatched by nearly 250 of your
Which you can't produce more than those of downmods of my posts?
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YOU FAIL!
(You know it, I know it, & anyone with 1/2 a brain knows it... lol!)
Ah.... lmao, I might as well laugh & watch you repeat your mistakes again & you called ME 'insane'? 1 definition of insanity is repeating the same mistakes over & over expecting different results... your results are shown below!
APK
P.S.=> After all - you've FAILED in it 5x before as shown next:
HOSTS FILES #1 of 5 -> http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2579684&cid=38415774
HOSTS FILES #2 of 5 -> http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2579684&cid=38415816
HOSTS FILES #3 of 5 -> http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2579684&cid=38415874
HOSTS FILES #4 of 5 -> http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2356916&cid=36938204
HOSTS FILES #5 of 5 -> http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2356916&cid=36938240
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AND, what did you do?
You had a profanity spewing 'fit' rather than disprove my technical points on hosts files' benefits to end users of them:
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Sardaukar86 profanity "FoaMiNg-@-The-MouTh" priceless "ReAcTioN" #1 -> http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2579684&cid=38414922
Sardaukar86 profanity "FoaMiNg-@-The-MouTh" priceless "ReAcTioN" #2 -> http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2579684&cid=38414888
Sardaukar86 off-topic illogical failed ad hominem attack attempt -> http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2579684&cid=38414906
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Me?
I merely "call a spade a spade", & "when in rome, I do as the romans do" & speak to them in a language their limited brains understand (since I called him a dolt, quite rightfully after the above, lol):
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3406867&cid=42705473
I foun
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Agreed, 110% + more... apk
"Visual Studio and Xcode are bloated jokes in comparison." - by 0xdeadbeef (28836) on Sunday January 27, @05:45PM (#42710549) Homepage
Especially its descendant Borland Delphi (really Object Pascal 7.0 iirc): I learned it right after BASIC & COBOL, but just before C/C++/Fortran in fact... & it took me away from them (for personal projects, absolutely - but @ work? You do what you're told + use what they do of course... more on that below too!).
Back circa 1997, I was a BIG fan of coding with Visual Studio... especially MSVC++ &/or VB.
I run into a review in VBPJ, of all places (Visual Basic Programmer's Journal) Sept./Oct. 1997 issue "Inside the VB Compiler", a competing trade rag no less & one that was QUITE respected!
Then?
There, I saw Borland Delphi LITERALLY "knock-the-chocolate" outta MS' offerings, overall, in performance...
How much so? Ok (& this IS what I took to mgt.):
In the 6 tests given, Delphi won the majority (overwhelmingly in fact, in what ALL PROGRAMS DO, math & strings work)...
Specifics below (the most important, overall? Again - imo @ least - What they ALL do - math & strings!):
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STRING SUITE:
Delphi =
MSVC++ =
MSVB = 4.091ms---
MATH SUITE:
Delphi = 1.523ms
MSVC++ = 2.890ms
MSVB = 7.071ms* AGAIN - note what I said above? Even while I was a HUGE fan of MS' Visual Studio?? I couldn't "argue with the numbers" here, & gravitated towards a BETTER coding environs in Delphi, by far, for performance alone!
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API GRAPHICS METHODS SUITE:
Delphi =
MSVC++ =
MSVB = 292---
TEXTBOX FORM LOADING SUITE:
MSVC++ =
Delphi =
MSVB =---
ACTIVE X FORM LOADS:
MSVB =
Delphi =
MSVC++ =---
NATIVE TO LANGUAGE GRAPHICS METHODS SUITE:
MSVC++ =
MSVB =
Delphi =---
There you are... however: KNOW WHAT I WAS TOLD, that I absolutely HAD TO LISTEN TO & UNDERSTAND (which, I did):
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"Microsoft has BILLIONS of dollars & absolute stability. We want to have SOMEONE to take responsibility for errors in their stuff, and to have support in the future. Microsoft odds are WILL BE THERE STILL... Will Borland?"
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THAT IS BUSINESS' POV in a nutshell... & Borland was getting "brain-drained" (especially for the designers of Delphi) by MS regularly... ever heard of Mr. Anders Heijelsberg &/or Chuck Andrzewski? They built Delphi... & MS got 'em!
APK
P.S.=> It helped me create this to help others online vs. malicious threats, & to get them more speed, reliability, & even "anonymity" (to an extent), recently:
APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
... apk
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I was right (per this from "The Register")
Asia has fastest internet, launches most cyber-attacks -> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/01/24/akamai_state_of_internet_q3_2012/
* So again - it's QUITE possible the leadership there is making SURE everyone has access to FAST connections, for the purposes of "CyberWarfare" as I stated...
APK
P.S.=> It's not like that article doesn't back me either - I see who is doing WHAT with maliciously coded sites when I build a custom hosts file (since 1997, via -> http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74 ) & the predominant areas doing MOST of it from what I have seen in that timeframe, with MILLIONS of such bogus sites/servers? Outta the communist block - mostly the Russias, & China... apk
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Been doing it for decades... apk
" Random Hacks of Kindness, Code for America" (code for the world, & in "my latest/greatest"):
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces, you'll understand how/why...
