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Back to the topic & reality, ac trolls (lol)
Illogical off topic failing ad hominem attack attempts? Instead of disproving my points on hosts files which none of you could ever do on your best day in this existence??
Priceless...
The ones here http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41048439
???
You know - That give free multiple level excellent benefits & results, immediately noticeable ones listed below, to end users of them in:
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1.) Speed
2.) Security
3.) Reliability
4.) Anonymity*... And far, Far, FAR more...?
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Especially via this creation of mine -> 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 [start64.com]
Ahem: Your evading that challenge constantly shows the intelligence & skill level in question here, & it certainly isn't mine: I have excellently working practical results...
You clearly, do not.
(However - your evasions? Heh - that's JUST THE WAY I LIKE YOU REACTING though, it's better than blowing away naysayers, of which I have thusfar of around 5 from the very challenge I gave you, below... nothing like getting a GOOD EVASION from ac trolls, lol! Not in my book...)
APK
P.S.=> Back to the topic, trolls! Disprove my points on custom hosts files' beneifits -> "Is there no one else?" -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41048439
... apk
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Back to the topic & reality, ac trolls (lol)
Illogical off topic failing ad hominem attack attempts? Instead of disproving my points on hosts files which none of you could ever do on your best day in this existence??
Priceless...
The ones here http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41048439
???
You know - That give free multiple level excellent benefits & results, immediately noticeable ones listed below, to end users of them in:
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1.) Speed
2.) Security
3.) Reliability
4.) Anonymity*... And far, Far, FAR more...?
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Especially via this creation of mine -> 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 [start64.com]
Ahem: Your evading that challenge constantly shows the intelligence & skill level in question here, & it certainly isn't mine: I have excellently working practical results...
You clearly, do not.
(Oh - If you care to explain what you *THINK* Big O has to do with my hosts file being 'bad', I'd like to hear how so?)
APK
P.S.=> Back to the topic, trolls! Disprove my points on custom hosts files' beneifits -> "Is there no one else?" -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41048439
... apk
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Back to the topic, & reality, trolls (lol)...
Illogical off topic failing ad hominem attack attempts?
Instead of disproving my points on hosts files??
The ones here http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41048439
???
You know - That give free multiple level excellent benefits & results, immediately noticeable ones listed below, to end users of them in:
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1.) Speed
2.) Security
3.) Reliability
4.) Anonymity*... And far, Far, FAR more...?
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Especially via this creation of mine -> 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
Your evading that challenge constantly shows the intelligence & skill level in question here, & it certainly isn't mine: I have excellently working practical results...
You clearly, do not.
(Oh - If you care to explain what you *THINK* Big O has to do with my hosts file being 'bad', I'd like to hear how so?)
APK
P.S.=> Back to the topic, trolls! Disprove my points on custom hosts files' beneifits -> "Is there no one else?" -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41048439
... apk
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Back to the topic, & reality, trolls (lol)...
Illogical off topic failing ad hominem attack attempts?
Instead of disproving my points on hosts files here http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41048439
You know - Giving free multiple level excellent benefits & results, immediately noticeable ones listed below, to end users of them in from here in:
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1.) Speed
2.) Security
3.) Reliability
4.) Anonymity*... And far, Far, FAR more...?
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Especially via this creation of mine -> 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
YOU FAIL
You know it, I know it, everyone/anyone reading knows it.
(That's actually just the way I like it too, seeing you "run, forrest: run!!!"... nothing like getting a GOOD evasion out of trolls, lol...)
APK
P.S.=> Back to the topic, trolls! Disprove my points on custom hosts files' beneifits -> "Is there no one else?" -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41048439
... apk
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Back to the topic, & reality, trolls... lol! a
Illogical off topic failing ad hominem attack attempts?
Instead of disproving my points on hosts files here http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41048439
You know - Giving free multiple level excellent benefits & results, immediately noticeable ones listed below, to end users of them in from here in:
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1.) Speed
2.) Security
3.) Reliability
4.) Anonymity*... And far, Far, FAR more...?
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Especially via this creation of mine -> 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
Your evading that challenge really isn't showing anyone they should hire you for a job!
(In fact, I think you're projecting you don't have one with that little off-topic rant of yours I am replying to, lol!)
APK
P.S.=> Back to the topic, trolls! Disprove my points on custom hosts files' beneifits -> "Is there no one else?" -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41048439
... apk
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Imo @ least? Data Perfection, reigns
I eliminate uncertainty - but not the further possibility of it from my sources (intentional or not, if they chaged things in their site even).
I eliminate it, via redundancy & safety for 100% absolutely assured accuracy in the "convert & filter" stage, longest of all, but you MAY be able to get away with it (I did just now on a partial import, 100% clearn data), & for what it filters out, & being safe/sure - my posts lists it when I post about the app in the details section.
* Speed's nice - but, in matters of a datafile (the end goal here), it's garbage in/garbage out is a no-no! THE Absolute "no-no"...
(Again - Making the file perfect IS the goal, above all else... data sanity. My program -> 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 does that when run WITH Convert & Filter, rather than without - then, it gets done well under 2 minutes time)
APK
P.S.=> I am only reiterating now, what I said before: To assure 100% absolute perfection of the output, even to efficiency 100% no fat all business hosts file, you do the Convert & Filter, 10 minutes of your time. For 98%++ or better? Get done under 2 minutes time tops, & Import + Normalize/Deduplicate & save via rightclick on output screen...
... apk
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Downmods hiding you BLEW IT, LordLimecat?
Here http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41066165 and here too http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41054899
* The "wannabe admin" LordLimecat BLEW IT on gpedit (group policies) ability to parse autoexec &/or logon scripts to migrate ANY FILE, including hosts, from a central location - AND, if you want more current updates? Taskscheduler can do that too...
(Of course, there's also this that I created that can do the same, AND, make the centrally located pristine fresh nomalized/deduplicated uniform entries sorted copy in the 1st place 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 )
APK
P.S.=> The latter one in my program? That's 1 thing the "armchair admin" (since LordLimecat called anyone who uses a custom host file that, & ended up with "egg on his face" blowing it on "things networking" above) will NEVER be able to do, since face 1 simple fact: Admins/techs? They're JUST USERS WITH A BETTER PASSWORD & merely "use" what coders like myself CREATE FOR THEM TO USE... period/fact!
... apk
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2 members of the security community
Say QUITE otherwise:
#1 - The malwarebytes/hpHosts site admin a person/site in the security community's hosting it (Mr. Steven Burn, a competent coder in his own right), said it's "excellent" in fact and has seen its code too... Write him yourselves should anyone doubt any of this -> services@it-mate.co.uk , or see his site @ http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download
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#2 - A Mr. Henry Hertz Hobbitt of securemecca.org &/or hostsfile.org http://hostsfile.org/hosts.html can also verify that this program is safe - write him @ -> hhhobbit@securemecca.com
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* My program's good enough in both 32-bit & 64-bit GUI code to be featured on their websites... & in 1 case, complimented as excellent (by email).
APK
P.S.=> Like I said before: Where's YOURS, vs. MINE (which actually exists in easy-to-use GUI form -> 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 ) ?
... apk
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Python's WEAK compared to C/C++ & Delphi
Try THIS on for size, since it's ALL about the topic @ hand (I program in LITERALLY around a dozen languages by the by... do you?):
* When an ac trolling nobody like YOU (lol) can manage to show me he's put out a GUI program like that, that has no runtime lib dependencies & folks in the security community are hosting it for you? Get back to us then... talker!
(I used Python & learned it, literally, in about 2-3 days time to help my nephew put in errtrapping, multithreaded design, & some niceties in its "commandline interface" - but, do I *think* it's better or more capable than the languages in my subject-line above? Hell no... lol, no way!)
APK
P.S.=> Of course, when YOU can show us you've done MORE, better, & EARLIER than I have in the art & science of computing than I did in this ONLY PARTIAL list of my favorites:
"My Name is Ozymandias: King of Kings - Look upon my works, ye mighty, & DESPAIR..."
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Windows NT Magazine (now Windows IT Pro) April 1997 "BACK OFFICE PERFORMANCE" issue, page 61
(&, for work done for EEC Systems/SuperSpeed.com on PAID CONTRACT (writing portions of their SuperCache program increasing its performance by up to 40% via my work) albeit, for their SuperDisk & HOW TO APPLY IT, took them to a finalist position @ MS Tech Ed, two years in a row 2000-2002, in its HARDEST CATEGORY: SQLServer Performance Enhancement).
WINDOWS MAGAZINE, 1997, "Top Freeware & Shareware of the Year" issue page 210, #1/first entry in fact (my work is there)
PC-WELT FEB 1998 - page 84, again, my work is featured there
WINDOWS MAGAZINE, WINTER 1998 - page 92, insert section, MUST HAVE WARES, my work is again, there
PC-WELT FEB 1999 - page 83, again, my work is featured there
CHIP Magazine 7/99 - page 100, my work is there
GERMAN PC BOOK, Data Becker publisher "PC Aufrusten und Repairen" 2000, where my work is contained in it
HOT SHAREWARE Numero 46 issue, pg. 54 (PC ware mag from Spain), 2001 my work is there, first one featured, yet again!
Also, a British PC Mag in 2002 for many utilities I wrote, saw it @ BORDERS BOOKS but didn't buy it... by that point, I had moved onto other areas in this field besides coding only...
Being paid for an article that made me money over @ PCPitstop in 2008 for writing up a guide that has people showing NO VIRUSES/SPYWARES & other screwups, via following its point, such as THRONKA sees here -> http://www.xtremepccentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=ee926d913b81bf6d63c3c7372fd2a24c&t=28430&page=3
It's also been myself helping out the folks at the UltraDefrag64 project (a 64-bit defragger for Windows), in showing them code for how to do Process Priority Control @ the GUI usermode/ring 3/rpl 3 level in their program (good one too), & being credited for it by their lead dev & his team... see here -> http://ultradefrag.sourceforge.net/handbook/Credits.html or here http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2993462&group_id=199532&atid=969873
AND lastly: http://g-off.net/software/a-python-repeatable-threadingtimer-class where I got other programmer's work WORKING RIGHT (in PyThon no less, which I
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Taking GREAT pleasure in dismantling you
"First, if you are doing your web filtering on the workstation, you are doing it badly, badly wrong." - by LordLimecat (1103839) on Sunday August 19, @06:07PM (#41048843)
You're dumb then - "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" is the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. the online mess with malware in general out there... period!
(That's a fundamentally KNOWN thing stupid... & IF you aren't protecting @ THE ENDPOINTS like workstations wioth as much as you can, including custom hosts as yet another layer of defense? You're dumb - period!)
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"Third, there are about a zillion better ways to accomplish blocking than using a HOSTS file." - by LordLimecat (1103839) on Sunday August 19, @06:07PM (#41048843)
Oh, really? Like what?? DNS??? Tons of FAULTS in it, see here (32 of them I listed, & there are more, that's only partial):
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41048439
Care to disprove all of its points in favor of custom hosts files for not only layered security, but also speed gains on 2 levels, reliability vs. DNS shortcomings, & those of AdBlock too & more?
GO FOR IT - I'll tear you in 1/2 easily...
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"Its basically a kludge from bygone days before DNS, and for 99% of use cases where you might think "I can use a HOSTS file for that", there are far better methods-- or else the thing you are trying to do is retarded." - by LordLimecat (1103839) on Sunday August 19, @06:07PM (#41048843)
See above - you're apparently telling people that securing @ network endpoints like workstations is dumb... you're DUMB if you believe that stupid!
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"Second, HOSTS is not somethin that is easily maintained or modified." - by LordLimecat (1103839) on Sunday August 19, @06:07PM (#41048843)
WTF? Are you stupid or what??
See these methods you wannabe stooge:
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GpEdit group policies allow:
1.) Parsing of autoexec
2.) Paring & using a logon script
BOTH can copy over a FRESH clean copy of a hosts file for layered security protection vs known online threats!
(Also giving a user more speed, reliability vs. DNS poisoning via hardcodes of favorite, above & beyond blocking adbanners that have been SHOWN to house malicious content many times and slow you down otherwise eating up power, cpu cycles, RAM, & other forms of I/O also).
3.) You could also setup taskscheduler to do the same periodically copying from a central location on a network for clean new fresh updated custom hosts files.
4.) Creating them & putting new fresh clean updated hosts files in a central LAN or WAN location for purposes of the above?
GUI Easy (both in 32-bit & 64-bit form by YOURS truly):
For those of you that run Microsoft Windows 32 or 64 bit? An automated hosts file creation & mgt. program:
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Screenshot -> http://start64.com/images/win64/security/apk-hosts-file-engine-1.png
&
Download Site #1 -> 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
or
Download Site #2 -> http://securemecca.com/public/APKHostsFileInstaller/2012_06_01/APKHostsFileEngineInstaller32_64bit.exe.zip
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INSTALLATION:
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Taking GREAT pleasure in dismantling you
"First, if you are doing your web filtering on the workstation, you are doing it badly, badly wrong." - by LordLimecat (1103839) on Sunday August 19, @06:07PM (#41048843)
You're dumb then - "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" is the BEST THING WE HAVE GOING vs. the online mess with malware in general out there... period!
