IllIlIlllIll
EliteData
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Re: ok so bintube newsreader is actually pretty damn cool
said by Goober  :said by Siryak :Bintube is an Astraweb reseller so you can get unlimited from them for 10.99 or if you have an Astraweb account it will work with the free version as well. I don't think this is true anymore (the part about the Astraweb account working with Bintube). They must have put in a radius server type of thing to check for a Bintube account. I wonder if a registry hack could fix that. some things are a bit more complicated than a simple registry hack.
but any program can be defeated.
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IllIlIlllIll
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said by Siryak :said by Goober :said by Siryak :Bintube is an Astraweb reseller so you can get unlimited from them for 10.99 or if you have an Astraweb account it will work with the free version as well. I don't think this is true anymore (the part about the Astraweb account working with Bintube). They must have put in a radius server type of thing to check for a Bintube account. I wonder if a registry hack could fix that. I used it last night with my Astraweb account... Bintube actually connects to news.astraweb.com, so it doesn't really check to see if you are a Bintube subscriber it just locks it down so that you can not change the server you are connecting to.(Note you must download the free version and not the pro version) setup a home dns server and have it resolve to an ip of your choice when news.astraweb.com is queried.
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Goober
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Naperville, IL | It's not orth the hassle to me.
But, Astraweb coudn't find a problem with my account. Oh well. It's not like any other reader is having problems. |
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| said by Goober :It's not orth the hassle to me. But, Astraweb coudn't find a problem with my account. Oh well. It's not like any other reader is having problems. I think I have found the culprit. Find you an older version. Mine updated today and it stopped working. I did a system restore back to the old version and it started working again. The version that is working is 2.5.3.0
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NormanS
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said by IllIlIlllIll :setup a home dns server and have it resolve to an ip of your choice when news.astraweb.com is queried. For a one-off IP lookup, an edit to the 'hosts' file would probably be easier than setting up a local caching DNS server.
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IllIlIlllIll
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1 edit | said by NormanS :said by IllIlIlllIll :setup a home dns server and have it resolve to an ip of your choice when news.astraweb.com is queried. For a one-off IP lookup, an edit to the 'hosts' file would probably be easier than setting up a local caching DNS server. this is true, but the software may look at the HOSTS file for any changes relating to the name of the website the software authenticates to and complain that the HOSTS file was modified, and it may not work correctly.
this is the same case with newsleecher--
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NormanS
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Goober
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said by Siryak :said by Goober :It's not orth the hassle to me. But, Astraweb coudn't find a problem with my account. Oh well. It's not like any other reader is having problems. I think I have found the culprit. Find you an older version. Mine updated today and it stopped working. I did a system restore back to the old version and it started working again. The version that is working is 2.5.3.0 That's the one I tried and it didn't work for me. No biggee. |
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IllIlIlllIll
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said by NormanS :Sounds like flawed software. i wouldnt say flawed, i would say smart.
take newsleecher for example.
the program checks the hosts file for "newsleecher.com" contained within it.
if it finds it, the program will not authenticate and supersearch will not work.
do the same thing with a home dns server, and the program doesnt know any better.
smart way to try and thwart a "cracker".
i think a smarter way would be to have the IP address embedded in the application code and have the program check the IP address its connecting to authenticate against what is embedded in the application.
of course, this would only work if the IP is going to stay static permanently and if you cannot obfuscate the embedded IP address within the application from those editing it.
and even so, one could get past the obfuscated IP address within the application code by using a ethereal sniffing program such as wireshark or a tcp connection viewer.
you would still need to know what data is being requested/posted/replied in order to get the program authenticated.
most programs that authenticate over the internet do so with plain text that can be exposed and captured easily.
even if the data is encrypted, you can still mimick it through the use of your own home web server.--
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