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2006-09-29, 16:53 | Link #22 | |
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2006-09-29, 20:14 | Link #23 | |||
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In the past 6 years, there have been about 8 or so remotely wormable holes in Windows. Otherwise, the majority of the exploits that have done anything are in IE or Office Suite/Outlook. Quote:
Linux is a different story. Most linux boxes have a set of programs which will be there semireliably and so it is very easy once you find something listening that is exploitable. There is no user interaction required if you find the right targets. (1x remote code on a program with enough privs + 1x priv eliv = all your root are belong to us). You can't exactly write a virus for linux that does anything reliably except take control or log the affected system. What are you going to do, have popup ads in the terminal? Quote:
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2006-09-30, 01:37 | Link #24 |
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This discussion has gone well beyond the topic at hand. If you really want to have a detailed discussion of computer security as relating to Linux, please make your own thread for it.
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@ Sylf
I don't recognize 2 of the programs that you mentioned, meaning it will take me some time as I have to look into them. (Gimp was already on my list BTW) Anyway I want to check/add all the audio programs mentioned earlier first. The only reason I concentrated on security apps up until now was because, NSW request never got a good enough answer... @ Jinto Lin First of all when I made the list (for the security thing), I first started by simply searching for all security topics here. Then I would just start reading and taking little notes (what I was taking notes of were names and good/bad points). After I read 2-3 of the small threads (I think) the idea of counting them came up. (for the sake of ordering them... in the end I just ordered them as I looked them up, more or less, as in random order). Half way the idea of using all the counting as rating came up, my intention with the list is to make it easy to decide what to choose, actually to present what they can choose, not to sell it to people, the idea of counting things like awards, reviews and such did come to mind, but I somehow feel it's wrong, I can't put my finger on it, but there's something about using that kind of information that doesn't seem right. My original idea with the "rating by reply" was that, since the threads (were I searched) weren't designed to vote the best there would be no cheating (for example if there was a pole some people might vote for item X either because nobody voted for it or everybody voted for it or they just like the name or some other stupid reason), I figure the rating would be honest. My only intention with it was for it to be a little extra (tie breaker). Hmm... I guess I was a little naive to think people would focus on it too much Thanks for the quick reply Jinto Lin... I'll remove them... maybe leaving it without any rating is better... Hmm... can you expand a little on the "find some reliable sources online, experts who have tested different tools (like FWs and AVs) and base your rating on such sources?" idea... I can't really enter "good and reliable source" and expect to come up with what you mention... (also most rating sites for security software also conveniently have them on display with all the praise of the company that made it... I have to wonder if censorship doesn't occur... also this "author's choice" is all fishy IMO). I did search for review sites... none seem to be any good IMO... Most review sites I saw don't seem to touch the free ones too much (if at all). All they seem to do is bash them into the ground as useless then mention something like 2 of them (AVG, Avast from what I've seen) no comparison test results no nothing, all I've read is personal opinion nothing technical. But that's not the only reason. What review sites out there seem to do is just write what product x has to offer in as many lines as possible. (usually they just review the most expensive and complete (antivirus, firewall, anti-spam etc) version of the product). Well, what I'm looking for in a review site is some technical babble behind the personal opinions... and reviews not just for the ones they really like (at least some indication that they are aware of some of the other alternatives and have tested them at some point in time) I'm really having a hard time finding such a site. You wouldn't happen to know some now would you ? Quote:
All I personally know about them is that they're something different when it comes to how the license and product activation work. I saw a few, but they weren't really stuff that I used so I couldn't tell if they had anything (visibly) special. I've seen some posts (and heard of it a few times in the past) were people would say something like they use antivirus x home edition at home but at they're univirsity/job/wathever they use the corporate and it's better. (I presume better (or whatever word or phrase with equal meaning they use) = "more friendly") Anyway these aren't my opinion, I'm very skeptical, if I believed 100% in them then I would have posted them in the list and not here. Figure I check to see if there's any truth/good in them Quote:
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As for the registry settings to ReadOnly... -_^ Lets see, I go to registry editor then go to Current User/Software/Microsoft/Internet Explorer and...... what? I set the permissions so they're readonly to... what?...... also, that helps improve security because....... ? Sorry I just don't see your point with the registry settings . Is it really worth the trouble...? but I guess I'm just missing something What settings do you suggest setting to ReadOnly ? Anyway... back to your original argument... Isn't the issue the same as with Linux/Macs... as in IE is the most used thus it's more likely to be targeted. . I read more (convincing) stuff on Firefox being less secure then IE then vise versa, but I still think Firefox is safer for the reason mentioned earlier Quote:
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Let's see, so to make an analogy a firewall simple keeps doors shut and gives keys to programs. So if say Opera has the key to open the door for web pages, then if I'm not careful little monsters can come in. So what is the safest way to use a firewall? Should I just block everything and set access on a need to use basis only, as in I install Opera I give it access to the ports it needs for what I need it for. On another note, what do you guys think of adding firewall scans as a security advise. As in free online firewall scans/tests like these from ShieldsUP Sygate PlanetSecurity I personally don't have any experience with them, are they any good ? Quote:
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That and I wanted some harsh criticism on other parts of the list, figure people would offer more criticism (in general) if I posted things like that.