(That's a fundamentally KNOWN thing stupid... & IF you aren't protecting @ THE ENDPOINTS like workstations wioth as much as you can, including custom hosts as yet another layer of defense? You're dumb - period!)
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"Third, there are about a zillion better ways to accomplish blocking than using a HOSTS file." - by LordLimecat (1103839) on Sunday August 19, @06:07PM (#41048843)
Oh, really? Like what?? DNS??? Tons of FAULTS in it, see here (32 of them I listed, & there are more, that's only partial):
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41048439
Care to disprove all of its points in favor of custom hosts files for not only layered security, but also speed gains on 2 levels, reliability vs. DNS shortcomings, & those of AdBlock too & more?
GO FOR IT - I'll tear you in 1/2 easily...
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"Its basically a kludge from bygone days before DNS, and for 99% of use cases where you might think "I can use a HOSTS file for that", there are far better methods-- or else the thing you are trying to do is retarded." - by LordLimecat (1103839) on Sunday August 19, @06:07PM (#41048843)
See above - you're apparently telling people that securing @ network endpoints like workstations is dumb... you're DUMB if you believe that stupid!
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"Second, HOSTS is not somethin that is easily maintained or modified." - by LordLimecat (1103839) on Sunday August 19, @06:07PM (#41048843)
WTF? Are you stupid or what??
See these methods you wannabe stooge:
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GpEdit group policies allow:
1.) Parsing of autoexec
2.) Paring & using a logon script
BOTH can copy over a FRESH clean copy of a hosts file for layered security protection vs known online threats!
(Also giving a user more speed, reliability vs. DNS poisoning via hardcodes of favorite, above & beyond blocking adbanners that have been SHOWN to house malicious content many times and slow you down otherwise eating up power, cpu cycles, RAM, & other forms of I/O also).
3.) You could also setup taskscheduler to do the same periodically copying from a central location on a network for clean new fresh updated custom hosts files.
4.) Creating them & putting new fresh clean updated hosts files in a central LAN or WAN location for purposes of the above?
GUI Easy (both in 32-bit & 64-bit form by YOURS truly):
For those of you that run Microsoft Windows 32 or 64 bit? An automated hosts file creation & mgt. program:
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APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Screenshot -> http://start64.com/images/win64/security/apk-hosts-file-engine-1.png
&
Download Site #1 -> 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
or
Download Site #2 -> http://securemecca.com/public/APKHostsFileInstaller/2012_06_01/APKHostsFileEngineInstaller32_64bit.exe.zip
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INSTALLATION:
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Re:Just did a TOTAL run (11 minutes)... apk
Holy accurate data batman and easy to use GUI too. Beat that with a stick & disprove all of these points in favor of custom hosts files:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41048439
* Good luck - nobody here or elsewhere, ever has...
APK
P.S.=> Also, when YOU have managed to create by hand a better easily used GUI driven solution like mine here:
Get back to me then (on the "12th of never" & "when the hand on the clock strikes 13", lol)...
... apk
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Agreed, & not agreed (how/when/where/why)
You want to read this:
"Hosts was never meant to be used for blocking sites, but it works well enough as a consequence and the behaviour should be left alone. Whatever the user puts in there, should work as intended. I don't fucking CARE that it's used for malware. Fight malware in other ways." - by TheRealGrogan (1660825) on Sunday August 19, @11:45PM (#41050749)
First - PLEASE READ THIS IN ITS ENTIRETY you MAY find it "enlightening" as to the value of custom hosts files - get back to me, especially IF you can disprove any of its points:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41048439
Then?
See this app I wrote in both 32-bit & 64-bit form
(Since it can also be used to create a CENTRALLY LOCATED PRISTINE & CLEAN FRESH custom hosts file FOR PROPOGATION ACROSS A NETWORK EVEN, easily, via GpEdit, taskscheduler, or other native tools to the OS, in this case, Windows):
How/When/Where/How/Why per my subject-line above on LAN/WAN environs even for these gains - I.E.-> Custom hosts files gain me the following benefits (A short summary of where custom hosts files can be extremely useful):
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1.) Blocking out malware/malscripted sites
2.) Blocking out Known sites-servers/hosts-domains that are known to serve up malware
3.) Blocking out Bogus DNS servers malware makers use
4.) Blocking out Botnet C&C servers
5.) Blocking out Bogus adbanners that are full of malicious script content
6.) Getting you back speed/bandwidth you paid for by blocking out adbanners + hardcoding in your favorite sites (faster than remote DNS server resolution)
7.) Added reliability (vs. downed or misdirect/poisoned DNS servers).
8.) Added "anonymity" (to an extent, vs. DNS request logs)
9.) The ability to bypass DNSBL's (DNS block lists you may not agree with).
10.) More screen "real estate" (since no more adbanners appear onscreen eating up CPU, Memory, & other forms of I/O + electricity too - bonus!)
11.) Truly UNIVERSAL PROTECTION (since any OS, even on smartphones, usually has a BSD drived IP stack).
12.) Faster & MORE EFFICIENT operation vs. browser plugins (which "layer on" ontop of Ring 3/RPL 3/usermode browsers - whereas the hosts file operates @ the Ring 0/RPL 0/Kernelmode of operation (far faster) as a filter for the IP stack itself...)
13.) Blocking out TRACKERS
14.) Custom hosts files work on ANY & ALL webbound apps (browser plugins do not).
15.) Custom hosts files offer a better, faster, more efficient way, & safer way to surf the web & are COMPLETELY controlled by the end-user of them.---
As I noted earlier - also using it on networks? Cake!
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A.) Install & run it
B.) Do updating the hosts file from a PRISTINE fresh import (to a CENTRAL location on a LAN/WAN too, via these methods) of blocking data vs. malware & malicious content, botnet C&C servers, bogus DNS servers, phishing/spamming sources, trackers, adbanners & more, as often as you like:
C.) Then, lastly - On said network via native to OS tools for network-wide propogation of fresh clean updated hosts files that program yields IF you only installed it on a "central server" for clean hosts for all nodes/workstations/servers:
I.E.-> Centrally managed hosts files? Easy as pie via logons scripts, or parse of autoexec in Windows @ bootup via GPEdit & group policies company-wide!
OR
Using taskscheduler on each workstation/server node periodically
OR of course,
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Well my friend, there IS this though
Using it on networks? Cake!
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A.) Install & run it
B.) Do updating the hosts file from a PRISTINE fresh import (to a CENTRAL location on a LAN/WAN too, via these methods) of blocking data vs. malware & malicious content, botnet C&C servers, bogus DNS servers, phishing/spamming sources, trackers, adbanners & more, as often as you like:
C.) Then, lastly - On said network via native to OS tools for network-wide propogation of fresh clean updated hosts files that program yields IF you only installed it on a "central server" for clean hosts for all nodes/workstations/servers:
I.E.-> Centrally managed hosts files? Easy as pie via logons scripts, or parse of autoexec in Windows @ bootup via GPEdit & group policies company-wide!
OR
Using taskscheduler on each workstation/server node periodically
OR of course, using this app on workstation/server endpoints locally as well as a possible.
(Take your pick!)
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Below - I list a TON of DNS faults below, you know of them from it, and hosts actually COMPLIMENT & OVERCOME them
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1.) Power usage on DNS software on same system OR especially separate machines
2.) Host-domain resolves being faster than calling out to remote DNS servers for hardcoded favorites (hdd or ssd access/seek is far faster locally too)
3.) No separate "layered on" added stuff over the IP stack IN Ring 0/RPL 0/kernelmode like firewalls or DNS programs do, since hosts are only a FILTER for the IP stack & good layered security/defense in depth!
4.) No separate "layered on" added stuff over the browser addons like AdBlock or even IE TPL's IN Ring 3/RPL 3/usermode like adblock, since hosts are only a FILTER for the IP stack & good layered security/defense in depth!
5.) Reliability vs. recursive DNS servers setups in faults driven by DNS poisoning attacks (hardcodes of hosts file records of your favorite sites do that).
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( & more... FAR more, see below - it compliments & overcomes issues in firewalls, adblock, DNS servers + works with them, transparently/seamlessly/smoothly @ the MOST efficient layer possible - the IP stack itself!)
The speedup part hardcoding in favorites (which also aids reliability) is there too!
Simply by blocking out ad banners (which you KNOW have been infested more than a few times the past few years, partial list's below, & also CPU, RAM, & other forms of I/O killers as well as screen realestate stealers, etc. & more... see next list):
I.E.-> Custom hosts files gain me the following benefits (A short summary of where custom hosts files can be extremely useful):
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1.) Blocking out malware/malscripted sites
2.) Blocking out Known sites-servers/hosts-domains that are known to serve up malware
3.) Blocking out Bogus DNS servers malware makers use
4.) Blocking out Botnet C&C servers
5.) Blocking out Bogus adbanners that are full of malicious script content
6.) Getting you back speed/bandwidth you paid for by blocking out adbanners + hardcoding in your favorite sites (faster than remote DNS server resolution)
7.) Added reliability (vs. downed or misdirect/poisoned DNS servers).
8.) Added "anonymity" (to an extent, vs. DNS request logs)
9.) The ability to bypass DNSBL's (DNS block lists you may not agree with).
10.) More screen "real estate" (since no more adbanners appear onscreen eating up CPU, Memory, & other forms of I/O + electricity too - bonus!)
11.) Truly UNIVERSAL PROTECTION (since any OS, even on smartphones, usually has a BSD drived IP stack).
12.) Faster & MORE -
THIS "neuters that" easily
By updating the hosts file from a PRISTINE fresh import (from a CENTRAL location on a LAN/WAN too, via these methosd) of blocking data vs. malware & malicious content, botnet C&C servers, bogus DNS servers, phishing/spamming sources, trackers, adbanners & more, as often as you like:
There's other methods also, via native to OS tools for network-wide propogation of fresh clean updated hosts files that program yields IF you only installed it on a "central server" for clean hosts for all nodes/workstations/servers:
I.E.-> Centrally managed hosts files? Easy as pie via logons scripts, or parse of autoexec in Windows @ bootup via GPEdit & group policies company-wide!
OR
Using taskscheduler on each workstation/server node periodically
APK
P.S.=> There you go... it all works, GUI easily from my app, all the way out to any endpoint PC/Server on a LAN/WAN even... often as you like & CLEAN/FRESH too! apk
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Easy to do (learn your networking)
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41049013
&/or this method:
http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3058625&cid=41054663
APK
P.S.=> I.E.-> Centrally managed hosts files? Easy as pie via logons scripts, or parse of autoexec in Windows @ bootup via GPEdit & group policies company-wide!
OR
Using taskscheduler on each workstation/server node periodically
OR
Using this app I wrote for hosts file mgt. via an easy to use GUI that's BOTH 32 & 64-bit code -> 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
Each way works, & mine? GUI easy for end users no less... apk
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That's with native OS tools @ login
It could be added to Windows task scheduler too as often as one likes using native facilities in the OS doing what I said also... always MORE than 1 way to skin a cat!
OR
You can use my application "APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++" on workstations nodes for example, & do it as often as you like really:
* Either way, works...
APK
P.S.=> "NEXT"... lol!
... apk
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Just did a TOTAL run (11 minutes)... apk
For deduplication/normalization over its usual intake of fresh/new records. Doing it now, so might as well give you the breakdown of its process run:
Here is the screenshot of each tab noted below so you know where each stage occurs -> http://start64.com/images/win64/security/apk-hosts-file-engine-1.png
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IMPORT = 1 min. 15 seconds
NORMALIZATION/DEDUPLICATION = 15 seconds
CONVERT & FILTER (longest part, touches every record) = 9 minutes
SPEED UP FAVORITE SITES = 20 seconds (I do 20 of them)
SAVE = 10 seconds
---
Over 145,000 new records... around 11 minutes total runtime!
The "convert/filter" stage which gets rid of duplicates, bulk useless data like comments in hosts, and converts to the blocking IP address you want for records (options for the larger/slower 127.0.0.1 or the smaller/faster 0.0.0.0 exist), the sorts them alphabetically on blocking the known bad sites & more...
That's the "time killer" and CPU killer since it's largely string processing (but it's not bad either & most importantly it works!).
* It is extremely accurate too, that's the most important part &, it's "GUI EASY" to use...
(As I leave NO imported data records untouched, & make sure they are all correct, uniform, and deduplicated).
It takes less time, if you don't import in & work on data from sites that haven't updated their data the day you run it (hence the config screen, which is merely a set of checkboxes that tell it to IMPORT (or NOT) from any of the 12 sites it gets data from for custom hosts file creation...
APK
P.S.=> Over 1.8 million records, it's only a bit longer in the normalization/deduplication stage, that sends it up to 10-12 minutes on an Intel Core I7 920 QuadCore CPU running @ 2.67ghz here... apk
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You're welcome, & good news (security sites)
2 are now hosting it -> http://hostsfile.org/hosts.html + http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download , plus Start64.com (an exclusively 64-bit program hosting site only) -> 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
* Thus, so far, so good... she's a "hit" and, with the folks I really wanted to get it to in the 1st place since they have large following out there today (in our world of malware & online exploits galore out there now).
