Think about what you just wrote. This is EXACTLY WHY a virus detector CANNOT use a hash to detect a virus. Change ONE CHARACTER in the program, and the hash will change, so if the detector uses hashes to detect the virus, a trivial change to the virus would let it through.
This is why they use signatures which may be easier to thwart.
Norton Personal Firewall/Internet Security detects and stops this software from operating, as a personal firewall program is designed to do.
Not if the little keylogger has its own network stack with its own protocol, it doesn't.
Sorry, but firewalls are useless against protocols that run beneath, through, or around them. You would have to have a sophisticated ethernet sniffer/firewall to kill this if they implemented it properly. And what if the little virus simply replaces your precious norton piece of shit with a modified version? That would be even easier.
You restrict the rights to the file. If you are very paranoid that the source code itself could somehow be displayed (I've seen it happen, when somebody re-configures the server without your knowledge, so PHP comes up as plaintext!!!), then put the passwords in a separate file, and ensure that that file (better yet, a separate directory) is not able to be displayed AT ALL by the web server (I do this on my site). Your PHP, or embedded perl, or whatever, then simply reads the database authentication info from that file.
DON'T OFFER THE FSCKING SERVICE AT ALL TO AN UNTRUSTED NET! That's a REALLY BASIC security rule.
sheesh. Even *WITH* passwords, you don't see my MySQL server hanging out there for the world to see. The world doesn't need to see it, so why would I have it hanging out there?
I would *LOVE* to have ultima underworld redone with today's technology. Although READING what the characters were saying instead of listening was definitely cool. I'd love to see that game with q3's engine, though!
It is simply something engineers use to do their job. Programming is a tool, not an end in itself.
The next thing you know, people who write will want to be known as 'book engineers.'
Hardware is engineering. Software is simply telling the machine what to do. An engineer designs ACS. An engineer does not write the specifications to mill the parts created by the ACS, although he might be involved in the *LOW LEVEL* programming that controls the physics of the thing.
If there is to be a software engineer, it should be limited to the software the directly interacts with physical systems (ie, ACS).
It has the concept of "application directories" Within them are a file for an icon, a file for the application, a directory for help, and a file for the fly-out menu for the app. Good stuff.
Finally, do these usibility experts actually watch people work? One of the most useful UI features is the idea of "Virtual Screens" (as implemented by Unix window managers). Each virtual screen keeps the context of a particular task and makes it easy for me to switch between them. Why hasn't this become a standard feature of Windows is beyond me!?
It's really not a standard feature of 'X' either. If you want virtual desktops on windoze, just replace the interface with something like this
Great! Now I can use my mobile phone to get in touch with people!
Uh...
You beat me to it:) Really. If I even *had* a mobile phone (I don't) and really wanted to get in touch with somebody, I'd, uh, call them?
I see cute little games on all of these things these days. Make them networkable games, and that *might* be a very cool addition. Wireless chess with the person I went to a movie with while waiting for the show to start would be pretty spiffy. Checking my home mail account would be ok too...but only if there is an open standard to do this. My vision is I'd probably just use a wireless pager and have my server forward just the headers to me.
So far, I still have no compelling reason to even own any of these devices, so it's a moot point for me for now anyway. Any time I'd really need one (calling 911 b/c I busted my damned leg out on the trail somewhere), cell phones don't work in that area anyway.
Finger is a very bad thing from a security perspective. Pretty stupid to be allowing it on the public internet these days.
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I've always considered computer programming to be the closest thing to spellcasting there is. You put the words together and then the machine does nifty things.
So...did these guys hire a satanist for their web page design, or what?:)
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Heehee...sorry...
SOM = System Object Model
DSOM = Distributed System Object Model
WPS = Workplace Shell (OS/2's desktop)
OOI = Object Oriented Interface
PM = Presentation Manager (WPS uses this, as do every other OS/2 native GUI application...all objects fully interact with one another easily and intuitively)
I really like geoshell and all, but KDE on my windows boxen would be great!
You can always use X11 in Cygwin. To pretty-up and make more useful normal windoze, you can buy a copy of stardock's windowblinds. These guys started out by customizing OS/2's wps (which was easy for them since all they needed to do was extend the OO stuff that already existed). They started their windows product to do the same things, and it took them a bit longer, but they came up with basically what was once oject desktop on OS/2 and more.
Can u give us an example of where a triangle window would be of _any_ use other than a visual curiosity?
Until then, I'd prefer that KDE and all other developers out there concentrate on work that is actually useful.
