http://toolbar.netcraft.com/
Netcraft installs a tool bar on your browser that shows host information (including country) and the level of trustworthiness. Users can submit phishing links through a link on the bar. I use it mostly to spot the hosts of spammers, but it also raises useful questions such as a link from eBay with a web hosting service in Korea. They've recently become particular about what kind of URLs they consider phishing. For example I wouldn't consider a mortgage spammer hosted in China to be a serious candidate when it's time to re-fi the family manse. They also don't consider possibly illegal content (child porn for example) to be phishing.
My in-laws bought my daughter (now nearing 18) a personalized laser-printed book with her and family's names in it. That was like 15 years ago. Of course, the pictures were stock.
And last year Reason Magazinehttp://www.reason.com/0406/fe.dm.database.shtml sported a front cover with a satellite photo centered on the subscriber's house. The link goes to an article in that issue by Declan McCullagh. Of course, as a sibling post here points out, it's hard to say what's valid and what's not. On my copy was a picture of the local post office where I have a box.
Condolences for your loss, and congratulations on your family's foresight and plnning. This is some truly useful advice and information.
I had a similar experience when I lost my dad last year. He left us a paper file with a list of passwords, account numbers and access codes, and the combination to the gun safe -- no apologies there, those guns represent a significant portion of my legacy, and as far as I know, none was used to kill anyone -- with the possible exception of a battle-scarred WWII-era M1 Garand rifle which I consider a gem in the collection for that very reason.
He did, however leave one password out of the mix. It was an old cc:Mail Remote account and all the files are encrypted. I tried all his "standard" passwords, but none of them works. Based on the environment the cc:Mail account was from, I don't expect anything earthshaking (or traumatic, for that matter), but there might be something of interest. I passed the files on to a computer science scholar type who is playing with them as an exercise in codebreaking.
...to Cowboy Neal for a stroke to preserve the language. In the headline he properly spells the possessive of it without an apostrophe. In the story DIY also gets it right with "announced it's broken its own record again." English is safe for a while longer.
My English degree sated, I eagerly await the mods to off-topic.
Re:Why are we hiding from the police, daddy?
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...rocks! It includes an SSH client which combined with the X server provides all the terminal emulation you need. The X interface and handling of clipboard data is spotty, but usable.
If you want a dedicated terminal emulator replacemet for the truly sorry Windows telnet and HyperTerminal programs, Simon Tatham's PuTTY is an excellent choice. It also includes a solid scp (secure copy/ftp) client.
Cygwin in particular is what keeps me from chucking the whole thing and running Linux. I get all the command line scripting and Unix-like tools without the bother of having to figure out how to make my employer's mail client work on Linux.
Given the context of the cc:Mail system in question, we're reasonably certain he didn't use it to communicate with his secret lover or to transmit secret messages to the Commies. This life was a pretty open book. I have access to the rest of the contents of his computer as well as personal files. I think I would have seen more evidence of secretiveness if he were hiding something. I'm confident that this is one password that was simply forgotten.
So. How does one go about cracking antique cc:Mail messages? I seriously doubt the encryption is that strong.
Here's a real world example of what happens when passwords are not managed appropriately. A relative recently died. He knew the end was coming and so wrote down a password list, safe combination, bank account numbers and the like. But he forgot about the decade-old cc:Mail files he had sitting on his computer. The data is of possible historical, maybe even legal interest. The c:\LOTAPPS\INSTALL.TXT file says it's cc:Mail 6.03. Does anyone have a notion of how to crack them?
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The Eclipse isn't yet certified, but it looks like it has a really good chance.
I too would love to see the Eclipse fly with paying passengers. But the certification process isn't going to be a cakewalk. The FAA has a constituency which consists of its largest paying customers, the big airlines. And if you think Big Air is going to let small-timers mess up their playpen, I refer you to the reactions of other Bigs to encroachment on their turf (RIAA, MPAA, et al).
Once it's past the certification process, the next hurdle is the product liability lawyers. The appropriate insurance spells required to repel the lawyer demons will, I fear, drive the Eclipse price up to a level comparable to other jets.