I.E.-> It's a program that has more than just potentials to do folks a LOT of good on several levels...
E.G.-> Especially in:
---
1.) Added/Regained speed/bandwidth
2.) Less electricity consumption vs. competing solutions like DNS + Browser addons like AdBlock (by blocking banners & more)
3.) Added "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" vs. known sites-servers/hosts-domains that are known to serve up malwares (updated every 15 minutes here)
4.) Better reliability (vs. downed or dns poisoned redirected DNS servers)
5.) Protection vs. botnet C&C servers, bogus DNS servers malware makers use, & even better anonymity to an extent (vs. DNSBL's you feel are not right/just).---
& more...
APK
P.S.=> Perhaps one day soon, when Delphi Xe3 hits (which is soon)? I'll "port it" to MacOS X (I can already do THAT via Delphi Xe2), & Linux (used to be able to with Kylix, Borland discontinued it, BUT I could with FreePascal + Lazarus - I'll wait for Delphi Xe3 though)...
Anyhow/anyways - in ANY event?
Well... Enjoy the program, she's a "runner", & thanks for your time (+ patience since the trolls here downmod my posts on hosts files - my guess is many are malware makers themselves is why)
... apk
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Good news (2 more security sites hosting it)
http://hostsfile.org/hosts.html + http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download as well as Start64 (an exclusively 64-bit program hosting site only) -> 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
* So far, so good... she's a "hit"!
One that does folks a LOT of good!
Especially in added speed/bandwidth, less electricity consumption (blocking banners & more), "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" vs. known sites-servers/hosts-domains that are known to serve up malwares (updated every 15 minutes here), better reliability (vs. downed or dns poisoned redirected DNS servers), vs. botnet C&C servers, bogus DNS servers malware makers use, & even better anonymity to an extent (vs. DNSBL's you feel are not right/just).
APK
P.S.=> Perhaps one day soon, when Delphi Xe3 hits (which is soon)? I'll "port it" to MacOS X (I can already do THAT via Delphi Xe2), & Linux (used to be able to with Kylix, Borland discontinued it, BUT I could with FreePascal + Lazarus - I'll wait for Delphi Xe3 though)...
Anyhow/anyways - in ANY event?
Well... Enjoy the program, she's a "runner", & thanks for your time (+ patience since the trolls here downmod my posts on hosts files - my guess is many are malware makers themselves is why)... apk
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Why not? Login script merges'd be easy
GpEdit.msc makes THAT easy, via group policies (either parsing autoexec.bat OR logon scripts to copy over updates of the local custom HOSTS file)!
Then, UAC alone (since most users wouldn't be setup as local machine admins) + write protecting them in scripts'd be SIMPLE too, and would work vs. alterations - combine THAT with DNS filters (DNSBLs)? You have "layered protection"...
Another tool which could be used for custom hosts file central copy purposes that automates collecting the data needed?
Well - Here's one: By "yours truly" that's 100% free, & gains you MANY benefits of doing this (including reduced electricity costs, more speed/bandwidth, & "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" vs. malicious sites-servers + more, see below for enumerated details): It makes the IMPOSSIBLE TASK of deduplication/normalization by hand, possible
Plus, FAR more from 1 single executable self-contained FAST non-interpreted code designed app (automates the entire custom hosts file creation process easily, then the above, would do the rest...):
For those of you that run Microsoft Windows 32 or 64 bit? An automated hosts file creation & mgt. program:
---
APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Screenshot -> http://start64.com/images/win64/security/apk-hosts-file-engine-1.png
&
Download Site #1 -> 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
or
Download Site #2 -> http://securemecca.com/public/APKHostsFileInstaller/2012_06_01/APKHostsFileEngineInstaller32_64bit.exe.zip
---
INSTALLATION:
a.) Extract its sfx installer file from the zipfile
b.) Run the installer from inside ANY folder you like, extracting the executables + datafiles to any folder you wish (usually one you create for it, doesn't matter where, but you MUST run it as administrator for FULL functionality (simple & the "read me" tab shows how easy THAT is to do))
c.) Then, & lastly - Run either the 32-bit OR 64-bit version (rightclick on the executable & set it to run as Administrator, OR, make a shortcut that can for FULL functionality (like write-protecting the hosts file, & more...))---
What's it do for you?
Custom hosts files gain me the following benefits (A short summary of where custom hosts files can be extremely useful):
---
1.) Blocking out malware/malscripted sites
2.) Blocking out Known sites-servers/hosts-domains that are known to serve up malware
3.) Blocking out Bogus DNS servers malware makers use
4.) Blocking out Botnet C&C servers
5.) Blocking out Bogus adbanners that are full of malicious script content
6.) Getting you back speed/bandwidth you paid for by blocking out adbanners + hardcoding in your favorite sites (faster than remote DNS server resolution)
7.) Added reliability (vs. downed or misdirect/poisoned DNS servers).
8.) Added "anonymity" (to an extent, vs. DNS request logs)
9.) The ability to bypass DNSBL's (DNS block lists you may not agree with).
10.) More screen "real estate" (since no more adbanners appear onscreen eating up CPU, Memory, & other forms of I/O + electricity too - bonus!)
11.) Truly UNIVERSAL PROTECTION (since any OS, even on smartphones, usually has a BSD drived IP stack).
12.) Faster & MORE EFFICIENT operation vs. browser plugins (which "layer on" ontop of Ring 3/RPL 3/usermode browsers - whereas the hosts file operates @ the Ring 0/RPL 0/Kernelmode of ope -
Why not? Login script merges'd be easy
GpEdit.msc makes THAT easy, via group policies (either parsing autoexec.bat OR logon scripts to copy over updates of the local custom HOSTS file)!
Then, UAC alone (since most users wouldn't be setup as local machine admins) + write protecting them in scripts'd be SIMPLE too, and would work vs. alterations - combine THAT with DNS filters (DNSBLs)? You have "layered protection"...
Another tool which could be used for custom hosts file central copy purposes that automates collecting the data needed?
Well - Here's one: By "yours truly" that's 100% free, & gains you MANY benefits of doing this (including reduced electricity costs, more speed/bandwidth, & "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" vs. malicious sites-servers + more, see below for enumerated details): It makes the IMPOSSIBLE TASK of deduplication/normalization by hand, possible
Plus, FAR more from 1 single executable self-contained FAST non-interpreted code designed app (automates the entire custom hosts file creation process easily, then the above, would do the rest...):
For those of you that run Microsoft Windows 32 or 64 bit? An automated hosts file creation & mgt. program:
---
APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Screenshot -> http://start64.com/images/win64/security/apk-hosts-file-engine-1.png
&
Download Site #1 -> 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
or
Download Site #2 -> http://securemecca.com/public/APKHostsFileInstaller/2012_06_01/APKHostsFileEngineInstaller32_64bit.exe.zip
---
INSTALLATION:
a.) Extract its sfx installer file from the zipfile
b.) Run the installer from inside ANY folder you like, extracting the executables + datafiles to any folder you wish (usually one you create for it, doesn't matter where, but you MUST run it as administrator for FULL functionality (simple & the "read me" tab shows how easy THAT is to do))
c.) Then, & lastly - Run either the 32-bit OR 64-bit version (rightclick on the executable & set it to run as Administrator, OR, make a shortcut that can for FULL functionality (like write-protecting the hosts file, & more...))---
What's it do for you?
Custom hosts files gain me the following benefits (A short summary of where custom hosts files can be extremely useful):
---
1.) Blocking out malware/malscripted sites
2.) Blocking out Known sites-servers/hosts-domains that are known to serve up malware
3.) Blocking out Bogus DNS servers malware makers use
4.) Blocking out Botnet C&C servers
5.) Blocking out Bogus adbanners that are full of malicious script content
6.) Getting you back speed/bandwidth you paid for by blocking out adbanners + hardcoding in your favorite sites (faster than remote DNS server resolution)
7.) Added reliability (vs. downed or misdirect/poisoned DNS servers).
8.) Added "anonymity" (to an extent, vs. DNS request logs)
9.) The ability to bypass DNSBL's (DNS block lists you may not agree with).
10.) More screen "real estate" (since no more adbanners appear onscreen eating up CPU, Memory, & other forms of I/O + electricity too - bonus!)
11.) Truly UNIVERSAL PROTECTION (since any OS, even on smartphones, usually has a BSD drived IP stack).
12.) Faster & MORE EFFICIENT operation vs. browser plugins (which "layer on" ontop of Ring 3/RPL 3/usermode browsers - whereas the hosts file operates @ the Ring 0/RPL 0/Kernelmode of ope -
Why bother with ads? You don't HAVE to!
For those of you that run Microsoft Windows 32 or 64 bit? An automated hosts file creation & mgt. program:
---
APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Screenshot -> http://start64.com/images/win64/security/apk-hosts-file-engine-1.png
&
Download Site #1 -> 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
or
Download Site #2 -> http://securemecca.com/public/APKHostsFileInstaller/2012_06_01/APKHostsFileEngineInstaller32_64bit.exe.zip
---
INSTALLATION:
a.) Extract its sfx installer file from the zipfile
b.) Run the installer from inside ANY folder you like, extracting the executables + datafiles to any folder you wish (usually one you create for it, doesn't matter where, but you MUST run it as administrator for FULL functionality (simple & the "read me" tab shows how easy THAT is to do))
c.) Then, & lastly - Run either the 32-bit OR 64-bit version (rightclick on the executable & set it to run as Administrator, OR, make a shortcut that can for FULL functionality (like write-protecting the hosts file, & more...))---
What's it do for you?
Custom hosts files gain me the following benefits (A short summary of where custom hosts files can be extremely useful):
---
1.) Blocking out malware/malscripted sites
2.) Blocking out Known sites-servers/hosts-domains that are known to serve up malware
3.) Blocking out Bogus DNS servers malware makers use
4.) Blocking out Botnet C&C servers
5.) Blocking out Bogus adbanners that are full of malicious script content
6.) Getting you back speed/bandwidth you paid for by blocking out adbanners + hardcoding in your favorite sites (faster than remote DNS server resolution)
7.) Added reliability (vs. downed or misdirect/poisoned DNS servers).
8.) Added "anonymity" (to an extent, vs. DNS request logs)
9.) The ability to bypass DNSBL's (DNS block lists you may not agree with).
10.) More screen "real estate" (since no more adbanners appear onscreen eating up CPU, Memory, & other forms of I/O & electricity too - bonus!)
11.) Truly UNIVERSAL PROTECTION (since any OS, even on smartphones, usually has a BSD drived IP stack).
12.) Faster & MORE EFFICIENT operation vs. browser plugins (which "layer on" ontop of Ring 3/RPL 3/usermode browsers - whereas the hosts file operates @ the Ring 0/RPL 0/Kernelmode of operation (far faster) as a filter for the IP stack itself...)
13.) Blocking out TRACKERS
14.) Custom hosts files work on ANY & ALL webbound apps (browser plugins do not).
15.) Custom hosts files offer a better, faster, more efficient way, & safer way to surf the web & are COMPLETELY controlled by the end-user of them.---
* The malwarebytes/hpHosts site admin another person/site hosting it (Mr. Steven Burn, a competent coder in his own right), said it's "excellent" in fact and has seen its code too...
(Write him yourselves should anyone doubt any of this -> services@it-mate.co.uk , or see his site @ http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download )
A Mr. Henry Hertz Hobbitt of securemecca.org &/or hostsfile.org can also verify that this program is safe - write him @ -> hhhobbit@securemecca.com
---
* I told myself (since i built it in late 2003 in version 1.0++ & have rebuilt it 5x since in Borland Delphi 3.0/5.0/7.0 32-bit & currently in
-
Why bother with ads? You don't HAVE to!
For those of you that run Microsoft Windows 32 or 64 bit? An automated hosts file creation & mgt. program:
---
APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Screenshot -> http://start64.com/images/win64/security/apk-hosts-file-engine-1.png
&
Download Site #1 -> 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
or
Download Site #2 -> http://securemecca.com/public/APKHostsFileInstaller/2012_06_01/APKHostsFileEngineInstaller32_64bit.exe.zip
---
INSTALLATION:
a.) Extract its sfx installer file from the zipfile
b.) Run the installer from inside ANY folder you like, extracting the executables + datafiles to any folder you wish (usually one you create for it, doesn't matter where, but you MUST run it as administrator for FULL functionality (simple & the "read me" tab shows how easy THAT is to do))
c.) Then, & lastly - Run either the 32-bit OR 64-bit version (rightclick on the executable & set it to run as Administrator, OR, make a shortcut that can for FULL functionality (like write-protecting the hosts file, & more...))---
What's it do for you?
Custom hosts files gain me the following benefits (A short summary of where custom hosts files can be extremely useful):
---
1.) Blocking out malware/malscripted sites
2.) Blocking out Known sites-servers/hosts-domains that are known to serve up malware
3.) Blocking out Bogus DNS servers malware makers use
4.) Blocking out Botnet C&C servers
5.) Blocking out Bogus adbanners that are full of malicious script content
6.) Getting you back speed/bandwidth you paid for by blocking out adbanners + hardcoding in your favorite sites (faster than remote DNS server resolution)
7.) Added reliability (vs. downed or misdirect/poisoned DNS servers).
