From accessd at shaw.ca Wed Oct 11 14:48:00 2017 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 13:48:00 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] How to convert images In-Reply-To: <1383535366.461686701.1506114867933.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> References: <176133744.358232672.1501803537876.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <795975156.418602058.1504382393212.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <807477615.428180194.1504804422684.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <1774648161.429671358.1504844372708.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <633366520.459721693.1506042449388.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <1383535366.461686701.1506114867933.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Message-ID: <626951468.506575893.1507751280494.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> For all those who have worked with creating images and subsequently building virtual drives, here is a link to a product that should satisfy all your needs. This product can make an image created on any platform compatible with any virtual application managers like, VMWare, VirtualBox, Hyper-V, XEN, Proxmox, Citrix, KVM, even QEMU and so on. https://docs.openstack.org/image-guide/convert-images.html Check out the open source machine emulator and visual software package. It will install on all major OSs. https://www.qemu.org/ Of course some OSs in these converted images have migration issues... Windows 10 can be a blue-screen bear but there are numerous hacks out on the internet that explain how to work around these issue and once resolved it is easy to crank out dozens of copies in minutes. :-) Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Mon Oct 16 21:13:10 2017 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 20:13:10 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] The Big Blue Button In-Reply-To: <626951468.506575893.1507751280494.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> References: <176133744.358232672.1501803537876.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <795975156.418602058.1504382393212.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <807477615.428180194.1504804422684.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <1774648161.429671358.1504844372708.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <633366520.459721693.1506042449388.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <1383535366.461686701.1506114867933.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <626951468.506575893.1507751280494.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Message-ID: <816911481.519224918.1508206390537.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> The Big Blue Button is great piece of software if you are managing a distributed series of classes and/or sales team. The application has gathered together all the components anyone would need and if additional software is required that program can easily connect through all the standard protocols. I have been working with it off and on for about week and I am totally impressed. To view the main website of Big Blue Button: https://bigbluebutton.org/ ...and tutorials and demos and documentation. ...and download... https://sourceforge.net/projects/bigbluebutton/ ...or if you are running Ubuntu as your server just enter the follow command line: sudo apt install BigBlueButton ...and the costs of various service plans... http://bit.ly/2gLUHn7 If you wish to install, secure and run it yourself, here is an excellent tutorial. The tutorial instructs on how BBB should properly setup on a Cloud based system; DigitalOcean but the notes can be translated to virtual any configuration. It will have a full firewall, SSL certificates via "Let's Encrypt" (with automated updates), high level encrypted password security and a host of other features. This weekend a friend and myself installed BBB in the latest LTS copy of Ubuntu (17.04) on a Microsoft Hyper-V server and it is working very nicely even though BBB system installation recommends against vitalization. We will add a few clients and then be able to test it at length. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Saztv2WlKI&t=1359 The above video is very thorough and easy to follow. For some finally enhancements here is some Cloud magic that will allow a developer to have two systems running on a couple of IP addresses. It is good for designing, testing and then uploading and could also be used, in situations as a fall-over backup server. We will first test it all on the current site, install all the users and administrators and then migrate the system, probably to a DigitalOcean droplette, with its high-bandwidth internet connections and then go live. One of the fine attributes of this application is that source code can be downloaded (https://github.com/bigbluebutton/bigbluebutton) and stored, the product can be run on a host of unique configurations and if required, the company Big Blue Button is there to provide full level product services and support. Aside: If you are planning on using the product to full capacity check the minimum requirements first: "...The minimum server requirements for installing BigBlueButton 1.1 are Ubuntu 16.04 64-bit OS or greater 4 GB of memory with swap enabled (8 GB of memory is better) Quad-core 2.6 GHZ CPU (or faster) TCP ports 80, 443,and 1935 are accessible TCP port 7443 is accessible if you intend to configure SSL (recommended), otherwise port 5066 is accessible UDP ports 16384 - 32768 are accessible Port 80 is not in use by another application (no private mail system) Other recommendations are 500G of free disk space (or more) for recordings 100 Mbits/sec bandwidth (symmetrical) Dedicated (bare metal) hardware (not virtualized) Why do we recommend a bare metal server? BigBlueButton uses FreeSWITCH (https://freeswitch.org/) for processing of incoming audio packets and FreeSWITCH works best in a non-virtualized environment (see FreeSWITCH recommended configurations). You can still run BigBlueButton on a virtual server (such as shown in the install video), but you?ll get best performance on dedicated hardware. If you are a developer setting up a BigBlueButton server for dev and testing, you don?t need 500G free for such recordings (40G would be more than sufficient). If you want to install BigBlueButton on Amazon EC2, launch a 64-bit Xenial instance from Canonical?s list of list of supported AMI. We recommend running BigBlueButton on a c4.xlarge (or greater CPU) instance. What about bandwidth for users? For end-user accessing the BigBlueButton server we recommend (a minimum of) 1.0 Mbits/sec download speed and 0.5 Mbits/sec upload speed. If the presenter intends to share his or her desktop, then we recommend (a minimum of) 1.0 Mbits/sec upload speed...(or running it on a closed network)..." Jim From jbartow at winhaven.net Mon Oct 16 22:09:04 2017 From: jbartow at winhaven.net (John Bartow) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 03:09:04 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Key Reinstallation Attacks - Breaking WPA2 by forcing nonce reuse Message-ID: Discovered by Mathy Vanhoef of imec-DistriNet, KU Leuven Introduction We discovered serious weaknesses in WPA2, a protocol that secures all modern protected Wi-Fi networks. An attacker within range of a victim can exploit these weaknesses using key reinstallation attacks (KRACKs). Concretely, attackers can use this novel attack technique to read information that was previously assumed to be safely encrypted. This can be abused to steal sensitive information such as credit card numbers, passwords, chat messages, emails, photos, and so on. The attack works against all modern protected Wi-Fi networks. Depending on the network configuration, it is also possible to inject and manipulate data. For example, an attacker might be able to inject ransomware or other malware into websites. For more info: https://www.krackattacks.com/ From accessd at shaw.ca Mon Oct 16 23:18:12 2017 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 22:18:12 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Freeswitch In-Reply-To: <816911481.519224918.1508206390537.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> References: <795975156.418602058.1504382393212.