How about windows whose sides are elastic, like rubber bands, that you could move over to briefly see something beneath that part of the window, and then automatically snap back on mouse release?
With freeform windows you could also make much better use of your screen, making windows shaped to their content so that others can have more room without hiding anything.
I think the screenshots are nice. But after more than 15 years, I still want to have TOTAL control over my desktop, including the option of finally getting away from SQUARE WINDOWS. To appeal to a wider audience lets start having the option of having circular, triangular, morphing windows.
YES!!
I'm glad I'm not the only person who has thought of this! There are many times I have wished I could change the shape of my windows so that I could make better use of my screen real-estate. I'm sure it is possible to do this in a WindowManager (but I certainly haven't tried!). The hard part would be figuring out the best way to scroll around an odd-shaped window.
I'd be happy with just triangles, even. The ability to move up just a corner of a window, bottom right on one, top left on the other would be wonderful!
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More treats for you screenshot-loving people and I-need-my-desktop-to-look-perfect types.
Looking good is nice. Too bad these environments get it backwards and always focus on form over function first. I'd rather have OS/2's wps on linux updated to be pretty. IBM was smart and actually got the SOM and DSOM and OOI stuff nailed down properly early. Now, if we had that environment to build on, we could make it prettier. Oh well. Windowmaker and ROX do a very nice job for me for now.
Who said anything about making any of this accessible to the internet? We're talking LAN here. Ok, if you use 802.11, yeah, that could definitely be a problem. Perhaps they should all have an agreed upon standard IPSec implementation, and you could buy a cheap appliance to also put on your LAN whose sole purpose is to be a CA for all of the devices.
No, it is not. I wish these consumer electronics folks would WAKE UP and do the RIGHT thing with the popularity of home LANs these days. Namely the ability to configure and control their device using a web browser. So simple, yet they focus on this dumb needless shit instead.
Imagine being able to set all of the clocks in your house with a single command (better yet, have them use ntp). Program your VCR with a web interface. Your stereo too. How about phones that can broadcast callerid info to the network, and listening clients would then get it? Callerid info could then display on your computer, or on your TV screen when a call came in. HOw about temperature and light controls too? (yeah, that's more home automation, but if they just made everything use standard tcp/ip and run its own webserver, no problem.)
Would be one that allows configuration over a web interface, and standard (or 802.11) ethernet. Then I can buy a new VCR, put it on my LAN, and use my browser to configure/run/record. Same with stereo components, dvd players, the microwave, all the clocks in your house, phones (callerid broadcast packet, anyone?) etc etc. Speaking of which, can you do this with a Tivo?
Man, I wish I'd majored in EE with a focus on electronics and low level programming. I would love to create some of these devices.
just for everyone's info, Mozilla has this feature too. I don't use it, so I'm not sure if it actually works, but the preference is there (bookmark properties).
The web was just fine before people decided they needed to make money off of it. I really don't see this working. I certainly wouldn't allow anybody to withdraw from my accounts at random. If the site has content that I am *willing* to pay for, they should have a subscription service. So far the free stuff seems to be working just fine.
And before the web, usenet, ftp, and gopher worked just fine. The content is no better. The signal to noise ratio is definitely worse.
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This is why they use signatures which may be easier to thwart.
Think about it.
Sorry, but firewalls are useless against protocols that run beneath, through, or around them. You would have to have a sophisticated ethernet sniffer/firewall to kill this if they implemented it properly. And what if the little virus simply replaces your precious norton piece of shit with a modified version? That would be even easier.
You restrict the rights to the file. If you are very paranoid that the source code itself could somehow be displayed (I've seen it happen, when somebody re-configures the server without your knowledge, so PHP comes up as plaintext!!!), then put the passwords in a separate file, and ensure that that file (better yet, a separate directory) is not able to be displayed AT ALL by the web server (I do this on my site). Your PHP, or embedded perl, or whatever, then simply reads the database authentication info from that file.
DON'T OFFER THE FSCKING SERVICE AT ALL TO AN UNTRUSTED NET! That's a REALLY BASIC security rule.
sheesh. Even *WITH* passwords, you don't see my MySQL server hanging out there for the world to see. The world doesn't need to see it, so why would I have it hanging out there?
I would *LOVE* to have ultima underworld redone with today's technology. Although READING what the characters were saying instead of listening was definitely cool. I'd love to see that game with q3's engine, though!
The next thing you know, people who write will want to be known as 'book engineers.'
Hardware is engineering. Software is simply telling the machine what to do. An engineer designs ACS. An engineer does not write the specifications to mill the parts created by the ACS, although he might be involved in the *LOW LEVEL* programming that controls the physics of the thing.