"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"
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( Especially vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below, next, as 'examples thereof'... )
Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=ka3yUKzxB-6_0QHLroCQCA (that did extremely well for myself and users of them) for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!
(Not anymore though, & certainly NOT far as AdBlock's concerned especially, not after this):
---
Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option:
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option
(Meaning by default, which MOST USERS WON'T CHANGE, it doesn't block ALL ads - they "souled-out"... talk about "foxes guarding the henhouse")!
---
Plus, Adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it) which is far, Far, FAR FASTER than ring 3/rpl 3/usermode apps like browsers, & addons slow them down (known issue in FireFox).
To wit, 10++ things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:
---
1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use
2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts
3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping
4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.
5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)
6.) AdBlock can't help you blow past DNSBL's (DNS block lists)
7.) AdBlock can't help you avoid DNS request logs (hosts can via hardcoded favorites)
8.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. TRACKERS (hosts can)
9.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. DOWNED or "DNS-poisoned" redirected DNS servers (hosts can by hardcodes)
10.) Hosts are EASIER to manage, they're just a text file (adblock means you had BEST know your javascript, perl, & python (iirc as to what languages are used to make it from source)).
& more... as a tiny 'sampling' & proofs thereof!
---
Same with Ghostery:
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Evidon, which makes Ghostery, is an advertising company.
They were originally named Better Advertising, Inc., but changed their name for obvious PR reasons.
Despite the name change, let's be clear on one thing: their goal still is building better advertising, not protecting consumer privacy.
Ev
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QUESTION: How's my post off topic?
Hosts = a valid work-around per the source article, & I posted this -> http://www.start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&Itemid=74 which is ALL ABOUT custom hosts files, & what they can do for you as the end user of them to your benefit on a myriad of levels...
* It's like getting a turbo-charger for speed, quadruple your websurfing mileage/bandwidth back, a suit of armor vs. online threats, better reliability vs. DNS outages + redirect poisonings, & even better anonymity to an extent vs. DNSBL's & DNS request logs (lessening loads on those though, so "bonus" server-side to them on that account - less usage).
It works... & yes, IS on topic, because it provides the cure:
"Did a traceroute and this reveals an expected result. It is really the DNS which returns a wrong value Ã(TM)59.24.3.173Ã instead of the expected Ã(TM)207.97.227.239Ã, so it looks like a dns poisoning attempt or some other dns issue. Editing your
1 that's EASILY end-iser "manual-shift" controlled & made easier so for end users in a multithreaded self-contained single 'stand-alone' executable (pretty sure it could be considered portable too)!
I do both of the above (& tons more, for the concept of "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=u5X-ULHKPJOg8QSr2YC4BA )
APK
P.S.=> Anyhow/anyways - see my subject above! apk
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As Mad Max said in "The Road Warrior"... apk
"2 days ago I saw a vehicle that'd haul that tanker... you want get outta here? You talk to me..." -> http://www.start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&Itemid=74
*
APK
P.S.=> Ghost in the machine, & "Last of the V-8 Interceptors... a piece of history"...
... apk
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"Ask & ye shall receive".. apk
"I wish I could see the code from some of your own projects" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13, @01:55PM (#42575973)
On the very topic YOU "F'd UP ON, fool -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3339513&cid=42408867
* In fact - that covers the ENTIRE GAMUT of what I usually do considering try-finally &/or try-except, as well as "std error handler" overrides, & more!
(Again - you FAIL!)
APK
P.S.=> You wish you could see code in my projects? There's a bit in the link above, AND, you can see my work in motion too -> http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74
HOWEVER: What can we see from a MORON "big talker" like yourself that utterly SCREWED UP vs. myself, here -> http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3376359&cid=42581949 with your b.s. I didn't have code in my exception handler? N O T H I N G
... apk
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It works great (stable & fixes bugs + more)
I use it myself here in fact (works perfectly, for all conditions noted below):
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
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It's completely stable too, produces PERFECT hosts file data outputs, & is a multithreaded single self-contained TRUE 'stand-alone' executable!
* Show us you've done a better app that provides ALL of what is noted in that link it gives users to THEIR benefit on a number of levels, for both added SPEED & "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" (plus reliability, and privacy online)...
(GO FOR IT! My guess here? You CAN'T... lol!)
See - unlike you AC mere troll "armchair quarterback" talkers, who aren't DOERS?
I can actually SHOW something it's been applied to that helps it run faster or lower priority in certain conditions (see below)! Can you show you've done the SAME?
Answer = NO!
LMAO @ U, troll!
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I gave the guys @ UltraDefrag the option to use it... why?
Vs. this problem they had & others even RECOMMENDED my code vs. a problem they are having -> http://sourceforge.net/p/ultradefrag/bugs/136/
IN FACT? That's one of their coding team saying it... not me (Dmitri - THE ORIGINAL FOUNDER OF THE UltraDefrag64 PROJECT, not Stefan Pendl):
PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:
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"I think, this issue can be resolved through changing the process priority as suggested before by Alexander Peter Kowalski http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2993462&group_id=199532&atid=969873" - Dmitri FROM -> http://sourceforge.net/p/ultradefrag/bugs/136/
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(Albeit in Delphi Object-Pascal, vs. their usage of C/C++)
It's useful for stopping that, & NOT for raising priority only either, but quite the reverse also!
