Various cool software and more
Ever so often (or in my case ever so seldom) you need a TFTP server for some equipment that need updating (firmware etc), and as I do so seldom I keep forgetting whitch software I need for this.
Well here is the link you need, a mini server software for not only offering TFTP but also DHCP, TFTP, DNS, SNTP and Syslog ;
http://tftpd32.jounin.net/
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For those of you that has been using PeerGuardian 2 in the past (PeerGuardian 2 is a Firewall / blacklist that can block certain IP’s based upon lists you subscribe to) here is some good news 🙂
As you may know PeerGuardian 2 has not been supported for the past 1-2 years, and is (to say it mildly) not very stable on Windows Vista/7 etc. Well some nice people has decided to continue the project under a new name Peerblock, and I do mean continue as the first version is based upon the source from the last PeerGuardian.
As with PeerGuardian the Peerblock application is free (although donations are greatly appreciated).
Get it here
The A5/1 encryption used to protect GSM phone conversations has long since been broken, actually just last year it was made possible to eavesdrop encrypted GSM in realtime – hence GSM telephony is today to be considered utterly insecure. Scientists have thus begun working on the 3G variant A5/3, and it would appear that a “breakthrough” has been made, not quite allowing for realtime decryption but weakening the cipher quite considerably.
Read the scientific repport here;
http://eprint.iacr.org/2010/013
Are your DNS settings configured for optimal performance? Don’t know? Well www.grc.comhas released a DNS Benchmarking utility that will not only test your configured DNS servers but also check a bunch of known DNS servers and thus provide you with a diagram of which servers perform best for you, along with this DNS servers are also tested for known security problems.
The tool is not ‘officially’ released as the documentation is not yet ready, but the tool is available for download and usage never the less;
http://www.grc.com/dns/benchmark.htm (please note the download link at the top does not work, use the one at the bottom “Download a copy to your computer“)
I have never really done much research in the field of Internet Radio, guess I have enough to occupy my mind elsewhere 😉 but I just stumbled across what seem to be a quite cool Internet Radio App and I just might give it a spin; it’s free, it’s easy/intuitive, it can record and it has a LOT of preset radio stations world wide.
Try it yourself, get it here;
http://www.screamer-radio.com/
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Just a quick coupple of links if you ever have to debug MS-Exchange OAB OAL replication issues;
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/oabinteg/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=726
Now this is cool, on your Windows 7 machine create a new folder and name it;
GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
and it is immediately transformed into the mother of all Control Panels, you will have access to virtually any setting in Windows from one place.
UPDATE:
Later notes have it that you can replace the “GodMode” text string with anything as long as the GUID is the same, thus the title is a bit misrepresentive however it is still the ultimate “Control Panel”.. Should also work on some Windows Vista versions.
This one might come in handy if you need a nostalgic moment, someone has created a site with old versions of well known and well used software (eg. now you can download Paint Shop Pro Version 1 if for some reason this was just your favorite). Actually I still use Paint Shop Pro 3.11 from time to time, it is so fast and easy to use if you just need to change a few pixels.
Go here for a browse down memory lane;
http://www.oldversion.com/
AV comparison, www.av-comparatives.org has made a rather interesting comparison of how much different AV products slow down your machine, besides the technical comparison they also offer some general advices on how to optimize your experience with AV products in general.. Interesting reading, get their PDF here
A summery of their findings (higher is better);
Trying to manage your huge MP3 collection? Perhaps collected over a long time, well the problem often is that some of your MP3 files has incorrect or missing graphics and or ID3 tags… Well this tool can help you to manage your MP3’s, I have not tried it personally yet but it claims all sort of neat features 🙂 Give it a spin..
Get it here;
http://www.mp3tag.de/en/index.html