If there is to be a software engineer, it should be limited to the software the directly interacts with physical systems (ie, ACS).
As always, just my opinion.
SCH - Aerospace Engineer.
Disable the 'search' button, and instead have your search engine show up in the drop down list under 'smart browsing'
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It has the concept of "application directories" Within them are a file for an icon, a file for the application, a directory for help, and a file for the fly-out menu for the app. Good stuff.
Hand carved stone, stone board, etc.
It's really not a standard feature of 'X' either. If you want virtual desktops on windoze, just replace the interface with something like this
You beat me to it :) Really. If I even *had* a mobile phone (I don't) and really wanted to get in touch with somebody, I'd, uh, call them?
I see cute little games on all of these things these days. Make them networkable games, and that *might* be a very cool addition. Wireless chess with the person I went to a movie with while waiting for the show to start would be pretty spiffy. Checking my home mail account would be ok too...but only if there is an open standard to do this. My vision is I'd probably just use a wireless pager and have my server forward just the headers to me.
So far, I still have no compelling reason to even own any of these devices, so it's a moot point for me for now anyway. Any time I'd really need one (calling 911 b/c I busted my damned leg out on the trail somewhere), cell phones don't work in that area anyway.
http://www.state.pa.us/
The way they do some of their fill out forms is absolutely retarded though (activex???? java??? For a FORM???)
Finger is a very bad thing from a security perspective. Pretty stupid to be allowing it on the public internet these days.
So...did these guys hire a satanist for their web page design, or what? :)
SOM = System Object Model
DSOM = Distributed System Object Model
WPS = Workplace Shell (OS/2's desktop)
OOI = Object Oriented Interface
PM = Presentation Manager (WPS uses this, as do every other OS/2 native GUI application...all objects fully interact with one another easily and intuitively)
You can always use X11 in Cygwin. To pretty-up and make more useful normal windoze, you can buy a copy of stardock's windowblinds. These guys started out by customizing OS/2's wps (which was easy for them since all they needed to do was extend the OO stuff that already existed). They started their windows product to do the same things, and it took them a bit longer, but they came up with basically what was once oject desktop on OS/2 and more.
Windowblinds
How about windows whose sides are elastic, like rubber bands, that you could move over to briefly see something beneath that part of the window, and then automatically snap back on mouse release?
With freeform windows you could also make much better use of your screen, making windows shaped to their content so that others can have more room without hiding anything.
YES!!
I'm glad I'm not the only person who has thought of this! There are many times I have wished I could change the shape of my windows so that I could make better use of my screen real-estate. I'm sure it is possible to do this in a WindowManager (but I certainly haven't tried!). The hard part would be figuring out the best way to scroll around an odd-shaped window.
I'd be happy with just triangles, even. The ability to move up just a corner of a window, bottom right on one, top left on the other would be wonderful!
Looking good is nice. Too bad these environments get it backwards and always focus on form over function first. I'd rather have OS/2's wps on linux updated to be pretty. IBM was smart and actually got the SOM and DSOM and OOI stuff nailed down properly early. Now, if we had that environment to build on, we could make it prettier. Oh well. Windowmaker and ROX do a very nice job for me for now.
Who said anything about making any of this accessible to the internet? We're talking LAN here. Ok, if you use 802.11, yeah, that could definitely be a problem. Perhaps they should all have an agreed upon standard IPSec implementation, and you could buy a cheap appliance to also put on your LAN whose sole purpose is to be a CA for all of the devices.
Imagine being able to set all of the clocks in your house with a single command (better yet, have them use ntp). Program your VCR with a web interface. Your stereo too. How about phones that can broadcast callerid info to the network, and listening clients would then get it? Callerid info could then display on your computer, or on your TV screen when a call came in. HOw about temperature and light controls too? (yeah, that's more home automation, but if they just made everything use standard tcp/ip and run its own webserver, no problem.)
Man, I wish I'd majored in EE with a focus on electronics and low level programming. I would love to create some of these devices.
now THAT I would buy :)
just for everyone's info, Mozilla has this feature too. I don't use it, so I'm not sure if it actually works, but the preference is there (bookmark properties).
The web was just fine before people decided they needed to make money off of it. I really don't see this working. I certainly wouldn't allow anybody to withdraw from my accounts at random. If the site has content that I am *willing* to pay for, they should have a subscription service. So far the free stuff seems to be working just fine.
And before the web, usenet, ftp, and gopher worked just fine. The content is no better. The signal to noise ratio is definitely worse.