items tagged with vistafailure
Written By: Administrator
Section: Internet www
Category: Software
2008-02-04 18:57:03
PicLens instantly transforms your browser into a full-screen, 3D experience for viewing images on the web.
work in Firefox, Safari and IE, no Linux support at the moment
Written By: Administrator
Section: Java
Category: Security
2007-01-04 19:38:57
Windows Vista includes a new defense against buffer overrun exploits called address space layout randomization. ASLR. is just a way to hide insecure code, and make harder automated attacks on millions of machine except if....but I will come on that later
| Address space layout randomization (ASLR) is a computer security technique which involves arranging the positions of key data areas, usually including the base of the executable and position of libraries, heap, and stack, randomly in a process' address space.[WIKIPEDIA] |
In Vista, a DLL or EXE could be loaded into any of 256 locations, which means an attacker has a 1/256 chance of getting the address right. In short, this reduce the number of successful exploits. Vitsa address-space layouts are randomized only at boot time. Ae You safer with Vista? YES! and NO!
On a 32 bits machine, this protection is not working, simply because some smart people, have already worked on a way to circumvent ASLR, so a Linux PC will be more or less 216 seconds longer safe!Google when typing ASLR give a second link (sic) this handy white paper: On the Effectiveness of AddressSpace Randomization
Read More About Address Space Layout Randomization In Vista...
Written By: Administrator
Section: PC and Hardware
Category: Vista
2007-02-04 11:28:35
 | Microsoft Vista, the big lie about reusing your hardware... Interview with Alex Ionescu, he has found a flaw in the driver installation to remove PMP locking functionalities in Vista. According to this very instructive article above, the PMP Digital Rights Management framework (Conditional Access, Copy Protection, Digital Rights Management and Link Protection) will force us to throw away our LCD monitor (having no HDMI plugs), videocard (being not HDCP). You can read also this WikiPedia entry about Digital Righ Management (DRM) Solution:
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Written By: Administrator
Section: PC and Hardware
Category: Vista
2008-04-04 12:30:07
Funny, in Zürich, Windows XP is everywhere...(pictures taken with Sony K750i)
| Bus Line 89 | Letzipark Alstetten |
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| Zurich main station (HB) | My desktop |
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With Vista, it will be surely better. You can send me your Linux kernel panic screen shots,
I will publish them here as well :-)
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