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At 23:21 27/07/99 -0600, you wrote:<br>
<font size=2><blockquote type=cite cite>Guy,</font><br>
<br>
<font size=2>How do I password protect my hard drives ? Is it a
Windows feature or is it achieved via special software ?</font><br>
<br>
<font size=2>Thanks.</font><br>
<br>
<font size=2>Augie</font><br>
<font face="arial" size=2><b><blockquote type=cite cite>-----Original
Message-----</b><br>
From: </b>Guy Tann
<grt@xxxxxxxxxxxx><br>
<b>To:
</b>metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, July 27, 1999 11:13 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>RE: intruders [Fw: Today's WinInfo: July 12]<br>
<br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Ton</font><br>
<br>
<font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">I have password protected all
of my drives with passwords for read-only as well as read-write
access. I'm still finding 'visitors' in my network
neighborhood. I assume they can't get at anything. When I
installed the passwords, I disconnected my PC from the network (and the
Internet) and installed all of the passwords, etc. Then hooked
everything back up.</font><br>
<br>
<font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">I tried to locate poledit.exe
and that program isn't anywhere to be found in my Win95
directory.</font><br>
<br>
<font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Regards</font><br>
<br>
<font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Guy</font><br>
<br>
<font face="Times New Roman, Times" size=2>-----Original
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<b>From:</b> owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[<b>On
Behalf Of</b> A.J. Maas<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 13, 1999 4:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Metastock-List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: intruders [Fw: Today's WinInfo: July 12]<br>
<br>
</font>To clear some myths..........................<br>
<br>
<font size=2>For as long as you do not "Share" any files,
disks, printers, folders or even Net-adapters, you are save
from</font><br>
anyone entering your PC.<br>
If you haven't done any of the file, folder, disk, printer and netadapter
sharing (also in the Control Panel's Nethood/<br>
Networking and the Win95/98 Context Menu's options for
"Sharing", then no-one can intrude onto your PC<br>
with you in command (and as otherwise is described in the article
below).<br>
This "Sharing", apart from the Control Panel's Nethood and the
Win95/98 Context Menu's options,<br>
are privaleges you can also set for any of the "Users" of your
PC's Windows sessions. The program to do so<br>
is "C:\Windows\Poledit.exe".<br>
<br>
<font size=2>The above is for Win95/98 only, for as WIN-NT4/2000 requires
a top secret "NTconfig.pol" file stored on server
for</font><br>
setting the "Sharing of the Network's NetHood, Server and WKS's
files, folders, printers and disks".<br>
<br>
<font size=2>Regards,<br>
Ton Maas<br>
ms-irb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<br>
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<br>
Today's WinInfo:<br>
Microsoft challenges BackOrifice myths<br>
Microsoft bringing USB hardware to the Macintosh<br>
<br>
<br>
Microsoft challenges BackOrifice myths<br>
<br>
With the release this week of Windows NT hacking tool "BackOrifice
2000,"<br>
Microsoft has launched an informational campaign of its own, designed
to<br>
derail myths about the malicious program. According to a report on<br>
Microsoft's Security Advisor Web site, BackOrifice 2000 is a remote
control<br>
application that must be stealthily installed so that attackers can
take<br>
over a Windows NT-based network. The program enables remote hackers to
do<br>
anything they could do were they to be logged onto the machine locally:
Run<br>
programs, delete files, and the like.<br>
<br>
"BackOrifice 2000 is a remote-access tool that was developed with
the intent<br>
of harming users," says Jason Garms, the lead product manager for
Windows NT<br>
security at Microsoft. "It is a tool that has no legitimate purpose
other<br>
than exposing users' machines to people on the Internet. Users who
are<br>
tricked into getting this thing installed on their system are vulnerable
to<br>
the attacker, who can then do anything that the victim can do--move
the<br>
mouse, open files, run programs, etc.--which is little different from
what<br>
legitimate remote-control software can do. Back Orifice, however,
is<br>
designed to be stealthy and evade detection by the user."<br>
<br>
For BackOrifice to find its way onto your system the hacker must
have<br>
physical access to the machine with a valid login or you must be
tricked<br>
into installing it; typically this is accomplished by sending users
the<br>
program as an email attachment that must be executed. To prevent
this<br>
program from taking over your system, just use common sense: Always run
an<br>
anti-virus program with up-to-date virus definitions and don't let
anyone<br>
