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What platform / CPU / APU do you recommend for people you build for?

If people ask for advice for a system that will be their primary computer, I have a few pieces of advice I give (which includes SSD and some networking stuff, but question here is CPU). If a laptop, get an Intel i5 CPU or better. The only reason is that i5 has turbo, i3 and below does not. Look...
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- Post #93
- Apr 16, 2016
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Best Device/Solution to get unsecured wifi to Private Network

I do the same thing, only difference is my landlords Wi-Fi is secured. I use a TP-Link WDR4300 with one 2.4 GHz and one 5 GHz radio with OpenWrt. A wireless client can be configured in a number of ways, only some require administrative access to the remote access point. One radio connects to...
- matricks
- Post #2
- Feb 17, 2016
- Forum: Networking
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Windows 7 Update Adventures

How to manage Windows 10 notification and upgrade options Microsoft has given you a simple registry value to express your opinion in a way your computer can understand, and your computer will adhere to it. Wouldn't have taken you longer to add this value than posting in this thread. Note: The...
- matricks
- Post #8
- Feb 11, 2016
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Windows XP vs Linux for office/web system?

These are your words. Running unmaintained software on an Internet connected device means you will have vulnerabilities that will never be fixed. XP is already dead, and applications are dropping support for it. Chrome dropped support last year. Firefox still supports XP, and no end-of-life date...
- matricks
- Post #12
- Jan 29, 2016
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Stop redirect after page loads?

There is an option for this in Firefox. Go to Settings, Advanced, General, and look for Accessibility. Something along the lines of "Warn me when a website tries to reload".
- matricks
- Post #9
- Jan 29, 2016
- Forum: Windows
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Legit Win 7 Pro ISO (found one thanks)

Windows 7 / 8.1 / 10 ISO Official Direct Download Links from Microsoft Tech Bench I've used this method several times, it works great (and the ISO hashes check out).
- matricks
- Post #6
- Jan 28, 2016
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Difference between UT2003 and UT2004?

Congratulations, you have won the Golden Spade award for your digging efforts!
- matricks
- Post #20
- Jan 25, 2016
- Forum: Windows
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PC Applications!!!

That depends completely on what "the work" actually is. Your question is impossible to answer.
- matricks
- Post #2
- Jan 20, 2016
- Forum: Windows
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IPv6 vs NAT security

Your devices can have multiple IP(v6) addresses, and will likely do so by default. For example, Windows does this. I'm not IPv6 enabled on the WAN side, but if I boot my router with a default OpenWrt, which enables as many IPv6 features on the network as it can manage, all my Windows devices...
- matricks
- Post #20
- Dec 21, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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IPv6 vs NAT security

Amount of work does not scale in any rate that is related to the number of IP addresses available to customers. On the network provider side, IPv6 is designed around the idea that you assign each customer a subnet, not an address. NAT wasn't part of the IPv6 spec from the beginning, it was...
- matricks
- Post #16
- Dec 21, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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SSH RSA question - Learning and implementing at home

RFC 4252 shows how a public key authentication works. The server (if following protocol) will not reveal the list of public keys it trusts. An eavesdropper will only be aware of the public keys a client attempts to authenticate with.
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- Post #2
- Dec 18, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Unauthorized code in Juniper firewalls decrypts encrypted VPN traffic

No need to wonder, administrative access is confirmed right in their advisory. Important Announcement about ScreenOS®
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- Post #3
- Dec 18, 2015
- Forum: Security
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How can I keep from getting more spam emails!

You will have to live with spam sent to this address. You can still use it if you want. You can also have multiple accounts, this one for logins and crappy services, and a new one for genuine communication. An address ending up in a spammers lists is a one way street. You're not going to get it...
- matricks
- Post #7
- Dec 18, 2015
- Forum: Security
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Microsoft intentionally sabotaging Windows 7, by making Windows Update unbearable??