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <807477615.428180194.1504804422684.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <1774648161.429671358.1504844372708.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <633366520.459721693.1506042449388.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <1383535366.461686701.1506114867933.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <626951468.506575893.1507751280494.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <816911481.519224918.1508206390537.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Message-ID: <796910707.519442769.1508213892809.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Hi All: I just noticed a great stand-alone product called Freeswitch (https://freeswitch.org/). I have not individually installed and tested it yet but plan to do so. Has anyone heard or used this product? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAoJElWl5OI ...and... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWUONihjb20 ...and... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1wDhbbMLok ...and... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qM-xAU-dt4 Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Mon Oct 16 23:29:11 2017 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 22:29:11 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Key Reinstallation Attacks - Breaking WPA2 by forcing nonce reuse In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <79751132.519462102.1508214551564.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Sigh... Next you'll tell me that someone broke into Equifax and stole crucial data on virtually every US citizen. As the information stolen can not ever be changed, the people will be at the mercy of thieves for the rest of their natural lives. Jim We discovered serious weaknesses in WPA2, a protocol that secures all modern protected Wi-Fi networks. An attacker within range of a victim can exploit these weaknesses using key reinstallation attacks (KRACKs). Concretely, attackers can use this novel attack technique to read information that was previously assumed to be safely encrypted. This can be abused to steal sensitive information such as credit card numbers, passwords, chat messages, emails, photos, and so on. The attack works against all modern protected Wi-Fi networks. Depending on the network configuration, it is also possible to inject and manipulate data. For example, an attacker might be able to inject ransomware or other malware into websites. For more info: https://www.krackattacks.com/ _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From accessd at shaw.ca Mon Oct 16 23:46:25 2017 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 22:46:25 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Firefox is coming back In-Reply-To: <816911481.519224918.1508206390537.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> References: <795975156.418602058.1504382393212.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <807477615.428180194.1504804422684.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <1774648161.429671358.1504844372708.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <633366520.459721693.1506042449388.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <1383535366.461686701.1506114867933.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <626951468.506575893.1507751280494.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <816911481.519224918.1508206390537.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Message-ID: <1719575589.519495095.1508215585826.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> According to various tech commentators Firefox has finally focused on it browser and is really pushing hard to match the stability, speed and features similar to its main competitor, Chrome. https://www.cnet.com/special-reports/mozilla-firefox-fights-back-against-google-chrome/ http://cnet.co/2yrR3X8 Just for the record, I have for years been using a combination of Firefox and Chrome and recently the new version of FF, version 57, is very fast, much more stable and they are adding a number of leading edge feature. Nothing improves the quality of products than stiff competition. Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Oct 17 15:55:22 2017 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 14:55:22 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] The Monero Project In-Reply-To: <816911481.519224918.1508206390537.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> References: <795975156.418602058.1504382393212.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <807477615.428180194.1504804422684.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <1774648161.429671358.1504844372708.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <633366520.459721693.1506042449388.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <1383535366.461686701.1506114867933.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <626951468.506575893.1507751280494.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <816911481.519224918.1508206390537.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Message-ID: <1459739164.521315390.1508273722669.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Hi All: How open is your personal ID and other specifics available on the internet. Click the following link and see: https://www.askapache.com/online-tools/whoami/ Don't forget to press on the button marked; "Show my Information" for a complete dump of all your stats. The above example is very simple but given the ability to cross-reference all your data with all your online transactions, listing all your contacts and family and now adding in your financial and medical records, you are now more exposed than ever to every online person or organization who wants to take advantage of you. Maybe we should start looking for methods that will protect the identities of our clients, our familes and ourselves.(?) To that end there is many technologies being actively developed. An open network for secure, decentralized communication. https://matrix.org/ ...and how it all works: https://matrix.org/#about There is the new distributive protocol IPFS which I have discussed before. https://ipfs.io/ ...and an overview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CMxDNuuAiQ There is a new form of money that has all the encrypted feature of Bitcoin but is absolutely not traceable, is not limited and has fast transactions. This and a number of other privacy and security projects are under the umbrella project, Monero. https://getmonero.org/the-monero-project/ Monero is the leading cryptocurrency with a focus on private and censorship-resistant transactions. https://getmonero.org/get-started/what-is-monero/ What is Kovri? Kovri is a free, decentralized, anonymity technology. https://getkovri.org/ What is OpenAlias? OpenAlias seeks to provide a way to simplify aliasing amidst a rapidly shifting technology climate. Users are trying to cross the bridge to private and cryptographically secure infrastructure and systems, but many of them have just barely started remembering the email addresses of their friends and family. https://openalias.org/ Jim From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Tue Oct 17 17:03:11 2017 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 08:03:11 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] The Monero Project In-Reply-To: <1459739164.521315390.1508273722669.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> References: , <816911481.519224918.1508206390537.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca>, <1459739164.521315390.1508273722669.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Message-ID: <59E67E1F.22852.139DFB94@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> WTF? There is ZERO personal information there - it's just showing standard DNS, internet routing and HTML header info. Can you spell "paranoia" ? :-) On 17 Oct 2017 at 14:55, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi All: > > How open is your personal ID and other specifics available on the > internet. Click the following link and see: > https://www.askapache.com/online-tools/whoami/ Don't forget to press > on the button marked; "Show my Information" for a complete dump of all > your stats. > > The above example is very simple but given the ability to > cross-reference all your data with all your online transactions, > listing all your contacts and family and now adding in your financial > and medical records, you are now more exposed than ever to every > online person or organization who wants to take advantage of you. > > Maybe we should start looking for methods that will protect the > identities of our clients, our familes and ourselves.