|
PureBytes Links
Trading Reference Links
|
DB,
The defragmenter that comes along with win9x (NT does not have a defrag
util) does not 'free space', it copies data pertinent to each application,
close to each other in the hard drive in order to make data retrieval for
each individual program faster by not having to retrieve data for a program
in many different parts of a hard drive as opposed all in the same part of
the hard drive. In the End, all of the data is consolidated on one area of
the drive, and all of your free space is consolidated on the other part of
the drive. Now, if you start a program that automatically requests 100 megs
of space in the drive to be reserved, it will do it in the free space. And
moreover, this free space has not been overwritten by a blackout utility, it
simply has just been moved around in a more orderly fashion.
I would like to also state, since the underlying inference in these
exchanges have been that the software is tampering with email, that the
application simply, and in no way is capable of doing this. This is just
simply the case. I am willing to find out what is happening in your
situation, and look at the facts objectively, but only if I am granted the
same cooperation and reciprocated with the same objectivity. If you have
already made up your mind that the software is accessing your email, then it
would probably be pointless for me to try to find the cause of the matter
since I will be attempting to do so from a bias observer.
-----Original Message-----
From: DB [mailto:dima@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 6:04 PM
To: Omega-List; Giovanni Pugliese
Subject: Re: Omega 2000i & privacy
Giovanni,
That's the situation from the point of view of one of my users:
-----------------------------------------------
Both Outlook Express and Global server is not running. I deleted GSQF file
and Windows page file and proceeded with Disk Defragmentator.
The disk is defragmented (with free space clearing) now.
I restarted Windows and run Global Server (in offline mode). I don't run
Outlook Express!
GSQF file is created and it contains my email again!
-----------------------------------------------
Regards,
DB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Giovanni Pugliese" <Giovanni.Pugliese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'DB'" <dima@xxxxxxxxxx>; "Omega-List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 17:45
Subject: RE: Omega 2000i & privacy
> Thank you for you response. I believe that you are correct on your
> observations. It has been pointed out that when we allocate space on your
> hard drive, windows assigns us the readily available space on the drive in
> the order that the space is available. if data has been marked deleted by
> windows and this data resides in the area that has been allocated by the
OS,
> you will be able to view it in external viewers. As you are probably
aware,
> when data is deleted from your drive, this does not mean that the data has
> been wiped from your hard drive, its just means that the data has been
> marked as deleted and that the space is available to be written over by
any
> application. When we allocate the space, not all of the space is usually
> used as we try to maintain the cache file as empty as possible for the
best
> possible performance. This means that there is allocated space that
cannot
> be written to by any other program, and may not be written to at the
moment
> by our own program, which you are viewing
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DB [mailto:dima@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2000 5:13 PM
> To: Omega-List; Giovanni Pugliese
> Subject: Re: Omega 2000i & privacy
>
>
>
> ----- 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
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
>
|