I set up a special-purpose tripleboot laptop over the weekend, with Windows 7, 8.1 and 10. 2520M, 8 GB RAM and 250 GB painfully slow 5400 RPM drive. The Windows 7 initial "search for updates" took about 90 minutes, and found 215 (~250 with optionals, I think) updates to install. Subsequent...
- matricks
- Post #50
- Dec 16, 2015
- Forum: Operating Systems
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SSH downloads

You are using the -L option. You want the -D option. Turn any Linux computer into SOCKS5 proxy in one command ssh -D 9898 [username@]remoteserver [-p remoteport] Set your browser/client to use 127.0.0.1:9898 as a SOCKS proxy. All activity from the application now goes to the SSH server, and...
- matricks
- Post #10
- Nov 25, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Need a good computer prank

I've had a plan for a while to make a script that is called as a scheduled task e.g. every minute, rolls a dice to determine if it will quit or do something, and if the diceroll is right it types out random characters or words. There are probably lots of tools that do this, but the key to...
- matricks
- Post #17
- Nov 16, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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How postfix/transport works: writing my own transport

I noticed you already decided and started out, but I thought I'd post this anyway. Have you looked at transport tables? It seems the case you want to solve is to map your different addresses to the transport you want to use for each of them. Transport tables seem to do just that. I've only...
- matricks
- Post #5
- Nov 12, 2015
- Forum: Programming
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ssh rsa vs ssl rsa

About the bold: authentication (which the bolded part is) is not required for encryption. Authentication and encryption are completely independent concepts, and while they are often used together, neither depends on the other. PGP is a system where authentication (signing), encryption...
- matricks
- Post #6
- Nov 6, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Modern day hacking

I really don't think things have changed - computer hacking and social manipulation play the same role they did 30 years ago. Both can get you far, and you get farthest by applying both as needed. What has changed is that there are more computers, more users and more uses for computers. In...
- matricks
- Post #4
- Nov 1, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Modern day hacking

You don't seem to understand lateral movement. A "worlds greatest hacker" will not restrain himself to attacking his target directly. A web server in a corporate network is probably a better vantage point to attack a user in the same network, compared to attacking this computer directly from the...
- matricks
- Post #2
- Nov 1, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Home network - Mix and match cat 5e / cat6

Today, no. But if you wire up a home today, how long do you expect to leave the cables in the walls without touching them? Twelve years ago, Netgear claimed to have launched the lowest price-per-port GbE switch, at a neat $145 per port.
- matricks
- Post #12
- Nov 1, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Scart to hdmi or hdmi over cat5??

HDMI to RJ45 or similar devices are probably your best bet. I have never tested such a device. You can probably throw the Scion hub out of your plans. If it's designed for SD signals it will not carry a HD signal without causing a significant quality loss. You say it does the job. What is the...
- matricks
- Post #3
- Nov 1, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Google'sDNS over ISP's DNS

Internet politeness. The root servers exist purely by necessity, some server has to be the root of each zone. They're not intended to be queried by end users, and all end users querying root servers would lead to global DNS failure. No root server wants you to use it over a caching server. I'm...
- matricks
- Post #4
- Nov 1, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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It seems that I have a stalker on an internet forum.

You don't have the address, and you don't know how to get it. What do you think you could accomplish if you had it? Trolls have the same IP addresses as everyone else (as your primary goal seems to be to determine whether accounts belong to a troll or not), they don't have 192.202.TROLL.89...
- matricks
- Post #14
- Nov 1, 2015
- Forum: Security
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Facebook/Twitter People, Info Please

There are lots of Twitter clients, find one you like. I used TweetDeck back in the day, when it was good (before Twitter acquired it). You could open any number of tabs containing different stuff. You could have one tab for one specific account, the tab would show the latest tweets from it and...
- matricks
- Post #3
- Oct 25, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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Superscope or Supernet? Need more IPs!

This is the wrong fix. What you should be doing is: 1. Configure DHCP server with static leases* for everything except servers that should/must have predictable IP addresses. 2. Configure devices that are now static to use DHCP. 3. Reboot all the things, and let DHCP sort things out. Anything...
- matricks
- Post #9
- Oct 23, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Virgin router brings down ethernet

If the problem disappears when he unplugs the modem, then surely this isn't the problem. I understand OP as so: the modem will cause the switch to freeze, meaning no device connected to the switch can reach any other device connected to the switch. The switch cuts all communications...
- matricks
- Post #5
- Oct 13, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Does WinX have SYS-Prep?

So, you want several members to back up their perfectly working Windows 10 install, irreversibly mess with said perfectly working install, and revert to said backup should the resulting environment be undesirable. And you will sit back and wait for their scientific, peer reviewed research...
- matricks
- Post #20
- Oct 10, 2015
- Forum: Operating Systems
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How can I protect business data from being removed by an employee using encryption?