(?) To that end > there is many technologies being actively developed. > > An open network for secure, decentralized communication. > https://matrix.org/ > ...and how it all works: https://matrix.org/#about > > There is the new distributive protocol IPFS which I have discussed > before. https://ipfs.io/ ...and an overview > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CMxDNuuAiQ > > There is a new form of money that has all the encrypted feature of > Bitcoin but is absolutely not traceable, is not limited and has fast > transactions. This and a number of other privacy and security projects > are under the umbrella project, Monero. > > https://getmonero.org/the-monero-project/ > > Monero is the leading cryptocurrency with a focus on private and > censorship-resistant transactions. > https://getmonero.org/get-started/what-is-monero/ > > What is Kovri? Kovri is a free, decentralized, anonymity technology. > https://getkovri.org/ > > What is OpenAlias? OpenAlias seeks to provide a way to simplify > aliasing amidst a rapidly shifting technology climate. Users are > trying to cross the bridge to private and cryptographically secure > infrastructure and systems, but many of them have just barely started > remembering the email addresses of their friends and family. > https://openalias.org/ > > Jim > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Oct 17 22:01:45 2017 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 21:01:45 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] The Monero Project In-Reply-To: <59E67E1F.22852.139DFB94@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> References: <816911481.519224918.1508206390537.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <1459739164.521315390.1508273722669.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <59E67E1F.22852.139DFB94@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <1552284037.522093676.1508295705639.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> There is enough information that anything you do or anywhere you go can be followed back to you and an association to all your friend and contacts can be established. Earlier this year I received a legal letter saying that I personal had been downloading a certain set of movies. I had not, so I reported the information back to my ISP who informed me that according to the IP address, a number of movies had been downloaded and they are legally obligated to pass the notice along. If I was living in the states, I could have ended up defending myself in court. Considering that the alleged movies had been downloaded to my address when we were on holidays is strange indeed. Apparently, someone had been able to fake my IP address. For years I have had access to PBS documentaries via the internet. Then up went the geofencing but I had a VPN, then finally even that was blocked. There is now a 'black-list' of many IP addresses from most VPN type servers...because if an address can not be tracked to it real location it is assumed as illegal. Considering that I have had an auto-payment plan to PBS for years it was a bit insulting. Rest assured I no longer support PBS through their patron program. They have subsequently sent me a couple of requests as to why, as I, a long time customer, would cancel my pledge. I said grant me access and I will continue. Unfortunately, due to legal obligations, with their suppliers, they can not. The VPN is still a very effective way of obliterating all my specifics, as there is enough details normally broadcast as to allow anyone to be able to create a fairly unique finger-print. So now we have to up our game when doing any communication through out the internet. End to end encryption, encrypted pipes (SSH/SSL), mesh networks, floating IP addresses and so on, are tools needed in today's world. As the argument goes, do I have anything to hide, probably not but do I have something to protect, definitely. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "stuart" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 3:03:11 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The Monero Project WTF? There is ZERO personal information there - it's just showing standard DNS, internet routing and HTML header info. Can you spell "paranoia" ? :-) On 17 Oct 2017 at 14:55, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Hi All: > > How open is your personal ID and other specifics available on the > internet. Click the following link and see: > https://www.askapache.com/online-tools/whoami/ Don't forget to press > on the button marked; "Show my Information" for a complete dump of all > your stats. > > The above example is very simple but given the ability to > cross-reference all your data with all your online transactions, > listing all your contacts and family and now adding in your financial > and medical records, you are now more exposed than ever to every > online person or organization who wants to take advantage of you. > > Maybe we should start looking for methods that will protect the > identities of our clients, our familes and ourselves.(?) To that end > there is many technologies being actively developed. > > An open network for secure, decentralized communication. > https://matrix.org/ > ...and how it all works: https://matrix.org/#about > > There is the new distributive protocol IPFS which I have discussed > before. https://ipfs.io/ ...and an overview > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CMxDNuuAiQ > > There is a new form of money that has all the encrypted feature of > Bitcoin but is absolutely not traceable, is not limited and has fast > transactions. This and a number of other privacy and security projects > are under the umbrella project, Monero. > > https://getmonero.org/the-monero-project/ > > Monero is the leading cryptocurrency with a focus on private and > censorship-resistant transactions. > https://getmonero.org/get-started/what-is-monero/ > > What is Kovri? Kovri is a free, decentralized, anonymity technology. > https://getkovri.org/ > > What is OpenAlias? OpenAlias seeks to provide a way to simplify > aliasing amidst a rapidly shifting technology climate. Users are > trying to cross the bridge to private and cryptographically secure > infrastructure and systems, but many of them have just barely started > remembering the email addresses of their friends and family. > https://openalias.org/ > > Jim > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Tue Oct 17 22:30:32 2017 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2017 13:30:32 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] The Monero Project In-Reply-To: <1552284037.522093676.1508295705639.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> References: , <59E67E1F.22852.139DFB94@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg>, <1552284037.522093676.1508295705639.