See - the front end is ONLY A REPORTER: It doesn't NEED to be high, normal, or even below normal priority - there are TIMES IT'S GOOD TO BE LOW even (see next)!
Lowering priority is important in these conditions!
It's more for when they add features the commercial "bigboys" have like Diskeeper, PerfectDisk, O&O Defrag etc./et al:
For LOWERING priority when it's minimized to tray or otherwise (along with stopping display generation of outputs wasting cycles if it is NOT VISIBLE onscreen - that is a waste & drag on the system overall and the app too)
or
FOR running in the background as a scheduled task!
I do it - it works! I have to write them on that much, for when they add those types of features to be more 'competitive' vs. the big boys noted above...
Especially Stefan Pendl, who I don't *think* realizes THAT benefit on lowering CPU & when to do it, & also of course, its ability to help solve their issue noted above by Dmitri, the founder of the project itself...
... apk
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It works (on a lot of things, even bugs)... apk
I use it myself here in fact (works perfectly, for all conditions noted below):
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
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It's completely stable too, produces PERFECT hosts file data outputs, & is a multithreaded single self-contained TRUE 'stand-alone' executable!
* Show us you've done a better app that provides ALL of what is noted in that link it gives users to THEIR benefit on a number of levels, for both added SPEED & "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" (plus reliability, and privacy online)...
(GO FOR IT! My guess here? You CAN'T... lol!)
See - unlike you AC mere troll "armchair quarterback" talkers, who aren't DOERS?
I can actually SHOW something it's been applied to that helps it run faster or lower priority in certain conditions (see below)! Can you show you've done the SAME?
Answer = NO!
LMAO @ U, troll!
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I gave the guys @ UltraDefrag the option to use it... why?
Vs. this problem they had & others even RECOMMENDED my code vs. a problem they are having -> http://sourceforge.net/p/ultradefrag/bugs/136/
IN FACT? That's one of their coding team saying it... not me (Dmitri - THE ORIGINAL FOUNDER OF THE UltraDefrag64 PROJECT, not Stefan Pendl):
PERTINENT QUOTE/EXCERPT:
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http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2993462&group_id=199532&atid=969873" - Dmitri FROM -> http://sourceforge.net/p/ultradefrag/bugs/136/
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(Albeit in Delphi Object-Pascal, vs. their usage of C/C++)
It's useful for stopping that, & NOT for raising priority only either, but quite the reverse also!
See - the front end is ONLY A REPORTER: It doesn't NEED to be high, normal, or even below normal priority - there are TIMES IT'S GOOD TO BE LOW even (see next)!
Lowering priority is important in these conditions!
It's more for when they add features the commercial "bigboys" have like Diskeeper, PerfectDisk, O&O Defrag etc./et al:
For LOWERING priority when it's minimized to tray or otherwise (along with stopping display generation of outputs wasting cycles if it is NOT VISIBLE onscreen - that is a waste & drag on the system overall and the app too)
or
FOR running in the background as a scheduled task!
I do it - it works! I have to write them on that much, for when they add those types of features to be more 'competitive' vs. the big boys noted above...
Especially Stefan Pendl, who I don't *think* realizes THAT benefit on lowering CPU & when to do it, & also of course, its ability to help solve their issue noted above by Dmitri, the founder of the project itself...
... apk
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Yes - I write code (just 4U2, troll)... apk
An application of "ReVeRsE-PsYcHoLoGy" - & just 4 off-topic trolls like you in fact!
(In addition to this app that helps people for SPEED & SECURITY, unlike a troll on forums like YOUR "ne'er-do-well" self -> http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74 )
HOWEVER - per my subject-line above? Well - I especially crafted THIS code, just for TROLLS like you (lol):
"?kcoc nwo ruoy kcus naht od ot retteb gnihtyna evah uoy t'noD" - by Anonymous Coward ANOTHER "ne'er-do-well"
"???"
Uhm... Could we get a translation of that off-topic "troll-speak/trolllanguage" of yours, please?
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I'd also like to impart some wisdom on you, on the grounds of which you have attempted to libel myself on:
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society..." - J. Krishnamurti
LASTLY?
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* And, you're an off-topic troll - no questions asked... SEE MY SUBJECT LINE ABOVE!
APK
P.S.=> Yes, it must have just have been another off-topic done nothing of significance with his life troll spewing his off-topic b.s. again + profanities and libel, not contributing to the ongoing conversations. Oh well - No biggie!
("ReVeRsE-PsYcHoLoGy", for trolls - Courtesy of this code by "yours truly" in less than 1 second flat):
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#TrollTalkComReversePsychologyKiller.py (Ver #2 by APK)
def reverse(s):
try:
trollstring = ""
for apksays in s:
trollstring = apksays + trollstring
except:
print("error/abend in reverse function")
return trollstrings = ""
print reverse(s)try:
s = "Insert whatever 'trollspeak/trolllanguage' gibberish occurs here..."
s = reverse(s)
print(s)
except Exception as e:
print(e)---
... apk
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I write code (this batch is 4U, lol)... apk
An application of "ReVeRsE-PsYcHoLoGy" - & just 4 off-topic trolls like you in fact!
