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Re:PfSense 2.5 and AES-NI on Monday May 01, 2017 @03:29PM (#14240676)
Oh yes, OPNsense. Those sure are some philosophical and practical differences. Differences as in:

- code theft - copyright abuse - attempt to steal pfSense trademark in Europe - toxic project members who publicly attack anyone who dares to point out issues (including assault on all major pfSense developers). - hiding serious vulnerabilities - downplaying serious vulnerabilities

Oh yes, that's a very different project. I documented most of it here https://www.reddit.com/r/OPNscam/

Re:PfSense 2.3-Release Now Available on Tuesday April 12, 2016 @05:36PM (#11483778)
I recognized your reply from /r/pfsense. Dude, you are running unsupported scenario and using your pfSense as NAS. That is a big no no
Re:SSH Backdoor found in Fortinet firewalls on Tuesday January 12, 2016 @04:31PM (#10890545)
Yes, they do awesome job. Check reddit.com/r/pfsense or check forum.pfsense.org or check their contributions to FreeBSD (both $$$ and code). Don't just link some random stupid thread from trolls.
Re:Even with a VPN, open Wi-Fi exposes users on Saturday June 13, 2015 @08:33AM (#9710810)
You're confusing two different things. Windows still does phone home even in private network. In private network it just "locks" down access to your computer to some extent.

The same is also present in OS X under Firewall settings where you can go stealth mode and / or block all incoming connections.

Both phone home.

Re:Anonabox Analysis on Monday April 06, 2015 @02:17PM (#9329708)
Don't bother he has a brand new user account, created just for defending Anonabox scammers : )
Re:PfSense 2.2-Release Now Available on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @11:24AM (#8953908)
MIPS is I believe planned first. Check out Netgate (company behind Pfsense), they already have development boards with MIPS.

Bigger upcoming feature is bhyve hypervisor on Pfsense :D

Why does the topic say Firefox when µBlock isn't even for Firefox? Chrome is the problem, not Firefox.

All browsers became huge memory hogs lately, but I'd rather have 100MB+ of RAM just for Adblock than blinded by ads (of which a lot are malicious).

Re:UI Performance Decline – OS X Tiger to Yosemite [video] on Wednesday December 24, 2014 @08:34AM (#8792782)
This is coming from Hackintosh scene, but I've had enourmous improvements on real Macs as well, which includes Macbook Pro, Air and Mac Pro (not latest gens).

Easiest way is to make backup of applegraphicspowermanagement.kext or just rename it to applegraphicspowermanagement.kext.bak and then rebuild you cache with app like Kext Utility.

Only drawback I see is that graphics card will now use native power management and not Mac OS one. One thing I've noticed, applegraphicspowermanagement.kext has list of graphics cards, so if your card is not identified it appears that generic power / sleep states are being used thus producing glitches.

A bit more about power / sleep states. You've probably noticed that when you have certain animation first time in OS X, it is choppy, but second and third time it's animated perfectly. That's where applegraphicspowermanagement.kext is messing up the states. You can try it on Launchpad or Mission Control animations.

Here's more info on the issue, it's for nvidias but it applies to every graphics cards although ATI is generally more supported on OS X.

http://www.rampagedev.com/?page_id=311

http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/266036-guide-edit-app...

Re:UI Performance Decline – OS X Tiger to Yosemite [video] on Wednesday December 24, 2014 @04:20AM (#8792221)
It's that fucking applegraphicspowermanagement.kext !! I'm not even kidding with that kext name. If you delete the kext, repair caches and reboot you'll see 10x better and smoother animations.

More about kext itself; it contains the list of supported graphics cards (poor one) and power states for them. Some states are badly done even with supported graphics cards. I had a lot fun with this kext back in the ole' days after Intel switch.

Re:Containers for Windows on Thursday November 27, 2014 @11:49AM (#8667976)
Since this isn't what they say it is... try http://www.sandboxie.com/
Re:Legendary phreaker John Draper / Captain Crunch needs our help on Saturday September 27, 2014 @11:14AM (#8377203)
I haven't, but John confirmed the campaign here: https://twitter.com/jdcrunchman/status/515163649175203841
Re:Legendary phreaker John Draper / Captain Crunch needs our help on Saturday September 27, 2014 @05:23AM (#8376542)
Nope, his insurance is almost gone. He didn't have much employment all his life, but he is looking for part time job now...
You can pay via paypal on this fundraiser. John will get the money, he confirmed it by twitter and email.
Guys sorry, first time poster here... Links aren't directly linked. Here: https://www.qikfunder.com/crowdfund/help-john-draper-captain...

Legendary phreaker John Draper / Captain Crunch needs our help

Hey guys,I believe a lot of people can relate to the legend, John Draper - Captain Crunch. He's being really ill lately and has undergone multiple surgeries! His insurance is almost gone and they won't cover the cost of post op medication, which ran out a week ago.Please everyone, let's try to help him! The campaign has been verified by John himself https://twitter.com/jdcrunchmanAbout John...

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