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Message-ID: <59E6CAD8.9342.14C9AEE1@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> If I use a Private Window in Firefox with tracking protection enabled, I am not leaking and information to websites I visit. My ISP NATs traffic, so all that a website knows about me is that I am one of a million of so users of Digicel PNG. On 17 Oct 2017 at 21:01, Jim Lawrence wrote: > There is enough information that anything you do or anywhere you go > can be followed back to you and an association to all your friend and > contacts can be established. > > Earlier this year I received a legal letter saying that I personal had > been downloading a certain set of movies. I had not, so I reported the > information back to my ISP who informed me that according to the IP > address, a number of movies had been downloaded and they are legally > obligated to pass the notice along. If I was living in the states, I > could have ended up defending myself in court. Considering that the > alleged movies had been downloaded to my address when we were on > holidays is strange indeed. Apparently, someone had been able to fake > my IP address. > > For years I have had access to PBS documentaries via the internet. > Then up went the geofencing but I had a VPN, then finally even that > was blocked. There is now a 'black-list' of many IP addresses from > most VPN type servers...because if an address can not be tracked to it > real location it is assumed as illegal. Considering that I have had an > auto-payment plan to PBS for years it was a bit insulting. Rest > assured I no longer support PBS through their patron program. They > have subsequently sent me a couple of requests as to why, as I, a long > time customer, would cancel my pledge. I said grant me access and I > will continue. Unfortunately, due to legal obligations, with their > suppliers, they can not. > > The VPN is still a very effective way of obliterating all my > specifics, as there is enough details normally broadcast as to allow > anyone to be able to create a fairly unique finger-print. So now we > have to up our game when doing any communication through out the > internet. End to end encryption, encrypted pipes (SSH/SSL), mesh > networks, floating IP addresses and so on, are tools needed in today's > world. As the argument goes, do I have anything to hide, probably not > but do I have something to protect, definitely. > From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Oct 17 23:22:36 2017 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 22:22:36 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Debugging JavaScript projects In-Reply-To: <1459739164.521315390.1508273722669.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> References: <807477615.428180194.1504804422684.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <1774648161.429671358.1504844372708.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <633366520.459721693.1506042449388.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <1383535366.461686701.1506114867933.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <626951468.506575893.1507751280494.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <816911481.519224918.1508206390537.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <1459739164.521315390.1508273722669.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Message-ID: <44604559.522219041.1508300556559.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> As Javascript is a website's forward facing code, it is very necessary to find all code vulnerabilities and attack vectors. The simple errors are easy to find but with the data input fields, there are a number complex errors hidden in a few support packages: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dgmeTy7X3I Here is a site that allows you, as an Open Source developer or small low volume tester to use their vulnerability search engine for free: https://snyk.io/ Jim From accessd at shaw.ca Tue Oct 17 23:30:37 2017 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2017 22:30:37 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] The Monero Project In-Reply-To: <59E6CAD8.9342.14C9AEE1@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> References: <59E67E1F.22852.139DFB94@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> <1552284037.522093676.1508295705639.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> <59E6CAD8.9342.14C9AEE1@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> Message-ID: <600482071.522229205.1508301037828.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Interesting. If you go into a FF private window with Tracking protection on and run the same link: https://www.askapache.com/online-tools/whoami/ Your details are still being displayed or am I missing something? With an appropriate VPN turned on, and running the same link, a dummy IP address is displayed and none of your OS credentials are. Aside: Here are a couple of the new features of FF 56.0, that I find exciting. One, Send: https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/send ...and Container: https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/containers ...and there are more. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "stuart" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 8:30:32 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The Monero Project If I use a Private Window in Firefox with tracking protection enabled, I am not leaking and information to websites I visit. My ISP NATs traffic, so all that a website knows about me is that I am one of a million of so users of Digicel PNG. On 17 Oct 2017 at 21:01, Jim Lawrence wrote: > There is enough information that anything you do or anywhere you go > can be followed back to you and an association to all your friend and > contacts can be established. > > Earlier this year I received a legal letter saying that I personal had > been downloading a certain set of movies. I had not, so I reported the > information back to my ISP who informed me that according to the IP > address, a number of movies had been downloaded and they are legally > obligated to pass the notice along. If I was living in the states, I > could have ended up defending myself in court. Considering that the > alleged movies had been downloaded to my address when we were on > holidays is strange indeed. Apparently, someone had been able to fake > my IP address. > > For years I have had access to PBS documentaries via the internet. > Then up went the geofencing but I had a VPN, then finally even that > was blocked. There is now a 'black-list' of many IP addresses from > most VPN type servers...because if an address can not be tracked to it > real location it is assumed as illegal. Considering that I have had an > auto-payment plan to PBS for years it was a bit insulting. Rest > assured I no longer support PBS through their patron program. They > have subsequently sent me a couple of requests as to why, as I, a long > time customer, would cancel my pledge. I said grant me access and I > will continue. Unfortunately, due to legal obligations, with their > suppliers, they can not. > > The VPN is still a very effective way of obliterating all my > specifics, as there is enough details normally broadcast as to allow > anyone to be able to create a fairly unique finger-print. So now we > have to up our game when doing any communication through out the > internet. End to end encryption, encrypted pipes (SSH/SSL), mesh > networks, floating IP addresses and so on, are tools needed in today's > world. As the argument goes, do I have anything to hide, probably not > but do I have something to protect, definitely. > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Thu Oct 19 16:32:38 2017 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:32:38 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] System Image Message-ID: <047001d34921$c9accd90$5d0668b0$@bchacc.com> Dear List(s): I use Ghost for my monthly backup of my hard drive - actually a 250GB SSD. It works well and I have tested it from time to time by the need to restore a file. Everything I do during the month is on Google drive and/or on external HD. However, my main box has been doing some odd things lately and I'm beginning to wonder if it will crap out on me. And SSDs don't last forever either. So as Clapton sings "Someday the bottom will drop out". But I have never tried a complete drive restore from Ghost to an empty drive. Don't know if it will work. Have no way to try it. I'm running Windows 10 which I downloaded during the free period, and so I have no DVD for restoring Windows. What would your recommendation be for a way to create a system image that I could completely restore to a virgin drive? Does W10 have some capability to do this? MTIA Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 760-683-5777 www.bchacc.com www.e-z-mrp.com Skype: rocky.smolin From bheid at sc.rr.com Thu Oct 19 17:04:51 2017 From: bheid at sc.rr.com (Bobby Heid) Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 18:04:51 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] System Image In-Reply-To: <047001d34921$c9accd90$5d0668b0$@bchacc.com> References: <047001d34921$c9accd90$5d0668b0$@bchacc.com> Message-ID: <000701d34926$4b16d9d0$e1448d70$@sc.rr.com> I could not get regular Ghost 15 to work win Windows 10 so I switched to Acronis True Image. On Win7, I