Have a look at Control Read or Write Access to Removable Devices or Media. There are also policies for denying write access to unencrypted volumes, but it only applies to Bitlocker-to-go. Bitlocker encrypted drives can be protected by only a password (or optionally multiple factors), so they...
- matricks
- Post #6
- Oct 3, 2015
- Forum: Security
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Encrypt/Decrypt Do I need the same software?

The Truecrypt container format isn't standardized, I don't even think there is a standardized format for encrypted containers/volumes. However, there is software for all major operating systems that can at least read TC containers. See TrueCrypt#Alternatives. Also, the TC website still hosts...
- matricks
- Post #2
- Oct 1, 2015
- Forum: Security
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Does WinX have SYS-Prep?

I suppose What is Sysprep (technet.microsoft.com) is a suitable place to "learn more about Sysprep", as you suggest. I found some interesting quotes: Which of these are you trying to accomplish? You said you wanted to "transfer your Personal Windows OS and Apps to other HardWare" [sic]. A...
- matricks
- Post #12
- Oct 1, 2015
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Does WinX have SYS-Prep?

This thread is the second Google hit for "sysprep rounds". What on earth are these rounds you speak of? The Internet is unfamiliar with the term. CamelCasing is UnNeCessarily BotherSome to ReAd, and has no use in the EngLish LangUage. Why do you make such an effort to camelcase random words?
- matricks
- Post #5
- Oct 1, 2015
- Forum: Operating Systems
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(GoDaddy Alternative?) Cheap Domain Name Registration w/o web hosting

I've used Namecheap for domains for more than five years. No issues at all. Transferred to NameSilo a few months ago because they offer free WHOIS privacy, which I prefer to have on some of my domains (Namecheap has a yearly renewal fee on WHOIS privacy). I liked the Namecheap control panel...
- matricks
- Post #7
- Sep 29, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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What's a good open source openPGP app+GUI for windows 8.1?

There are a lot of uses for (Open)PGP - mail, file encryption, disk encryption, digital signatures... On Windows, there is Gpg4Win, and that's it. There is Enigmail as a plugin for Thunderbird, which gives decent mail support. For the other uses, if you don't consider Gpg4Win package good...
- matricks
- Post #2
- Sep 26, 2015
- Forum: Windows
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how to develop an android app

How much (re)search did you do before posting this thread? If you neither know any of these things, or how to find the answers, you will have a hard time developing anything. Development requires reading documentation/tutorials/examples, and fundamental Google skills to find said material...
- matricks
- Post #2
- Sep 26, 2015
- Forum: Programming
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Will I get my full internet speed with a $35, 300Mbps router?

You llinked to a TL-WDR3500. It has Fast Ethernet ports (100 Mbps). If you can push 91 Mbps on a browser speed test, you need Gigabit Ethernet ports to make the most of it. Step up to the WDR3600, and you'll be good on the wired side of things. For wireless, your experience will depend on...
- matricks
- Post #2
- Sep 23, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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Windows 10, one year later?

I can confirm this, after upgrading five computers to Windows 10. And this as well. You can still reinstall Windows 7 and redo the upgrade. You might want to use the upgrade wizard to create a USB drive for installation media. You can use it to perform a clean install afterwards, and it...
- matricks
- Post #13
- Sep 11, 2015
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Wireless bridging - just bridge side needs capability?

"Wireless bridging" is an abstract concept, and there are multiple ways to implement it. Some implementations require client-side capability only, others (e.g. WDS) require support on both sides. See Client mode wireless on the OpenWrt wiki. The configuration instructions are specific to...
- matricks
- Post #4
- Sep 10, 2015
- Forum: Networking
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What is the national dish/meal for each country? Link with yummy pictures inside

Have a smalahove. :)
- matricks
- Post #20
- Sep 10, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones - HERE BE SPOILERS

Thanks, interesting find. Assuming he is right on everything, the world is in for surprises. From one of the later parts: "metaphoric prophecies can't be falsified". I never thought of it, but probably. How does this guy enjoy any story at all though, refusing to be immersed in the mythics at...
- matricks
- Post #1,001
- Sep 8, 2015
- Forum: OT Discussion Club

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