I dBAN drives, but for drives which won't spin up, or for clients who want physical damage to the media, I just drill a few holes through the platters. Cheap and efficient.
Mod this post +10... just as you shouldn't trust Microsoft to guard the security of your Microsoft Windows computer, you shouldn't trust Google's Chrome to guard your online privacy. I use Firefox with CustomizeGoogle, and until Chrome offers a similar add-on, I won't even consider using it.
I've done just this (wireless bridges about this length) several times for clients. I've used D-Link DWL-2100APs in bridge mode, and used D-Link ANT24-1400's mounted on masts on the roofs to provide the linkage. Unfortunately I don't think D-Link sells the ANT24-1400 any more, but it looks like NetGear has one that's functionally identical, see NETGEAR ANT24D18 ProSafe Indoor/Outdoor 14 dBi Patch Panel Directional Antenna http://www.provantage.com/netgear-ant24d18~7NETW01E.htm
The original article is not FUD. If you have AU set to "Notify but don't download" or "Download but don't install", you still got these updates. That doesn't sound to me like MS is honoring your request to "not install" updates -- and that's the whole point. If you have with Notify or Download selected, you've told MS "I don't want you hcanging my system automatically" yet they went ahead and did so anyway. If MS had never had a bad patch (think WGA) this wouldn't be a problem, but there have been multiple instances of WU patches causing major headaches for IT staff, which is why I choose "Notify" and why I reported this to Windows Secrets in the first place.
Based on readings I've made elsewhere, I believe you probably should disable both the Automatic Update SERVICE and the BITS SERVICE to prevent these stealth updates from appearing. There is a very useful batch file posted to DSLreports here:
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But they don't have a need for access to the contents of email and other documents. Sensitive materials ought to be encrypted, but then I suppose you'd suggest that sysadmins must be able to install keyloggers on machines they administer (which of course they can).
Seems to me Groupwise http://www.novell.com/products/groupwise/ already has this -- email in your mailbox is encrypted and can only be read after logging in. Logging in as admin doesn't give you read-rights to the users's mailboxes. As long as you keep passwords confidential, your mail (once it reaches the mail server) is also confidential.
Another thing to be wary of on computers that you don't own is the risk of having the contents of your thumb-drive slurped, so don't use them for carrying around logins and passwords or credit-card numbers or WPA-PSK keys.
USBDumper
USBDumper (article is in French; here's the software) is a cute little utility that silently copies the contents of an inserted USB drive onto the PC. The idea is that you install this piece of software on your computer, or on a public PC, and then you collect the files -- some of them personal and confidential -- from anyone who plugs their USB drive into that computer. (This blog post talks about a version that downloads a disk image, allowing someone to recover deleted files as well.)
No big deal to anyone who worries about computer security for a living, but probably a rude shock to salespeople, conference presenters, file sharers, and many others who regularly plug their USB drives into strange PCs.
I have a write-protected PNY USB drive I use to carry around my tools, but now that I know about malware like this, I think I'm going to go to the trouble of burning a CD every week or so. Biggest trouble is going to be keeping AV signatures up to date.
It has dropped off the front page at digg, but if you search for RAID it shows up:
The Poor Man's Raid Array...
Gregd submitted by Gregd 5 days ago (via http://www.inventgeek.com/Proj...)
"For about 250.00 we have made a true 0.5 terabyte RAID 5 array."
Pegasus Mail has had the ability to open multiple folders and multiple messages for years. A new release, v4.3, is imminent, and it includes new search functions including saved searches. It also comes ready to install on your favorite USB thumb drive where it will run completely independent of whatever drive letter the thumb drive gets. It also has new-and-vastly-improved HTML-message handling.
Adobe Reader SpeedUp is a simple application that was created to help make the loading time of Adobe's Acrobat/Reader software bearable for everyday use. AR SpeedUp only needs to be used once (a process taking only a few seconds) and then your 'Reader will be transformed forever. There are also some tweaking options available. "w00t!", as the young kids say."
Following this up, I found multiple SOLs on my home system, here's the list (somewhat sanitized (all are subdirs of C:\Documents and Settings,
"\Application Data\Macromedia\Flash Player\" replace by \AD\M\FP\):
Because Users 1 and 2 have multiple "settings.sol", it almost appears that the settings are site-by-site rather than computer- or user-wide. This is Not Good from the point of view of managing this.