have restored a Ghost image several times to a new drive (win 7 down) over the years with no issues. Have not tested that yet with Acronis. But it's supposed to work. Lol. Thanks, Bobby -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 5:33 PM To: List ; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] System Image Dear List(s): I use Ghost for my monthly backup of my hard drive - actually a 250GB SSD. It works well and I have tested it from time to time by the need to restore a file. Everything I do during the month is on Google drive and/or on external HD. However, my main box has been doing some odd things lately and I'm beginning to wonder if it will crap out on me. And SSDs don't last forever either. So as Clapton sings "Someday the bottom will drop out". But I have never tried a complete drive restore from Ghost to an empty drive. Don't know if it will work. Have no way to try it. I'm running Windows 10 which I downloaded during the free period, and so I have no DVD for restoring Windows. What would your recommendation be for a way to create a system image that I could completely restore to a virgin drive? Does W10 have some capability to do this? MTIA Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 760-683-5777 www.bchacc.com www.e-z-mrp.com Skype: rocky.smolin _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From stuart at lexacorp.com.pg Thu Oct 19 17:43:22 2017 From: stuart at lexacorp.com.pg (Stuart McLachlan) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 08:43:22 +1000 Subject: [dba-Tech] The Monero Project In-Reply-To: <600482071.522229205.1508301037828.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> References: , <59E6CAD8.9342.14C9AEE1@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg>, <600482071.522229205.1508301037828.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Message-ID: <59E92A8A.30737.1E0F7BF0@stuart.lexacorp.com.pg> What do you mean by "your details"? I don't see ANY information on that site that would identify me in any way other than the fact that I am a Digicel PNG customer using "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:56.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/56.0"). On 17 Oct 2017 at 22:30, Jim Lawrence wrote: > Interesting. > > If you go into a FF private window with Tracking protection on and run > the same link: https://www.askapache.com/online-tools/whoami/ > > Your details are still being displayed or am I missing something? > > With an appropriate VPN turned on, and running the same link, a dummy > IP address is displayed and none of your OS credentials are. > > Aside: Here are a couple of the new features of FF 56.0, that I find > exciting. One, Send: https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/send > > ...and Container: > https://testpilot.firefox.com/experiments/containers > > ...and there are more. > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "stuart" > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2017 8:30:32 PM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] The > Monero Project > > If I use a Private Window in Firefox with tracking protection enabled, > I am not leaking and information to websites I visit. > > My ISP NATs traffic, so all that a website knows about me is that I am > one of a million of so users of Digicel PNG. > > > > On 17 Oct 2017 at 21:01, Jim Lawrence wrote: > > > There is enough information that anything you do or anywhere you go > > can be followed back to you and an association to all your friend > > and contacts can be established. > > > > Earlier this year I received a legal letter saying that I personal > > had been downloading a certain set of movies. I had not, so I > > reported the information back to my ISP who informed me that > > according to the IP address, a number of movies had been downloaded > > and they are legally obligated to pass the notice along. If I was > > living in the states, I could have ended up defending myself in > > court. Considering that the alleged movies had been downloaded to my > > address when we were on holidays is strange indeed. Apparently, > > someone had been able to fake my IP address. > > > > For years I have had access to PBS documentaries via the internet. > > Then up went the geofencing but I had a VPN, then finally even that > > was blocked. There is now a 'black-list' of many IP addresses from > > most VPN type servers...because if an address can not be tracked to > > it real location it is assumed as illegal. Considering that I have > > had an auto-payment plan to PBS for years it was a bit insulting. > > Rest assured I no longer support PBS through their patron program. > > They have subsequently sent me a couple of requests as to why, as I, > > a long time customer, would cancel my pledge. I said grant me access > > and I will continue. Unfortunately, due to legal obligations, with > > their suppliers, they can not. > > > > The VPN is still a very effective way of obliterating all my > > specifics, as there is enough details normally broadcast as to allow > > anyone to be able to create a fairly unique finger-print. So now we > > have to up our game when doing any communication through out the > > internet. End to end encryption, encrypted pipes (SSH/SSL), mesh > > networks, floating IP addresses and so on, are tools needed in > > today's world. As the argument goes, do I have anything to hide, > > probably not but do I have something to protect, definitely. > > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Thu Oct 19 17:57:21 2017 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 15:57:21 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] System Image In-Reply-To: <000701d34926$4b16d9d0$e1448d70$@sc.rr.com> References: <047001d34921$c9accd90$5d0668b0$@bchacc.com> <000701d34926$4b16d9d0$e1448d70$@sc.rr.com> Message-ID: <048601d3492d$9f530350$ddf909f0$@bchacc.com> Well, I might have everything I need already then. How did you boot up your system with a new drive in it? Thanks Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 3:05 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'; 'Off Topic' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] System Image I could not get regular Ghost 15 to work win Windows 10 so I switched to Acronis True Image. On Win7, I have restored a Ghost image several times to a new drive (win 7 down) over the years with no issues. Have not tested that yet with Acronis. But it's supposed to work. Lol. Thanks, Bobby -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 5:33 PM To: List ; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] System Image Dear List(s): I use Ghost for my monthly backup of my hard drive - actually a 250GB SSD. It works well and I have tested it from time to time by the need to restore a file. Everything I do during the month is on Google drive and/or on external HD. However, my main box has been doing some odd things lately and I'm beginning to wonder if it will crap out on me. And SSDs don't last forever either. So as Clapton sings "Someday the bottom will drop out". But I have never tried a complete drive restore from Ghost to an empty drive. Don't know if it will work. Have no way to try it. I'm running Windows 10 which I downloaded during the free period, and so I have no DVD for restoring Windows. What would your recommendation be for a way to create a system image that I could completely restore to a virgin drive? Does W10 have some capability to do this? MTIA Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 760-683-5777 www.bchacc.com www.e-z-mrp.com Skype: rocky.smolin _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From Lambert.Heenan at aig.com Fri Oct 20 08:06:24 2017 From: Lambert.Heenan at aig.com (Heenan, Lambert) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 13:06:24 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] System Image In-Reply-To: <047001d34921$c9accd90$5d0668b0$@bchacc.com> References: <047001d34921$c9accd90$5d0668b0$@bchacc.com> Message-ID: You can download an ISO file from M$ to create your own Windows restore DVD. