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File sharing?
06-11-2007 12:16 AM
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Preferably something that doesnt send aliens to invade my system.
I dont wanna pay for it either... I helped enough people to get fat n rich over the years, time for a break.
Re: File sharing?
06-11-2007 12:32 AM
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Bit torrent has more or less completely taken over from traditional P2P networks.
I use Azureus (which is java based).
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: File sharing?
06-11-2007 8:45 PM
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You can get torrent links from http://www.mininova.org/ and look carefully for comments and you will note there are a lot of 'Trojans' reported by punters. Do be careful.
Re: File sharing?
06-11-2007 9:49 PM
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What is a trojan in this sense?
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: File sharing?
06-11-2007 11:19 PM
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http://www.emule-project.net/home/perl/general.cgi?l=1
Re: File sharing?
07-11-2007 9:27 AM
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Re: File sharing?
07-11-2007 9:56 AM
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So since (e.g. a mp3) has no execution rights it couldn't do any damage. It would just be played by a player which itself only has user rights. Since it is impossible for the object to do anything at admin level, it is impossible for it to do any trojan style activities.
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: File sharing?
07-11-2007 4:06 PM
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On Windows though, the default action to 'read' or 'play' an mp3 is double click it. That also happens to be the same action as 'execute'. So... bang! There go your passwords!
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Re: File sharing?
07-11-2007 4:36 PM
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Quote from: Kelly Linux, fine
On Windows though, the default action to 'read' or 'play' an mp3 is double click it. That also happens to be the same action as 'execute'. So... bang! There go your passwords!
Are you thinking of files like name.mp3.exe (which have always foxed Windows) or have they "upgraded" mp3's so that the file is executed so as to call a program?
Sounds like a mouse is a security hole!
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: File sharing?
07-11-2007 6:14 PM
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On linux, you'd have to chmod it to be able to execute it!
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Re: File sharing?
07-11-2007 6:24 PM
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Also, a carefully crafted malicious .mp3 file could theoretically exploit a programming error in specific mp3 decoders to gain elevated privileges and execute malicious code, although this would rely heavily on the media player used.
B.
Re: File sharing?
07-11-2007 8:33 PM
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Quote from: Barry Also, a carefully crafted malicious .mp3 file could theoretically exploit a programming error in specific mp3 decoders to gain elevated privileges and execute malicious code, although this would rely heavily on the media player used.
a) I never understood why Windows just looked at the extension to decide whether to execute a file.
b) It always used to irritate me why people would not let me change the "hide the extension" default on their Windows. Doing this enhances the human spam/virus detection side of things immeasurably.
Things like buffer overflows and malicious code and the like are a possibility on all systems - although most potential instances appear to have been recognised and blocked.
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Re: File sharing?
07-11-2007 10:05 PM
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Watch the sly little buggas, they wanna rule the world.
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