Posts by DataX

As others have mentioned, it has to do with reliability, availability and SLA agreements which usually have higher priority depending on the line of business. Even "business-class" DSL or Cable will not guarantee 100% availability of...

Quote:Originally Posted by ShamrockMan;13729949 Thats a good idea for people who are not good at coming up with complex enough passwords. I'm more worried about the server not salting+hashing my password than someone brute forcing...

Ubuntu One does not encrypt data stored on their servers. If you're worried about privacy but still want to use network storage, you could use something like TrueCrypt and use an encrypted...

Honestly at that point, you should do as the other poster and reformat the system. It's really not about it being a easier solution, but the fact that you cannot trust a system so badly infected anymore. Since it seems to be pretty...

Extremely easy since you have Windows 7. Once your main PC is connected to your wireless connection, wire the two computer with the ethernet cable. Go to the Network and Sharing Center and "Manage adapter settings". Select the wireless...

Quick rundown of some essential security tips: If possible, disable UPnP and NAT-PMP on your router. If something bad gets into your network, it's not good if it can open ports. Make sure your router is not pingable from the internet...

As scottsee mentioned, while you could just block the default port used for BitTorrent (6881), virtually all torrent clients use random port mapping. The only real solution I can think of to transparently filter bittorrent traffic on a...

I've honestly never seen a large scale configuration with Windows fat clients, however I would say running thin clients would be a much feasible option - more so if this is for an educational environment. The back-end would be running...

Sweet! -- I'm in

As mentioned, you need to forward specific ports for CS:S and give your friend your public IP address once the server is running. You can find which ports you need to forward and how at: http://portforward.com/. Just look for your...