(In addition to this app that helps people, unlike a troll on forums like YOUR "ne'er-do-well" self -> http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74 )
HOWEVER - per my subject-line above? Well - I especially crafted THIS code, just for TROLLS like you (lol):
"?kcoc nwo ruoy kcus naht od ot retteb gnihtyna evah uoy t'noD" - by Anonymous Coward ANOTHER "ne'er-do-well"
"???"
Uhm... Could we get a translation of that off-topic "troll-speak/trolllanguage" of yours, please?
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I'd also like to impart some wisdom on you, on the grounds of which you have attempted to libel myself on:
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society..." - J. Krishnamurti
* And, you're an off-topic troll - no questions asked...SEE MY SUBJECT LINE ABOVE!
LASTLY?
APK
P.S.=> Yes, it must have just have been another off-topic done nothing of significance with his life troll spewing his off-topic b.s. again & not contributing to the ongoing conversations. Oh well - No biggie!
("ReVeRsE-PsYcHoLoGy", for trolls - Courtesy of this code by "yours truly" in less than 1 second flat):
---
#TrollTalkComReversePsychologyKiller.py (Ver #2 by APK)
def reverse(s):
try:
trollstring = ""
for apksays in s:
trollstring = apksays + trollstring
except:
print("error/abend in reverse function")
return trollstrings = ""
print reverse(s)try:
s = "Insert whatever 'trollspeak/trolllanguage' gibberish occurs here..."
s = reverse(s)
print(s)
except Exception as e:
print(e)---
... apk
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Sure: I write code (here's some 4U, troll)... apk
An application of... "ReVeRsE-PsYcHoLoGy" - 4 off-topic trolls like you (in addition to this app that helps people, unlike a troll on forums like YOUR "ne'er-do-well" self -> http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74 )
HOWEVER? I crafted THIS code, just for TROLLS like you (lol):
"?kcoc nwo ruoy kcus naht od ot retteb gnihtyna evah uoy t'noD" - by Anonymous Coward ANOTHER "ne'er-do-well"
"???"
Uhm... Could we get a translation of that off-topic "troll-speak/trolllanguage" of yours, please?
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I'd also like to impart some wisdom on you, on the grounds of which you have attempted to libel myself on:
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society..." - J. Krishnamurti
* And, you're an off-topic troll - no questions asked...SEE MY SUBJECT LINE ABOVE!
LASTLY?
APK
P.S.=> Yes, it must have just have been another off-topic done nothing of significance with his life troll spewing his off-topic b.s. again & not contributing to the ongoing conversations. Oh well - No biggie!
("ReVeRsE-PsYcHoLoGy", for trolls - Courtesy of this code by "yours truly" in less than 1 second flat):
---
#TrollTalkComReversePsychologyKiller.py (Ver #2 by APK)
def reverse(s):
try:
trollstring = ""
for apksays in s:
trollstring = apksays + trollstring
except:
print("error/abend in reverse function")
return trollstrings = ""
print reverse(s)try:
s = "Insert whatever 'trollspeak/trolllanguage' gibberish occurs here..."
s = reverse(s)
print(s)
except Exception as e:
print(e)---
... apk
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Doesn't matter (he couldn't get to me)
APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Which, if you read the list of what it can do for you as an end user of the resulting output it produces, you'll understand how/why...
"It's as strong as steel, & a 3rd of the weight" - Howard Stark from the film "Captain America"
( Vs. competing alternate 'solutions', noted below, next, as 'examples thereof'... )
Solutions that used to be good & I even recommended them in security guides I wrote up over the decades now for Windows users, for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes - the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. threats of all kinds, currently!
(Not anymore though as far as AdBlock's concerned, not after this):
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Adblock Plus To Offer 'Acceptable Ads' Option
http://news.slashdot.org/story/11/12/12/2213233/adblock-plus-to-offer-acceptable-ads-option
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Plus, adblock CAN'T DO AS MUCH & not from a single file solution that runs in Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode via tcpip.sys, a driver (since it's part of the IP stack & tightly integrated into it). To wit, 10 things AdBlock can't do, hosts can:
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1.) Blocking rogue DNS servers malware makers use
2.) Blocking known sites/servers that serve up malware... like known sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious scripts
3.) Speeding up your FAVORITE SITES that hosts can speed up via hardcoded line item entries properly resolved by a reverse DNS ping
4.) AdBlock works on Mozilla products (browser & email), hosts work on ANY webbound app AND are multiplatform.
5.) AdBlock can't protect external to FireFox email programs, hosts can (think OUTLOOK, Eudora, & others)
6.) AdBlock can't help you blow past DNSBL's (DNS block lists)
7.) AdBlock can't help you avoid DNS request logs (hosts can via hardcoded favorites)
8.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. TRACKERS (hosts can)
9.) AdBlock can't protect you vs. DOWNED or "DNS-poisoned" redirected DNS servers (hosts can by hardcodes)
10.) Hosts are EASIER to manage, they're just a text file (adblock means you had BEST know your javascript, perl, & python (iirc as to what languages are used to make it from source)).
& more... as a tiny 'sampling' & proofs thereof!
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Same with Ghostery:
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Evidon, which makes Ghostery, is an advertising company.
They were originally named Better Advertising, Inc., but changed their name for obvious PR reasons.
Despite the name change, let's be clear on one thing: their goal still is building better advertising, not protecting consumer privacy.
