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Doing it on your production box is folly. Do it on a distinct box with a firewall between it and your real servers. Not all hacks rely on improperly set up boxes, some exploit bugs.. I guarantee you Windows didn't give you settings for closing all the bugs they didn't know about.
We can program with only 1's, but if all you've got are zeros, you've got nothing.
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I would put a big zip file (1GB or more) named CustomersDatabaseBackup, inside I would put a program named Restore that blocks input on their computers and displays a nice CIA or FBI logo with "You're being traced" written on big red letters. 
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The downside is that my server resources and bandwidth suffers. The more I think about it, the more I think (at least now) I may have hit upon a pretty good solution. They (I am assuming 'they' are bots and not real people) should be getting through pretty quickly, and find a single text file. They retrieve this file, and they disconnect finding nothing of interest. Anyway, the trap is set and I shall be watching the activity log to see if it works. I actually expect that once they 'break in' they may want to store some payload. The account is read-only so it shouldn't be possible.
I'm probably going to try out Ubuntu under a VM just as an FTP server. If it works, I'll just move those services over to it and at least solve the problem for the types of attacks I am getting with fail2ban. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I apologize if this seems like a programming question, but I could not find an appropriate forum - so let's just call it a technical discussion. 
Anyway, I'm trying to find a SDK to incorporate into a C# Windows Forms commercial software product that allows for converting PDF files to RTF. It can be anything from freeware/open-source to licensed software as long as it doesn't cost more than $3K per year, and nothing with royalties attached to it. And not BCL Technologies' EasyConverter as that is what I'm replacing.
Of course, there are several products out there, so I'm just looking for suggestions and recommendations at this point. For instance, does anyone have experience with any of the products listed here: http://softwaresolution.informer.com/PDF-to-RTF-Converter/[^]
Thanks
-NP
Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.
modified 9-Apr-14 14:19pm.
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If in doubt, there is always here: http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/ask.aspx[^]
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I suppose it depends what tech stack you are currently using. If you're using Java on Linux then it's not much good us giving you details of a C# version.
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Good point. I modified my original question. It is a C# Windows Forms application. Thanks again.
-NP
Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.
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You might find this one[^] to be of some use. It looks easy enough to use.
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Excellent find! I'll definitely add that to my list to investigate. Thanks!
-NP
Never underestimate the creativity of the end-user.
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not a build in product like you were asking for but....
Word 2013 will open a PDF file and can save it as an RTF file, it can be automated
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Noah film screening cancelled due to flooding[^]
Nothing.
To.
Say.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Quote: Luckily, the flooding in Exeter wasn't of a biblical scale.
What a relief!!!
I'm not questioning your powers of observation; I'm merely remarking upon the paradox of asking a masked man who he is. (V)
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It was just a warning... Citizens of Exeter! REPENT! Or prepare meet your dooooooooom!
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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S Houghtelin wrote: Or prepare meet your thy dooooooooom!
If you're gonna be a doom-monger, you gotta use the language! 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Gettin' all King James on me are ye?
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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Does "wasn't of a biblical scale" mean "wasn't made up"?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Why? Should make the conditions perfect for shooting the movie no?
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Griff, will you stop posting threads that set me up to make jokes about Christianity. I keep getting reported for abuse each time.
Gonna be looking for another new username soon I think.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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The older Russel Crowe and Mel Gibson get the more they look alike. Maybe and Australian thang, or the pic in the article has Crowe yelling (Mel Gibson SmokingGun pics).
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Coulda left skeeters off the list.
Along with Antimatter and Dark Matter they've discovered the existence of Doesn't Matter which appears to have no effect on the universe whatsoever!
Rich Tennant 5th Wave
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Apparently the air bags didn't go off due to a failure in the switch and 300 people died.
Now, question, is it mandatory for a manufacturer to fit air bags in their cars?
Did the air bags gong off kill the people or was it the fact they crashed, die to their own, or someone elses bad driving?
Can GM be held responsible for the death by failing to prevent it, rather than causing it? Of so, how many of the rest of us can be held responsible by failing to prevent a death? You see a guy jumping off a bridge, you fail to prevent him, are you now a murderer?
I don't see GM as being guilty of anything more than trade descriptions act, their goods didn't act as advertised. That's all.
"The whole idea that carbon dioxide is the main cause of the recent global warming is based on a guess that was proved false by empirical evidence during the 1990s." climate-models-go-cold
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In the US anyone can be held responsible for anything, even if they were not involved.
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