8.) Added "anonymity" (to an extent, vs. DNS request logs)
9.) The ability to bypass DNSBL's (DNS block lists you may not agree with).
10.) More screen "real estate" (since no more adbanners appear onscreen eating up CPU, Memory, & other forms of I/O & electricity too - bonus!)
11.) Truly UNIVERSAL PROTECTION (since any OS, even on smartphones, usually has a BSD drived IP stack).
12.) Faster & MORE EFFICIENT operation vs. browser plugins (which "layer on" ontop of Ring 3/RPL 3/usermode browsers - whereas the hosts file operates @ the Ring 0/RPL 0/Kernelmode of operation (far faster) as a filter for the IP stack itself...)
13.) Blocking out TRACKERS
14.) Custom hosts files work on ANY & ALL webbound apps (browser plugins do not).
15.) Custom hosts files offer a better, faster, more efficient way, & safer way to surf the web & are COMPLETELY controlled by the end-user of them.---
* The malwarebytes/hpHosts site admin another person/site hosting it (Mr. Steven Burn, a competent coder in his own right), said it's "excellent" in fact and has seen its code too...
(Write him yourselves should anyone doubt any of this -> services@it-mate.co.uk , or see his site @ http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download )
A Mr. Henry Hertz Hobbitt of securemecca.org &/or hostsfile.org can also verify that this program is safe - write him @ -> hhhobbit@securemecca.com
---
* I told myself (since i built it in late 2003 in version 1.0++ & have rebuilt it 5x since in Borland Delphi 3.0/5.0/7.0 32-bit & currently in
-
I disrupt ALL botnets constantly... apk
See subject-line above: I get a daily listing of their C&C Servers and block them off in my custom hosts file (currently @ 1,800,275++ of KNOWN bad sites-servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious content, &/or botnet C&C servers, as well as bogus DNS servers they use).
For those of you that run Microsoft Windows 32 or 64 bit? An automated hosts file creation & mgt. program:
---
APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Screenshot -> http://start64.com/images/win64/security/apk-hosts-file-engine-1.png
&
Download Site #1 -> 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
or
Download Site #2 -> http://securemecca.com/public/APKHostsFileInstaller/2012_06_01/APKHostsFileEngineInstaller32_64bit.exe.zip
---
INSTALLATION:
a.) Extract its sfx installer file from the zipfile
b.) Run the installer from inside ANY folder you like, extracting the executables + datafiles to any folder you wish (usually one you create for it, doesn't matter where, but you MUST run it as administrator for FULL functionality (simple & the "read me" tab shows how easy THAT is to do))
c.) Then, & lastly - Run either the 32-bit OR 64-bit version (rightclick on the executable & set it to run as Administrator, OR, make a shortcut that can for FULL functionality (like write-protecting the hosts file, & more...))---
What's it do for you?
Custom hosts files gain me the following benefits (A short summary of where custom hosts files can be extremely useful):
---
1.) Blocking out malware/malscripted sites
2.) Blocking out Known sites-servers/hosts-domains that are known to serve up malware
3.) Blocking out Bogus DNS servers malware makers use
4.) Blocking out Botnet C&C servers
5.) Blocking out Bogus adbanners that are full of malicious script content
6.) Getting you back speed/bandwidth you paid for by blocking out adbanners + hardcoding in your favorite sites (faster than remote DNS server resolution)
7.) Added reliability (vs. downed or misdirect/poisoned DNS servers).
8.) Added "anonymity" (to an extent, vs. DNS request logs)
9.) The ability to bypass DNSBL's (DNS block lists you may not agree with).
10.) More screen "real estate" (since no more adbanners appear onscreen eating up CPU, Memory, & other forms of I/O too - bonus!)
11.) Truly UNIVERSAL PROTECTION (since any OS, even on smartphones, usually has a BSD drived IP stack).
12.) Faster & MORE EFFICIENT operation vs. browser plugins (which "layer on" ontop of Ring 3/RPL 3/usermode browsers - whereas the hosts file operates @ the Ring 0/RPL 0/Kernelmode of operation (far faster) as a filter for the IP stack itself...)
13.) Blocking out TRACKERS
14.) Custom hosts files work on ANY & ALL webbound apps (browser plugins do not).
15.) Custom hosts files offer a better, faster, more efficient way, & safer way to surf the web & are COMPLETELY controlled by the end-user of them.---
* The malwarebytes/hpHosts site admin another person/site hosting it (Mr. Steven Burn, a competent coder in his own right), said it's "excellent" in fact and has seen its code too...
(Write him yourselves should anyone doubt any of this -> services@it-mate.co.uk , or see his site @ http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download [hosts-file.net] )
A Mr. Henry Hertz Hobbitt of securemecca.org &/or hostsfile.
-
I disrupt ALL botnets constantly... apk
See subject-line above: I get a daily listing of their C&C Servers and block them off in my custom hosts file (currently @ 1,800,275++ of KNOWN bad sites-servers/hosts-domains that serve up malicious content, &/or botnet C&C servers, as well as bogus DNS servers they use).
For those of you that run Microsoft Windows 32 or 64 bit? An automated hosts file creation & mgt. program:
---
APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Screenshot -> http://start64.com/images/win64/security/apk-hosts-file-engine-1.png
&
Download Site #1 -> 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
or
Download Site #2 -> http://securemecca.com/public/APKHostsFileInstaller/2012_06_01/APKHostsFileEngineInstaller32_64bit.exe.zip
---
INSTALLATION:
a.) Extract its sfx installer file from the zipfile
b.) Run the installer from inside ANY folder you like, extracting the executables + datafiles to any folder you wish (usually one you create for it, doesn't matter where, but you MUST run it as administrator for FULL functionality (simple & the "read me" tab shows how easy THAT is to do))
c.) Then, & lastly - Run either the 32-bit OR 64-bit version (rightclick on the executable & set it to run as Administrator, OR, make a shortcut that can for FULL functionality (like write-protecting the hosts file, & more...))---
What's it do for you?
Custom hosts files gain me the following benefits (A short summary of where custom hosts files can be extremely useful):
---
1.) Blocking out malware/malscripted sites
2.) Blocking out Known sites-servers/hosts-domains that are known to serve up malware
3.) Blocking out Bogus DNS servers malware makers use
4.) Blocking out Botnet C&C servers
5.) Blocking out Bogus adbanners that are full of malicious script content
6.) Getting you back speed/bandwidth you paid for by blocking out adbanners + hardcoding in your favorite sites (faster than remote DNS server resolution)
7.) Added reliability (vs. downed or misdirect/poisoned DNS servers).
8.) Added "anonymity" (to an extent, vs. DNS request logs)
9.) The ability to bypass DNSBL's (DNS block lists you may not agree with).
10.) More screen "real estate" (since no more adbanners appear onscreen eating up CPU, Memory, & other forms of I/O too - bonus!)
11.) Truly UNIVERSAL PROTECTION (since any OS, even on smartphones, usually has a BSD drived IP stack).
12.) Faster & MORE EFFICIENT operation vs. browser plugins (which "layer on" ontop of Ring 3/RPL 3/usermode browsers - whereas the hosts file operates @ the Ring 0/RPL 0/Kernelmode of operation (far faster) as a filter for the IP stack itself...)
13.) Blocking out TRACKERS
14.) Custom hosts files work on ANY & ALL webbound apps (browser plugins do not).
15.) Custom hosts files offer a better, faster, more efficient way, & safer way to surf the web & are COMPLETELY controlled by the end-user of them.---
* The malwarebytes/hpHosts site admin another person/site hosting it (Mr. Steven Burn, a competent coder in his own right), said it's "excellent" in fact and has seen its code too...
(Write him yourselves should anyone doubt any of this -> services@it-mate.co.uk , or see his site @ http://hosts-file.net/?s=Download [hosts-file.net] )
A Mr. Henry Hertz Hobbitt of securemecca.org &/or hostsfile.
-
21++ Advantages of HOSTS files
Over AdBlock (and other browser addons) & DNS Servers.
I use hosts in the following ways (see my 'p.s.' below, in detail, for your reference) to COMPLIMENT & OVERCOME THE PROBLEMS IN DNS & OTHER MECHANISMS, like browser addons (like AdBlock), LARGELY!
Custom hosts files gain me the following benefits (A short summary of where custom hosts files can be extremely useful):
---
1.) Blocking out malware/malscripted sites
2.) Blocking out Known sites-servers/hosts-domains that are known to serve up malware
3.) Blocking out Bogus DNS servers malware makers use
4.) Blocking out Botnet C&C servers
5.) Blocking out Bogus adbanners that are full of malicious script content
6.) Getting you back speed/bandwidth you paid for by blocking out adbanners + hardcoding in your favorite sites (faster than remote DNS server resolution)
7.) Added reliability (vs. downed or misdirect/poisoned DNS servers).
8.) Added "anonymity" (to an extent, vs. DNS request logs)
9.) The ability to bypass DNSBL's (DNS block lists you may not agree with).
10.) More screen "real estate" (since no more adbanners appear onscreen eating up CPU, Memory, & other forms of I/O too - bonus!)
11.) Truly UNIVERSAL PROTECTION (since any OS, even on smartphones, usually has a BSD drived IP stack).
12.) Faster & MORE EFFICIENT operation vs. browser plugins (which "layer on" ontop of Ring 3/RPL 3/usermode browsers - whereas the hosts file operates @ the Ring 0/RPL 0/Kernelmode of operation (far faster) as a filter for the IP stack itself...)
13.) Blocking out TRACKERS
14.) Custom hosts files work on ANY & ALL webbound apps (browser plugins do not).
15.) Custom hosts files offer a better, faster, more efficient way, & safer way to surf the web & are COMPLETELY controlled by the end-user of them.---
* & FAR more... read on below IF you are interested (for detail).
AND, for those of you that run Microsoft Windows 32 or 64 bit? An automated hosts file creation & mgt. program:
or
(You simply extract its sfx installer file, then run the installer, from inside ANY folder you like - extracting the executables + datafiles to any folder you wish (usually one you create for it, doesn't matter where, but you MUST run it as administrator (simple & the "read me" tab shows how easy THAT is to do)), & lastly run either the 32-bit OR 64-bit version!
What's it do for you?
It's a custom hosts file mgt. program that does the following for end users (Calling it "APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++") after it obtains custom hosts file data from 12 of the reputable & reliable sources listed below:
---
1.) Offers massively noticeable increased speed for websurfing via blocking adbanners
2.) Offers increased speed for users fav. sites by hardcoding them into the hosts file for faster IP address-to-host/domain name resolutions (which sites RARELY change their hosting providers, e.g.-> of 250 I do, only 6 have changed since 2006 - & when sites do because they found a less costly hosting provider? Then, they either email notify members, put up warnings on their pages, & do IP warnings & redirectors onto the former IP address range to protect vs. the unscrupulous criminal bidding on that range to buy it to steal from users of say, online banking or shopping sites).
3.) Better "Layered-Security"/"Defense-In-Depth" via blockin
-
I can't get "hit" by these (you all know why)
Krebs specifically notes Citadel &/or Zeus (there's variants like Ice IX too): Per my subject-line above?
I block out their C&C servers + other spreaders of them here via a custom hosts file, & "ZeusTracker" is one of my sources to do so, here -> https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/monitor.php?filter=lastupdated
What makes it EASY for me to do that, along with other sources for that type of information?
This app I wrote up!
For those of you that run Microsoft Windows 32 or 64 bit? An automated hosts file creation & mgt. program:
---
APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Screenshot -> http://start64.com/images/win64/security/apk-hosts-file-engine-1.png
&
Download Site #1 -> 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 [start64.com]
or
Download Site #2 -> http://securemecca.com/public/APKHostsFileInstaller/2012_06_01/APKHostsFileEngineInstaller32_64bit.exe.zip [securemecca.com]
a.) Extract its sfx installer file from the zipfile
b.) Run the installer from inside ANY folder you like, extracting the executables + datafiles to any folder you wish (usually one you create for it, doesn't matter where, but you MUST run it as administrator for FULL functionality (simple & the "read me" tab shows how easy THAT is to do))
c.) Then, & lastly - Run either the 32-bit OR 64-bit version (rightclick on the executable & set it to run as Administrator, OR, make a shortcut that can for FULL functionality (like write-protecting the hosts file, & more...))---
What's it do for you?
It's a custom hosts file mgt. program that does the following for end users after it obtains custom hosts file data from 12 of the reputable & reliable sources listed below:
---
1.) Blocks out malware/malscripted sites
2.) Blocks out Known sites-servers/hosts-domains that are known to serve up malware
3.) Blocks out Bogus DNS servers malware makers use
4.) Blocks out Botnet C&C servers
5.) Blocks out Bogus adbanners that are full of malicious script content
6.) Gets you back speed/bandwidth you paid for by blocking out adbanners + hardcoding in your favorite sites (faster than remote DNS server resolution)
7.) Adds reliability (vs. downed or misdirect/poisoned DNS servers).