Evidon bought Ghostery, an independent privacy tool that had a good reputation.
They took a tool that was originally for watching the trackers online, something people saw as a legitimate privacy tool, and users were understandably concerned.
The company said they were just using Ghostery for research.
Turns out they had relationships with a bunch of ad companies and were compiling data from which sites you visited when you were using Ghostery, what trackers were on those sites, what ads they were, etc., and building a database to monetize.
When confronted about it, they made their tracking opt-in and called it GhostRank, which is how it exists today.
They took an open-source type tool, bought it, turned it from something thatâ(TM)s actually protecting people from the ad industry, to something where the users are actually providing data to the adve
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Believe-you-me: IF it could be done... apk
I'd either be @ the forefront of it, or have done it already!
*
(I don't understand how or WHY folks would joke or troll on this subject of A Planet Killer (note the bolds?) asteroid like this, but... there you are!)
TO myself? Joking about stuff like this indicates fear (if not ignorance), & trolling ME on it? Even moreso...
After all: YOU could be out producing things of value, ala:
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
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Instead of being a trolling immature jackass... however then, I'd be expecting TOO MUCH from a "ne'er-do-well" such as yourself!
APK
P.S.=> Why don't you just post using your "registered 'luser'" account when you troll me? Is it because I have ABSOLUTELY BLOWN YOU AWAY on the subject of custom hosts files' MANY benefits to end users on many levels, before & especially vs. competing 'solutions'??
Absolutely!
Yes - I know it, YOU KNOW IT, & anyone reading with 1/2 a brain knows it since it is THAT blatantly obvious...
... apk
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It's better than walled gardens & how/why
http://betanews.com/2012/01/25/the-top-10-web-security-threats-you-should-avoid/
Pertinent quote/excerpt:
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"The compromised website is still the most effective attack vector for hackers to install malware on your computer with 47.6 percent of all malware installs occurring in that manner, says security firm AVG.
Another 10.6 percent are tricked into downloading exploit code -- many times, without their knowledge -- by clicking on links on pages to sites hosting malware...
It also found that faked pharmacy sites are a popular attack method, seen in about 10.4 percent of all attacks.
Fake antivirus scanners remain a popular malware injection method at 8.4 percent"
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* Fact is, what I noted, in compromised sites, comprises 77% of malware installations - not what users download & install themselves (ala shareware/freeware sites like download.com etc./et al)...
APK
P.S.=> That's the TOUGH part - the 'driveby download attack' in maliciously scripted sites, bad links to sites, etc.-et al, & why I built this app:
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
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It speeds you up, makes you surf more reliably, but mostly more SAFELY (you can't get burned by what you can't touch)...
It works, to STOP USERS from 'hitting' or rather, being HIT, on known maliciously scripted hosts-domains/servers/sites... & it's updated every 15 minutes here in a 'special build' I use, but users can do it every 12 hours on THEIR end using it.
The rest of what I do?
"Std. layered security/defense-in-depth" ala these guides I've done online since 1997-2008 for Windows users -> http://www.bing.com/search?q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000%2FXP%22&go=&form=QBRE
HOWEVER: What I personally find VERY EFFECTIVE vs. the 'driveby attack' on sites with malicious code or bogus bad links? In COMBINATION with blocking I do in custom hosts files noted above??
Opera & it's "By Site Preferences"... how so?? Ok:
By ONLY allowing scripting, cookies, plugins, frames/iframes, javascript, java, etc. on SOME sites only that REQUIRE THEM FOR FULL FUNCTION!
The rest are in global policy, disallowing their usage (lessening the chance of attack since those items are OFTEN exploited, massively)...
... apk
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How I use BOTH custom hosts & DNS... apk
"That is why you should use a white-list private dns server" - by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07, @12:36PM (#42506751)
Why should I run a DNS server @ home?
As a separate machine it would EAT UP ELECTRICITY, & truly add complexity I don't NEED!
On my single home system?
It would do the same, as well as eat up CPU cycles, RAM, & other forms of I/O for something I don't need vs. what the combination of custom hosts files (which yes, overcome some issues on DNS like dns poisoning, dns servers going down, slower resolutions from remote DNS) & yes, on the single system I have (@ home)!
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IMPORTANT: & I can't stress THIS enough!
Also PER MY SUBJECT-LINE ABOVE, which is what I *think* you all mess up on, as to HOW I USE CUSTOM HOSTS FILES?
CLUE: I don't ATTEMPT to have every single host-domain name in existence resolved to IP address here!
What DO I ACTUALLY DO?
I 'hardcode in' only my 20 top favorites sites in it!
The rest of its entries are blocked out KNOWN malicious sites/servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious script code, malware, phishing/spamming, adbanners, & such (which eat your bandwidth you pay for, as well as poison you).
Once more - I hardcode in where I spend 95% or more of my time online (for reliability vs. downed or DNS poisoned DNS servers, and for faster resolution from local address once they are reverse DNS pinged for proper resolution).
AND?
