|  BlackHat | Jan 29, 1:02pm | Encrypted Os How Would I do that?
Vista includes a new hard drive encryption feature called BitLocker Drive Encryption.
BitLocker can be a very useful security feature for businesses and home users that have sensitive and confidential information stored on their computer. Unfortunately, BitLocker Drive Encryption by default requires a Trusted Platform Module (TPM Chip) version 1.2 or later installed in your computer.
A lot of the computers and laptops on the market do not come with TPM chips installed since they are typically only found in premium model business computers. If you have Windows Vista Business, Ultimate or Enterprise but do not have a TPM chip, you can still use BitLocker Drive EncryptionLearn how to use BitLocker on a computer without Trusted Platform Module (TPM) in Microsoft Windows Vista and encrypt your hard drive with this step-by-step ..
How to use Vista BitLocker, Step 1
Here are the basic hardware requirements that BitLocker needs in order to work properly without a TPM:
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1. A removable USB memory device. As I mentioned, if you don't have a TPM-enabled system, then the second way you can use BitLocker is by having the encryption key written to a removable USB flash drive.
2. A BIOS that can boot the system from a USB device. The USB drive with the BitLocker key must be connected and must be readable through BIOS when the system first starts; and this is why BitLocker needs a system that can boot from USB to make it work.
Note: With some computers, it's possible to plug in a USB device via a hub and still have it be seen by the computer at boot time. But, it's not always possible. If your system uses an external hub, you may want to experiment and see what ports are visible at boot time.
If your computer doesn't have the" tpm chip .....
and can't boot from a USB device, it is still possible to use BitLocker, although it will be somewhat cumbersome. BitLocker will provide you with a 48-digit recovery password to use when booting the system. You cannot set the recovery password manually, and its length is not user-settable, so that makes it a little difficult to use the recovery password as a standard-issue way to boot the computer.
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Step 2: Configure the drives
Step 3: Edit the local policy
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| | BlackHat | Jan 31, 4:37pm | Did you mean: Truecrypt on vista
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| | BlackHat | Apr 16, 1:04pm | Proxy software - HTTP-Tunnel is a freeware proxy client, to proxy any site, p2p, IM and game. Allow you to be monitor free. SOCK and HTTP protocols.
- 3proxy is a freeware proxy server, previously known as 3APA3A, and works on Windows and Linux/Unix.
- AlchemyPoint is a user-programmable mashup proxy server that can be used to re-write web pages, emails, instant messenger messages, and other network transmissions on the fly.
- The Apache HTTP Server can be configured to act as a proxy server.
- Blue Coat's (formerly Cacheflow's) purpose-built SGOS proxies 15 protocols including HTTPS/SSL, has an extensive policy engine and runs on a range of appliances from branch-office to enterprise.
- Charles is a java User-configurable HTTP proxy / HTTP monitor / Reverse Proxy that can be used with Flash Remoting (AMF0 and AMF3).
- CACHEbox is a high performance HTTP/HTTPS/FTP caching proxy appliance supporting forward and reverse deployment modes.
- CGIProxy, web based proxy script written in Perl
- EZproxy is a URL-rewriting web proxy designed primarily for providing remote access to sites that authenticate users by IP address.
- Ideco Gateway - Linux based multi-protocol proxy server with GUI configuration tool and NAT/VPN support.
- JAP - A local proxy, web anonymizer software connecting to proxy server chains of different organizations
- ISA server is described by Microsoft as an "integrated edge security gateway"; it includes caching web proxy, caching reverse proxy, Firewall, VPN, NAT, content filter, SSL encryption, and other components.
- Novell BorderManager web proxy server, reverse proxy, Firewall and VPN end point.
- Nginx Web and Reverse proxy server, that can act as POP3 proxy server.
- PHProxy is one of the oldest and most customized proxy scripts in use on the Internet. Many of the newer proxy scripts were inspired by PHPProxy.[5]
- Privoxy is a free, open source web proxy with privacy and ad-blocking features.
