The Usability of Passwords (by @baekdal) #tips Security companies and IT people constantly tells us that we should use complex and difficult passwords. This is bad advice, because you can actually make usable, easy to remember and highly secure passwords. In fact, usable passwords are often far better than complex ones. So let's dive into the world of passwords, and look at what makes a password secure in practical terms. Update: Read the FAQ (updated January 2011) Update - April 21, 2011: This article was "featured" on Security Now, here is my reply! How to hack a password The work involved in hacking passwords is very simple. Asking: Amazingly the most common way to gain access to someone's password is simply to ask for it (often in relation with something else). When is a password secure? You cannot protect against "asking" and "guessing", but you can protect yourself from the other forms of attacks. The measure of security must then be "how many password requests can the automated program make - e.g. per second". Like these: It takes:
How To Rip DVDs with VLC Yesterday we took a look at the new feature in VLC 1.0 which allows you to record DVDs to your computer. There is also an overlooked feature in VLC that allows you to rip your DVDs as well. Here we will take a look at how to rip DVD movies with VLC for Windows. Note: This feature should work with VLC versions 0.9.6 and up. Ripping a DVD with VLC Load up the DVD you want to rip and start up VLC. The Open Media window will appear and you want to click on the Disc tab. Next the Convert screen opens where you will want to select a location for the ripped file. While you are browsing to the location to put the ripped file make sure to give it a name and a supported extension. When everything is set up the Convert screen will look something like this where we have the source drive and destination file with appropriate extension. While the DVD is being ripped you will see a progress count in the main UI. You may notice a slowdown of your system as the process takes up a lot of resources.
The Ultimate Guide To Cloning In Photoshop - Smashing Magazine Advertisement Photoshop’s wide array of cloning tools is the cause of many of the absolute best and worst works created with the application. In a skilled and experienced hand, these tools lead to phenomenal results. The Clone Stamp Tool The Clone Stamp tool is the oldest and most widely known of the cloning tools. Use the “Option” key (“Alt”) to set the source. To clone out the name on the tombstone above, you would select a source that shares the texture of the area you want to replace. To begin, simply click on the preferred source area while holding down the “Option” key (“Alt” on a PC). To be able to use this tool effectively, let’s look at the relevant settings. Basic Settings: Brush Below, you’ll find the default settings when the clone stamp is selected. The clone stamp’s basic settings. The first setting you’ll want to familiarize yourself with is for the brush. A hard brush creates noticeable seams. Use a scatter brush to create interesting particle effects. Basic Settings: Sample (al)
12 Unique Email Services You Should Know About « Ijaar We all have our regular email accounts on Gmail, Hotmail or any other service of our choice. However, there are times when you don’t want to use your regular email address for one reason or another. For such times, when you need a special type of email, following services can come in very handy to serve your purpose: For all those times when you don’t really want to give out your email address to somebody but you really have to, these disposable email accounts can be very useful. For example, if you want to register for a software but do not want to give your actual email address, you can create a temporary/disposable email account that will expire after sometime. 1. MakeMeTheKing is a disposable email service that has a nice interface. 2. Dodgit allows you to create a receive-only email address that automatically deletes all the messages after 7 days. 3. With MeltMail, you have more control of your disposable email account. 4. 5. 6. 7. noSPM: 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
Running Python Code in Windows Batch File Trick | HalOtis I found this really neat bit of .bat file magic that will let you save your python script code in a .bat file and run it in windows just like any other script. The nice thing about this is that you don’t have to create a separate “launch.bat” file with one “start python script.py” line in it. This makes running python scripts in Windows more like it is on a Linux/Mac where you can easily add a #! Here’s the bit of tricky batch file magic that does it: The way it works is that the first line of the file does two different things. starts python interpreter passing the name of the file in, and the -x option will tell it to skip the first line (containing .bat file code)When python finishes the script exits. This nifty trick makes it much nicer for writing admin scripts with python on Windows. Update: fixed to properly pass command line arguments (%* argument passes through the command line arguments for the bat file to python)