I use Filtering DNS servers I use (secured vs. malware, malicious scripted sites, phishing/spamming & more) external to my home:
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Norton DNS:
198.153.192.1
198.153.194.1
198.153.192.60
198.153.194.60
198.153.192.50
198.153.194.50
198.153.192.40
198.153.194.40OpenDNS:
http://www.opendns.com/home-solutions/
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220ScrubIT DNS:
67.138.54.100
207.225.209.66Comodo Secure DNS:
http://www.comodo.com/secure-dns/switch/windows_vista.html
8.26.56.26
8.20.247.2---
To do the rest!
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"instead of a blacklist
I generate my custom hosts file via this security (and speed, reliability & performance enhancing) program I wrote:
Both in 32 bit &/or 64 bit form... why?
* Please - DO read what it does for you... it explains it in a short 16 point list, so you can UNDERSTAND how I utilize custom hosts files for security, speed, reliability, privacy, & more... & yes, it works!
APK
P.S.=> Sometimes, I TRULY do *think* you guys THINK I use hosts to "resolve the entire internet" & again, so it "sinks in":
NO, I don't DO that... see above!
(See what I use custom hosts for in that programs' link above (it will explain it to you without ME having to do it for the 100th time here on slashdot))...
... apk
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Again: I didn't FORGET the end-user... apk
"Interesting post." - by dyingtolive (1393037) on Monday January 07, @12:33PM (#42506715)
Thank you, but... I *think* you missed a few of my points, skimming over them (regarding end users)...
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"I'm no security buff" - by dyingtolive (1393037) on Monday January 07, @12:33PM (#42506715)
LOL - I am (since 1997), see here -> http://news.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3364039&cid=42506997
(Where I list only a SMALL PART of my involvement in & around the security community for coming up on 2 decades now almost)
I went to "normal end users" with the guide noted there... as THEY ARE THE ONES THAT NEED TO LEARN ABOUT COMPUTER SECURITY THE MOST (not the already 'guru' types).
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"but whitelisting doesn't sound like it's inheriently a bad thing, and I don't think anyone would argue" - by dyingtolive (1393037) on Monday January 07, @12:33PM (#42506715)
It makes sense is why - ESPECIALLY in corporate environs (where the system is NOT the 'end users' to play with, but rather, to merely use as a tool for working).
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Now, on what you & other repliers SEEM to have missed that I did cover!
(Unless I somehow didn't express myself well? I do 'cover the end user' - see quote of my words next below from the post you replied to):
"* E.G.-> It'd be a LOT simpler for say, a home user all the way up to a network administrator on a HUGE corporate WAN to setup a list of PROVEN & fully vetted/code reviewed allowed apps to run (& all the rest would be disallowed...)" - by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 07, @12:17PM (#42506533)
See subject-line, & that quote of myself, vs your misinterpretation of what I wrote (or perhaps you just missed it)...
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"Really, building your own walled garden of executables from places you trust actually sounds like a pretty clever idea." - by dyingtolive (1393037) on Monday January 07, @12:33PM (#42506715)
I do by programming my own stuff QUITE a lot, even on the note of security (& reliability, performance, privacy & more), ala:
As 1 "example thereof"...
Which leads to another point of yours below in fact ('great minds think alike').
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"It also sounds like Linux repositories with a filemask of 110" - by dyingtolive (1393037) on Monday January 07, @12:33PM (#42506715)
OR like Apple's "walled garden" or what MS is doing here in this article... think about it!
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"Or maybe using a host file instead of DNS.
Per the app above? BIG fan of custom hosts files here, but... & again - 'great minds think alike'!
HOWEVER:
I don't use hosts to resolve EVERY host-domain name to IP address online - that'd be impractical, & make me use a DNS of my own, with my own DNSBL in it!
(I do however, 'hardcode' in 20 of my favorite sites I spend a good 95% of my time online @ for reliability vs. DNS failure & faster resolutions into my custom hosts file for the reasons I just noted...).
HOWEVER ALSO:
Ontop of benefits custom hosts files yield (including overcoming some issues in DNS, like failure or redirection poisoning) - I also use DNS servers - albeit SPECIAL FILTERED ONES vs. malware &
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Dear AC troll: A challenge for you... apk
On this constant 'harassment' & stalking of myself regarding host files - Well, tell you what:
Disprove the things I list that a custom hosts file can do for end users of them on a myriad of levels to good effect for them I enumerate here:
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++:
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You do THAT?
Then, you'll have made a SOLID point - for once!
However, I absolutely KNOW you cannot, & it's also quite obvious I've trashed you before on this very challenge as well!
APK
P.S.-> I know you can't & you've probably tried to before & FAILED... thus? It explains your truly cowardly anonymous trolling posts & 'geek angst' @ your failure to do so!
Since IF you did so as your registered 'luser' account here, you KNOW I'd "toss it back in your face" as to the times I've burned YOU, on THIS VERY CHALLENGE, before...
(You know it, I KNOW IT, & anyone else reading would too, based on your reprehensible behavior now & other times you've done this stalking of myself this way on this website forums)...
... apk
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I'll make the same challenge to ANY ac troll
"Rinse, Lather, & Repeat" -> http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3355839&cid=42467837
FACT: So far, in my 8++ yrs. around here? There isn't a SINGLE ONE OF YOU that's managed to disprove the list of points I wrote enumerated in the link below, as to what custom hosts files can do that's GOOD on a number of levels, for end users of them:
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++:
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* When you can manage to disprove that custom hosts file usage does ALL of those points for end users of them? THEN, you've made a point... otherwise?