gain unauthorized physical access to your machine. Perhaps most
importantly,<br>
don't execute email attachments from unknown people.<br>
<br>
One of the biggest myths perpetrated by the makers of BackOrifice is
that<br>
program takes advantage of security inadequacies that are inherent
in<br>
Windows and Windows NT. This is simply not true: BackOrifice could have
been<br>
written to attack *any* kind of computer system. The hackers that wrote
it<br>
simply decided to attack Windows, which is the most popular
computing<br>
platform by far. In fact, as Microsoft notes, BackOrifice doesn't
actually<br>
target Windows per se at all: It targets users, who often don't
understand<br>
security issues well enough to not execute email attachments from
unknown<br>
sources.<br>
<br>
Another common myth centers on the goal for BackOrifice: In an attempt
to<br>
protect themselves from legal problems, the creators of BackOrifice
are<br>
pretending that it is a legitimate remote control application. However,
this<br>
is not the case: BackOrifice is designed to escape detection and exceeds
the<br>
needs of remote control software. And it doesn't prompt the user when
it<br>
installs on the system.<br>
<br>
"The creators [of BackOrifice] claim that this is a useful
administration<br>
tool, but it doesn't even prompt people when it installs itself on
the<br>
system. It doesn't warn them that it's getting installed. And, once
it's<br>
installed, it makes the system available to other people on the
Internet.<br>
That is a malicious act," says Garms. "I am personally unaware
of any major<br>
customers of ours who consider this to be a remote administration tool
as<br>
the folks who created it claim. Quite the contrary, they consider it a
piece<br>
of malicious code. Unfortunately, there are some users who were duped by
the<br>
press releases from the organization that released the software, and
did<br>
install it on their systems."<br>
<br>
For more information about Microsoft's response to BackOrifice 2000,
please<br>
visit the Microsoft Security Advisor Web site:<br>
http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/bo2k.asp<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Microsoft bringing USB hardware to the Macintosh<br>
<br>
Microsoft Corporation will announce the availability of its first
USB<br>
hardware for the Macintosh, the IntelliMouse Explorer, a "no
ball" mouse<br>
that the company will release this fall for Windows as well. According
to<br>
rumors, Microsoft will also be porting other USB hardware to the
Macintosh,<br>
including possibly all of the company's joystick/entertainment
hardware,<br>
such as the FreeStyle Pro GamePad and the Sidewinder Precision Pro
joystick.<br>
<br>
Expect an official announcement from Microsoft at MacWorld New York
next<br>
week.<br>
<br>
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Mario,
<br>I thought about the RAM disk option. When I was going to the
university, I used the DOS RAM disk to compile my programs because the
computer was so slow. However, it would be difficult to use a RAM
disk in Windows 9x. Stock database programs, such as QP2, expect
to see its database in a certain drive/partition and folder. Even
if you were to figure out which files to copy to RAM disk, you still would
have to modify the QP2 Registry settings. Perhaps you could use the
QP2 configuration program and move the database to the RAM disk.
You would have to wait for your HDD to copy over 200 MB's to RAM disk.
Also, if you create a RAM disk, you probably also have to assign it a drive
letter. That means you would have to modify your Registry and numerous
other files so that, at minimum, your CD-ROM driver letter increases by
one. Because I use PartitionMagic, I have already gone through this
process several times and it is never simple.
<p>Even something as simple as moving an application's folder to another
partition can be time consuming. There have been many times when
I was forced to use Norton Utilities Disk Editor (DOS) to modify the app's
configuration files. This usually involved changing every instance
of the drive letter in each file.
<p>Daniel.
<br>
<p>Mario Fortier wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE> Daniel Martinez wrote:<<text removed>>
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>3. <b><font color="#CC0000">If you want to
do the absolute fastest stock database searches you possibly can</font></b>,
then there is only 1 hard drive solution for you: SCSI/UW2.
Buy a motherboard with it built in. The P6SBU
at $320 would be a good choice. For a SCSI/UW2 hard drive, expect
to pay at least $340 USD for an IBM
9.1GB U2W at <a href="http://www.storage.ibm.com/hardsoft/diskdrdl/prod/9esprod.htm";>7200
RPM</a> and $600 for <a href="http://www.direct.ibm.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/CategoryDisplay?cgrfnbr=2000202&cgmenbr=1&cntry=840&lang=en_US";>10K
RPM</a>. If you cannot afford the premium, buy the new $330 <a href="http://www.wdc.com/products/drives/18000rtl.htm";>Western
Digital 18GB UATA/66 at 66MB/sec and 7200 RPM</a> and a 66MB capable motherboard.
