Comments for randys.org http://www.randys.org wasting your precious bandwidth since 1998 Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:40:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on How-To: Automated Backups to Amazon's S3 with Duplicity by Nate Murray http://www.randys.org/2007/11/16/how-to-automated-backups-to-amazon-s-s3-with-duplicity/#comment-360 Nate Murray Tue, 03 Jan 2012 03:40:57 +0000 http://www.randys.org//2007/11/16/how-to-automated-backups-to-amazon-s-s3-with-duplicity#comment-360 This is a great post and really helpful. Thanks for writing it. I'd like to point out that compiling your password into a binary as described above provides basically no security. Try this: $ gcc gpg-passphrase.c -o gpg-passphrase $ strings gpg-passphrase #-> your-gpg-passphrase If folks are interested in seeing how to securely embed (or at least obfuscate) strings in binaries, I'd recommend checking out the SO post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7624635/how-to-embed-strings-inside-code-of-executable . )One of the interesting ideas is to use a tool called `upx` ) or this one: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1356896/how-to-hide-a-string-in-binary-code (suggests using hashing, etc.) Hope this helps! This is a great post and really helpful. Thanks for writing it. I’d like to point out that compiling your password into a binary as described above provides basically no security. Try this:

$ gcc gpg-passphrase.c -o gpg-passphrase
$ strings gpg-passphrase
#-> your-gpg-passphrase

If folks are interested in seeing how to securely embed (or at least obfuscate) strings in binaries, I’d recommend checking out the SO post: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7624635/how-to-embed-strings-inside-code-of-executable . )One of the interesting ideas is to use a tool called `upx` ) or this one: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1356896/how-to-hide-a-string-in-binary-code (suggests using hashing, etc.)

Hope this helps!

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]]> Comment on How-To: Automated Backups to Amazon's S3 with Duplicity by randy http://www.randys.org/2007/11/16/how-to-automated-backups-to-amazon-s-s3-with-duplicity/#comment-176 randy Mon, 31 Jan 2011 01:26:02 +0000 http://www.randys.org//2007/11/16/how-to-automated-backups-to-amazon-s-s3-with-duplicity#comment-176 <p>Sorry for the late reply. Yes. If you loose the key, you're pretty hosed. I suppose you could backup the key itself to another system/service as well. Or, better still, back it up to a CD or flash drive and put it in a safe deposit box.</p> Sorry for the late reply. Yes. If you loose the key, you’re pretty hosed. I suppose you could backup the key itself to another system/service as well. Or, better still, back it up to a CD or flash drive and put it in a safe deposit box.

]]> Comment on How-To: Automated Backups to Amazon's S3 with Duplicity by Pat Maddox http://www.randys.org/2007/11/16/how-to-automated-backups-to-amazon-s-s3-with-duplicity/#comment-171 Pat Maddox Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:00:18 +0000 http://www.randys.org//2007/11/16/how-to-automated-backups-to-amazon-s-s3-with-duplicity#comment-171 <p>What happens if you lose the key used to encrypt it? Are you hosed? I'm doing a couple quick tests here, and if I move my .gnupg directory and try to restore from S3, it says that it can't find the key needed to decrypt it.</p> <p>I want to use this to back up my laptop. If my laptop gets destroyed or stolen, and I don't have access to the GPG key I created, then it looks like I'm out of luck, right?</p> <p>If I'm going to use this as an actual backup it seems like I need to forego the PGP key and just use a complicated pass-phrase.</p> <p>Am I off base?</p> What happens if you lose the key used to encrypt it? Are you hosed? I’m doing a couple quick tests here, and if I move my .gnupg directory and try to restore from S3, it says that it can’t find the key needed to decrypt it.

I want to use this to back up my laptop. If my laptop gets destroyed or stolen, and I don’t have access to the GPG key I created, then it looks like I’m out of luck, right?

If I’m going to use this as an actual backup it seems like I need to forego the PGP key and just use a complicated pass-phrase.

Am I off base?

]]> Comment on The Minolta Has Electrical Problems by randy http://www.randys.org/2008/11/03/the-minolta-has-electrical-problems/#comment-170 randy Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:22:07 +0000 http://www.randys.org/?p=192#comment-170 <p>I honestly can't remember. I gave up on the camera and it now sites in a box in a closet. It wasn't terribly difficult if I remember correctly, just a few screws and maybe the unscrewing the rewind knob? Sorry I could be of more use. Good luck!</p> I honestly can’t remember. I gave up on the camera and it now sites in a box in a closet. It wasn’t terribly difficult if I remember correctly, just a few screws and maybe the unscrewing the rewind knob? Sorry I could be of more use. Good luck!

]]> Comment on The Minolta Has Electrical Problems by Jeffrey K http://www.randys.org/2008/11/03/the-minolta-has-electrical-problems/#comment-169 Jeffrey K Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:54:04 +0000 http://www.randys.org/?p=192#comment-169 <p>Hello there, I have the same camera with the same problem. Question, how did you disassemble the top half of the Electro Shot? I would like to expose the shutter wiring etc. Thanks. Jeff</p> Hello there, I have the same camera with the same problem. Question, how did you disassemble the top half of the Electro Shot? I would like to expose the shutter wiring etc.
Thanks.
Jeff

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