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RE: Switching to MAC
Man, you guys are a hoot!! My Mac is better than your PC!! No, my PC is better than your Mac!!
Jeeze, get a life and grow up.My AT&T is better than your Verizon and my Ford is better than your Chevy!!! :B
Dave
I agree with the ford is better than your chevy, but I think my verizon is better..... :)
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Kart-Racer
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10/24/09 10:53am |
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RE: Who hate Vista as much as I do?
Apple may not take over the world but it would be a better place if it did.
Our IT gurus at work are scared to death of Vista.
I would not consider them "gurus" then...
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Kart-Racer
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09/30/09 10:13am |
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RE: Directv via internal coach wiring - NOT FIXED
when I loose my shorts trouble is near.When my shorts are loose it could be trouble.
That's why during the spellen bee I was first to sit down...
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Kart-Racer
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09/26/09 10:40pm |
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RE: Directv via internal coach wiring - NOT FIXED
Put a short on one end of the cables (center to outside) and start checking all the connections with an ohm meter. When you loose the short, your trouble is near....
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Kart-Racer
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09/26/09 03:16pm |
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RE: Web Publishing Software
Is your existing site currently hosted someplace other than Godaddy, or do you have it archived locally on your computer?
If its on your computer with all the files needed you should be able to use Godaddys tools to upload the files to the server. Its just a matter of copy and past to Godaddy.
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Kart-Racer
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09/26/09 03:12pm |
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RE: WI-FI Secure with If WEBSITE SECURE?
Well, since my last post got deleted and others edited by our way too PC moderators im done ( I wish they would sack up and PM you a reason why).
If you had left out the personal comments, none of your posts would have been edited.
There were two posts deleted, one that was "over the top" and one that quoted the other one - Of course we do not allow direct reference to material that has been deleted or edited.
If it your nature to include personal attacks in your posts, you will get lots of edits or deletions.
Tom
Over the "top", give me a break.....:R
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Kart-Racer
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09/25/09 02:34pm |
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RE: 2.4 portable phone question.
we have a Uniden set that I have 2 bases for. All work together fine. Buy one and test it. Doesn't work, the phone goes back in the box and back to the store :)
If you unhook 1 of the bases do all the phones still work?
just curious....
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Kart-Racer
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09/25/09 11:59am |
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RE: WI-FI Secure with If WEBSITE SECURE?
Thanks for the link to the pdf. It was an interesting read except that it discusses the vulnerability of the older SSL 2.0 rather than 3.0 which prevents renegotiation of key length. When looking at my Firefox configuration I see that I have 2.0 disabled and 3.0 enabled by default.
With regards to Mr. Ou's statement, in response to research published in 2008 Verisign RapidSSL discontinued the used of the MD5 algorithm in the same month he put forth his statement. They also offered to replace any outstanding MD5 server certificate at no charge so it is probably safe to assume the OP's bank has updated theirs.
I would say that given the use of SSL 3.0 and the removal of the crackable MD5 encryption method, the OP is as safe doing his online secure work from a wifi site as he is from the comfort of his home (where all he has to worry about is Comcast technicians with a lot of tools at their disposal).
Dave
Well, since my last post got deleted and others edited by our way too PC moderators im done ( I wish they would sack up and PM you a reason why).
I agree IF using SSL 3 you are safe "er".... if the companies take the initiative to update etc.
And I don't think I ever said (will have to re read post) the OP was not safe. I have no trouble doing my banking via wifi, and do so all the time.
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Kart-Racer
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09/25/09 08:24am |
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RE: WI-FI Secure with If WEBSITE SECURE?
Its called an MITM attack, look it up. Contrary to what you think you know, TLS and SSL are vulnerable to attack.
And YES, I understand SSL and TLS VERY well.
p.s. I think I have explained this before. have spent some time in the black hat communityWow until I googled it I thought "black hat" was part of the CIA :E. If you did explain your association with the "black hat" community it is so secret it was hidden from the forum search engine..
In this case I would be pleased to provide one to you if you would be so kind as to complete your halfway explanation of how SSL with a certificate issued by a CA would be compromised by a Man In The Middle attack. As I understand it, Public Key Infrastructure employing a Certificate Authority does not require in-the-clear transmission of key information. Each party in a session should already have enough information available without exchanging it over the air in the clear. Are you saying this is not the case?
Dave
To put it simply, we would have a script on a raduis server that renegotiates the key length to very small key, by negotiating that this is the only level of encryption that it understands. then simply cracks it.
read in detail this white paper.
ssl_tls.pdf
A quote from George Ou:
"Jan 05, 2009. The recent research highlighting the alarming practice of Secure Socket Layer (SSL) Certificate Authority (CA) vendors using the MD5 hashing algorithm (which was known to be broken since 2005) has shown a major crack in the foundation of the Web. While the latest research has shown that fake SSL certificates with MD5 hashes can be forged to perfection when the CA (such as VeriSign's RapidSSL) uses predictable certificate fields, the bigger problem is that the web has fundamentally botched secure authentication."
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Kart-Racer
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09/24/09 04:43pm |
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RE: WI-FI Secure with If WEBSITE SECURE?
In spite of what many would like to believe, if you see the httpS:// your immediate web page session is secure. The security extends far beyond the wifi hotspot you are using all the way to the end server at your bank or whatever. Your keystrokes entered on this page can NOT be logged by the hotspot unless a trojan virus has been installed on your computer.
Dave
NOT totally true. If the hotspot you are accessing sends you to a splash page to logon your keystrokes CAN be monitored remotely.If you had read my post 30 seconds later you would have seen I added "Your keystrokes entered on this page can NOT be logged by the hotspot ".
