PuTTY Key Generator

Posted on 2007-03-19 by Oliver

To create a public/private key pair for use in PuTTY (i.e. OpenSSH and so on) use the following method.
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DDKWizard and DDKBUILD.CMD updated

Posted on 2007-03-18 by Oliver

The fixes in DDKWizard are minor except for one. This one requires manual fixing in old existing projects that have been created using DDKWizard. The problem is described in section 5.1 “Important change in version 1.1.1b”.

As for DDKBUILD there was a bug that prevented users from calling it from inside a long path containing spaces. This has been fixed.

Please fetch your copy here.

// Oliver

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Eugene Kaspersky worried about increase of malware

Posted on 2007-03-18 by Oliver

Read the article by yourself on Heise: Kasperskys worry about malware and hit out at Microsoft.

I would therefore like to see a kind of internet Interpol. Even the best security software will, on its own, soon no longer be sufficient
Eugene Kaspersky

// Oliver

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Wie jetzt, Borland/Codegear?

Posted on 2007-03-18 by Oliver

Delphi 2007 for Win32 ist also erschienen. Soll ich jetzt also updaten weil das Produkt so cool und endlich wieder schnell ist, verliere dann nur leider die anderen BDS-Produkte, die ich im Moment inklusive habe? Irgendwie fehlt mir da die Logik. Irgendjemand der aushelfen könnte? Oder sollte man jetzt einfach solange warten bis die anderen Produkte BDS komplettieren und dann updaten? …

// Oliver

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Yay, indeed a nation down the drain …

Posted on 2007-03-17 by Oliver

A two-part video at Youtube ([1], [2]) – and more can be found under the search term “Jesus Camp” – gives a frightening insight into the insanity of evangelicals or Christian fundamentalists as a whole. I wonder whether any one of these preachers or their “sheep herd” actually read the bible or larger parts of it.

The interesting part of it is, that one of the methods employed to bring these children (!) to “faith” is known as mass-hypnosis. This is clearly visible for anyone who has actually had a look into books dealing with the matter. While children can be easily manipulated even without hypnosis, things are a whole lot easier for the manipulators once they are in trance. There are many ways to convey subliminal messages (messages to the subconcious part of our minds) and this is one of the more effective ones, especially for children. Once I get a crowd into hypnosis and they are willing or being made “willing” by other means before (i.e. scaring them for hell awaits thee if you don’t believe) I could even convince them of the existence of Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Cui bono? 😕 …
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Is that an official statement, LS?

Posted on 2007-03-13 by Oliver

I wonder whether this is an official statement on behalf of Lavasoft. Alright, there have been other statements from the PR spokesperson which are not much better, but this one is really frightening (emphasis mine):

That being said, we are very aware that you do not want a process that, seemingly without reason, hogs precious system recources — We do not want that either. Please but bear in mind, however, that this is beta software, and the program has yet to find its final form, both in terms of features and in terms of what it requires of your system in order to run.
Source: Lavasoft Beta Community

Has anyone of those in charge actually there read this article, yet?

// Oliver

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Русский юмор :)

Posted on 2007-03-13 by Oliver

Сам посмотрите …

// Оливер

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Three in a row … LS wins!

Posted on 2007-03-11 by Oliver

Just kidding. :mrgreen: … but if you didn’t notice, that is the 3rd article in a row dealing with LS.

Apparently “defiance” got a job at Lavasoft. Congratulations, “defiance”. However, “defiance”, I think your Swedish is fairly bad for a Swede or you did ignore the local press ([1], [2]). Or maybe you deliberately chose to be blind? Google yourself for “Job Lavasoft 2007”, your blog has been indexed. A friend of mine already pointed out that the “Division by zero” error on the comment page suggests that infinitely many people tried to warn you, but probably you just didn’t approve the comments :mrgreen: … anyway. Good luck with the job – hope you’ll have more than I had (and still have).
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They are begging for PR!