The combination of a burdensome certification process plus product liability has all but killed general and small-time aviation. Until that two-headed monster is killed or at least corralled, we're going to see very little real innovation in aviation.
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http://www.eclipse.org/ Eclipse is an Open Source development framework. Or are you commenting on the format of the link?
http://toolbar.netcraft.com/ Netcraft installs a tool bar on your browser that shows host information (including country) and the level of trustworthiness. Users can submit phishing links through a link on the bar. I use it mostly to spot the hosts of spammers, but it also raises useful questions such as a link from eBay with a web hosting service in Korea. They've recently become particular about what kind of URLs they consider phishing. For example I wouldn't consider a mortgage spammer hosted in China to be a serious candidate when it's time to re-fi the family manse. They also don't consider possibly illegal content (child porn for example) to be phishing.
My in-laws bought my daughter (now nearing 18) a personalized laser-printed book with her and family's names in it. That was like 15 years ago. Of course, the pictures were stock. And last year Reason Magazine http://www.reason.com/0406/fe.dm.database.shtml sported a front cover with a satellite photo centered on the subscriber's house. The link goes to an article in that issue by Declan McCullagh. Of course, as a sibling post here points out, it's hard to say what's valid and what's not. On my copy was a picture of the local post office where I have a box.
I had a similar experience when I lost my dad last year. He left us a paper file with a list of passwords, account numbers and access codes, and the combination to the gun safe -- no apologies there, those guns represent a significant portion of my legacy, and as far as I know, none was used to kill anyone -- with the possible exception of a battle-scarred WWII-era M1 Garand rifle which I consider a gem in the collection for that very reason.
He did, however leave one password out of the mix. It was an old cc:Mail Remote account and all the files are encrypted. I tried all his "standard" passwords, but none of them works. Based on the environment the cc:Mail account was from, I don't expect anything earthshaking (or traumatic, for that matter), but there might be something of interest. I passed the files on to a computer science scholar type who is playing with them as an exercise in codebreaking.
...to Cowboy Neal for a stroke to preserve the language. In the headline he properly spells the possessive of it without an apostrophe. In the story DIY also gets it right with "announced it's broken its own record again." English is safe for a while longer. My English degree sated, I eagerly await the mods to off-topic.
'l' to go right -- what could be easier??!?
If you want a dedicated terminal emulator replacemet for the truly sorry Windows telnet and HyperTerminal programs, Simon Tatham's PuTTY is an excellent choice. It also includes a solid scp (secure copy/ftp) client.
Cygwin in particular is what keeps me from chucking the whole thing and running Linux. I get all the command line scripting and Unix-like tools without the bother of having to figure out how to make my employer's mail client work on Linux.
A fair question.
Given the context of the cc:Mail system in question, we're reasonably certain he didn't use it to communicate with his secret lover or to transmit secret messages to the Commies. This life was a pretty open book. I have access to the rest of the contents of his computer as well as personal files. I think I would have seen more evidence of secretiveness if he were hiding something. I'm confident that this is one password that was simply forgotten.
So. How does one go about cracking antique cc:Mail messages? I seriously doubt the encryption is that strong.
Here's a real world example of what happens when passwords are not managed appropriately. A relative recently died. He knew the end was coming and so wrote down a password list, safe combination, bank account numbers and the like. But he forgot about the decade-old cc:Mail files he had sitting on his computer. The data is of possible historical, maybe even legal interest. The c:\LOTAPPS\INSTALL.TXT file says it's cc:Mail 6.03. Does anyone have a notion of how to crack them?
I too would love to see the Eclipse fly with paying passengers. But the certification process isn't going to be a cakewalk. The FAA has a constituency which consists of its largest paying customers, the big airlines. And if you think Big Air is going to let small-timers mess up their playpen, I refer you to the reactions of other Bigs to encroachment on their turf (RIAA, MPAA, et al).
Once it's past the certification process, the next hurdle is the product liability lawyers. The appropriate insurance spells required to repel the lawyer demons will, I fear, drive the Eclipse price up to a level comparable to other jets.
The combination of a burdensome certification process plus product liability has all but killed general and small-time aviation. Until that two-headed monster is killed or at least corralled, we're going to see very little real innovation in aviation.