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/15088/windows-create-installation-media Lambert? -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 5:33 PM To: List; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] System Image Dear List(s): I use Ghost for my monthly backup of my hard drive - actually a 250GB SSD. It works well and I have tested it from time to time by the need to restore a file. Everything I do during the month is on Google drive and/or on external HD. However, my main box has been doing some odd things lately and I'm beginning to wonder if it will crap out on me. And SSDs don't last forever either. So as Clapton sings "Someday the bottom will drop out". But I have never tried a complete drive restore from Ghost to an empty drive. Don't know if it will work. Have no way to try it. I'm running Windows 10 which I downloaded during the free period, and so I have no DVD for restoring Windows. What would your recommendation be for a way to create a system image that I could completely restore to a virgin drive? Does W10 have some capability to do this? MTIA Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 760-683-5777 https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.bchacc.com&d=DwICAg&c=xCWjLLB1opnQ8cQ1kJMK6Z0FoTSuoAz5oSor6M3mWoM&r=h7fejUmTUHj47vsg2NEsYTHI14V3SksbfKTS7rK3Cso&m=qNjU3x8Czd4bkdg-9ZTFanUsYaXp1m7ggq1qraiK810&s=4I6cVd3PvxOX0YsthBTRrHgTSxedmOYpK5Y7HpwMkvM&e= https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.e-2Dz-2Dmrp.com&d=DwICAg&c=xCWjLLB1opnQ8cQ1kJMK6Z0FoTSuoAz5oSor6M3mWoM&r=h7fejUmTUHj47vsg2NEsYTHI14V3SksbfKTS7rK3Cso&m=qNjU3x8Czd4bkdg-9ZTFanUsYaXp1m7ggq1qraiK810&s=Z5zjqEDF3G-OxL6NpDavtGQO-tfkIcHEIPOsyoktnfs&e= Skype: rocky.smolin _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__databaseadvisors.com_mailman_listinfo_dba-2Dtech&d=DwICAg&c=xCWjLLB1opnQ8cQ1kJMK6Z0FoTSuoAz5oSor6M3mWoM&r=h7fejUmTUHj47vsg2NEsYTHI14V3SksbfKTS7rK3Cso&m=qNjU3x8Czd4bkdg-9ZTFanUsYaXp1m7ggq1qraiK810&s=5Wgz2SrHoUfr0CSqAHZQEXK1NZtANCatjbuGc4BQar0&e= Website: https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.databaseadvisors.com&d=DwICAg&c=xCWjLLB1opnQ8cQ1kJMK6Z0FoTSuoAz5oSor6M3mWoM&r=h7fejUmTUHj47vsg2NEsYTHI14V3SksbfKTS7rK3Cso&m=qNjU3x8Czd4bkdg-9ZTFanUsYaXp1m7ggq1qraiK810&s=cKpEWyUvtx7Kc1HaaaFGspkl_wjKlpKxirsH7Xfj8C4&e= From bheid at sc.rr.com Fri Oct 20 18:16:46 2017 From: bheid at sc.rr.com (Bobby Heid) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 19:16:46 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] System Image In-Reply-To: <048601d3492d$9f530350$ddf909f0$@bchacc.com> References: <047001d34921$c9accd90$5d0668b0$@bchacc.com> <000701d34926$4b16d9d0$e1448d70$@sc.rr.com> <048601d3492d$9f530350$ddf909f0$@bchacc.com> Message-ID: <002601d349f9$81a9a760$84fcf620$@sc.rr.com> I booted off of the Ghost DVD. That would load a limited Ghost system. -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 6:57 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] System Image Well, I might have everything I need already then. How did you boot up your system with a new drive in it? Thanks Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 3:05 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'; 'Off Topic' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] System Image I could not get regular Ghost 15 to work win Windows 10 so I switched to Acronis True Image. On Win7, I have restored a Ghost image several times to a new drive (win 7 down) over the years with no issues. Have not tested that yet with Acronis. But it's supposed to work. Lol. Thanks, Bobby -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 5:33 PM To: List ; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] System Image Dear List(s): I use Ghost for my monthly backup of my hard drive - actually a 250GB SSD. It works well and I have tested it from time to time by the need to restore a file. Everything I do during the month is on Google drive and/or on external HD. However, my main box has been doing some odd things lately and I'm beginning to wonder if it will crap out on me. And SSDs don't last forever either. So as Clapton sings "Someday the bottom will drop out". But I have never tried a complete drive restore from Ghost to an empty drive. Don't know if it will work. Have no way to try it. I'm running Windows 10 which I downloaded during the free period, and so I have no DVD for restoring Windows. What would your recommendation be for a way to create a system image that I could completely restore to a virgin drive? Does W10 have some capability to do this? MTIA Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 760-683-5777 www.bchacc.com www.e-z-mrp.com Skype: rocky.smolin _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Fri Oct 20 21:47:52 2017 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 19:47:52 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] System Image In-Reply-To: <002601d349f9$81a9a760$84fcf620$@sc.rr.com> References: <047001d34921$c9accd90$5d0668b0$@bchacc.com> <000701d34926$4b16d9d0$e1448d70$@sc.rr.com> <048601d3492d$9f530350$ddf909f0$@bchacc.com> <002601d349f9$81a9a760$84fcf620$@sc.rr.com> Message-ID: <05df01d34a16$fd60ecc0$f822c640$@bchacc.com> Excellent? And then the would allow you to point to the Symantec Image File that Ghost creates and you just ask it to restore everything? TIA Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 4:17 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] System Image I booted off of the Ghost DVD. That would load a limited Ghost system. -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 6:57 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] System Image Well, I might have everything I need already then. How did you boot up your system with a new drive in it? Thanks Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 3:05 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'; 'Off Topic' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] System Image I could not get regular Ghost 15 to work win Windows 10 so I switched to Acronis True Image. On Win7, I have restored a Ghost image several times to a new drive (win 7 down) over the years with no issues. Have not tested that yet with Acronis. But it's supposed to work. Lol. Thanks, Bobby -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 5:33 PM To: List ; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] System Image Dear List(s): I use Ghost for my monthly backup of my hard drive - actually a 250GB SSD. It works well and I have tested it from time to time by the need to restore a file. Everything I do during the month is on Google drive and/or on external HD. However, my main box has been doing some odd things lately and I'm beginning to wonder if it will crap out on me. And SSDs don't last forever either. So as Clapton sings "Someday the bottom will drop out". But I have never tried a complete drive restore from Ghost to an empty drive. Don't know if it will work. Have no way to try it. I'm running Windows 10 which I downloaded during the free period, and so I have no DVD for restoring Windows. What would your recommendation be for a way to create a system image that I could completely restore to a virgin drive? Does W10 have some capability to do this? MTIA Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 760-683-5777 www.bchacc.com www.e-z-mrp.com Skype: rocky.smolin _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From bheid at sc.rr.com Sat Oct 21 05:43:39 2017 From: bheid at sc.rr.com (Bobby Heid) Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 06:43:39 -0400 Subject: [dba-Tech] System Image In-Reply-To: <05df01d34a16$fd60ecc0$f822c640$@bchacc.com> References: <047001d34921$c9accd90$5d0668b0$@bchacc.com> <000701d34926$4b16d9d0$e1448d70$@sc.rr.com> <048601d3492d$9f530350$ddf909f0$@bchacc.com> <002601d349f9$81a9a760$84fcf620$@sc.rr.com> <05df01d34a16$fd60ecc0$f822c640$@bchacc.com> Message-ID: <001601d34a59$767043d0$6350cb70$@sc.rr.com> Hey Rocky, That's correct. You might want to try a dry run to make sure that you can access the data files from booting that way, before you have to. I once had to copy the ghost files onto another HD that could be seen from the boot drive. Thanks, Bobby -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 10:48 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] System Image Excellent? And then the would allow you to point to the Symantec Image File that Ghost creates and you just ask it to restore everything? TIA Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 4:17 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] System Image I booted off of the Ghost DVD. That