Keep your friends/family or the NSA/CIA out of your important files, even if someone hacks your administrator password or gets access to your computer they will not be able to crack this encryption, unless someone has a key logger or someone watches you type in your password, check this out, it is a "must have app"
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TrueCrypt is a software system for Windows Vista for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted volume (data storage device). On-the-fly encryption means that data are automatically encrypted or decrypted right before they are loaded or saved, without any user intervention. No data stored on an encrypted volume can be read (decrypted) without using the correct password/keyfile(s) or correct encryption keys. Entire file system is encrypted (e.g.., file names, folder names, contents of every file, free space, meta data, etc).
Files can be copied to and from a mounted TrueCrypt volume just like they are copied to/from any normal disk (for example, by simple drag-and-drop operations). Files are automatically being decrypted on-the-fly (in memory/RAM) while they are being read or copied from an encrypted TrueCrypt volume. Similarly, files that are being written or copied to the TrueCrypt volume are automatically being encrypted on-the-fly (right before they are written to the disk) in RAM. Note that this does not mean that the whole file that is to be encrypted/decrypted must be stored in RAM before it can be encrypted/decrypted. The are no extra memory (RAM) requirements for TrueCrypt. For an illustration of how this is accomplished, see the following paragraph.
Let's suppose that there is an .avi video file stored on a TrueCrypt volume (therefore, the video file is entirely encrypted). The user provides the correct password (and/or keyfile) and mounts (opens) the TrueCrypt volume. When the user double clicks the icon of the video file, the operating system launches the application associated with the file type – typically a media player. The media player then begins loading a small initial portion of the video file from the TrueCrypt-encrypted volume to RAM (memory) in order to play it. While the portion is being loaded, TrueCrypt is automatically decrypting it (in RAM). The decrypted portion of the video (stored in RAM) is then played by the media player. While this portion is being played, the media player begins loading next small portion of the video file from the TrueCrypt-encrypted volume to RAM (memory) and the process repeats. This process is called on-the-fly encryption/decryption and it works for all file types, not only for video files.
Note that TrueCrypt never saves any decrypted data to a disk – it only stores them temporarily in RAM (memory). Even when the volume is mounted, data stored in the volume is still encrypted. When you restart Windows or turn off your computer, the volume will be dismounted and files stored in it will be inaccessible (and encrypted). Even when power supply is suddenly interrupted (without proper system shut down), files stored in the volume are inaccessible (and encrypted). To make them accessible again, you have to mount the volume (and provide the correct password and/or keyfile).
Monday, April 30, 2007
Best Vista Encryption Software *Freeware*
Vista Packet Sniffer
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Make sure you have WinPcap installed download that here
If you would like to see what goes on with your network, or like to sniff packets to see what actually goes on behind the scenes, or you like to troubleshoot problems with your network configuration or would like to see who hacked you and sniff their location and what they are doing check out WireShark, it is an example of Distruptive Technology, A disruptive technology or disruptive innovation is a technological innovation, product, or service that eventually overturns the existing dominant technology or status quo product in the market. Disruptive innovations can be broadly classified into lower-end and new-market disruptive innovations. A new-market disruptive innovation is often aimed at non-consumption, whereas a lower-end disruptive innovation is aimed at mainstream customers who were ignored by established companies. Sometimes, a disruptive technology comes to dominate an existing market by either filling a role in a new market that the older technology could not fill (as more expensive, lower capacity but smaller-sized hard disks did for newly developed notebook computers in the 1980s) or by successively moving up-market through performance improvements until finally displacing the market incumbents (as digital photography has begun to replace film photography).