8.) Adds "anonymity" (to an extent, vs. DNS request logs)
9.) The ability to bypass DNSBL's (DNS block lists you may not agree with).
10.) More screen "real estate" (since no more adbanners appear onscreen eating up CPU, Memory, & other forms of I/O too - bonus!)
11.) Truly UNIVERSAL PROTECTION (since any OS, even on smartphones, usually has a BSD drived IP stack).
12.) Faster & MORE EFFICIENT operation vs. browser plugins (which "layer on" ontop of Ring 3/RPL 3/usermode browsers - whereas the hosts file operates @ the Ring 0/RPL 0/Kernelmode of operation (far faster) as a filter for the IP stack itself...)
13.) Blocks out TRACKERS
14.) Custom hosts files work on ANY & ALL webbound apps (browser plugins do not).
15.) Custom hosts files offer a better, faster, more efficient way, & safer way to surf the web & are COMPLETELY controlled by the end-user of them.---
& MORE, in roughly 10-15 minutes runtime (on an Intel Core I7 920 Quad/4 core cpu @ 2.67ghz) & faster on faster CPU's (e.g. - Intel Core I7 3960 "extreme" 6-7 core CPUs = 7 minute runtim
-
I can't get "hit" by these (you all know why)
Krebs specifically notes Citadel &/or Zeus (there's variants like Ice IX too): Per my subject-line above?
I block out their C&C servers + other spreaders of them here via a custom hosts file, & "ZeusTracker" is one of my sources to do so, here -> https://zeustracker.abuse.ch/monitor.php?filter=lastupdated
What makes it EASY for me to do that, along with other sources for that type of information?
This app I wrote up!
For those of you that run Microsoft Windows 32 or 64 bit? An automated hosts file creation & mgt. program:
---
APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Screenshot -> http://start64.com/images/win64/security/apk-hosts-file-engine-1.png
&
Download Site #1 -> 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 [start64.com]
or
Download Site #2 -> http://securemecca.com/public/APKHostsFileInstaller/2012_06_01/APKHostsFileEngineInstaller32_64bit.exe.zip [securemecca.com]
a.) Extract its sfx installer file from the zipfile
b.) Run the installer from inside ANY folder you like, extracting the executables + datafiles to any folder you wish (usually one you create for it, doesn't matter where, but you MUST run it as administrator for FULL functionality (simple & the "read me" tab shows how easy THAT is to do))
c.) Then, & lastly - Run either the 32-bit OR 64-bit version (rightclick on the executable & set it to run as Administrator, OR, make a shortcut that can for FULL functionality (like write-protecting the hosts file, & more...))---
What's it do for you?
It's a custom hosts file mgt. program that does the following for end users after it obtains custom hosts file data from 12 of the reputable & reliable sources listed below:
---
1.) Blocks out malware/malscripted sites
2.) Blocks out Known sites-servers/hosts-domains that are known to serve up malware
3.) Blocks out Bogus DNS servers malware makers use
4.) Blocks out Botnet C&C servers
5.) Blocks out Bogus adbanners that are full of malicious script content
6.) Gets you back speed/bandwidth you paid for by blocking out adbanners + hardcoding in your favorite sites (faster than remote DNS server resolution)
7.) Adds reliability (vs. downed or misdirect/poisoned DNS servers).
8.) Adds "anonymity" (to an extent, vs. DNS request logs)
9.) The ability to bypass DNSBL's (DNS block lists you may not agree with).
10.) More screen "real estate" (since no more adbanners appear onscreen eating up CPU, Memory, & other forms of I/O too - bonus!)
11.) Truly UNIVERSAL PROTECTION (since any OS, even on smartphones, usually has a BSD drived IP stack).
12.) Faster & MORE EFFICIENT operation vs. browser plugins (which "layer on" ontop of Ring 3/RPL 3/usermode browsers - whereas the hosts file operates @ the Ring 0/RPL 0/Kernelmode of operation (far faster) as a filter for the IP stack itself...)
13.) Blocks out TRACKERS
14.) Custom hosts files work on ANY & ALL webbound apps (browser plugins do not).
15.) Custom hosts files offer a better, faster, more efficient way, & safer way to surf the web & are COMPLETELY controlled by the end-user of them.---
& MORE, in roughly 10-15 minutes runtime (on an Intel Core I7 920 Quad/4 core cpu @ 2.67ghz) & faster on faster CPU's (e.g. - Intel Core I7 3960 "extreme" 6-7 core CPUs = 7 minute runtim
-
Good point on NoScript... apk
"So in other words, it's a torrent site? Sketchy, dangerous, and exploit-running ads are a staple of torrent sites, as far as I've seen. If you go to any of them without noscript, you're insane." - by slashmydots (2189826) on Monday August 13, @08:54AM (#40971985)
Per my subject-line: NoScript's GREAT if you MUST access sites that are "suspect", however?
You can "beat the game" by NOT SEEING ANY BANNER ADS @ ALL WHATSOEVER... how? Simple:
For those of you that run Microsoft Windows 32 or 64 bit? An automated hosts file creation & mgt. program:
---
APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Screenshot -> http://start64.com/images/win64/security/apk-hosts-file-engine-1.png
&
Download Site #1 -> 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 [start64.com]
or
Download Site #2 -> http://securemecca.com/public/APKHostsFileInstaller/2012_06_01/APKHostsFileEngineInstaller32_64bit.exe.zip [securemecca.com]
a.) Extract its sfx installer file from the zipfile
b.) Run the installer from inside ANY folder you like, extracting the executables + datafiles to any folder you wish (usually one you create for it, doesn't matter where, but you MUST run it as administrator for FULL functionality (simple & the "read me" tab shows how easy THAT is to do))
c.) Then, & lastly - Run either the 32-bit OR 64-bit version (rightclick on the executable & set it to run as Administrator, OR, make a shortcut that can for FULL functionality (like write-protecting the hosts file, & more...)---
What's it do for you?
It's a custom hosts file mgt. program that does the following for end users (Calling it "APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++") after it obtains custom hosts file data from 12 of the reputable & reliable sources listed below:
---
A.) Offers massively noticeable increased speed for websurfing via blocking adbanners
B.) Offers increased speed for users fav. sites by hardcoding them into the hosts file for faster IP address-to-host/domain name resolutions (which sites RARELY change their hosting providers, e.g.-> of 250 I do, only 6 have changed since 2006 - & when sites do because they found a less costly hosting provider? Then, they either email notify members, put up warnings on their pages, & do IP warnings & redirectors onto the former IP address range to protect vs. the unscrupulous criminal bidding on that range to buy it to steal from users of say, online banking or shopping sites).
C.) Better "Layered-Security"/"Defense-In-Depth" via blocking host-domain based attacks by KNOWN bad sites-servers that are known to do so (which IS, by far, the majority of what's used by both users (hence the existence of the faulty but for most part working DNS system), AND even by malware makers (since host-domain names are recyclable by they, & the RBN (Russian Business Network & others)) were doing it like mad with "less than scrupulous", or uncaring, hosting providers)
D.) Better 'anonymity' to an extent vs. DNS request logs (not vs. DPI ("deep packet inspection"))
E.) The ability to circumvent unjust DNSBL (DNS Block Lists) if unjust or inconveniences a user.
F.) Protection vs. online trackers
G.) Better security vs. the DNS system being "dns poisoned/redirected" (a known problem for recursive DNS servers via port 51/53 misdirection)
H.) Write protecting the hosts file every 1/2 second (supplementing UAC) - eve -
Good point on NoScript... apk
"So in other words, it's a torrent site? Sketchy, dangerous, and exploit-running ads are a staple of torrent sites, as far as I've seen. If you go to any of them without noscript, you're insane." - by slashmydots (2189826) on Monday August 13, @08:54AM (#40971985)
Per my subject-line: NoScript's GREAT if you MUST access sites that are "suspect", however?
You can "beat the game" by NOT SEEING ANY BANNER ADS @ ALL WHATSOEVER... how? Simple:
For those of you that run Microsoft Windows 32 or 64 bit? An automated hosts file creation & mgt. program:
---
APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Screenshot -> http://start64.com/images/win64/security/apk-hosts-file-engine-1.png
&
Download Site #1 -> 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 [start64.com]
or
Download Site #2 -> http://securemecca.com/public/APKHostsFileInstaller/2012_06_01/APKHostsFileEngineInstaller32_64bit.exe.zip [securemecca.com]
a.) Extract its sfx installer file from the zipfile
b.) Run the installer from inside ANY folder you like, extracting the executables + datafiles to any folder you wish (usually one you create for it, doesn't matter where, but you MUST run it as administrator for FULL functionality (simple & the "read me" tab shows how easy THAT is to do))
c.) Then, & lastly - Run either the 32-bit OR 64-bit version (rightclick on the executable & set it to run as Administrator, OR, make a shortcut that can for FULL functionality (like write-protecting the hosts file, & more...)---
What's it do for you?
It's a custom hosts file mgt. program that does the following for end users (Calling it "APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++") after it obtains custom hosts file data from 12 of the reputable & reliable sources listed below:
---
A.) Offers massively noticeable increased speed for websurfing via blocking adbanners
B.) Offers increased speed for users fav. sites by hardcoding them into the hosts file for faster IP address-to-host/domain name resolutions (which sites RARELY change their hosting providers, e.g.-> of 250 I do, only 6 have changed since 2006 - & when sites do because they found a less costly hosting provider? Then, they either email notify members, put up warnings on their pages, & do IP warnings & redirectors onto the former IP address range to protect vs. the unscrupulous criminal bidding on that range to buy it to steal from users of say, online banking or shopping sites).
C.) Better "Layered-Security"/"Defense-In-Depth" via blocking host-domain based attacks by KNOWN bad sites-servers that are known to do so (which IS, by far, the majority of what's used by both users (hence the existence of the faulty but for most part working DNS system), AND even by malware makers (since host-domain names are recyclable by they, & the RBN (Russian Business Network & others)) were doing it like mad with "less than scrupulous", or uncaring, hosting providers)
D.) Better 'anonymity' to an extent vs. DNS request logs (not vs. DPI ("deep packet inspection"))
E.) The ability to circumvent unjust DNSBL (DNS Block Lists) if unjust or inconveniences a user.
F.) Protection vs. online trackers
G.) Better security vs. the DNS system being "dns poisoned/redirected" (a known problem for recursive DNS servers via port 51/53 misdirection)
H.) Write protecting the hosts file every 1/2 second (supplementing UAC) - eve -
Bet this upsets you, doesn't it?
Bet this upsets you, doesn't it?
* Poor ac troll... lol!
---
Of course, YOUR MASSIVE "FAIL" QUOTED NEXT BELOW obviously did the job on that account AND, you only did THAT to yourself!
Yes, it's "gotten through to you", just judging by your weak illogical off-topic failed ad ad hominem attack attempts here in reaction... so, "Play it again, Sam!":
"Not natively on Windows, you have to install third party software to make 3D work on Windows." - by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09, @11:05PM (#40941525) QUOTED DIRECTLY FROM -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3033483&cid=40941525
1.) OpenGL32.DLL does 3D BY ITSELF in exposing the OpenGL 1.1. standards' functionality (which vidcard OEM's driversets & libs enhance to higher OpenGL std. levels, which NVidia on Windows support as does ATI, probably others too)
See pertinent proof excerpt here:
---
How Does It Work On Windows? All Windows versions support OpenGL. The Microsoft Windows DLL opengl32.dll only directly exposes OpenGL 1.1 functions. The important thing to know is that opengl32.dll belongs to Microsoft.
FROM -> http://www.opengl.org/wiki/FAQ#How_Does_It_Work_On_Windows.3F [opengl.org]
---
2.) OpenGL32.dll's also a native Microsoft dynamic link library too, not a foreign non-OEM file, & yes, it does 3d display, unlike what you said above.
---
3.) OpenGL32.dll's not an emulator that produces OS environs "heavy weight" either (As Linux's WINE must do reproducing Windows itself in emulation, for Linux to do an even imperfect + less than current Direct X - OpenGL32.DLL's NOT emulating Operating Systems environments with that extra resource kill!)
---
* THUS, once more? Well... you know:
You have to EAT YOUR WORDS!
(You know, they're yours & NOW? Spiced with the "bitter taste of SELF-defeat" & of course, lol, "flavored" with YOUR FOOT IN YOUR MOUTH too, lmao!)
After all - it's your ac trolling words quoted in black & white above in grave technical errors as usual, ac troll!
Just as I said how/when/where/who/what/why since OpenGL32.DLL does have 3d functionality by itself despite your error on that account above, & yes, OpenGL functionality driven too to many builds 1.1 - current 4.x iirc!
APK
P.S.=> By the way - "ENJOY YOUR LUNCH" (breakfast, & dinner too, since you'll be eating your words quoted above for a while now I think...)
After all: LMAO, see YOUR QUOTE ABOVE as proof of your colossal blunder - & my data disproving it entirely!
THIS?
