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I avoided .NET prior to the rise of Mono-Ehtyar (May 10, 2009, 05:50 AM)
TCP/IP Builder 1.8
TCP/IP Builder is a Windows Socket testing tool. You will be able to create a socket manually, connect it (or listen for connections), send and receive data through it.
You may setup local IP and Port, TCP/UDP protocol, keep alive, out-of-band data, DNS Resolver, System info, on-line help, RAW Packet Detail.
Features:
* Act as client or server.
* Select local IP address and port.
* Build TCP or UDP sockets.
* Detect remote IP address and port on incoming UDP packets.
* Send and receive normal and Out of Band data.
* Use 'keep-alive' and 'no-delay' socket options.
* View incoming data in Hexadecimal representation.
* Send arbitrary bytes by writting its ASCII number.
* ASCII parser option for writting bytes in the format 0x<nn> (i.e: 0x4F)
* Resolve IP addresses usign DNS.
* IP, Protocol, Port and send flags configuration is persistent now.
* TCP/IP Builder is open source, under GNU General Public License.
TCP/IP High-Level Protocol Debugging
How come TCP/IP Builder idea?
When developing a TCP/IP related application, programmers usually face the lack of a proper debugging tool. Since most of the times the programmer must build both client and server applications, starting a development can be a painful task, especially if it is the first networking development. Even for an experienced programmer, having a TCP/IP debugging tool is a useful help for testing purposes.
As a programmer strongly involved in networking applications, I have faced this problem many times. Maybe too many times, therefore two months ago I decided to start developing a solution for this problem, TCP/IP Builder.
TCP/IP Builder as a debugging tool
If you have used TCP/IP Builder before reading this document, you could be asking yourself why do I call it a debugging tool. Well, it is not a debugging tool from a strict point of view. Anyway, it is used as a debugging tool 90% of the time. To be more specific I would like to say it is a 'Black Box' debugging tool, because it doesn't need internal information about the application being debugged. It will work as long as the application uses sockets to communicate with the outside world. (And as long as you know how to 'talk' with this application, of course).
I would recommend XP to my best friends, Vista to my worst enemies-kartal (May 08, 2009, 10:06 PM)
however, it doesn't quite tell you what to tell someone who is considering a new system and doesn't know whether to use vista or xp.-mouser (May 08, 2009, 07:59 PM)
I read that list to Gothic and he was getting really agitated. He has done more then half of that list by a long shot... and then plainly said that the list is not "Geeky".
Then again, this is gothic we are talking about... the geekiest of all geeks. LOL.-Dell[a] (May 06, 2009, 09:50 PM)
I'm beginning to think this entire debate is a "generation thing."-40hz (May 03, 2009, 04:03 PM)
Don't. It does not have anything to do with new vs. old generations, and more with what each person considers the 'right thing to do'.-Lashiec (May 06, 2009, 06:34 PM)
33 done
I wonder does using analog camera usage counts as "98. Use a Camera in Manual Mode"?
In my entire life, I've made maybe 20 pictures using digital one in opposite to hundreds with analog.-fenixproductions (May 06, 2009, 05:29 PM)
(Muy Macho!) also good in situations where the user may spread saliva on the desk,-kip (May 03, 2009, 01:52 PM)
Meh.Care to elaborate hertz man?-40hz (May 03, 2009, 04:10 PM)
Ehtyar.-Ehtyar (May 03, 2009, 05:56 PM)
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Copyright infringement should not be based on fear. Fear is a very powerful tool that is all to often exploited by governments and those in power to get the information they want stuffed into people’s minds. Where do you think Mrs. Smith learned this information? Was it a credible source? Chances are it was, which brings up the question of who you can really trust. If people stopped blindly trusting the government, what would happen to fear as a propaganda technique? When discussing copyright, it is best to decide where your ethics are. “Should I share an ogg (or mp3) of this out of print CD with my friend?” “Should I consider a small violation of the DMCA a crime if I will only be using the content for what used to be called ‘fair use’?” “Should I cite this public domain resource?” “Should I tell my friends about this artist and give them this audio file to get them interested?” “Should I download this BBC documentary I found on BitTorrent so I can learn about Elephant migration patterns for my report on African mammals?” There are so many possibilities. The government has drawn an unreasonably inhibitory line in the dirt, and used fear to enforce it. As a result, the only way to figure out what is right or wrong is to make the ethical decision yourself.
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>(Hey, I'll take any excuse to get Milla Jovovich's lovely visage on my screen.-40hz (April 30, 2009, 08:51 PM)
In that case I would have thought you'd go for the changing clothes scene from The Fifth Element...................then again, imagine how many CPUs you'd burn out-4wd (May 02, 2009, 05:48 AM)
)Personally, I wouldn't bother with anything but a simple single-pass wipe, which is good enough to prevent any software based recovery attempt.-f0dder (May 01, 2009, 08:28 AM)
Erase Disk Free Space Script
Use this script to erase all the free space on your disk drive by filling it with blank, zeroed files. The WSF script runs on Windows and is freeware licensed under GPL. Just copy it to the drive you want to fill up, and double-click on it.
This script is handy when you want to sell or give away an old flash or hard disk drive, and you want some certainty that files on the drive are not easily recoverable. First erase all the files on the drive, then run this script. After it finishes, all user-writeable areas of the disk will have been written over with zeroes. With a 7200 rpm drive, it takes approximately one hour to fill up one hundred gigabytes. Because it does not overwrite or delete any existing files, the script is safer to use for novices.
This script is useful for the casual Windows users who want to clear out their disk with minimal fuss. You should be transferring ownership of the drive to someone who is unlikely to attempt to recover files from the drive, and you should not have highly sensitive information on the disk.
If you need something more secure, try the freeware Eraser program. You can read the source code for more details. This script can also be used as a crude benchmark to measure the raw write speed of your disk. The Western Digital 7200 rpm drives on my system wrote the files at 32-36 MB/second.
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Doesn't plain ol' fdisk do this?
If that doesn't work, just post your email to a disreputable website, turn off your anti-virus, and you'll get MBR-corrupting software delivered right to your inbox!-Edvard (May 01, 2009, 10:21 AM)
Windows XP includes a command that will do what you want, (also available to Win2000):
cipherAdministrators can use Cipher.exe to encrypt and decrypt data on drives that use the NTFS file system and to view the encryption status of files and folders from a command prompt. An updated version of the Cipher tool has been released for Windows 2000, and is included with Windows XP. The updated version adds another security option. This new option is the ability to overwrite data that you have deleted so that it cannot be recovered and accessed.
eg. cipher /w:C:\ should wipe all unused space on the C: drive.
Otherwise there's always DBAN.-4wd (May 01, 2009, 02:30 AM)