would load a limited Ghost system. -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 6:57 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] System Image Well, I might have everything I need already then. How did you boot up your system with a new drive in it? Thanks Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 3:05 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'; 'Off Topic' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] System Image I could not get regular Ghost 15 to work win Windows 10 so I switched to Acronis True Image. On Win7, I have restored a Ghost image several times to a new drive (win 7 down) over the years with no issues. Have not tested that yet with Acronis. But it's supposed to work. Lol. Thanks, Bobby -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 5:33 PM To: List ; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] System Image Dear List(s): I use Ghost for my monthly backup of my hard drive - actually a 250GB SSD. It works well and I have tested it from time to time by the need to restore a file. Everything I do during the month is on Google drive and/or on external HD. However, my main box has been doing some odd things lately and I'm beginning to wonder if it will crap out on me. And SSDs don't last forever either. So as Clapton sings "Someday the bottom will drop out". But I have never tried a complete drive restore from Ghost to an empty drive. Don't know if it will work. Have no way to try it. I'm running Windows 10 which I downloaded during the free period, and so I have no DVD for restoring Windows. What would your recommendation be for a way to create a system image that I could completely restore to a virgin drive? Does W10 have some capability to do this? MTIA Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 760-683-5777 www.bchacc.com www.e-z-mrp.com Skype: rocky.smolin _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Sat Oct 21 22:13:23 2017 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 20:13:23 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Big Screens Message-ID: <064401d34ae3$b860ce60$29226b20$@bchacc.com> Dear List(s): The fellow who acquired my MRP product has a couple of clients who are running the product on big screens - 3440 X 1440 and 2560 x 1080 (3D). It's 32-bit Access using the ADH screen resizing code which has been working pretty well on all monitors of lower resolution. ON these, however, the resizing is hosed. Does anyone know of any problems running Access on these big monitors? Any workarounds? Any opinions on Peter's Shrinker/Stretcher or the FMS screen resizing product? MTIA Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 760-683-5777 www.bchacc.com www.e-z-mrp.com Skype: rocky.smolin From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Sat Oct 21 22:19:41 2017 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2017 20:19:41 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] System Image In-Reply-To: <001601d34a59$767043d0$6350cb70$@sc.rr.com> References: <047001d34921$c9accd90$5d0668b0$@bchacc.com> <000701d34926$4b16d9d0$e1448d70$@sc.rr.com> <048601d3492d$9f530350$ddf909f0$@bchacc.com> <002601d349f9$81a9a760$84fcf620$@sc.rr.com> <05df01d34a16$fd60ecc0$f822c640$@bchacc.com> <001601d34a59$767043d0$6350cb70$@sc.rr.com> Message-ID: <065001d34ae4$99baa020$cd2fe060$@bchacc.com> Dry run. OK. What could go wrong? :) r -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2017 3:44 AM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] System Image Hey Rocky, That's correct. You might want to try a dry run to make sure that you can access the data files from booting that way, before you have to. I once had to copy the ghost files onto another HD that could be seen from the boot drive. Thanks, Bobby -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 10:48 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] System Image Excellent? And then the would allow you to point to the Symantec Image File that Ghost creates and you just ask it to restore everything? TIA Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 4:17 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] System Image I booted off of the Ghost DVD. That would load a limited Ghost system. -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 6:57 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] System Image Well, I might have everything I need already then. How did you boot up your system with a new drive in it? Thanks Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 3:05 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'; 'Off Topic' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] System Image I could not get regular Ghost 15 to work win Windows 10 so I switched to Acronis True Image. On Win7, I have restored a Ghost image several times to a new drive (win 7 down) over the years with no issues. Have not tested that yet with Acronis. But it's supposed to work. Lol. Thanks, Bobby -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin Sent: Thursday, October 19, 2017 5:33 PM To: List ; 'Off Topic' Subject: [dba-Tech] System Image Dear List(s): I use Ghost for my monthly backup of my hard drive - actually a 250GB SSD. It works well and I have tested it from time to time by the need to restore a file. Everything I do during the month is on Google drive and/or on external HD. However, my main box has been doing some odd things lately and I'm beginning to wonder if it will crap out on me. And SSDs don't last forever either. So as Clapton sings "Someday the bottom will drop out". But I have never tried a complete drive restore from Ghost to an empty drive. Don't know if it will work. Have no way to try it. I'm running Windows 10 which I downloaded during the free period, and so I have no DVD for restoring Windows. What would your recommendation be for a way to create a system image that I could completely restore to a virgin drive? Does W10 have some capability to do this? MTIA Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 760-683-5777 www.bchacc.com www.e-z-mrp.com Skype: rocky.smolin _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From gustav at cactus.dk Sun Oct 22 04:34:24 2017 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 09:34:24 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Big Screens In-Reply-To: <064401d34ae3$b860ce60$29226b20$@bchacc.com> References: <064401d34ae3$b860ce60$29226b20$@bchacc.com> Message-ID: Hi Rocky I use a 2560 x 1440 screen with zero issues, but I don't use any resizer tool. In Windows 10, the user can easily scale fonts and apps including Office to, say, 150%. I use that on a Lenovo tablet having a small screen with extreme resolution. So, I guess, check for the OS version and, if 10, simply disable the resizing. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-Tech p? vegne af Rocky Smolin Sendt: 22. oktober 2017 05:13:23 Til: List; 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; 'Off Topic' Emne: [dba-Tech] Big Screens Dear List(s): The fellow who acquired my MRP product has a couple of clients who are running the product on big screens - 3440 X 1440 and 2560 x 1080 (3D). It's 32-bit Access using the ADH screen resizing code which has been working pretty well on all monitors of lower resolution. ON these, however, the resizing is hosed. Does anyone know of any problems running Access on these big monitors? Any workarounds? Any opinions on Peter's Shrinker/Stretcher or the FMS screen resizing product? MTIA Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 760-683-5777 www.bchacc.com www.e-z-mrp.com From rockysmolin at bchacc.com Mon Oct 23 17:07:31 2017 From: rockysmolin at bchacc.com (Rocky Smolin) Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 15:07:31 -0700 Subject: [dba-Tech] Big Screens In-Reply-To: References: <064401d34ae3$b860ce60$29226b20$@bchacc.com> Message-ID: <003001d34c4b$530ac7f0$f92057d0$@bchacc.com> Gustav: I does scale up the forms quite nicely. But it also scales everything else - desktop, apps, etc. - so I think they'd take a dim view of that. I have mine set to 125% for my old eyes. Rocky -----Original Message----- From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2017 2:34 AM To: List; 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; 'Off Topic' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Big Screens Hi Rocky I use a 2560 x 1440 screen with zero issues, but I don't use any resizer tool. In Windows 10, the user can easily scale fonts and apps including Office to, say, 150%. I use that on a Lenovo tablet having a small screen with extreme resolution. So, I guess, check for the OS version and, if 10, simply disable the resizing. