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  1. Re:BT Sync on Ask Slashdot: Keeping Cloud Data Encrypted Without Cross-Platform Pain? · · Score: 0

    I too am still using BTsync. Something else you can do to help it stay local is uncheck "Use relay server when required", "Use tracker server", and "Search DHT network". Make sure you have "Search LAN" checked.

    Those settings are in the preferences for each shared folder.

  2. Re:BT Sync on Ask Slashdot: Keeping Cloud Data Encrypted Without Cross-Platform Pain? · · Score: 0

    Try the open source equivalent of BTSync, Syncthing
    https://syncthing.net/
    https://github.com/syncthing/s...

  3. It's not GPL, but it is an Apache project on What is the Best Way to Start a Paid GPL Project? · · Score: 0

    I haven't used the POS portion, but OFBiz is a very flexible open-source project that does include POS.
    I've used other portions of the project and once past the learning curve, it's great!

  4. Re:Time of day? on Comcast and Net Speed Tests · · Score: 0

    I don't think that time of day applies. I ran some tests and found that they are actually bursing (or throttling, depending on your viewpoint) their bandwidth. Check out my pretty graphs: http://blog.alt-j.com/200704/comcast-bursting-uplo ad-bandwidth/ They're doing it for both uploading and downloading. It seems like they burst long enough to perform well on all of those online speed test sites.

  5. Re:Getting around the "Not Allowed" message on Google Talk Available Early · · Score: 0

    Change your port to 5222 instead of 5223

  6. Re:911 available on regular line still on Texas Attorney General Sues Vonage over 911 · · Score: 0

    I haven't tried dialing 911 on my old phone line, but when I switched from Qwest to Vonage my land line went completely dead. I highly doubt that it would respond to any dialing.

    BTW, I'm too lazy to hook a phone back up to it to try it out too.

  7. ...move along, move along... on Utah Governor Signs Net-Porn Bill · · Score: 0

    Yup, Utah is bad. Winters are cold and snowy, summers are hot and dry. Hardly anything to do here...

    This isn't the state you're looking to live in...move along, move along...

  8. Cross-platform alternate - mvelopes on Intuit Disables Features in Quicken To Force Upgrades · · Score: 0

    I use browser-based http://www.mvelopes.com/.
    It's subscription based, but runs on Linux, Windows and MacOS.
    Budgeting is its strong point instead of after-the-fact expense tracking like Quicken.

  9. Re:False security? on How Can I Trust Firefox? · · Score: 0

    As a PKI professional, I'd like to clarify a few things:

    When you have a certificate, only YOU can sign software with YOUR certficiate...
    The certificate doesn't do the actual signing of code or software, it's the private key associated with the certificate.
    It would be better phrased, "When you have the private key associated with a certificate, only THAT key can sign software for your certificate..." Unfortunately, if that key is compromised then anyone with it can sign software as if they were you. There are measures that can be taken if a private key is known to be compromised (revoke cert, issue updated CRL, etc...) but an unknown compromised private key can be very dangerous.

    when you study computer security too much, you become really paranoid about everything
    You have more studying to do, because you're not paranoid enough. :-)

  10. "Windows make it fairly easy" ... to circumvent. on Computer Forensics · · Score: 0

    From the Windows encryption link, "encrypt data directly on volumes that use the NTFS file system so that the data cannot be used by any other user."

    A couple of years ago, I tested this out and was able to circumvent it by resetting the admin password on the system (Google for a variety of tools to do this), logging in as admin and resetting the user's password with the encrypted information, then logging in as that user.

    Voila! I had full access to all of the encrypted files. To truly protect your data, you need a better implementation of encryption than the default Windows encryption. I didn't test this but if you have PKI setup with windows and use your certificate to encrypt files or directories, I believe it is more difficult to circumvent.

  11. In related news... on Half Life 2 Goes Gold · · Score: 4, Funny

    Some "jerk" in the production line has swiped a copy of the French version...

    The only weapon in the French version allows you to shout obscenities at each other until you pass out.

  12. Re:But... on VoIP Price War Declared · · Score: 1

    YES! I have tested a Vonage setup for this and was able to output an audio file directly from ethereal for each direction of the phone conversation. Combine the two audio files and you have a copy of the phone conversation.

    I keep asking all of these providers when they are going to start encrypting their voice packets and have only found one that plans on doing so in the near future. (I don't recall which one it was)

    I don't care about the gov't listening in on the provider end, but I don't want some l33t hax0r sniffing packets somewhere along the route.

  13. Re:.sxi format? on Large Scale Web Apps Built on Open Source · · Score: 1

    nevermind, it looks like the password is for modify rights.

  14. Re:.sxi format? on Large Scale Web Apps Built on Open Source · · Score: 1

    it's StarOffice Impress. (PowerPoint equivalent)
    Now, does anyone know the password to open it?