- Proxomitron - User-configurable web proxy used to re-write web pages on the fly. Most noted for blocking ads, but has many other useful features.
- SafeSquid Linux based, complete content filtering HTTP1.1 proxy, allows distribution of 'profiled' internet access.
- SSH Secure Shell can be configured to proxify a connection, by setting up a SOCKS proxy on the client, and tunneling the traffic through the SSH connection.
- Sun Java System Web Proxy Server is a caching proxy server running on Solaris, Linux and Windows servers that supports https [https] , NSAPI I/O filters, dynamic reconfiguration, SOCKSv5 and reverse proxy.
- Squid is a popular HTTP proxy server in the UNIX/Linux world.
- TcpCatcher is a free TCP and HTTP(S) proxy server for educational purposes. It allows you to modify packets on the fly.
- Tinyproxy is a light-weight HTTP proxy daemon ideal for embedded use on POSIX operating systems.
| BlackHat | Apr 16, 1:04pm | , NAT, content filter, SSL encryption, and other components.- Novell BorderManager web proxy server, reverse proxy, Firewall and VPN end point.
- Nginx Web and Reverse proxy server, that can act as POP3 proxy server.
- PHProxy is one of the oldest and most customized proxy scripts in use on the Internet. Many of the newer proxy scripts were inspired by PHPProxy.[5]
- Privoxy is a free, open source web proxy with privacy and ad-blocking features.
- Proxomitron - User-configurable web proxy used to re-write web pages on the fly. Most noted for blocking ads, but has many other useful features.
- SafeSquid Linux based, complete content filtering HTTP1.1 proxy, allows distribution of 'profiled' internet access.
- SSH Secure Shell can be configured to proxify a connection, by setting up a SOCKS proxy on the client, and tunneling the traffic through the SSH connection.
- Sun Java System Web Proxy Server is a caching proxy server running on Solaris, Linux and Windows servers that supports https [https] , NSAPI I/O filters, dynamic reconfiguration, SOCKSv5 and reverse proxy.
- Squid is a popular HTTP proxy server in the UNIX/Linux world.
- TcpCatcher is a free TCP and HTTP(S) proxy server for educational purposes. It allows you to modify packets on the fly.
- Tinyproxy is a light-weight HTTP proxy daemon ideal for embedded use on POSIX operating systems.
- Tor - A proxy-based anonymizing Internet communication system.
- I2P - A proxy-like decentralized network for anonymizing Internet data transfers.
- Varnish is designed to be a high-performance caching reverse proxy.
- WinGate is a multi-protocol proxy server and NAT solution that can be used to redirect any kind of traffic on a Microsoft Windows host.
- WWWOFFLE has been around since the mid-1990s, and was developed for storing online data for offline use.
- yProxy is an NNTP proxy server that converts yEnc encoded message attachments to UUEncoding, complete with SSL client support.
- Zeus functions as both a forward and reverse proxy server. It operates on Solaris, FreeBSD and Linux.
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|  CrazyHorace | May 24, 12:24am | The Unnecessary Evil of RSS Cookies
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There is absolutely positively no reason whatsoever for cookies to be triggered by an RSS (or ATOM) syndication feed.
They have no practical benefit to the user. Thus, they are a bad practice and should be stopped.
Content providers should avoid advertising bureaus that use them.
The primary promulgators of this evil are advertising bureaus such as Pheedo and Google AdSense for Feeds.
The cookie problem isn't caused by the syndication feed itself. Instead, the feed includes advertisements from a third-party bureau, and the included ads serve up the cookies. The purpose of HTTP cookies is to "add state" to a stateless protocol. HTTP, the protocol used on the web, simply fetches web pages.
Cookies extend the protocol to let the server note important information such as your username, your session identifier, and your pornographic preferences. There are benefits you get from adding state to web interactions.
You can establish a session. Your option settings can be remembered. There is, ho It's not an ideal solution, but it's sufficient to handle the most annoying of the bunch. Like Pheedo.
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