February 2004 - Posts

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Hackers are lazy... by Tim Marman

So it seems malicious hackers and vandals are lazy too . It's somewhat ironic that by introducing a patch Microsoft is also indirectly introducing the exploits.
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Exchange 2003 Address Rewrite Tool by Tim Marman

I mentioned a few weeks back that I'm running Exchange 2003 now. If you're doing the same you should check out the Address Rewrite tool, which allows you to rewrite the return address on all outgoing e-mail on a per account basis. Pretty handy.
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Reminder: NY DevDays 2004 Meet-up by Tim Marman

A bunch of us are meeting up for a few drinks after today's DevDays 2004. There is no official venue yet, but I'm suggesting The Ginger Man. Rajiv's in. Sean, Donny, and Doug are in. I think Sam mentioned he was in. Anyone else who is interested (whether...
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Virtual Machines: There is no strange thing by Tim Marman

Benchmarks available here comparing Virtual PC 2004 to VMWare performance. The author's conclusion: From the benchmark results i've obtained, it's perfectly valid to say that VMWare 4.0 performs better in general than Virtual PC 2004. Take in mind that...
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Degrees of friendship by Tim Marman

Chris has been getting some friend-spam and asks whether Orkut (and other social software ) is "purely a networking device (in which case we are all each others friends) or is there supposed to be some relationship present to justify the link?" In other...
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Developer Security Webcast Week by Tim Marman

This was mentioned by Kenneth on the SecureCoding list - just passing it along. Developer Security Webcast Week February 16 - 20, 2004 Microsoft announces a special week of webcasts addressing the most important and newly emerging security issues surrounding...
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Feb 10th Security Bulletins by Tim Marman

Sorry I didn't have a chance to blog this yesterday, but two new Windows security bulletins have been released (one for Virtual PC on the Mac as well, if that pertains to anyone). MS04-007 - ASN .1 Vulnerability Could Allow Code Execution (CRITICAL) MS04...
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Finally - an effective way to consume information by Tim Marman

Ever since I've gotten my tablet, I've strugged to find an effective, scalable way to keep my e-mail synchronized between the tablet and my desktop . This problem was only compounded when my company started blocking web-based e-mail programs, leaving...
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Pop goes the mouse by Tim Marman

Uhm. So I'm using my wireless mouse today, and all of a sudden I hear a crackling / popping sound. It wasn't until I heard the hissing from the undercarriage of the mouse that I realized one of the batteries exploded. That's probably not a good thing...
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Blogging from OneNote? by Tim Marman

Hmm. Scott points to Greg Hughes, who has managed to blog directly from OneNote . Clever approach, really. Unfortunately, I don't think .Text has an e-mail interface (yet), but this sounds like it has some promise. I wonder how hard it is to write a printer...
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