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QUOTE (bmags @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 09:34 AM) We ALL have things both sides agree on. But you have selective innocence. Just because you may think one of the worst presidents in history did a bad job does not make you objective. The dems have s*** on clinton and have s*** on obama all the time in here. You guys act like I haven't been here since 2003 and remember you all during the Bush administration. I'm going to agree far more with a dem president than a republican president. You are going to agree far more with a Republican president than a Democratic president. I remember this much as true. Just because you disagreed with bush a handful of times doesn't mean you are king s*** of objectiveness. Yes it does. I declared myself so.

As an example, this is what my firewall looks like... I'm pretty security insane, as you will now be able to tell. add 00500 allow tcp from 205.172.134.23 to me dst-port 22 add 33000 deny tcp from not me to me dst-port 22 add 33300 deny log icmp from any to me in icmptypes 8 add 33400 deny ip from 1.0.0.0/8 to me add 33500 deny ip from 14.0.0.0/8 to me add 33600 deny ip from 27.0.0.0/8 to me add 33700 deny ip from 36.0.0.0/8 to me add 33800 deny ip from 39.0.0.0/8 to me add 33900 deny ip from 42.0.0.0/8 to me add 34000 deny ip from 43.0.0.0/8 to me add 34100 deny ip from 49.0.0.0/8 to me add 34200 deny ip from 58.0.0.0/8 to me add 34300 deny ip from 59.0.0.0/8 to me add 34400 deny ip from 60.0.0.0/8 to me add 34500 deny ip from 61.0.0.0/8 to me add 34600 deny ip from 101.0.0.0/8 to me add 34700 deny ip from 103.0.0.0/8 to me add 34800 deny ip from 106.0.0.0/8 to me add 34900 deny ip from 110.0.0.0/8 to me add 35000 deny ip from 111.0.0.0/8 to me add 35100 deny ip from 112.0.0.0/8 to me add 35200 deny ip from 113.0.0.0/8 to me add 35300 deny ip from 114.0.0.0/8 to me add 35400 deny ip from 115.0.0.0/8 to me add 35500 deny ip from 116.0.0.0/8 to me add 35600 deny ip from 117.0.0.0/8 to me add 35700 deny ip from 118.0.0.0/8 to me add 35800 deny ip from 119.0.0.0/8 to me add 35900 deny ip from 120.0.0.0/8 to me add 36000 deny ip from 121.0.0.0/8 to me add 36100 deny ip from 122.0.0.0/8 to me add 36200 deny ip from 123.0.0.0/8 to me add 36300 deny ip from 124.0.0.0/8 to me add 36400 deny ip from 125.0.0.0/8 to me add 36500 deny ip from 126.0.0.0/8 to me add 36600 deny ip from 133.0.0.0/8 to me add 36700 deny ip from 150.0.0.0/8 to me add 36800 deny ip from 153.0.0.0/8 to me add 37100 deny ip from 175.0.0.0/8 to me add 37200 deny ip from 180.0.0.0/8 to me add 37300 deny ip from 182.0.0.0/8 to me add 37400 deny ip from 183.0.0.0/8 to me add 37500 deny ip from 202.0.0.0/8 to me add 37600 deny ip from 203.0.0.0/8 to me add 37700 deny ip from 210.0.0.0/8 to me add 37800 deny ip from 211.0.0.0/8 to me add 37900 deny ip from 218.0.0.0/8 to me add 38000 deny ip from 219.0.0.0/8 to me add 38100 deny ip from 220.0.0.0/8 to me add 38200 deny ip from 221.0.0.0/8 to me add 38300 deny ip from 222.0.0.0/8 to me add 38400 deny ip from 223.0.0.0/8 to me add 38500 deny ip from 2.0.0.0/8 to me add 38600 deny ip from 5.0.0.0/8 to me add 38700 deny ip from 31.0.0.0/8 to me add 38800 deny ip from 37.0.0.0/8 to me add 38900 deny ip from 46.0.0.0/8 to me add 39000 deny ip from 62.0.0.0/8 to me add 39100 deny ip from 77.0.0.0/8 to me add 39300 deny ip from 79.0.0.0/8 to me add 39400 deny ip from 80.0.0.0/8 to me add 39500 deny ip from 81.0.0.0/8 to me add 39600 deny ip from 82.0.0.0/8 to me add 39700 deny ip from 83.0.0.0/8 to me add 39800 deny ip from 84.0.0.0/8 to me add 39900 deny ip from 85.0.0.0/8 to me add 40000 deny ip from 86.0.0.0/8 to me add 40100 deny ip from 87.0.0.0/8 to me add 40300 deny ip from 89.0.0.0/8 to me add 40400 deny ip from 90.0.0.0/8 to me add 40500 deny ip from 91.0.0.0/8 to me add 40600 deny ip from 92.0.0.0/8 to me add 40700 deny ip from 93.0.0.0/8 to me add 40800 deny ip from 94.0.0.0/8 to me add 40900 deny ip from 95.0.0.0/8 to me add 41000 deny ip from 109.0.0.0/8 to me add 41100 deny ip from 141.0.0.0/8 to me add 41200 deny ip from 145.0.0.0/8 to me add 41300 deny ip from 151.0.0.0/8 to me add 41400 deny ip from 176.0.0.0/8 to me add 41500 deny ip from 178.0.0.0/8 to me add 41600 deny ip from 185.0.0.0/8 to me add 41700 deny ip from 188.0.0.0/8 to me add 65535 allow ip from any to any