COMPUSA had this HD on sale for $270 with some other free hardware.
The best BX chipset based motherboard is the <a href="http://www.abit.com.tw/html/bx6r2.htm";>ABIT
BX6 2.0</a>. It should also be 66MB/sec HDD capable.
<br> </blockquote>
That's a very well documented e-mail Daniel :->
<p>Now, when it comes to the fastest database searches someone may consider
to copy the database in a Virtual RAM Disk...
<br>A couple of things to keep in mind:
<p>- You have to consider that it takes a while to initially copy the full
database to the RAM disk, but assuming you are making more than one consecutive
search, it is worth the initial setup time.
<p>- Of course, you need plenty of memory or a small database....
<p>- If your database is too large for your physical memory, you may consider
an interesting alternative: VRamDir.
<br>
http://www.users.uswest.net/~jzhong/vramdir.htm
<br> As your needs will vary I suggest to simply experiment
and see by yourself.
<p>I understand that this is not an universal solution, but some may found
that trick practical and applicable to their needs.
<p>\Mario</blockquote>
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I have a small addendum to my post:
<br>If you are using Windows NT or are planning to upgrade to 2000 and
you don't mind using Celerons, then you might want to consider buying the
$150 <a href="http://thetechzone.com/reviews/motherboards/bp6/index.htm";>ABIT
BP6 motherboard</a> (MB). The BP6 is the only dual socket 370 BX
chipset MB on the market. It is also one of the few BX chipset MBs
which is Ultra ATA 66 MB/sec capable. From what I understand, the
BX chipset is not 66 MB/sec capable and must be modified by the MB maker
for 66 MB/sec support. The BP6 has a second 66 MB/sec HDD 2 channel
controller making it 1 of only 2 MBs, I am aware of, which is eight (yes
8) IDE device capable.
<p>The Abit BP6 is an exceptional MB. Unfortunately, you either must
use NT or 2000 for dual processors. If you want to use it under Win98
in single CPU mode, contact Abit to make sure the ATA-66MB/sec drivers
are compatible with Win98. I believe Pentiums will coming out next
year in the socket 370 form factor. This will allow you to run the
MB in 100 Mhz FSB mode. However, you will have to contact Intel and
Abit to confirm this. You may also have to flash your BIOS for Pentium
compatibility.
<p>The other MB which is eight (yes 8) IDE drive capable is the <a href="http://www.fps3d.com/articles/be6/";>Abit
BE6</a>. The BE6 is a single Slot-1 CPU BX chipset based board.
It also has a third-party Ultra DMA66 66 MB/sec controller on the board.
This is an Abit modification. Since Abit is a major MB manufacturer,
I hope that other MB makers will also include a second HDD 66 MB/sec controller.
However, I don't know how many IRQ's the IDE controllers use. It
would be an inconvenience if it used 4 instead of the standard 2.
<p>Daniel.
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As of 990727 the Nikkei 225 and the SP500 older Positive signals both changed to Negative.
(previously, the signal for the Nikkei 225 was Positive since 990609 and Positive for the
SP500 since 990616 )
So, the "latest system signals" Table per 990727 is: (old list was send on 990705)
Index - Old (per 990702) - Current (per 990727)
------- -------- -------------
10yr/yield ECB €uro Rate - (before 990507)Negative -unchanged, Negative
10yr/yield Japan ¥en Rate - 990617 -Negative -unchanged, Negative
10yr/yield US $ollar Rate - 990616 -Negative -unchanged, Negative
AEX - 990603 -Positive -990726 -Negative
AEX-Volume - 990629 -Negative -990707 -Positive
DAX 30 - 990614 -Positive -990723 -Negative
DJ EURO STOXX 50 - 990609 -Positive -990722 -Negative
Dow Indu - 990628 -Positive -990726 -Negative
Dow Transp - 990702 -Positive -990721 -Negative
Dow Utils - 990624 -Negative -unchanged, Negative
HangSeng - 990609 -Positive -990720 -Negative
Nikkei 225 - 990609 -Positive -990727 -Negative
SP500 - 990616 -Positive -990727 -Negative
Regards,
Ton Maas
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