Posted by jpluimers on 2018/11/05
Both in %TEMP% and %Windir%\TEMP, a lot of log files named %COMPUTERNAME%-yyymmdd-hhnn.loghaving entries named Click-To-Run General Telemetry appear.
Anyone who knows how to disable this logging?
I think they are related to Office 2016 installed through Office 365.
Disabling the Click-To-Run Monitor scheduled task is not a good solution, as it will also Office disable update notification: [WayBack] MS Office 2016 – Click to run logs | MalwareTips Forums
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/11/05
An historic view on PPPoE usage: [WayBack] Wieso eigentlich PPPoE, Deutschland? Ganz früher, als Ihr noch ein Joghurt im Regal wart und die Telekom von ISDN mit Kanalbündelung (128kBit/s) auf DSL… – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+
Note that in The Netherlands:
Actually, xs4all DSL and Fiber use PPPoE too, in large part because it makes it easer for them to do IPv6. From https://www.xs4all.nl/service/diensten/internet/installeren/modem-instellen/hoe-kan-ik-een-ander-modem-dan-fritzbox-instellen.htm
<<<
ADSL
• PPPoA (vpi/vci 8/48, vc-mux). Via de PPPoA verbinding loopt zowel IPv4 als IPv6 verkeer.
• PPP authenticatie: PAP
• PPP credentials moeten ingevuld zijn (de waarden zijn niet belangrijk, maar er moet er wel iets ingevuld zijn)VDSL en FTTH
• PPPoE via VLAN6 (802.1Q). Via de PPPoE verbinding loopt zowel IPv4 als IPv6 verkeer.
• PPP authenticatie: PAP
• PPP credentials moeten ingevuld zijn (de waarden zijn niet belangrijk, maar er moet er wel iets ingevuld zijn)
• RFC4638 wordt ondersteund op ons netwerk. Dit betekent dat u als klant een MTU van 1500 kunt gebruiken als uw router RFC4638 ondersteunt.
>>>
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/11/05
Very much worth reading: [WayBack] Ebike battery
Via: [WayBack] Nice page about LiFePO4 and other Li-ion batteries. The site has practical info about solar and microcontrollers too, the guy built a solar bicycle. – Bert Lindner – Google+
References [WayBack] Battery test-review 18650 summary with sub-pages:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/11/05
Van enige tijd geleden:
Speciaal voor jullie hebben we de Pricewatch uitgebreid met de categorie elektrisch gereedschap. Je kunt sinds kort eenvoudig de specificaties en prijzen van elektrisch gereedschap met elkaar vergelijken.
Source: [Archive.is] Elektrisch gereedschap in de Pricewatch – Win een accuschroefmachine of telefoon – IT Pro – .Plans – Tweakers
Ik ben ook benieuwd of deze er inmiddels in staan:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/11/05
Via: [WayBack] USB-C Cable Mess I just got a new smartphone, with USB-C of course. I have a mobile external SSD, which can easily be connected as an OTG device to sai… – Jürgen Christoffel – Google+
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/11/02
If you run X.org, then patch now because of [WayBack] This two-year-old X.org give-me-root hole is so trivial to exploit, you can fit it in a single tweet • The Register
Overwrite arbitrary files? Load arbitrary code? As setuid root? Sure, why not!
This one got introduced in 2016, which is a lot more recent than an issue discovered in 2014 that was “ancient”: [WayBack] ‘Critical’ security bugs dating back to 1987 found in X Window • The Register:
27-year-old flaw and others slain in open-source patch batch
Via eXploit X: Give Me Root” – Computerphile
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/11/02
Nice find on not so nice packet conversion: [WayBack] Fun with IPv6 We were investigating packet loss. The loss rate was very low (smaller than 1 of 1000) but as UDP was used, it caused rare but noticeab… – Martin Seeger – Google+
Basically the load balancer could not cope well converting empty IPv4 UDP checksums to IPv6 and back.
Or like Kris mentioned it: [WayBack] Null. In Zahlen: -1., causing a nice set of comments to be posted on short term solutions versus long time forgotten problems.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/11/02
and you are not Amazon or LinkedIn either.
Next time you find yourself Googling some cool new technology to (re)build your architecture around, I urge you to stop and follow UNPHAT instead:
- Understand problem
- eNumerate candidate solutions
- Papers of candidates
- Historical context of candidates
- Advantages/disadvantages
- Think!
More elaborate abstract: [WayBack] You are not Google (use UNPHAT) – The Isoblog.
Original article: [WayBack] You Are Not Google – Bradfield.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/11/02
Good read: Thread by @MaxFagin: “November is here, and that means a massive shift is coming. And by “massive” I am of course referring to the redefinitilogram unit of mass that the world has been building up to for more than 100 years. Let me explain: 1/ I’ve h […]” [WayBack]
via: [WayBack] Das Urkilogrann wird arbeitslos. Es wird durch eine Definition ersetzt, die auf physikalischen Effekten statt auf einem Sample basiert. – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/11/02
I learned a few things from this list: [WayBack] 50 Battery Hacks – Battery Experts
Via: [WayBack] I learned a lot! – Lars Fosdal – Google+
–jeroen
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