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 09:47 AM) Not getting a warm and fuzzy from this idea now. Like I open SSH to my home computer from the Internet, but only from my work -- all other requests to SSH to my computer would be denied. This is much safer than just opening it to the entire world...as then everyone/anyone who tried would get a user/password prompt...and could conceivably try to login with a slow brute force attack until they're successful...this is why opening ports to the public can be a bad idea for most home users who do not have background in security...

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 09:34 AM) I have Verizon FIOS. I understand basic networking and all, I know what FTP is I just couldn't break down the mechanics of it to you, I'd probably sound like a buffoon to you. I do know how to change my router's settings to make the IP of my computer permanent although that's kind of a pain in the ass. lol. And I'm a pretty tech-savvy kind of guy... built everything in my house by myself. Thinking "they really give away 2 terabytes for FREE?" Umm yeah no. All you have to do to make the IP of your computer permanent is add a DHCP reservation for that computer -- it's pretty easy. All you need is the MAC address of your ethernet card/wireless card, put in the MAC and reserve a specific IP...from that point on, your computer will always be assigned that IP. Then, you need to create a port map/nat on the router, so when people hit the public IP of your router, for example 98.98.98.98 on port 21 (FTP), it will forward that request to your internal computer, for example 10.10.10.10 on port 21. So Internet > 98.98.98.98:21 (routers external IP:port tcp 21), NAT/converts to 10.10.10.10:21 If 10.10.10.10 is the computer running your FTP server, it will respond and request username/password...and if they successfully login with whatever FTP client they use, they will have access to read/write to files/directories of your choice. You could make your files read only for ftp users, etc...or have specific accounts that can read/write, etc. The problem with FTP is it's insecure/cleartext, which is what they created SFTP for, but this is a bit more complicated...though with a little research you could do it quite easily. That said, opening your router like this opens it to the entire world, unless you have specific friends in mind, get their IP's and open that external IP/port to only those specific IP's...that way the entire world can't try to login until they're successful...and believe me, they will try. On my firewall, I ban 90% of RIPE/APNIC, which is basically most of Russia and China...and it's pretty scary the amount of random requests I see coming from those IP's which are blocked...they have zombie PC's that randomly scan IP's all over the internet looking for weaknesses or open ports they can attempt to hack...

QUOTE (FlySox87 @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 08:49 AM) It's just what I've what I've witnessed, Sqwert. There are exceptions to both of them. LostFan served in the military, so I'd count him as a patriot regardless of his political views. And there are good public workers. Just not many. You're not going to change that opinion by whining and trying to get me banned. I'll have you know that lostfan is a converted communist. And Sqwert is annoying, especially when you meet him and he tries to convert you to his born-again christian religion. In all seriousness, though...there is nothing wrong with having an opinion, but you have to remember that there are exceptions to every rule. I've met a lot of public workers that are lazy...just as I've met a lot of private workers that are equally lazy.

QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ Jul 6, 2011 -> 08:26 AM) this.. That depends on if he cares...or just wants some fun time. Though, reading his posts, he seems to care...which is a red flag to me considering all the "issues" she seems to have... I wouldn't get involved in this...at all.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 10:13 PM) The hard drive thing was Option A. I was trying to figure out if there was a way i could conveniently do it and have them be able to access my files from across the country if they wanted to. Well, in order to do that, preferably secure-FTP is the way to do it...however, the first question is who is your ISP? I have Comcast, and while Comcast assigns random public IP's, they rarely change them...so you'll have to figure out if your IP changes a lot or not...otherwise when you give the public address to people they may find it unresponsive because it's no longer there (meaning your ISP changed your IP again). You can use DDNS to get around such things, but if you don't know what FTP is, I won't even get into DDNS just yet. You'd basically have to configure your router/wireless, depending on what model it is, to forward requests to your specific computer on your internal network. Because of this, you also have to make sure the IP of that internal computer never changes either. While these are relatively simple things for me to do, they're probably a bit more complicated to you. This would solve your "share across the country problem", as this is what FTP was designed for...however, it can be a mess for a person that's never done it before or has no server experience. Also, since you plan on sharing "not so legal" stuff to the extent that you're talking terabytes...I'm not sure I'd run it on a public facing FTP site and I'd keep that off the Internet if possible...and just have them copy your drive to be safe...

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QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 09:30 PM) I think this was supposed to be my original question... lol. Honestly, sharing that much data is a PITA, it'd be easier for them to bring a portable drive to your house and copy it, or even burn it on blurays or DVDs. If you really want to attempt FTP, I can try to find an easy to configure FTP server.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 08:43 PM) I just realized I said MB instead of GB and GB instead of TB. lol, no wonder this seemed so easy. I'm talking about thousands of files, entire hard drives' worth. I'd say the best way to do this is via FTP. If you've never configured an FTP server before, this could get cumbersome...but you'd learn a lot.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 08:31 PM) Yes. Thank you sir. I don't believe either of those, though. :/

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 08:23 PM) Dude. Get out of my head and go back to being a bats*** crazy conspiracy theorist 9/11 was an inside job. Obama's not an American. Is that better?!

QUOTE (FlySox87 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 08:10 PM) Ohhhh. So instead of hating on liberals, I should be masturbating? Might not be a bad idea. But on a serious note, guns blazing is just my style. I figured I was offering my side of the argument when I wrote up that list this morning, and that people could defend the left's attitudes from there. If that's not a good way to do things, I honestly couldn't tell you what a good way is. Isn't this how any argument goes? One side posts their stuff and whoever disagrees defends themselves? If someone posted a thread about racist conservatives, I'd jump in and say why it wasn't so. Who knows, maybe I'm wrong. It doesn't have to be an argument, it can be a discussion where both sides actually listen to what the other side says, rather than thinking about what they're going to respond with when reading the other persons points/points of contention. Arguments never solve anything because neither side really listens to the other... That's the problem with a total guns blazing attitude...it immediately skips the discussion phase and goes right into the argument phase...and nothing gets solved. I'm guilty of it too, but I realize that's what it causes at the same time.

QUOTE (FlySox87 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 07:53 PM) Whether you like my reasons for my beliefs or not, I do. And I will stand by them until someone offers better reasons to believe something else. A little flaming from the very people I'm against in the first place is not going to change my thoughts. As you should. Don't let these libtards scare you off...especially BigSqwert and lostfan.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 07:51 PM) When I drag stuff into this Dropbox folder it's in a Windows Explorer window, but isn't actually going on my hard drive/changing directories, correct? It's a copy of whatever files, and it will sync to the dropbox servers. You can set which you want to sync, etc. After you use it and browse around the app/website a bit you'll quickly understand what you're doing. It's very useful for sharing files between devices or people.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 07:39 PM) Did you get your 250 megs? I think so! I have 3.4 gigs now!