Compare to "Office 2003 Standard" By Microsoft Office Products Newest Releases
$204.30 to $339.83
These are the two "basic" versions of the suites, with WP, spreadsheet, presentation program, groupware client.
Microsoft's prices are 50%-100% higher than the competition, which IMHO puts the lie to the claim that "in virtually any market that Microsoft has entered (financial software, spreadsheets, etc.), the effect has been a dramatic reduction in prices.
Ditto for Microsoft's attempt to enter the financial software market. Quickbooks and Quicken haven't dropped in price at all despite competition from Money and MS's accounting package Great Plains, have they?
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I dBAN drives, but for drives which won't spin up, or for clients who want physical damage to the media, I just drill a few holes through the platters. Cheap and efficient.
Mod this post +10 ... just as you shouldn't trust Microsoft to guard the security of your Microsoft Windows computer, you shouldn't trust Google's Chrome to guard your online privacy. I use Firefox with CustomizeGoogle, and until Chrome offers a similar add-on, I won't even consider using it.
I've done just this (wireless bridges about this length) several times for clients. I've used D-Link DWL-2100APs in bridge mode, and used D-Link ANT24-1400's mounted on masts on the roofs to provide the linkage. Unfortunately I don't think D-Link sells the ANT24-1400 any more, but it looks like NetGear has one that's functionally identical, see NETGEAR ANT24D18 ProSafe Indoor/Outdoor 14 dBi Patch Panel Directional Antenna http://www.provantage.com/netgear-ant24d18~7NETW01E.htm
http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net/downloads/
Ubuntu/Debian: http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net/downloads/truecrypt-5.0-ubuntu-x86.tar.gz
Windows: http://truecrypt.sourceforge.net/downloads/TrueCrypt%20Setup%205.0.exe
This _SHOULD_ prevent MS from changing your system behind your back), yet let you run WU manually when you need to.Based on readings I've made elsewhere, I believe you probably should disable both the Automatic Update SERVICE and the BITS SERVICE to prevent these stealth updates from appearing. There is a very useful batch file posted to DSLreports here:
I still use WordPerfect for my WP ...
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Seems to me Groupwise http://www.novell.com/products/groupwise/ already has this -- email in your mailbox is encrypted and can only be read after logging in. Logging in as admin doesn't give you read-rights to the users's mailboxes. As long as you keep passwords confidential, your mail (once it reaches the mail server) is also confidential.
Newegg.com has a raft of 250gb-320gb drives for $65-$99
I have a write-protected PNY USB drive I use to carry around my tools, but now that I know about malware like this, I think I'm going to go to the trouble of burning a CD every week or so. Biggest trouble is going to be keeping AV signatures up to date.
In Redmond Tuesday starts at 10AM PDT ...
You can get a free utility that disables USB drives under the various flavours of WinNT here: http://www.intelliadmin.com/Utilities.htm
Anyone know what encryption algorithm is used?
If you use the NoScript extension (http://noscript.net/) and block googlesyndication.com, those tracking scripts can't execute.
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The Poor Man's Raid Array...
Gregd submitted by Gregd 5 days ago (via http://www.inventgeek.com/Proj...)
"For about 250.00 we have made a true 0.5 terabyte RAID 5 array."
Actual link to the project: http://www.inventgeek.com/Projects/PoorMansRaid/Po orMansRaid.aspx
Earlier versions of Pegasus Mail could run under WINE, see Wine Application DB - Viewing App - Pegasus Mail, so I hope this will continue. See also Pegasus Mail on Linux (or an intro to WINE).
"COME FROM" http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/C/COME-FROM.html
"Adobe Reader SpeedUp
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That's not difficult to find out -- but neither newegg.com nor Insight.com carry it, you have to look around a bit.
"WordPerfect Office 12"
By Corel - Office Productivity
$119.79 to $243.34
Compare to "Office 2003 Standard"
By Microsoft Office Products Newest Releases
$204.30 to $339.83
These are the two "basic" versions of the suites, with WP, spreadsheet, presentation program, groupware client.
Microsoft's prices are 50%-100% higher than the competition, which IMHO puts the lie to the claim that "in virtually any market that Microsoft has entered (financial software, spreadsheets, etc.), the effect has been a dramatic reduction in prices.
Ditto for Microsoft's attempt to enter the financial software market. Quickbooks and Quicken haven't dropped in price at all despite competition from Money and MS's accounting package Great Plains, have they?
Try ftp://ftp.up.ac.za/pub/linux/ssh/pub/sentinel/