LMAO @ U!
APK
P.S.=> Since you'd be just another AC troll (who has a registered 'luser' account but that I've dusted before on this very topic many times no doubt & you don't want those previous defeats tossed back in your face again, by "yours truly" on this very subject)...
... apk
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You're obviously an off topic troll
Who has no clue on making parameterized queries you pass to stored procedures DB server side then via a bound variable, to help stall SQL Injection based attacks...
* Grow up troll, & get on topic... & quit 'stalking' me - thank you!
APK
P.S.=> This constant 'harassment' & stalking of myself regarding host files though?
Well, tell you what - you disprove the things I list that a custom hosts file can do for end users of them on a myriad of levels to good effect for them:
As they are listed right there, enumerated?
Then, you'll have made a SOLID point - for once!
However, I absolutely KNOW you cannot, & it's also quite obvious I've trashed you before on this very challenge as well!
(Thus, your truly cowardly anonymous trolling posts - IF you did so as your registered 'luser' account here, you KNOW I'd "toss it back in your face" as to the times I've burned YOU, on THIS VERY CHALLENGE, before... you know it, I KNOW IT, & anyone else reading would too, based on your reprehensible behavior now & other times you've done this stalking of myself this way on this website forums)...
... apk
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LMAO - you did it to YOURSELF admitting you troll
ME, in this very exchange... & I am not stupid lady! Nobody's THAT damn dumb!
"This all started because I completely disagreed about the use of HOSTs as compared to Adblock or similar, and you started personally insulting someone I know." - by webmistressrachel (903577) on Tuesday January 01, @10:54PM (#42447549)
Yea? She LIBELLED me in MANY ways (shall I post that too), trying to ruin my rep saying "I live with my mommy, and I never worked professinally in computing" hell... I've worked for MORE Fortune 100-500 than she has, I dusted her on TONS of computing tech debates, and I did not START IT... she, did!
She worked for SIEMENS? You tell her I think SHE is the reason they have been exploited so badly in SCADA then if you speak to her agian (lol). How's that? You like apples?? How do you like THEM apples???
Quoting a film hero of mine, an auto-didact in "Good Will Hunting" because he comes outta the same working class background, bogus violent neighborhoods I do, & more...we're MUCH alike.
Ah, anyhow/anyways:
(And unlike MOST of you fucking cowards, I don't "hide" behind some nickname/alias/handle, I put myself RIGHT OUT THERE, because hiding as you do? You will NEVER be able to prove you did anything worthwhile or attach it to your REAL NAME... but, first, you have to have DONE what I have... therein "lies the difference" and you certainly can't show you have either... fail, Fail, FAIL vs. me, everytime on every level).
Just like Barbara Hudson did... massively, 100's of times, despite her 'alleged technical guru' status here... lol, to that!
She's RAN & is gone with the dawn!
NOW, another challenge on that note to YOU again (you'll fail it, & I know it, hundreds here have... heck, even TenebrousEdge who is pretty well techincally versed, recently -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3350243&cid=42445065 where I SHOT SO MANY "HOLES" into his rigged 'test'? He won't even answer & face it... he tried in email, but that backfired on him too, yet again).
GET THIS THRU YOUR HEAD: I've knocked KNOWN bigtime PhD's in the art & science of computing on their asses... think
A man's MIGHT is judged by the strength of his enemies... I had better find BETTER enemies then.
Anyhow, disprove the points about hosts that my little program illustrates enumerated there -> http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74
They're there, short & sweet, in summation... good luck - you'll NEED IT...
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"You're one evil, uncaring guy, apk." -
Illogical off topic ad hominem attacks... oh, yes - the "last resort" of the stalking ac troll & all trolls, vs. facts & challenges they CANNOT meet or defeat.
Keep proving my points for me... you make ME, look GOOD (thanks!).
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"Security tools = positive change?" - by webmistressrachel (903577) on Tuesday January 01, @10:54PM (#42447549)
In an art & science CHANGING THE WORLD? Absolutely... it's where I operate the BEST, since I have a good set of fundamentals, & DECADES around it... I can think of NO BETTER BATTLEGROUND for me, to fight on, for "positive change" that is of SERVICE TO OTHERS, & great aid vs. a very large threat (to your money & personal information).
That's all... have you done more on that VERY front? Have you done more on the other fronts
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Pascal is STILL great (the best imo)... apk
Specifically Borland/Embarcadero Delphi (Object Pascal) -> http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74 which THAT PROGRAM was created in!
E.G.-> If you look @ the list of what it can DO for an end user of it, listed there in the link, & from only a 600++k (32-bit version) or 800++k (64-bit version) of it, vs. its competitors like it that are 2-4 times its size no less & iirc, use things like SQLite, whereas I wrote all my functions by hand to do the same & MORE in a tinier single file multithreaded non-runtime interpreted 'stand-alone' executable?
You'll appreciate it more... perhaps even MORESO, for what's in my 'p.s.' below that I discovered 15++ yrs. ago & it became my FAVORITE tool to use for development (when I was a HUGE Microsoft Visual Studio guy (MSVC++ & MSVB before it)).
(Competitors were also created AFTER I wrote mine no less, years later that still don't do as much mind you)? You "get the picture"... it's a testimonial/testament of the POWER of Object-Pascal!)