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 07:23 PM) lol, no kiddie porn. Movies, music, you know, the usual. Will people be able to browse it? You can share entire directories with other dropbox users, or you can share individual directories/files with the public. For example, here is a screenshot of my desktop I put in my dropbox public folder: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29515785/ss.jpg All I did was right click the file on the dropbox website, and click "copy public link"...etc. The easiest thing to do is get others to join, and share the directory with their username -- and bam, all the files you put in that directory are now available on their dropbox, too.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 07:20 PM) Like seriously I almost WANT this to be complicated. This feels like I'm about to cheat. Then again, umm. The files themselves I'm sharing... yeah. Everything on dropbox is encrypted and your business...or the business of the people you share it with. So long as you aren't sharing kiddie porn you're pretty safe. Also, after you see how great it is, you can invite people yourself, and you'll get like 250 megs of extra storage everytime you do.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 07:17 PM) That sounds almost too easy. It is that easy. Dropbox is one of the best applications I've ever used for this sort of thing. Check it out, but use my link so I can get some free storage. http://db.tt/wnCv25I

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 07:06 PM) Do you have my e-mail address? I'm competent at this kind of thing but still need a mild walkthrough. I have about 800 megs of stuff to share (until I get a 2 GB hard drive for my NAS, anyway) so I imagine I'll be paying some kind of monthly fee. Then I'd just give people a login so they could access my s***, and copy stuff as they please? That's kind of what I had in mind. If all you need to do is share 800 megs -- I'd highly recommend just using dropbox, forget the FTP server garbage...because then you have to teach the people you want to share with how to use FTP, too. It's much easier to jump on dropbox, put the files you want to share on there and share them via public link. Go to the website and watch the tutorial, it's pretty awesome stuff. You'll get 2 gigs of space free. In this case, what you could do is zip up the files you want to share, put them in your 'public' dropbox folder, and right click it, and put "copy public link", and just email that link to people...they can then download the files.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 06:09 PM) How do I set up a system where I can let people remotely connect to my computer (or my NAS) and download files out of it? Is this a really complicated process? Not really all that hard. You could set up an ftp server (or secure ftp server) and handle this, then simply port map (NAT) the port 21 to your workstations IP address on your router, but that involves downloading/configuring an ftp server, fixing the router, etc. I'd probably recommend you use Dropbox, it's free for 2 gigs of storage, and you can share files publicly (for people that do not have dropbox) or privately for people that do...and if you use this method, you don't have to configure anything on the router. You can also get free space by doing their tutorial and posting links to it... If you want to try out dropbox, let me know and I'll invite you -- that way I get an extra 250 megs or something for my free account. Use the following link : http://db.tt/wnCv25I If you don't know what Dropbox is, it's a program that runs on your computer/computers/phones, and any files you put into the Dropbox folder on your computer, it syncs them to every other computer you have Dropbox on. You can also just browse to the website and login to see your files, and/or share them with other dropbox users or publicly. It's a pretty useful service. For example, I took a picture with my iPhone, and on my iPhone put the picture into my dropbox app -- that picture is now on my work computer and home computers in the dropbox folder without me having to do anything more...

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 05:45 PM) It was a shot at John Stewart, yes? George Carlin is f***ing awesome, though. Both of them are awesome. I've always had a problem quoting comedians in certain conversations, mostly because they're 'comedians' and you don't know if they're saying something because they mean it or if it's just part of the act, but whether they mean it or not means nothing to me. The things they say can have value/meaning, and dismissing it simply because they're a comedian is silly. George Carlin, in specific, had some very funny talking points but also said some things that I find very truthful...

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 01:26 PM) LOL, yes, the GOP is the party of patriots. They are also the party of racism and bigotry. Any other laughable, empty stereotypes we want to throw out there? And seriously FlySox, take a look at the "survey" that they are citing. Do you really not see the obvious polluting factors in there? Also, wait until Y2HH tells you what he thinks of surveys. At least I'm consistent in my dislike for surveys. You pick and choose which ones you want to agree with.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 11:36 AM) No sir. I grow cotton in my yard. I also salvage used steel....American made of course. Do you at least have 11 year old Chinese kids harvesting the cotton and melting down the American made steel which you pay 30 cents a day so you can then create these American made I love my country pins and flags?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 11:34 AM) I spend most of my day creating American flags as well as American flag lapel pins....all from scratch!!! From materials made in China?