Author Archives: Oliver

“A brilliant composer, songwriter, singer” ….. NOT!

Posted on 2008-07-27 by Oliver

Last weekend, as a temporary spectator at what you could call a bachelorette’s party, I was introduced to Icelandic “artist” Leoncie and the Icelandic version of this song (luckily it was a double 😉 – and in this case was … Continue reading →

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Anti-phishing techniques – or how to defeat the purpose of IDNs

Posted on 2008-07-26 by Oliver

International Domain Names (IDNs) are attractive. They allow people to express themselves in the multitude of languages which this planet has to offer. However, they also allow scammers and phishers to trick you into believing a particular domain name is … Continue reading →

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Sterbehilfe illegalisieren?

Posted on 2008-07-25 by Oliver

Wie kommt es, daß insbesondere Unionspolitiker wie Herr Oettinger sich gegen Sterbehilfe aussprechen? Geschieht dies aus dem Kalkül des Kapitalisten heraus, daß jeder tote Bürger quasi den ROI (Return of Investment) mindert? Oder hat es mit den christlichen “Werten” zu … Continue reading →

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A clarification – because it is needed

Posted on 2008-07-24 by Oliver

Almost one month ago I wrote a blog post. Some people more or less took offence by it. In German we have a saying that goes like this “Wem der Schuh paßt, der zieht ihn sich an.” – which translates … Continue reading →

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Keine Angst – es geht uns doch gut

Posted on 2008-07-24 by Oliver

Da es nicht etwa so ist, daß viele Deutsche der Mittelschicht und drunter Zukunftsangst wegen der sich abzeichnenden Inflation haben, kann sicher auch nicht behauptet werden, daß die durch die Gegner des Grundgesetzes vorangetriebene Totalerfassung der Bürger, ihrer Kommunikation, ihrer … Continue reading →

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CreateRemoteThread, Vista and separate sessions

Posted on 2008-07-23 by Oliver

Recently I’ve hit a wall during development. I had written a nice workaround for a problem, based on code injection. In fact the code wasn’t injected by loading a DLL but instead by loading relocatable (32bit) code of less than … Continue reading →

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What’s the deal with Obama?

Posted on 2008-07-22 by Oliver

It seems Germans are overly enthusiastic about the visit of presumptive US presidential candidate Barack Obama. Obviously no German has a say in the election, but putting that fact aside, it is still astonishing how enthusiastic many Germans are. I … Continue reading →

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сніжок.net

Posted on 2008-07-21 by Oliver

Just a test сніжок.net PS: If the URL looks horrible, it’s Firefox or IE. No further comment 😉 Update: link removed.

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CSimpleBuf, a C++ utility class under BSD license

Posted on 2008-07-21 by Oliver

Today I am happy to announce the release of a C++ buffer class that is of special use for interfacing with Windows system functions. The class is a template class and thus only one header file is needed. The template … Continue reading →

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Windows in XEN domU on laptop, using screen and VGA?

Posted on 2008-07-21 by Oliver

Does anyone among my readers have a clue whether or not it is possible to set up XEN in a way so it will pass control over the screen to a domU to which I want to assign it? It … Continue reading →

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GoDaddy.com SSL cert …

Posted on 2008-07-19 by Oliver

It was a bit of trouble to get it done, even after my purchase was approved. But I have ît now 🙂 Here I just want to share the information with you, since the FAQ on the GoDaddy website wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Two weeks after beta: IDA Pro 5.3 released

Posted on 2008-07-17 by Oliver

Those who haven’t heard the news, get your update now. Here’s a link to the update-request page. NB: According to Ilfak, the debugger has seen major improvements. // Oliver PS: Don’t forget to get the new SDK and the support … Continue reading →

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Ziemlich effektiv

Posted on 2008-07-11 by Oliver

Der “Patch” den ich für mein GMX-Konto benutze hat sich als ziemlich effektiv herausgestellt. Alle 10min loggt sich mein Perlskript (es benutzt Mail::IMAPClient via SSL) bei GMX ein und sortiert alle Ham-Mails aus dem Spamverdacht in den entsprechenden Unterordner. Seitdem … Continue reading →

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Nice work! Found hardware keylogger in a DELL laptop.

Posted on 2008-07-10 by Oliver

Read the full story here. DHS denying request under FOIA. PS: If you read the scanned document closely, you notice the two times 8-digit “file number” which could be a date. If this was state of the art three years … Continue reading →

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Very thorough anti-fraud department ;)

Posted on 2008-07-10 by Oliver

I just ordered a five-pack of SSL certificates at GoDaddy.com a few days ago because they have the best offer in that the price is nice and the browsers they cover are virtually 100% of all browsers. The remaining close-to-zero … Continue reading →

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Saving the world?

Posted on 2008-07-10 by Oliver

Programs of a new type have been created by different companies recently. The first I am aware of was developed in 2006 and violated the GPL back then. More of them seem to be offered all the time. These programs … Continue reading →

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From the G8 summit we learn …

Posted on 2008-07-09 by Oliver

… that nuclear energy comes to the rescue of the world climate. Even better. If you think thoroughly enough, it comes to the rescue of nature as well. While humans have managed to drive several species to extinction over time, … Continue reading →

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GMX “patchen”

Posted on 2008-07-09 by Oliver

Jupp, richtig gehört. GMX hat zwar seit Jahren einen Spamfilter, aber sie haben es nicht geschafft reguläre Ausdrücke zu dokumentieren (scheint aber PCRE zu sein) oder einen Filter vor dem Spamfilter zuzulassen. Filterregeln ja, aber erst nach dem hauseigenen Spamfilter … Continue reading →

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Are they allowed to tell the truth like that?

Posted on 2008-07-08 by Oliver

Read and judge yourself: Intellectual Property Regime Stifles Science and Innovation, Nobel Laureates Say.

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Two years …

Posted on 2008-07-07 by Oliver

The blog exists for two years now. Amazing it’s still active.

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