Well, lol, you KNOW I've just GOTTA say it "as-is-per-my-own-inimitable style"... This was JUST "too, Too, TOO EASY - just '2ez'" & it always is, because your ac trolling makes it so!
(Man - how many times have I dusted you in tech debates that you have decided to troll me by ac posts for MONTHS now, OR IMPERSONATING ME AS YOU DID HERE and you were caught in it by myself & others here, only to fail each time as you have here?)...
... apk
-
Bet this upsets you, doesn't it?
* Poor ac troll... lol!
---
Of course, YOUR MASSIVE "FAIL" QUOTED NEXT BELOW obviously did the job on that account AND, you only did THAT to yourself!
Yes, it's "gotten through to you", just judging by your weak illogical off-topic failed ad ad hominem attack attempts here in reaction... so, "Play it again, Sam!":
"Not natively on Windows, you have to install third party software to make 3D work on Windows." - by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09, @11:05PM (#40941525) QUOTED DIRECTLY FROM -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3033483&cid=40941525
1.) OpenGL32.DLL does 3D BY ITSELF in exposing the OpenGL 1.1. standards' functionality (which vidcard OEM's driversets & libs enhance to higher OpenGL std. levels, which NVidia on Windows support as does ATI, probably others too)
See pertinent proof excerpt here:
---
How Does It Work On Windows? All Windows versions support OpenGL. The Microsoft Windows DLL opengl32.dll only directly exposes OpenGL 1.1 functions. The important thing to know is that opengl32.dll belongs to Microsoft.
FROM -> http://www.opengl.org/wiki/FAQ#How_Does_It_Work_On_Windows.3F [opengl.org]
---
2.) OpenGL32.dll's also a native Microsoft dynamic link library too, not a foreign non-OEM file, & yes, it does 3d display, unlike what you said above.
---
3.) OpenGL32.dll's not an emulator that produces OS environs "heavy weight" either (As Linux's WINE must do reproducing Windows itself in emulation, for Linux to do an even imperfect + less than current Direct X - OpenGL32.DLL's NOT emulating Operating Systems environments with that extra resource kill!)
---
* THUS, once more? Well... you know:
You have to EAT YOUR WORDS!
(You know, they're yours & NOW? Spiced with the "bitter taste of SELF-defeat" & of course, lol, "flavored" with YOUR FOOT IN YOUR MOUTH too, lmao!)
After all - it's your ac trolling words quoted in black & white above in grave technical errors as usual, ac troll!
Just as I said how/when/where/who/what/why since OpenGL32.DLL does have 3d functionality by itself despite your error on that account above, & yes, OpenGL functionality driven too to many builds 1.1 - current 4.x iirc!
APK
P.S.=> By the way - "ENJOY YOUR LUNCH" (breakfast, & dinner too, since you'll be eating your words quoted above for a while now I think...)
After all: LMAO, see YOUR QUOTE ABOVE as proof of your colossal blunder - & my data disproving it entirely!
THIS?
Well, lol, you KNOW I've just GOTTA say it "as-is-per-my-own-inimitable style"... This was JUST "too, Too, TOO EASY - just '2ez'" & it always is, because your ac trolling makes it so!
(Man - how many times have I dusted you in tech debates that you have decided to troll me by ac posts for MONTHS now, OR IMPERSONATING ME AS YOU DID HERE and you were caught in it by myself & others here, only to fail each time as you have here?)...
... apk
-
Sorry: The post you replied to was me... apk
"BWAHAHAHAH! Can't fool me, the REAL apk warned me about you, ya low-down impostor!" - by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 12, @08:39PM (#40968297)
See subject-line above... you're mistaken.
I like how Start64.com does their website:
Both In layout/aesthetics, and in principals:
They do ONLY 64-bit wares, not just 64-bit compatible with it - others post anything that runs on 64-bit OS, 32-bit or not (which has its place too)!
(Exceptions? Some - Hybrid Apps (mix of 32/64 bit in portions) - Exceptions are those of the class marshalled as an OLE server or instanced as a classic DLL segment, & driver or service (some might have 32-bit front ends as far as "hybrid" design. Some sites do more apps, 32-bit ware that runs ok on 64 bit OS' get included & displayed... which once more - has it's place too...)).
The program's a good one because of what the data it puts out can do for you in speed, security, reliability, & anonymity, to an extent (vs. DNSBL's & DNS Request Logs...)
* Above all else - Enjoy the program: Plus, faster, safer, & more reliable internet surfing from it... it really works because the IP stack itself works, as efficiently as possible.
APK
P.S.=> Besides - Who else posts in the style/format I do? Not many others... & not exactly like mine are, so, there you are...
... apk
-
I'm always about doing "EPIC $heet"... apk
This is the latest/greatest "example thereof" I released to the general public:
For those of you that run Microsoft Windows 32 or 64 bit? An automated hosts file creation & mgt. program:
---
APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Screenshot -> http://start64.com/images/win64/security/apk-hosts-file-engine-1.png
Download Site #1 -> 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
or
Download Site #2 -> http://securemecca.com/public/APKHostsFileInstaller/2012_06_01/APKHostsFileEngineInstaller32_64bit.exe.zip
(You simply extract its sfx installer file, then run the installer, from inside ANY folder you like - extracting the executables + datafiles to any folder you wish (usually one you create for it, doesn't matter where, but you MUST run it as administrator (simple & the "read me" tab shows how easy THAT is to do)), & lastly run either the 32-bit OR 64-bit version!
---
What's it do for you?
It's a custom hosts file mgt. program that does the following for end users (Calling it "APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++") after it obtains custom hosts file data from 12 of the reputable & reliable sources listed below:
---
1.) Offers massively noticeable increased speed for websurfing via blocking adbanners
2.) Offers increased speed for users fav. sites by hardcoding them into the hosts file for faster IP address-to-host/domain name resolutions (which sites RARELY change their hosting providers, e.g.-> of 250 I do, only 6 have changed since 2006 - & when sites do because they found a less costly hosting provider? Then, they either email notify members, put up warnings on their pages, & do IP warnings & redirectors onto the former IP address range to protect vs. the unscrupulous criminal bidding on that range to buy it to steal from users of say, online banking or shopping sites).
3.) Better "Layered-Security"/"Defense-In-Depth" via blocking host-domain based attacks by KNOWN bad sites-servers that are known to do so (which IS, by far, the majority of what's used by both users (hence the existence of the faulty but for most part working DNS system), AND even by malware makers (since host-domain names are recyclable by they, & the RBN (Russian Business Network & others)) were doing it like mad with "less than scrupulous", or uncaring, hosting providers)
4.) Better 'anonymity' to an extent vs. DNS request logs (not vs. DPI ("deep packet inspection"))
5.) The ability to circumvent unjust DNSBL (DNS Block Lists) if unjust or inconveniences a user.
6.) Protection vs. online trackers
7.) Better security vs. the DNS system being "dns poisoned/redirected" (a known problem for recursive DNS servers via port 51/53 misdirection)
8.) Write protecting the hosts file every 1/2 second (supplementing UAC) - even if/when you move it from the default location via this registry entry (which if done, can function ALMOST like *NIX shadow passwords because of this program):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Parameters
And changing the "DataBasePath" parameter there (I do this moving it to a faster media, a "true SSD" using DDR-2 RAM, in the 4gb Gigabyte IRAM I have).
9.) Automatic downloading & Alphabetic sorting of hosts files' records entries (for easier end user mgt. manually) from 15 reliable sources (of 17 I actually use).
10.) Manual editing of all files used (hosts to import list, hosts itself in its def
-
I'm always about doing "EPIC $heet"... apk
This is the latest/greatest "example thereof" I released to the general public:
For those of you that run Microsoft Windows 32 or 64 bit? An automated hosts file creation & mgt. program:
---
APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++ 32/64-bit:
Screenshot -> http://start64.com/images/win64/security/apk-hosts-file-engine-1.png
Download Site #1 -> 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
or
Download Site #2 -> http://securemecca.com/public/APKHostsFileInstaller/2012_06_01/APKHostsFileEngineInstaller32_64bit.exe.zip
(You simply extract its sfx installer file, then run the installer, from inside ANY folder you like - extracting the executables + datafiles to any folder you wish (usually one you create for it, doesn't matter where, but you MUST run it as administrator (simple & the "read me" tab shows how easy THAT is to do)), & lastly run either the 32-bit OR 64-bit version!
---
What's it do for you?
It's a custom hosts file mgt. program that does the following for end users (Calling it "APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++") after it obtains custom hosts file data from 12 of the reputable & reliable sources listed below:
---
1.) Offers massively noticeable increased speed for websurfing via blocking adbanners
2.) Offers increased speed for users fav. sites by hardcoding them into the hosts file for faster IP address-to-host/domain name resolutions (which sites RARELY change their hosting providers, e.g.-> of 250 I do, only 6 have changed since 2006 - & when sites do because they found a less costly hosting provider? Then, they either email notify members, put up warnings on their pages, & do IP warnings & redirectors onto the former IP address range to protect vs. the unscrupulous criminal bidding on that range to buy it to steal from users of say, online banking or shopping sites).
3.) Better "Layered-Security"/"Defense-In-Depth" via blocking host-domain based attacks by KNOWN bad sites-servers that are known to do so (which IS, by far, the majority of what's used by both users (hence the existence of the faulty but for most part working DNS system), AND even by malware makers (since host-domain names are recyclable by they, & the RBN (Russian Business Network & others)) were doing it like mad with "less than scrupulous", or uncaring, hosting providers)
4.) Better 'anonymity' to an extent vs. DNS request logs (not vs. DPI ("deep packet inspection"))
5.) The ability to circumvent unjust DNSBL (DNS Block Lists) if unjust or inconveniences a user.
6.) Protection vs. online trackers
7.) Better security vs. the DNS system being "dns poisoned/redirected" (a known problem for recursive DNS servers via port 51/53 misdirection)
8.) Write protecting the hosts file every 1/2 second (supplementing UAC) - even if/when you move it from the default location via this registry entry (which if done, can function ALMOST like *NIX shadow passwords because of this program):
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Parameters
And changing the "DataBasePath" parameter there (I do this moving it to a faster media, a "true SSD" using DDR-2 RAM, in the 4gb Gigabyte IRAM I have).
9.) Automatic downloading & Alphabetic sorting of hosts files' records entries (for easier end user mgt. manually) from 15 reliable sources (of 17 I actually use).
10.) Manual editing of all files used (hosts to import list, hosts itself in its def
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Bet this upsets you, doesn't it?
* Poor ac troll... lol!
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Of course, YOUR MASSIVE "FAIL" QUOTED NEXT BELOW obviously did the job on that account AND, you only did THAT to yourself!
Yes, it's "gotten through to you", just judging by your weak illogical off-topic failed ad ad hominem attack attempts here in reaction... so, "Play it again, Sam!":
"Not natively on Windows, you have to install third party software to make 3D work on Windows." - by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09, @11:05PM (#40941525) QUOTED DIRECTLY FROM -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3033483&cid=40941525
1.) OpenGL32.DLL does 3D BY ITSELF in exposing the OpenGL 1.1. standards' functionality (which vidcard OEM's driversets & libs enhance to higher OpenGL std. levels, which NVidia on Windows support as does ATI, probably others too)
See pertinent proof excerpt here:
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How Does It Work On Windows? All Windows versions support OpenGL. The Microsoft Windows DLL opengl32.dll only directly exposes OpenGL 1.1 functions. The important thing to know is that opengl32.dll belongs to Microsoft.
FROM -> http://www.opengl.org/wiki/FAQ#How_Does_It_Work_On_Windows.3F [opengl.org]
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2.) OpenGL32.dll's also a native Microsoft dynamic link library too, not a foreign non-OEM file, & yes, it does 3d display, unlike what you said above.
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3.) OpenGL32.dll's not an emulator that produces OS environs "heavy weight" either (As Linux's WINE must do reproducing Windows itself in emulation, for Linux to do an even imperfect + less than current Direct X - OpenGL32.DLL's NOT emulating Operating Systems environments with that extra resource kill!)
---
* THUS, once more? Well... you know:
You have to EAT YOUR WORDS!
(You know, they're yours & NOW? Spiced with the "bitter taste of SELF-defeat" & of course, lol, "flavored" with YOUR FOOT IN YOUR MOUTH too, lmao!)
After all - it's your ac trolling words quoted in black & white above in grave technical errors as usual, ac troll!
Just as I said how/when/where/who/what/why since OpenGL32.DLL does have 3d functionality by itself despite your error on that account above, & yes, OpenGL functionality driven too to many builds 1.1 - current 4.x iirc!
APK
P.S.=> By the way - "ENJOY YOUR LUNCH" (breakfast, & dinner too, since you'll be eating your words quoted above for a while now I think...)
After all: LMAO, see YOUR QUOTE ABOVE as proof of your colossal blunder - & my data disproving it entirely!
THIS?
Well, lol, you KNOW I've just GOTTA say it "as-is-per-my-own-inimitable style"... This was JUST "too, Too, TOO EASY - just '2ez'" & it always is, because your ac trolling makes it so!