Please explain how a hotspot sending a "splash page" can read keystrokes entered on an encrypted page without installing a trojan keystroke logger program. Do you understand how SSL and certificates work?
Dave
Its called an MITM attack, look it up. Contrary to what you think you know, TLS and SSL are vulnerable to attack.
And YES, I understand SSL and TLS VERY well.
p.s. I think I have explained this before. have spent some time in the black hat community
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Kart-Racer
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09/24/09 11:52am |
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RE: WI-FI Secure with If WEBSITE SECURE?
We've had this discussion over and over and it boils down to this: If you don't feel comfortable, don't do it. Otherwise, the actual chances you will be hacked are virtually zero.
Exactly. It can be done, but is so very unlikely
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Kart-Racer
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09/24/09 09:56am |
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RE: WI-FI Secure with If WEBSITE SECURE?
In spite of what many would like to believe, if you see the httpS:// your immediate web page session is secure. The security extends far beyond the wifi hotspot you are using all the way to the end server at your bank or whatever. Your keystrokes entered on this page can NOT be logged by the hotspot unless a trojan virus has been installed on your computer.
Dave
NOT totally true. If the hotspot you are accessing sends you to a splash page to logon your keystrokes CAN be monitored remotely.
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Kart-Racer
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09/24/09 08:55am |
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RE: old slides
You need one of these: Kodak Carousel Slide Projector
1960's !!! Kodak only stopped selling Kodachrome slide film this year....
that is a little pricey and also need to buy a lens.
bumpy
Included in this auction:
Carousel 4600 Projector In The original Box
Lamp/Bulb
Wired Remote
Operation manual
102-152mm f/3.5 lens
1 Carousel 140 Slide Tray
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Kart-Racer
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09/14/09 06:50pm |
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RE: Vista Mail to Mac Mail
Hi,
Looking to move from Vista to Mac Book. Question is can I copy all my contact list and associated files from Vista mail to Mac mail?. Secondary program? Drive?.
Any thoughts appreciated
Don
my daughter used this: move2mac seems to have worked well. There might be other free options as well.
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Kart-Racer
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09/13/09 05:24pm |
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RE: Ever wunder how Google works?
Wonder why some of the posters that seem to know so much more and have a much better way of doing things have not instituted their own "search engine" and put google out of business. I think maybe google knows exactly what they are doing unfortunately for him, so does Mr. Gates. Go Google Go!
Ditto ....
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Kart-Racer
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09/13/09 04:23pm |
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RE: Parallel to USB printer cable
parallel data and universal serial bus are NOT compatible, there is NO adapter cable
a box with a circuit board and data chips could be constructed, but i have never seen one
the OP will need a pcima card with USB ports to use any USB printer on the old thinkpad
its that $20 giver or take, or go find an OLD parallel printer
NO USB adapter cable exists and this has NOTHING to do with type A or B or micro or mini, his laptop NOT having any type of USB port.
It cracks me up every time I read posts from people on here who "think" they know and have done everything. Do some research next time.
LPTtoUSB
that is NOT cable, it IS a miniaturized "circuit" /box/ equipment, it is electronic, it is converting the signal from ONE format to another
my statement was it could be constructed, but i had never seen one, thank you for a link to the webpage and picture..
but why pay $89 for circuit adapter, when you can get a PCima-usb card for $20 and use any USB device you want and have more than (1) usb port i have seen card adapters with 2,3, or even 4 ports even combo cards with USB & firewire on the same card
that device is doing the same job the card slot adapter converting signals from one format to another, and for more $$
I did not know they existed , but it is NOT a cable, and is NOT the easiest or cheapest course of action, but it is an option the OP can consider.
I never SAID it was a CABLE. You said no device is available to convert a parallel to usb.
I never SAID it was the easiest or cheapest way to get it done.
Sorry I hurt your feelings, you can't always be right.
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Kart-Racer
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09/12/09 06:57pm |
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RE: Parallel to USB printer cable
parallel data and universal serial bus are NOT compatible, there is NO adapter cable
a box with a circuit board and data chips could be constructed, but i have never seen one
the OP will need a pcima card with USB ports to use any USB printer on the old thinkpad
its that $20 giver or take, or go find an OLD parallel printer
NO USB adapter cable exists and this has NOTHING to do with type A or B or micro or mini, his laptop NOT having any type of USB port.
It cracks me up every time I read posts from people on here who "think" they know and have done everything. Do some research next time.
LPTtoUSB
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Kart-Racer
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09/12/09 04:46pm |
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RE: Parallel to USB printer cable
You can get a USB Gender changer to go from the type A to the type B on your printer. Do a search for USB gender changer.
That is not the problem. RTQ
How is that not the problem? His printer has a USB type "B" connection. Most if not all Parallel to USB cables have a type "A" USB connection. If you get a gender changer (type a to b) it should work.
http://www.lakc.org/photo/rr-usb-023-afbmr.jpg
http://www.lakc.org/photo/rr-usb-023-afbml.jpg
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Kart-Racer
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09/12/09 01:11pm |
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RE: Parallel to USB printer cable
You can get a USB Gender changer to go from the type A to the type B on your printer. Do a search for USB gender changer.
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Kart-Racer
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09/12/09 11:29am |
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RE: Video Switch Box
I am trying to find a video switch box that controls which video source to send to each of the televisions in my RV that has a remote control. The one that I have now, I have to physically go push the correct buttons on the box to have it select the video source.
This is a hassle on a cold morning when we watched a DVD to fall asleep and then want to watch DirectTV in the morning in bed!
I know, I am spoiled and lazy, but that is why we have technology!
Cables to Go
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Kart-Racer
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09/03/09 11:50am |
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