Posted on 2007-03-08 by Oliver

LS is begging for PR it seems. There you go …

Strange though … who is that third face from the right half-hidden behind a glass? Looks like I know the person, but she looks completely different than on this page. How comes? Photoshop? PaintShop Pro? GIMP? … nah, I am not going to enumerate all of these tools now 😉

Also nice in this blog article is this sentence (emphasis mine):

Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes – like, for instance, what it took for that beautiful GUI and redesigned engine of the Ad-Aware 2007 Beta to make it to your PC?

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Who would have thought it?

Posted on 2007-03-08 by Oliver

ME ME ME :mrgreen:

Until today in the afternoon there was a rating facility in the “Lavasoft Beta Community” which was even used by some users of the community. The latest rating for me I was aware of was 5 out of 5 stars. Funnily I was the only one to be rated at all :mrgreen:

Guess what – the rating facility was removed and you have three free guesses why?! 😉 :mrgreen: … what will be the next step?

// Oliver

PS: Although not a beta tester myself, I try to reach out a helping hand to the beta testers and also try to get some helpful information from them for former colleagues and (current) friends! 😀

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Wenn man was sucht …

Posted on 2007-03-08 by Oliver

… geht man normalerweise Pfade die bereits einmal zum Erfolg führten. Meine Suche nach WiX-Material (klingt schlimmer als es ist :mrgreen:) führte mich auch prompt zu einem alten Bekannten.

Danke Mathias!

// Olli

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Too sad … cannot beta-test my “favorite” application

Posted on 2007-03-06 by Oliver

When trying to register for the public beta of Ad-Aware 2007 I was amazed the server actually told me … quote:

Warning: mysql_connect() [function.mysql-connect]: Too many connections in /downloads/data/www/htdocs/lavasoft/public_html/support/securitycenter/config_beta_application.php on line 3

Warning: mysql_select_db() [function.mysql-select-db]: Access denied for user ‘www’@’localhost’ (using password: NO) in /downloads/data/www/htdocs/lavasoft/public_html/support/securitycenter/config_beta_application.php on line 4

Warning: mysql_select_db() [function.mysql-select-db]: A link to the server could not be established in /downloads/data/www/htdocs/lavasoft/public_html/support/securitycenter/config_beta_application.php on line 4

Proof (click to enlarge):

I wonder what the author wants to tell me with this poetic error message :mrgreen:

Update: Skimming over the Terms of Service for the beta-test I found this jewel (emphasis mine):

No support is provided for applications released under the Lavasoft Alpha/Beta application testing program.

… no comments! :mrgreen:

// Oliver

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Updates in the IDA SDK 5.1 …

Posted on 2007-03-04 by Oliver

Since it is always exciting to find new features, I thought it would be good to put up a list of the changes introduced into the IDA SDK since version 5.0! This should allow all plugin writers to get a quick overview of new functionality.

Relevant changes in the IDA SDK between version 5.0 and 5.1 beta 2 follow, sorted by filename …
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American spelling only, please!

Posted on 2007-03-03 by Oliver

Today I had a good laugh when I visited this page and the accompanying list of rules (or “commandments” :mrgreen:).

Despite the bias in this so-called “encyclopedia” whose only purpose is to replace the oh-so-biased Wikipedia there are some really funny things to be found. Given the “commandments” they make complete sense :mrgreen: … excerpt:

4. When referencing dates based on the approximate birth of Jesus, give appropriate credit for the basis of the date (B.C. or A.D.). “BCE” and “CE” are unacceptable substitutes because they deny the historical basis. See CE.

That one is particularly funny given the word in bold. So it means I was born approximately 1979 A.D., plus/minus 5 years or so :mrgreen: … quite useful for females in the age between 30 and 40 😆
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Where else in the world? (#2) …

Posted on 2007-03-03 by Oliver

Where else in the world would you find web addresses such as myip.is or pen.is … if not in Iceland … :mrgreen:

It must be the Brennivin which causes this 😉

// Oliver

PS: Intentionally not linked.

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Good point(s)

Posted on 2007-03-01 by Oliver

Microsoft Virtualization Licensing and Distribution Terms … from the competitor’s perspective.