(Man - how many times have I dusted you in tech debates that you have decided to troll me by ac posts for MONTHS now, OR IMPERSONATING ME AS YOU DID HERE and you were caught in it by myself & others here, only to fail each time as you have here?)...
... apk
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Bet this upsets you, doesn't it?
* Poor ac troll... lol!
---
Of course, YOUR MASSIVE "FAIL" QUOTED NEXT BELOW obviously did the job on that account AND, you only did THAT to yourself!
Yes, it's "gotten through to you", just judging by your weak illogical off-topic failed ad ad hominem attack attempts here in reaction... so, "Play it again, Sam!":
"Not natively on Windows, you have to install third party software to make 3D work on Windows." - by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09, @11:05PM (#40941525) QUOTED DIRECTLY FROM -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3033483&cid=40941525
1.) OpenGL32.DLL does 3D BY ITSELF in exposing the OpenGL 1.1. standards' functionality (which vidcard OEM's driversets & libs enhance to higher OpenGL std. levels, which NVidia on Windows support as does ATI, probably others too)
See pertinent proof excerpt here:
---
How Does It Work On Windows? All Windows versions support OpenGL. The Microsoft Windows DLL opengl32.dll only directly exposes OpenGL 1.1 functions. The important thing to know is that opengl32.dll belongs to Microsoft.
FROM -> http://www.opengl.org/wiki/FAQ#How_Does_It_Work_On_Windows.3F [opengl.org]
---
2.) OpenGL32.dll's also a native Microsoft dynamic link library too, not a foreign non-OEM file, & yes, it does 3d display, unlike what you said above.
---
3.) OpenGL32.dll's not an emulator that produces OS environs "heavy weight" either (As Linux's WINE must do reproducing Windows itself in emulation, for Linux to do an even imperfect + less than current Direct X - OpenGL32.DLL's NOT emulating Operating Systems environments with that extra resource kill!)
---
* THUS, once more? Well... you know:
You have to EAT YOUR WORDS!
(You know, they're yours & NOW? Spiced with the "bitter taste of SELF-defeat" & of course, lol, "flavored" with YOUR FOOT IN YOUR MOUTH too, lmao!)
After all - it's your ac trolling words quoted in black & white above in grave technical errors as usual, ac troll!
Just as I said how/when/where/who/what/why since OpenGL32.DLL does have 3d functionality by itself despite your error on that account above, & yes, OpenGL functionality driven too to many builds 1.1 - current 4.x iirc!
APK
P.S.=> By the way - "ENJOY YOUR LUNCH" (breakfast, & dinner too, since you'll be eating your words quoted above for a while now I think...)
After all: LMAO, see YOUR QUOTE ABOVE as proof of your colossal blunder - & my data disproving it entirely!
THIS?
Well, lol, you KNOW I've just GOTTA say it "as-is-per-my-own-inimitable style"... This was JUST "too, Too, TOO EASY - just '2ez'" & it always is, because your ac trolling makes it so!
(Man - how many times have I dusted you in tech debates that you have decided to troll me by ac posts for MONTHS now, OR IMPERSONATING ME AS YOU DID HERE and you were caught in it by myself & others here, only to fail each time as you have here?)...
... apk
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Bet this upsets you, doesn't it?
* Poor ac troll... lol!
---
Of course, YOUR MASSIVE "FAIL" QUOTED NEXT BELOW obviously did the job on that account AND, you only did THAT to yourself!
Yes, it's "gotten through to you", just judging by your weak illogical off-topic failed ad ad hominem attack attempts here in reaction... so, "Play it again, Sam!":
"Not natively on Windows, you have to install third party software to make 3D work on Windows." - by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09, @11:05PM (#40941525) QUOTED DIRECTLY FROM -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3033483&cid=40941525
1.) OpenGL32.DLL does 3D BY ITSELF in exposing the OpenGL 1.1. standards' functionality (which vidcard OEM's driversets & libs enhance to higher OpenGL std. levels, which NVidia on Windows support as does ATI, probably others too)
See pertinent proof excerpt here:
---
How Does It Work On Windows? All Windows versions support OpenGL. The Microsoft Windows DLL opengl32.dll only directly exposes OpenGL 1.1 functions. The important thing to know is that opengl32.dll belongs to Microsoft.
FROM -> http://www.opengl.org/wiki/FAQ#How_Does_It_Work_On_Windows.3F [opengl.org]
---
2.) OpenGL32.dll's also a native Microsoft dynamic link library too, not a foreign non-OEM file, & yes, it does 3d display, unlike what you said above.
---
3.) OpenGL32.dll's not an emulator that produces OS environs "heavy weight" either (As Linux's WINE must do reproducing Windows itself in emulation, for Linux to do an even imperfect + less than current Direct X - OpenGL32.DLL's NOT emulating Operating Systems environments with that extra resource kill!)
---
* THUS, once more? Well... you know:
You have to EAT YOUR WORDS!
(You know, they're yours & NOW? Spiced with the "bitter taste of SELF-defeat" & of course, lol, "flavored" with YOUR FOOT IN YOUR MOUTH too, lmao!)
After all - it's your ac trolling words quoted in black & white above in grave technical errors as usual, ac troll!
Just as I said how/when/where/who/what/why since OpenGL32.DLL does have 3d functionality by itself despite your error on that account above, & yes, OpenGL functionality driven too to many builds 1.1 - current 4.x iirc!
APK
P.S.=> By the way - "ENJOY YOUR LUNCH" (breakfast, & dinner too, since you'll be eating your words quoted above for a while now I think...)
After all: LMAO, see YOUR QUOTE ABOVE as proof of your colossal blunder - & my data disproving it entirely!
THIS?
Well, lol, you KNOW I've just GOTTA say it "as-is-per-my-own-inimitable style"... This was JUST "too, Too, TOO EASY - just '2ez'" & it always is, because your ac trolling makes it so!
(Man - how many times have I dusted you in tech debates that you have decided to troll me by ac posts for MONTHS now, OR IMPERSONATING ME AS YOU DID HERE and you were caught in it by myself & others here, only to fail each time as you have here?)...
... apk
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Bet this upsets you, doesn't it?
* Poor ac troll... lol!
---
Of course, YOUR MASSIVE "FAIL" QUOTED NEXT BELOW obviously did the job on that account AND, you only did THAT to yourself!
Yes, it's "gotten through to you", just judging by your weak illogical off-topic failed ad ad hominem attack attempts here in reaction... so, "Play it again, Sam!":
"Not natively on Windows, you have to install third party software to make 3D work on Windows." - by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09, @11:05PM (#40941525) QUOTED DIRECTLY FROM -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3033483&cid=40941525
1.) OpenGL32.DLL does 3D BY ITSELF in exposing the OpenGL 1.1. standards' functionality (which vidcard OEM's driversets & libs enhance to higher OpenGL std. levels, which NVidia on Windows support as does ATI, probably others too)
See pertinent proof excerpt here:
---
How Does It Work On Windows? All Windows versions support OpenGL. The Microsoft Windows DLL opengl32.dll only directly exposes OpenGL 1.1 functions. The important thing to know is that opengl32.dll belongs to Microsoft.
FROM -> http://www.opengl.org/wiki/FAQ#How_Does_It_Work_On_Windows.3F [opengl.org]
---
2.) OpenGL32.dll's also a native Microsoft dynamic link library too, not a foreign non-OEM file, & yes, it does 3d display, unlike what you said above.
---
3.) OpenGL32.dll's not an emulator that produces OS environs "heavy weight" either (As Linux's WINE must do reproducing Windows itself in emulation, for Linux to do an even imperfect + less than current Direct X - OpenGL32.DLL's NOT emulating Operating Systems environments with that extra resource kill!)
---
* THUS, once more? Well... you know:
You have to EAT YOUR WORDS!
(You know, they're yours & NOW? Spiced with the "bitter taste of SELF-defeat" & of course, lol, "flavored" with YOUR FOOT IN YOUR MOUTH too, lmao!)
After all - it's your ac trolling words quoted in black & white above in grave technical errors as usual, ac troll!
Just as I said how/when/where/who/what/why since OpenGL32.DLL does have 3d functionality by itself despite your error on that account above, & yes, OpenGL functionality driven too to many builds 1.1 - current 4.x iirc!
APK
P.S.=> By the way - "ENJOY YOUR LUNCH" (breakfast, & dinner too, since you'll be eating your words quoted above for a while now I think...)
After all: LMAO, see YOUR QUOTE ABOVE as proof of your colossal blunder - & my data disproving it entirely!
THIS?
Well, lol, you KNOW I've just GOTTA say it "as-is-per-my-own-inimitable style"... This was JUST "too, Too, TOO EASY - just '2ez'" & it always is, because your ac trolling makes it so!
(Man - how many times have I dusted you in tech debates that you have decided to troll me by ac posts for MONTHS now, OR IMPERSONATING ME AS YOU DID HERE and you were caught in it by myself & others here, only to fail each time as you have here?)...
... apk
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Bet this upsets you, doesn't it?
* Poor ac troll... lol!
---
Of course, YOUR MASSIVE "FAIL" QUOTED NEXT BELOW obviously did the job on that account AND, you only did THAT to yourself!
Yes, it's "gotten through to you", just judging by your weak illogical off-topic failed ad ad hominem attack attempts here in reaction... so, "Play it again, Sam!":
"Not natively on Windows, you have to install third party software to make 3D work on Windows." - by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 09, @11:05PM (#40941525) QUOTED DIRECTLY FROM -> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3033483&cid=40941525
1.) OpenGL32.DLL does 3D BY ITSELF in exposing the OpenGL 1.1. standards' functionality (which vidcard OEM's driversets & libs enhance to higher OpenGL std. levels, which NVidia on Windows support as does ATI, probably others too)
See pertinent proof excerpt here:
---
How Does It Work On Windows? All Windows versions support OpenGL. The Microsoft Windows DLL opengl32.dll only directly exposes OpenGL 1.1 functions. The important thing to know is that opengl32.dll belongs to Microsoft.
FROM -> http://www.opengl.org/wiki/FAQ#How_Does_It_Work_On_Windows.3F [opengl.org]
---
2.) OpenGL32.dll's also a native Microsoft dynamic link library too, not a foreign non-OEM file, & yes, it does 3d display, unlike what you said above.
---
3.) OpenGL32.dll's not an emulator that produces OS environs "heavy weight" either (As Linux's WINE must do reproducing Windows itself in emulation, for Linux to do an even imperfect + less than current Direct X - OpenGL32.DLL's NOT emulating Operating Systems environments with that extra resource kill!)
---
* THUS, once more? Well... you know:
You have to EAT YOUR WORDS!
(You know, they're yours & NOW? Spiced with the "bitter taste of SELF-defeat" & of course, lol, "flavored" with YOUR FOOT IN YOUR MOUTH too, lmao!)
After all - it's your ac trolling words quoted in black & white above in grave technical errors as usual, ac troll!
Just as I said how/when/where/who/what/why since OpenGL32.DLL does have 3d functionality by itself despite your error on that account above, & yes, OpenGL functionality driven too to many builds 1.1 - current 4.x iirc!
APK
P.S.=> By the way - "ENJOY YOUR LUNCH" (breakfast, & dinner too, since you'll be eating your words quoted above for a while now I think...)
After all: LMAO, see YOUR QUOTE ABOVE as proof of your colossal blunder - & my data disproving it entirely!
THIS?
Well, lol, you KNOW I've just GOTTA say it "as-is-per-my-own-inimitable style"... This was JUST "too, Too, TOO EASY - just '2ez'" & it always is, because your ac trolling makes it so!
(Man - how many times have I dusted you in tech debates that you have decided to troll me by ac posts for MONTHS now, OR IMPERSONATING ME AS YOU DID HERE and you were caught in it by myself & others here, only to fail each time as you have here?)...
... apk
OpenGL32.dll's not an emulator that produces OS environs "heavy weight" -
Block out ALL ad banners then: 21++ ADVANTAGES
Of Custom Hosts files - I use custom hosts in the following ways (see my 'p.s.' below, in detail, for your reference) to COMPLIMENT & OVERCOME THE PROBLEMS IN DNS & OTHER MECHANISMS, like browser addons, LARGELY!
Custom hosts files gain me the following benefits (A short summary of where custom hosts files can be extremely useful):
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1.) Blocking out malware/malscripted sites
2.) Blocking out Known sites-servers/hosts-domains that are known to serve up malware
3.) Blocking out Bogus DNS servers malware makers use
4.) Blocking out Botnet C&C servers
5.) Blocking out Bogus adbanners that are full of malicious script content
6.) Getting you back speed/bandwidth you paid for by blocking out adbanners + hardcoding in your favorite sites (faster than remote DNS server resolution)
7.) Added reliability (vs. downed or misdirect/poisoned DNS servers).
8.) Added "anonymity" (to an extent, vs. DNS request logs)
9.) The ability to bypass DNSBL's (DNS block lists you may not agree with).
10.) More screen "real estate" (since no more adbanners appear onscreen eating up CPU, Memory, & other forms of I/O too - bonus!)
11.) Truly UNIVERSAL PROTECTION (since any OS, even on smartphones, usually has a BSD drived IP stack).