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-Tech p? vegne af Rocky Smolin Sendt: 22. oktober 2017 05:13:23 Til: List; 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'; 'Off Topic' Emne: [dba-Tech] Big Screens Dear List(s): The fellow who acquired my MRP product has a couple of clients who are running the product on big screens - 3440 X 1440 and 2560 x 1080 (3D). It's 32-bit Access using the ADH screen resizing code which has been working pretty well on all monitors of lower resolution. ON these, however, the resizing is hosed. Does anyone know of any problems running Access on these big monitors? Any workarounds? Any opinions on Peter's Shrinker/Stretcher or the FMS screen resizing product? MTIA Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 760-683-5777 www.bchacc.com www.e-z-mrp.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From gustav at cactus.dk Fri Oct 27 01:10:46 2017 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 06:10:46 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Check your website Message-ID: Hi all That's easy now: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2017/10/25/introducing-sonar-site-scanner/#2ZXTGK44XyFyVXBW.97 and the Sonar Scanner site: https://sonarwhal.com/scanner It will probably list a lot of errors but don't be scared - a lot these errors are very minor or about optimizing. /gustav From accessd at shaw.ca Fri Oct 27 18:19:05 2017 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2017 17:19:05 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Check your website In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <761363447.548885849.1509146345330.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Hi Gustav: Thanks for the link Gustav. Apparently, against popular belief, I have never had a problem generating errors. The scanner did detect many header errors, every image oversize error, every hack work around from the days of MS browsers but not one code error? Does the scanner have the ability to check JavaScript and CSS code errors? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 11:10:46 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] Check your website Hi all That's easy now: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2017/10/25/introducing-sonar-site-scanner/#2ZXTGK44XyFyVXBW.97 and the Sonar Scanner site: https://sonarwhal.com/scanner It will probably list a lot of errors but don't be scared - a lot these errors are very minor or about optimizing. /gustav _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From gustav at cactus.dk Sat Oct 28 02:30:27 2017 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 07:30:27 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Check your website In-Reply-To: <761363447.548885849.1509146345330.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> References: , <761363447.548885849.1509146345330.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Message-ID: Hi Jim At one site I tested, a JavaScript error was reported, so - at least to some extend - yes. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-Tech p? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 28. oktober 2017 01:19:05 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Check your website Hi Gustav: Thanks for the link Gustav. Apparently, against popular belief, I have never had a problem generating errors. The scanner did detect many header errors, every image oversize error, every hack work around from the days of MS browsers but not one code error? Does the scanner have the ability to check JavaScript and CSS code errors? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 11:10:46 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] Check your website Hi all That's easy now: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2017/10/25/introducing-sonar-site-scanner/#2ZXTGK44XyFyVXBW.97 and the Sonar Scanner site: https://sonarwhal.com/scanner It will probably list a lot of errors but don't be scared - a lot these errors are very minor or about optimizing. /gustav From accessd at shaw.ca Sat Oct 28 11:41:37 2017 From: accessd at shaw.ca (Jim Lawrence) Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 10:41:37 -0600 (MDT) Subject: [dba-Tech] Check your website In-Reply-To: References: <761363447.548885849.1509146345330.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Message-ID: <650389757.550354257.1509208897952.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Hi Gustav: Does the program automatically check subdirectories? Of course I could have had absolutely no errors in my JavaScript code. ;-) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2017 12:30:27 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Check your website Hi Jim At one site I tested, a JavaScript error was reported, so - at least to some extend - yes. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-Tech p? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 28. oktober 2017 01:19:05 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Check your website Hi Gustav: Thanks for the link Gustav. Apparently, against popular belief, I have never had a problem generating errors. The scanner did detect many header errors, every image oversize error, every hack work around from the days of MS browsers but not one code error? Does the scanner have the ability to check JavaScript and CSS code errors? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 11:10:46 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] Check your website Hi all That's easy now: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2017/10/25/introducing-sonar-site-scanner/#2ZXTGK44XyFyVXBW.97 and the Sonar Scanner site: https://sonarwhal.com/scanner It will probably list a lot of errors but don't be scared - a lot these errors are very minor or about optimizing. /gustav _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com From gustav at cactus.dk Sat Oct 28 15:51:40 2017 From: gustav at cactus.dk (Gustav Brock) Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2017 20:51:40 +0000 Subject: [dba-Tech] Check your website In-Reply-To: <650389757.550354257.1509208897952.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> References: <761363447.548885849.1509146345330.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> , <650389757.550354257.1509208897952.JavaMail.zimbra@shaw.ca> Message-ID: Hi Jim It seems so to me. It's an OS project, so you can browse for its exact behaviour if you feel so. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-Tech p? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 28. oktober 2017 18:41:37 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Check your website Hi Gustav: Does the program automatically check subdirectories? Of course I could have had absolutely no errors in my JavaScript code. ;-) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2017 12:30:27 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Check your website Hi Jim At one site I tested, a JavaScript error was reported, so - at least to some extend - yes. /gustav ________________________________________ Fra: dba-Tech p? vegne af Jim Lawrence Sendt: 28. oktober 2017 01:19:05 Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] Check your website Hi Gustav: Thanks for the link Gustav. Apparently, against popular belief, I have never had a problem generating errors. The scanner did detect many header errors, every image oversize error, every hack work around from the days of MS browsers but not one code error? Does the scanner have the ability to check JavaScript and CSS code errors? Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2017 11:10:46 PM Subject: [dba-Tech] Check your website Hi all That's easy now: https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2017/10/25/introducing-sonar-site-scanner/#2ZXTGK44XyFyVXBW.97 and the Sonar Scanner site: https://sonarwhal.com/scanner It will probably list a lot of errors but don't be scared - a lot these errors are very minor or about optimizing. /gustav