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----- Original Message -----
From: "Giovanni Pugliese" <Giovanni.Pugliese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'DB'" <dima@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Omega-List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 16:34
Subject: RE: Omega 2000i & privacy
> I would like to pose a couple of questions. First, is anyone else seeing
> this type of behavior. Mind you, tampering with the GSQF file is not the
> most advisable course of action since it is tampering with a major
component
> in the data collection process.
Giovanni, i was contacted by more than a dozen of people and all of them
have their private data in this file.
>
> Secondly, are you sure that you have not associated the file with some
sort
> of document type? This might be causing mix-ups with the file type
itself.
> If you notice, when you open the file using the 'open with' selection in
the
> RB click menu, there is a little check box at the bottom right hand corner
> which states 'Always use this program to open these files'. If you leave
> this check box checked, windows will automatically associate this file
with
> that program. I have seen this cause problems in the past. We have done
> the test you have suggested here and have been unable to see any data in
the
> file that may suggest it's reading text from another application. If this
> would be happening, I would have to think that there is some type of
mix-up
> in memory and would be very interested in tracking down the problem.
Giovanni, I understand the features of Windows interface. The file can be
seen by external viewers, for example FAR.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DB [mailto:dima@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 4:19 PM
> To: Giovanni Pugliese
> Cc: Omega-List
> Subject: Re: Omega 2000i & privacy
>
>
> Giovanni,
>
> I meant the same - Global Server used this file for fast
indexing/accessing
> etc. Actually, this is a kind of swap (cache) file that is used only by
> Omega, right?
> But this file contains the emails from the Mail programs (like Outlook
> Express) and files from other programs (documents from My Document folder
> and other).
> What purpose for?
>
> Regards,
> DB
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Giovanni Pugliese" <Giovanni.Pugliese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 16:02
> Subject: FW: Omega 2000i & privacy
>
>
> > In response to these emails,
> >
> > The GSQF.Dat file is a cache file that maintains up to the last three
> > hundred ticks of data for ALL the symbols that one is collecting for in
> the
> > server. The size of this file is determined by the data feed which you
> are
> > using. The size of this file is between 100 to 150 megs : Actually its
> > either 100 megs or 150 megs for DTN - Hyper feed I believe is 300 megs.
> >
> > This cache file was done with a couple of reasons in mind. First, it
> > prevents corruption in your data file (The PDS file) since it is not
being
> > written to on every tick, but rather data is flushed into it every three
> > ticks, meaning that we open the file, write three hundred ticks, and
then
> > close the file. Secondly, we are able to process the data faster by
> writing
> > it to a specialized cache file where indexing of the data is done with a
> > 'linked list' concept for those c - c++ programmers out there. I do not
> > know what exactly is meant by 'reading emails' or copying a windows page
> > file, since a windows page file is memory that windows allocates for an
> > application (Unless you mean that we are utilizing the area windows has
> > allocated for our application, which is natural since every windows
> > application uses its allotted 'pages in memory'. I hope I have shed
some
> > light into these issues and would be more than happy to elaborate on
these
> > topics if you clarify your concerns.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Riccardo Ronco [mailto:riccardo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 3:21 PM
> > To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx; DB
> > Subject: RE: Omega 2000i & privacy
> >
> >
> > My file is 100 megs long... and I can't read it. What is all about?
> >
> > rgrds
> >
> > Riccardo Ronco
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: DB [mailto:dima@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 17 March 2000 15:58
> > > To: Omega-List
> > > Subject: Omega 2000i & privacy
> > >
> > >
> > > Several people wrote me that they have their emails, private files and
> > > documents in file \Program Files\Omega Research\Server\GSQF.dat
> > >
> > > It seems that Global Server copied part of Windows page file to its
own
> > > folder for faster access to virtual memory. Or I'm wrong and
> > > Omega reads your emails???
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > DB
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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