// Oliver

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Also jetzt reicht’s mir mit dem Saftladen 1blu

Posted on 2007-03-01 by Oliver

Vorweg ein Hinweis!
2007-06-18: Die EDV Beratung Weiss GmbH stellt richtig:
Auf Ihrer Seite assarbad.net befindet sich ein Blog-Eintrag, der zu Unrecht unsere Firma in Verbindung mit Mahnungen von 1blu bringt. Wir haben weder mit dem Mahnversand noch mit der Firmenpolitik von 1blu etwas zu tun. Der Versand solcher Mails von 1blu mit der Mailadresse <entfernt> ist uns bekannt und wurde unterbunden. Es lässt sich auch in den Emails von 1blu zurückverfolgen das diese nicht über unseren Mailserver sondern über einen SMTP Server von 1blu versandt wurden.
Anmerkung: Dies entspricht der Wahrheit.

Ich muß jetzt mal meine Meinung hier kundtun: 1blu ist ja wohl mit Abstand der beschissenste Saftladen im Hostergeschäft in Deutschland. Schlimm genug, daß die überhaupt die ersten Monate überstanden haben, die sie sich ja auf Kosten der Kunden erschlichen haben. Und ja, ich meine das so wie ich es schreibe. Wenn ich für etwas bezahle, erwarte ich, daß ich es auch nutzen kann. Das war auf dem vServer, dessen “stolzer” Mieter ich für knapp drei Monate war, absolut nicht der Fall. Das Paketsystem war total vermurkst, weil offenbar ein Konflikt zwischen den virtualisierten Systemen und dem Hostsystem bestand (32 vs. 64bit usw. usf.). Weder Neuinstallationen von Paketen noch Updates (ja, auch keine Sicherheitsupdates!) funktionierten. Lange Diskussionen und Telefonate, sowie Emailaustausch mit dem Support brachten keine Abhilfe, so daß ich bereits im Januar wieder kündigte. Nebenbei hatte ich noch ein Sicherheitsloch im Kundenbereich entdeckt, welches es erlaubte andere Kundendaten auszuspähen, was ich auch brav meldete und wofür ich sogar noch Zeit investierte. Stattdessen hätte ich wohl eine Beratungsgebühr erheben sollen …
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Eeek, a subtle bug in beta 6 of DDKBUILD.CMD

Posted on 2007-02-26 by Oliver

Sorry fellows, please bear with me. The last version of the DDKBUILD.CMD script misbehaves if you set a variable inside the pre/post-build scripts and expect that variable to propagate beyond the script’s execution. Thanks to my colleague Kristmundur here at FRISK the bug has been found and is now fixed in the beta 6a!

Please fetch a fresh copy here.

Note: This update is only critical to those who use the pre/post-build scripts and set variables using them.

// Oliver

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Please keep foolin’ us – we like it, thanks :)

Posted on 2007-02-23 by Oliver

Last night I commented on the chauffeur of LS and still he didn’t make it into the “hall of fame” of LS’ management as logistics manager. I am one of the lucky ones to know his name and how he looks, so I can tell. But despite that, here is another fun fact: I know from a very reliable source outside of LS’ realm [1] that the “logistics manager” called himself the “private chauffeur” of the CEO last year. How rapidly things change … :mrgreen:

Although I added it as a comment already, I want to point to it more publicly here. There is another article on the website of Göteborgs Posten: “Det luktar fortfarande illa” (English: “This smells still/continuously bad”).

// Oliver

[1] This person never worked for LS at any time, so don’t be afraid LS, no leak of information from former employees, the “logistics manager” stated it himself … and still works at LS so it can’t be that sensitive … if only Skatteverket knew 😉

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Where else in the world? …

Posted on 2007-02-23 by Oliver

Where else in the world are all Police motorbikes from Harley Davidson? … must be Iceland again! :mrgreen:

But for something more serious which fits well under the same heading. A blogger in Egypt has received a prison sentence for:

“inciting hatred of Islam” and insulting President Hosni Mubarak in his blog, for which he used the pseudonym of “Kareem Amer.”

Please visit freekareem.org, read the story, think about it and share your thoughts (either here or better on the website or in their forum). And please spread the word!

// Oliver

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