12.) Faster & MORE EFFICIENT operation vs. browser plugins (which "layer on" ontop of Ring 3/RPL 3/usermode browsers - whereas the hosts file operates @ the Ring 0/RPL 0/Kernelmode of operation (far faster) as a filter for the IP stack itself...)
13.) Blocking out TRACKERS
14.) Custom hosts files work on ANY & ALL webbound apps (browser plugins do not).
15.) Custom hosts files offer a better, faster, more efficient way, & safer way to surf the web & are COMPLETELY controlled by the end-user of them.---
* & FAR more... read on below IF you are interested (for detail).
AND, for those of you that run Microsoft Windows 32 or 64 bit? An automated hosts file creation & mgt. program:
or
(You simply extract its sfx installer file, then run the installer, from inside ANY folder you like - extracting the executables + datafiles to any folder you wish (usually one you create for it, doesn't matter where, but you MUST run it as administrator (simple & the "read me" tab shows how easy THAT is to do)), & lastly run either the 32-bit OR 64-bit version!
What's it do for you?
It's a custom hosts file mgt. program that does the following for end users (Calling it "APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++") after it obtains custom hosts file data from 12 of the reputable & reliable sources listed below:
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1.) Offers massively noticeable increased speed for websurfing via blocking adbanners
2.) Offers increased speed for users fav. sites by hardcoding them into the hosts file for faster IP address-to-host/domain name resolutions (which sites RARELY change their hosting providers, e.g.-> of 250 I do, only 6 have changed since 2006 - & when sites do because they found a less costly hosting provider? Then, they either email notify members, put up warnings on their pages, & do IP warnings & redirectors onto the former IP address range to protect vs. the unscrupulous criminal bidding on that range to buy it to steal from users of say, online banking or shopping sites).
3.) Better "Layered-Security"/"Defense-In-Depth" via blocking host-domain based attacks by KNOWN bad sites-se
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This'll let you "opt out" of ANY banner ads
I use hosts in the following ways (see my 'p.s.' below, in detail, for your reference) to COMPLIMENT & OVERCOME THE PROBLEMS IN DNS & OTHER MECHANISMS LARGELY!
Custom hosts files gain me the following benefits (A short summary of where custom hosts files can be extremely useful):
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1.) Blocking out malware/malscripted sites
2.) Blocking out Known sites-servers/hosts-domains that are known to serve up malware
3.) Blocking out Bogus DNS servers malware makers use
4.) Blocking out Botnet C&C servers
5.) Blocking out Bogus adbanners that are full of malicious script content
6.) Getting you back speed/bandwidth you paid for by blocking out adbanners + hardcoding in your favorite sites (faster than remote DNS server resolution)
7.) Added reliability (vs. downed or misdirect/poisoned DNS servers).
8.) Added "anonymity" (to an extent, vs. DNS request logs)
9.) The ability to bypass DNSBL's (DNS block lists you may not agree with).
10.) More screen "real estate" (since no more adbanners appear onscreen eating up CPU, Memory, & other forms of I/O too - bonus!)
11.) Truly UNIVERSAL PROTECTION (since any OS, even on smartphones, usually has a BSD drived IP stack).
12.) Faster & MORE EFFICIENT operation vs. browser plugins (which "layer on" ontop of Ring 3/RPL 3/usermode browsers - whereas the hosts file operates @ the Ring 0/RPL 0/Kernelmode of operation (far faster) as a filter for the IP stack itself...)
13.) Blocking out TRACKERS
14.) Custom hosts files work on ANY & ALL webbound apps (browser plugins do not).
15.) Custom hosts files offer a better, faster, more efficient way, & safer way to surf the web & are COMPLETELY controlled by the end-user of them.---
* & FAR more... read on below IF you are interested (for detail).
AND, for those of you that run Microsoft Windows 32 or 64 bit? An automated hosts file creation & mgt. program:
or
(You simply extract its sfx installer file, then run the installer, from inside ANY folder you like - extracting the executables + datafiles to any folder you wish (usually one you create for it, doesn't matter where, but you MUST run it as administrator (simple & the "read me" tab shows how easy THAT is to do)), & lastly run either the 32-bit OR 64-bit version!
What's it do for you?
It's a custom hosts file mgt. program that does the following for end users (Calling it "APK Hosts File Engine 5.0++") after it obtains custom hosts file data from 12 of the reputable & reliable sources listed below:
---
1.) Offers massively noticeable increased speed for websurfing via blocking adbanners
2.) Offers increased speed for users fav. sites by hardcoding them into the hosts file for faster IP address-to-host/domain name resolutions (which sites RARELY change their hosting providers, e.g.-> of 250 I do, only 6 have changed since 2006 - & when sites do because they found a less costly hosting provider? Then, they either email notify members, put up warnings on their pages, & do IP warnings & redirectors onto the former IP address range to protect vs. the unscrupulous criminal bidding on that range to buy it to steal from users of say, online banking or shopping sites).
3.) Better "Layered-Security"/"Defense-In-Depth" via blocking host-domain based attacks by KNOWN bad sites-servers that are kno
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Everybody wins...
By using this program -> 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
* Does the job, in 64-bit code...
APK
P.S.=> Enjoy the program...
...apk
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Back? I never left /., but I am back...
In other ways -> 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
* This time in 64-bit code...
APK
P.S.=> Enjoy the program...
...apk
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Re:"The OffSpring" said it best, in "All I Want"..
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The C&C servers "FLAME" uses are in my hosts
Debateable/Possibly: I wouldn't use hosts for INTERNAL networks unless I used it for "failover" purposes actually. I'd rely more on ActiveDirectory Services (which is, of course, DNS dependent). I'd keep it around as a 'failsafe' then only.
Hosts are good/better, for other things... mainly online "layered security"/"defense-in-depth", better speed/bandwidth + faster resolutions of IP addresses to host-domain names.
(I've posted it here many times before, but I wouldn't rely on them solely (though they're EASY to 'migrate' to end user rigs via logon scripts for example)).
APK
P.S.=> SORT of IMPORTANT, on that note (Since you mentioned hosts):
I just picked up the C&C server list that's known so far for the "FLAME" malware here:
http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193540/The_Roof_Is_on_Fire_Tackling_Flames_C_C_Servers
I integrated it into my hosts file - also for my roommate who uses Windows Server 2003 32-bit...
(However/Again: I am "impervious" so far @ least, via Windows 7 64-bit as I noted here in the reply you responded to, plus the patch for this issue -> http://www.start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5779:update-for-windows-7-for-x64-based-systems-kb2718704&catid=38:64bit-update&Itemid=98 )
I built a new custom hosts file using that 1st url - just for "layered-security"/"defense-in-depth" purposes (what you can't touch can't hurt you) as well as firewall rules tables for the IP addressed servers it communicates with also...
I can't "proof myself" any better than that @ this point, since my systems are always "security-hardened" anyhow... apk
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Jeremy Reimer and Thor SCHMUCK?
Now, as to your usual b.s. regarding Jeremy Reimer & Thor SCHMUCK, here is my std. reply disproving your b.s. troll:
"THOR SCHMUCK"? LMAO, he refused to answer my points there when I replied (on PING.EXE, SPYBOT SEARCH & DESTROY, which violate CA's 21 point test via ping of death or altering HOSTS files, & MORE) on his own website... made him look QUITE poorly, easily. With facts, as is my usual style.
Also, my single app (of 40 freeware/sharewares I did years ago, some ending up as commercially sold products or code in them) was lowered to ZERO THREAT LEVELS after I passed all 21 questions for that @ CA no less!
Heck - that SINGLE APP of 40 or so I have written online to date?
It's NOT EVEN SCRIPTABLE FOR ATTACK - whereas by way of comparison? Others are creating apps like it also, in 64 bit no less, per this example thereof:
That one is though...
Does CA list it? Oh, wait a second - CA had to SELL OFF THEIR PC TOOLS DIVISION (it sucked is why, lol):
Thor SCHMUCK (degreeless wannabe that he is in the computer sciences) is, afaik, the one that submitted my app to CA as a malware!
(It was not intended by myself for that kind of use, I wrote it in good faith for a forums guy that wanted a way to launch OLD Apache server for Windows like a service, invisibly, & since that's only 1-2 lines of code to do? I did! It's not scriptable for attack though, period (no argc/argv code in it is why)).
CA, now there's a story. Ask Computer Associates about their being caught in a millions of dollars financial/accounting scam, here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/215116/computer_associates_cofounder_led_22.html
Real reputable company, eh?
In fact, I passed every single one of the 21 questions for removal of my ware from their site, & all they ended up doing was lowering it down to a "zero threat level"...
I'm not too concerned about it, because they also do it to others (along with other Antivirus/Antispyware companies, and we all know how "effective" those are, especially lately vs. today's "blended threats").
In fact? I am actually in GOOD COMPANY on that account as others have had it happen to they as well!
Ask Dr. Mark Russinovich of Microsoft or Nir Softer of NIRSOFT if they've ever had their numerous apps libeled along with themselves in the same manner... (answer = they have, so I suppose I am in "good company" here, eh?)
Thor Schrock, lol, another "credible expert" (NOT): That guy doesn't even have a CSC degree or even a single A+ type certification to his name.
All I can say to and about Thor SCHMUCK, is this: GOD BLESS TY TYMKOVICH (LOL, run that by him, it ought to be good for a laugh... the fool got wickedly SUCKERED by him to the tune of $5,500)...
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JEREMY REIMER??
He got caught by his ISP, Shaw in Canada, for email harassing me as well as impersonating me on his website (along with death threats from he & his pal Jay Little which ended up with a detective Felton in B.C. Canada where Reimer lives taking care of the rest for me).
LOL, Reimer's SO UNQUALIIED, he had to try to bring others, much to his own dismay... especially Fat Jay Little!
Jay Little, who claimed to be an "Exchange Exper
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Not for me here (how/why)... apk
Not my keyboard, since I use that a lot: I remap it with this tool -> http://www.start64.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=493:kbdedit-the-best-keyboard-layout-editor&catid=21:64bit-system-software&Itemid=73
(64-bit too)
* For #'s, I use the number pad (helps data entry usually to use that is why, so might as well train for that 'side skill' while I am @ it!) - my top row of keys instantly is mapped to their 'shifts'.
APK
P.S.=> There you go... for MOST of you, it may work like that, but not for me - things are NOT "all the same" wherever you go & some of us "operate a bit differently"... apk
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gmhowell & the trolltalk.com AC stalkers: READ
My single app (of 40 freeware/sharewares I did years ago, some ending up as commercially sold products or code in them) was lowered to ZERO THREAT LEVELS after I passed all 21 questions for that @ CA no less!
Heck - that SINGLE APP of 40 or so I have written online to date?
It's NOT EVEN SCRIPTABLE FOR ATTACK - whereas by way of comparison? Others are creating apps like it also, in 64 bit no less, per this example thereof:
That one is though...
Does CA list it? Oh, wait a second - CA had to SELL OFF THEIR PC TOOLS DIVISION (it sucked is why, lol):
Thor SCHMUCK (degreeless wannabe that he is in the computer sciences) is, afaik, the one that submitted my app to CA as a malware!
(It was not intended by myself for that kind of use, I wrote it in good faith for a forums guy that wanted a way to launch OLD Apache server for Windows like a service, invisibly, & since that's only 1-2 lines of code to do? I did! It's not scriptable for attack though, period (no argc/argv code in it is why)).
In fact, Dr. Mark Russinovich &/or Nir Softer of NIRSOFT have had this happen to their applications too (pstools & others M.R. wrote, & many Nir Sofer wrote - but they are "double edged swords" tools, just like ping is!) Write either of them, they won't & DON'T deny it (and they don't like it, neither do I).
CA, now there's a story. Ask Computer Associates about their being caught in a millions of dollars financial/accounting scam, here:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/215116/computer_associates_cofounder_led_22.html
Real reputable company, eh?
In fact, I passed every single one of the 21 questions for removal of my ware from their site, & all they ended up doing was lowering it down to a "zero threat level"...
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Saying I was raped here -> http://developers.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2619084&cid=38694116 & other libel of myself's going to have me have to take care of this, and you with it, one way or another... period.
Count on it. Spending money on "stop orders" with attorneys is better spent on gassing up the car & taking a little trip to pay those who libel others a nice visit!
APK
P.S.=> There's also a pack of trolls here, literally ADMITTED trolls, they run a domain called "trolltalk.com" in fact!
In THIS case, ac trolling me? Pay attention to "C" below, on gmhowell - he's stalking me via AC trolling posts!
(gmhowell, tomhudson, webmistressrachel, squiggleslash, ountertrolling, mcgrew, & other registered LUSER 'guises'),
They regularly cheat/game the moderation system, literally, in 2 ways:
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1.) Modding themselves up in collusion/teams
2.) Modding down those they are stalking/harassing/trolling
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Think it's bullshit? Ok, fine - here's where they LITERALLLY ADMIT TO ALL OF THE ABOVE & how they cheat the mod system here:
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A.) countertrolling telling others how to moddown opponents as registered lusers 1st, then to logout to save your karma/cookie state of your reg'd luser account, & then to troll others via ac replies ->