Sunday, April 29, 2007
Disable UAC on Windows Vista Home and Windows Vista Home Premium Registry Patch
Due to the missing of Domain Join and Group Policy support in Windows Home and Windows Home Vista you can't disable User Account Control through the security policy editor (secpol.msc) You can disable UAC in Windows Vista Home and Home Premium easily by downloading my patch
here
To disable the User Account Control Elevation in Windows Vista Home and Windows Vista Home Premium for Administrators run uac_admin_off.reg
To enable the User Account Control Elevation in Windows Vista Home and Windows Vista Home Premium for Administrators run uac_admin_on.reg
To disable the User Account Control Elevation in Windows Vista Home and Windows Vista Home Premium for Standard Users run uac_user_off.reg
To enable the User Account Control Elevation in Windows Vista Home and Windows Vista Home Premium for Standard Users run uac_user_on.reg
btw I have a few more UAC hacks/tweaks here
Enjoy :)
Enable 2-way Vista Firewall With Advanced Security
Windows Vista includes a two-way firewall that has outbound filtering disabled by default. Why? Because it is complicated for end-users to use so they had that feature turned off as well as hidden. In fact, it is hidden so well that many users may think that the two-way firewall was yet another feature that was pulled from the final product. While that is true for other features the two-way firewall made it into the final product, you just need to know how to find it.
To get started, just click on the Start Button and key in wf.msc and hit Enter. This will bring up the comprehensive Windows Firewall with Advanced Security management interface. Here you will be able to configure rules for incoming as well as outgoing connections.
Make sure that you set the default action for outbound connections from allow to block. Otherwise the outbound firewall will be useless because it will allow all connections. This can be done from the Windows Firewall Properties link found on the main screen of the management interface.
If you do not like the interface, try kaspersky :)
Disable (UAC) User Access Control via Command Prompt
If you are tired of those pop up confirmations to continue a task which requires elevated administrator rights all you gotta do is hold in the windows key, press "R"
type in cmd.exe then copy and paste :)
To Disable UAC
%systemroot%\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f
To Enable UAC
%systemroot%\System32\cmd.exe /k %windir%\System32\reg.exe ADD HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f
Create an Account lockout policy in vista (prevent cracking of vista passwords)
Creating an Account Lockout Policy will protect your account by limiting the number of time a remote application or attacker can try to guess/crack your password. This works by automatically locking out your account after a designated number of incorrect passwords were entered. Your account will remain locked out for a designated period of time before it is automatically unlocked and it can be logged into again. This provides a valuable addition to your account security because it can render brute force password attacks useless. If you have your lockout threshold set to 4 bad attempts and the lockout duration to 15 minutes, an attacker can try to guess your password a maximum of 16 times per hour.
Now that you know how valuable an Account Lockout Policy is, let’s get it setup on your computer:
1. Click on the Start Button and key in Secpol.msc and hit Enter.
2. Navigate through Account Policies and Account Lockout Policy.
3. Right click on Account lockout threshold and select Properties.
4. Enter in the value you want to use and hit OK to save. I like to use 4 here.
5. Windows will set the default values for the lockout duration and Reset account lockout counter values. If you want to change these values from the defaults (30 minutes), right click on them and select Properties. After making your changes hit OK to save and exit. 
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Keep UAC active, with no annoying popups
When UAC is enabled, software which is run "As Administrator" requires, by default, that a pop-up prompt be responded to, and the Administrator password required (or, if no password has been defined, just a click in the box).
Important thing: when you run Vista in normal user mode, shutting down UAC implies that applications which need administrator credentials are denied to run without an UAC warning, therefor you need to choose run as administrator and supply the credentials. If you run Vista in Normal User mode I would not recommend to use this setting for the simple fact that if an applications needs administrator credentials it will fail to start. Important thing: when you run Vista in normal user mode, shutting down UAC implies that applications which need administrator credentials are denied to run without an UAC warning, therefor you need to choose run as administrator and supply the credentials. If you run Vista in Normal User mode I would not recommend to use this setting for the simple fact that if an applications needs administrator credentials it will probably fail to start without you knowing it.
It is possible to get rid of this annoying User Account Control pop-up, as follows:
Start/Run and type secpol.msc
In the Security Policy editor select Security Settings/Local Policies/Security Options
Now scroll down to the two following Security Options
1) User Account Control: behaviour of the elevation prompt for admins
2) User Account Control: behaviour of the elevation prompt for standard users
For each of the above, select the desired option.
Selecting "Elevate without prompt" will get rid of the annoying pop-up boxes, and will also help software load faster.
Reboot Vista to make the policy work :)