* Especially since Borland Delphi 3/5/7 in the 32-bit world initially helped me create that program that has MYRIAD BENEFITS to end users of it, on many levels (builds I kept to myself in 32-bit, circa late 2003/2005/2008 iirc), & also NUMEROUS other apps I & others wrote too, did well using Pascal!
I have done others that have done well over time in commercially sold software, freeware/shareware, & things that helped me do well in trade shows in the art & science of computing (like MS Tech Ed) too - written in Pascal in Windows via Delphi - I only continued on using it in 64-bit above as well via RAD studio by Embarcadero (Delphi XE2 & C++ Builder) in the 64-bit world lately as well, since it's "all that" & THAT good (see below, again - you WILL find it useful perhaps in posts on Pascal & interesting as well, if not ENLIGHTENING - it was to me, & took me from other languages, as favorite at least)...
APK
P.S.=> I.E.-> It's the BEST of C++ & VB really, in 1 box... & early on, it was KNOWN as the "VB KILLER"... how/why?
This test resultset from (of all places) "VBPJ" (Visual Basic Programmer's Journal) issue Sept./Oct. 1997 "Inside the VB5 Compiler"...
Back circa 1997, I was a BIG fan of coding with Visual Studio... especially MSVC++ &/or VB.
I run into a review in VBPJ, of all places (Visual Basic Programmer's Journal) Sept./Oct. 1997 issue "Inside the VB Compiler", a competing trade rag no less & one that was QUITE respected!
Then?
There, I saw Borland Delphi LITERALLY "knock-the-chocolate" outta MS' offerings, overall, in performance...
How much so?
Ok (& this IS what I took to mgt.):
In the 6 tests given, Delphi won the majority (overwhelmingly in fact, in what ALL PROGRAMS DO, math & strings work)...
Specifics below (the most important, overall? Again - imo @ least - What they ALL do - math & strings!):
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STRING SUITE:
Delphi =
MSVC++ =
MSVB = 4.091ms---
MATH SUITE:
Delphi = 1.523ms
MSVC++ = 2.890ms
MSVB = 7.071ms* AGAIN - note what I said above? Even while I was a HUGE fan of MS' Visual Studio?? I couldn't "argue with the numbers" here, & gravitated towards a BETTER coding environs in Delphi, by far, for performance alone!
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API GRAPHICS METHODS SUITE:
Delphi =
MSVC++ =
MSVB = 292---
TEXTBOX FORM LOADING SUITE:
MSVC++ =
Delphi -
Agreed 110% with example of inspiration
As well as results academically + athletically too (from the fundamentals comics gave me) -> http://entertainment.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3347977&cid=42425967
ABSOLUTELY AGREED #1 of 2 - changed for the BETTER, forever:
"Stan, you are a force of nature, and the people's lives you've so willingly touched are changed forever. I know I was, and I know that I love this fellow we call Stan Lee. I wish him all the best now, and in the next phase of his existence" - by markstrelecki (1378435) on Sunday December 30, @02:49AM (#42424945) Homepage
Yes, absolutely - they inspired me @ a fundamental level both academically & believe-it-or-not, athletically also, with "proofs thereof" in the links below as well!
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ABSOLUTELY AGREED #2 of 2 - changed for the BETTER, forever:
"Stan showed me that being creative and passionate is the duty of the intelligent mind, and in his honor I will always say "Excelsior!" MARK STRELECKI Atlanta, GA. USA" - by markstrelecki (1378435) on Sunday December 30, @02:49AM (#42424945) Homepage
Agreed #2 - Since when the malware 'explosion' started 'hitting' bad, 2008 onwards? I re-released this security guide for Windows users, MUCH upgraded (& said it was folks' "IRON MAN ARMOR" online per the great film starring Robert Downey Jr. -> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&tbo=d&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%22HOW+TO+SECURE+Windows+2000/XP%22&btnG=Submit&gbv=1&sei=lF_gULeDA-nO0QHFmoDYAw
(MAINLY to "do the right thing" - which is WHAT comics instill in you 'morally' I felt @ least)...
Then also?
Last year, this as well -> http://start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5851:apk-hosts-file-engine-64bit-version&catid=26:64bit-security-software&Itemid=74
(As folks' "Captain America Shield" online, more-or-less, for lack of a better analogy here, after seeing the excellent film "Captain America: The First Avenger" - just to supplement the security guide above & make the end result output EASY to acquire & build for them - ALL for better speed, reliability, SECURITY MOST OF ALL, & lots more also... )
The films "Captain America", "Iron Man", & "The Avengers" helped 'reinspire me' to re-enter the freeware software circuit again (after a 7++ yr. absence thereof)...
Mainly since things are getting SO bad online with exploits galore, & because of comics? Yes, because of them early on, I have the ability to hopefully help change them to a degree, & hopefully, for the better (and comics provided the means @ a fundamental level, to get to where I had to be, to acquire the ability to do so).
They also helped me morally as well. They are about "doing the right thing" largely, in their tales!
APK
P.S.=> Yes, Comics inspired me as a both & helped me academically, HUGELY, & even athletically... even morally (since to get them, I had to bicycle MANY miles to do so, along with candy too of course, lol)...
... apk