AntiSystem :: No Good System

For quite some time I have been searching for a password manager to suit my needs.

I needed to be easy to use, strong encryption, not to leave any trace on the operating system and to be flexible enough.

The application that I have found fulfills these requirements and also is free .

http://keepass.info

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Bellow there are some screen shots to reflect the main functionality.

The application is running directly from USB when inserted into a computer running windows and having dotNet >2.0 installed on it.

I was testing this for a few days. And looks ok. I tested it joining several sites where it was a restriction for Romanian users, or where they allowed only one user / computer, or per ip address.

Simple to be used, to be configured, is free, no need for username or password, or provide email address … nothing. Just get it, installed it run it and enjoy it. On top of every page they display advertisements, but … that is a small price to pay for privacy

This is the control panel of the application. Basically you just started and it is working !

Enjoy it !

I had to find a way to run several cleanup jobs on my laptop.

Created my BAT files that where deleting some files regularly. But my big issue was the command prompt window that was always pops up and was interrupting my work.

On google I found all kind of methods like using vba scripts or modifying the registry and so on.

One simpler method I found, tested and it works.

Here is the step by step setting of a job that you will never know it is running.

Step 1. Created a bat file to delete my Spam.dbx once a day.

Step 2. Create a Scheduled Task

Now regarding the time of the schedule it is up to everyone. What you have to set up is the following

Make sure the “Run only if logged on” flag is cleared and in the fieled “Run as:” enter following: “NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM” [without the " of course]

If a password is required just leave it blank and press OK.

After all this is done, the bat file will be runed without you seeing any popup window. If you want to be sure it is running enter some code in the bat file to create a log file.

For quite some time I have been looking for a way to surf in some places and being seen as coming from another IP that my own.

I have tested these days one application that really have the functionality that I was needing. UltraVPN I have not tested yet this service but being based on OpenVPN I have no reason to be suspicious. When I will test this service here I will get back with more details! CYBER GHOST VPN This is the screen of the main windows.

Except sending emails from my outlook client all applications and websites where working ok. If you really need to send emails when being connected to this VPN you have to add some exceptions in the last tab. But be careful … in the FREE version you have only 10 GB of traffic / month. Anyway, for a free service,  10 GB of traffic is more than enough. You do not need to surf all the time behind a VPN.

On there website there is also a very nice connection speed test here.

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Some time ago when my server was home for backup reason I looked some time until I could find a free DNS service that allowed hosting your own domain and have a nice IP update application for windows.
The only one I have found to be reliable was the www.freedns.afraid.org
I have used there service for a few months and had no major issues. The sites where up and running on a XAMPP installation (win XP SP2 so no real server), the changes at the domain’s register was reflected in there DNS servers in less than 10 minutes so it was really good and strong service. A good solution for the baking up mails and databases or files from a production server in a data center.

Have look at http://pro-hosting.cn/. It is hosted on such a system. Of  course uptime is not compared to a server in a data center, but is acceptable for the purpose it was designed!

These services are also good.

www.editDNS.net – it has some limitation (5 domains), but it has some intuitive, very professional user friendly interface. I have chosen this service for a client of mine which had only one public IP and one server (we basically used an external DNS service).

www.xname.org – it doesn’t have any restrictions regarding the number of domains. The user interface is not that friendly, you have to know a little bit of DNS stuff in order to set the domains correctly.

All of these services can be used with dynamic IP using IP updaters programs which are available for windows and linux usually free of charge.