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Gmail Tips - The Complete Collection Gmail Beta: First Impressions The other day, I received an "invitation" to beta test Google's new "Gmail" email service. After having tried and used literally dozens of web-based email services over the years, I decided to see what the buzz was all about, so I followed the Invitation instructions, and within a couple minutes, I had a new Google Gmail account. After working with this account for several days, I have discovered some things that I like about it as well as some things that I don't. Read on for the lowdown... First off, please note that this article is based on the pre-release beta of Gmail, so presumably, the public release will have additions, changes, and improvements. Webmail While Web-based email is nothing new, Gmail introduces some new and unique concepts. But why use Webmail when I have a good client in Outlook? I'm going to first walk you through some of the "features" that make up Gmail. Advertising Let's start off with the "tough" issue first: Advertising. Logging In
How to inject code into a exe file Title: How to inject code into a exe file Autor: Iman Karim Email: iman.karim@smail.inf.fh-bonn-rhein-sieg.de Home: *** THIS TUTORIAL IS ONLY FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES!*** (english mistakes are default :P) Content: - Requirements - Getting started - Some ASM - Last words -Requirements- At first we need a debugger. I prefer OLLYDBG(the best debugger on earth :P) At twice we need a target application to inject our code. -Getting started- Our goal is to inject some code into the Notepad.EXE . [My Notepad screenshot] If you're sure now that's the original Notepad open the Notepad.exe with Olly. [click to enlarge] Because we're going to inject some code we've to have some space to inject it. [CodeCaves] Do you see the red box I've drawn for you? ***** START QUOTE FROM THE WIN32 PROGRAMMERS REFERENCE The MessageBox function creates, displays, and operates a message box. This is all you need to know about the MessageBox. OK! -Some ASM- Iman Karim.
What’s My Pass? How to Burn Any Video File to a Playable Video DVD With your BitTorrent addiction in full swing, you've filled hard drives with media but can't seem to figure out how to burn any of the videos you downloaded to a DVD. Sound familiar? It's a common problem, and there was a time that it didn't have many simple (or free) solutions. Luckily that's no longer the case, and today we're taking a look at two dead simple solutions for burning virtually any video to a DVD you can pop into your DVD player and enjoy. DVD Flick First and foremost, there's DVD Flick, a free, open-source application that supports over 45 different file formats, includes subtitle support, and makes creating a DVD from most common (and even uncommon) video files a breeze. Free DVD Creator If DVD Flick isn't your thing, then check out Free DVD Creator. Also like DVD Flick, the Free DVD Creator wizard is dead simple to use. Got a favorite tool for burning your various videos to DVD? Free DVD Creator [via Life Rocks 2.0]
60 Useful Texturing Tutorials | 3DExport's Blog - Buy 3D Models, Sell 3D Models easy. Details Techniques:3ds max, cinema4d, lightwave, maya, softimage, Texturing, Tutorials, UsefulAds: Hello dear readers =) We’ve already done roundups on Car Tutorials, so this time I’ve gathered together a list of Texturing Tutorials. Hope you find this collection useful. Please, post your comment as for this article, links to your texturing tutorials. Hard Surface Textures Read this interesting tutorial about how Stefan paints hard surface … Read this tutorial >> Texturing 101 Okay this is a really simplistic makign of, it’s really more of a texturing tutorial cause I get quite a few questions on texturing so, I’ve just take a simple Coke Can and decided to show you how I textured it since most of my texturing follows these principles. Read this tutorial >> Texturing of The Aquarium – Image Breakdown The following example is a scene that has been textured using the Total Textures Collection as a resource. Read this tutorial >> Texturing of the Old Hospital Read this tutorial >> Read this tutorial >>
15 Online Tools that You Will Come to Love as a Tech | EmergingT I have compiled a list of 15 free online tools that will help you greatly as a tech. I’m sure that there are other good ones that I have left out so please feel free to post the ones that you like as well. IPTools offers a wide variety of online networking tools. With this site you can look up IP address information, check spam databases, run pings, run traceroutes, lookup WHOIS information and much more. BugMeNot allows you to find and share logins for sites that require you to register. SpeedTest.net allows you to test your Internet connection speed. Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking site that allows you to bookmark sites and view them from any computer. Omnidrive is an online storage service that allows you to upload large files, access them from any computer, and share them with other people. 10 Minute Mail allows you to create temporary email addresses that expire after 10 minutes. Free Password GeneratorFree Password Generator generates very strong and unique passwords.