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Optimally, if the program is trusted, you can pretty much let them do what they want going outbound. If you want to limit where that program goes on the internet, then you will want to narrow the rules. (Ex: I let mozilla go wherever it wants but I don't let the rss reader go anywhere except port 80. This is to limit the damage if a feed gets hijacked somehow since RSS is automated.) Quote:
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Unfortunately I cannot give you the ultimate site for looking up reliable information about everything. Sometimes you need to ask, what would be the benefit for the author to favour a certain product. How professional may the test cases be? And maybe some other questions, like is this report still up to date. Quote:
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2006-10-11, 04:29 | Link #29 | |
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The best I could find is http://www.av-comparatives.org/ I'll just add it and be done with the security things for now...
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2006-10-11, 05:53 | Link #30 |
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The section in G. seems rather short, and only seems to have one (very) expensive option.
I will just put in that there's Corel Paint Shop Pro X (now they've bought it from/bought Jasc), which is quite powerful and doesn't cost half of the price of Photoshop (currently at £41 [~ $80] or so from Corel's UK website). I don't know the exact bells and whistles it has and hasn't got compared to Photoshop, but it has all the things there for at least basic painting and photo-editing use, though I hear the interface is quite different to PS. I used to use Jasc Paint Shop Pro 7, which I hear you can get very cheap now which is fast and does the job, but it's alpha use among other things aren't as powerful as the newer version. Other people use Open Canvas, which seems reasonably popular; Corel Painter is also available (not sure on the prices of both). I think these are much more painting based and don't offer that much in terms of photo editing, but I haven't got these. These are just some other options if people don't feel like parting with $650 or piracy. There's also Vector images. The two I can think of are Xara Xtreme and Corel Draw; the *nix version of the former is Open Source; the Windows version is not. I use the older version of Xara: Xara X, which I haven't had the need to upgrade from. |
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Thanks for the suggestions, I'll look into them. I like to check and recheck things in detail, it's a slow process, but things will get added eventually... as long as life doesn't interfere too much.
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2006-10-13, 10:32 | Link #32 |
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Any good program for cutting down MP3s?
As the title suggests, I'm looking for a program which can cut down one long clip of an MP3 into various short clips. I'm not really knowledgeable when it comes to these things, so I hope someone can tell me a good program for this purpose as well as what steps to take, depending on the program.
Much appreciated in advance!
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2006-10-13, 12:10 | Link #34 |
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Yes audacity. Remember to get the LAME MP3 encoder, lame_enc.dll
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2006-10-13, 14:17 | Link #35 |
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There's one problem with using Audacity to cut your MP3s. They are decoded and then reencoded, which means that you lose quality. I suggest the following program:
http://www.mpgedit.org/mpgedit/home.html Get the windows installer for xmpgedit in the download section. To cut your MP3, do the following (I only used it on Linux, but it should be the same on Windows):
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2006-11-01, 00:39 | Link #37 |
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I would recommend Avid FreeDV -- just because it's free, and Avid is pretty much the industry standard for editing.
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2006-11-12, 23:51 | Link #38 |
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I like to suggest a couple of PC Windows performance improving software that I am using.
PageDefrag - A free software that defrags your pagefile allowing windows to bootup and shutdown faster. Registry Mechanic - A paid software that cleans and removes corrupt or empty file paths no longer used in the Windows Registry. It's helps with bootup and shutdown time but also helps reduce program crashes. It's good if your a person who installs and uninstalls programs often.
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2006-11-26, 21:21 | Link #40 |
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All done ^^Quote - Wandering_Youth *reps..* Quote - Poseidal How about I split the section in two or three..Quote - Sylf Something like.. Special Effects Tools - Photoshop, Gimp Painting/Drawing Tools - Open Canvas (pay), Pain.Net (free) Vector Tools - Illustrator (pay), Inkscape (free) ..of course with proper description/details.. Well that's what I'm thinking ATM Any objections?? :) (after a day, if nobody has any, I'll presume there aren't and move foword..) Ohh.. I still need to do some reaserch on Corel Paint Shop Pro, which is at XI now (not 10) if I'm not mistaken.. corel draw/painter.. but judging from experience I think those programs are super clutered.. or at least that's how remember them in previeus versions.. BTW does anyone have some kind experience with any of them? :( *goes to sleep*
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