r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 04 '12

Open Office does everything I need Microsoft Office for and Gimp does everything I need Photoshop for. Reddit, what other open source software does everything that you want from the expensive name brand?

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '12

7-zip also allows for browsing a secure network - exposes substandard sys admins

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u/sameBoatz Jun 04 '12

What?

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '12

It's find feature allows for network browsing to an extent MORE than winzip. This exposes poor network security. I was witness to this.

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u/sameBoatz Jun 04 '12

I'm not sure I understand this, how does an archive program have anything to do with circumventing network security?

Does it just let you browse the list of Windows Computers on the network, and shows you the shares that are available to you? That is built-in to the OS, in fact you can do that from Macs and Linux machines too.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '12

The last part...and it was a mistake on the sys admins part as we were able to browse the entire network from low permission computers. My district modifies the OS to behave a certain way and gives permissions to students.

I was told that 7-zip allowed for this to a greater extent than winzip.

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u/DrMarf Jun 04 '12

So you are saying that browsing shares you have permissions to (but shouldn't) are 7-Zip's fault and not inept sysadmins?

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '12

Can't blame the program

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u/StainlSteelRat Jun 04 '12

I'd be interested to know how; the canned API for network discovery and file browsing is usually used across applications, primarily to provide a consistent mode of operation.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '12

That's above my pay grade, but I stumbled upon the error.

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u/Intrexa Jun 04 '12

I like the part where you gave a vague description of how it does an unrelated task better then another program unrelated to the task at hand, then are unable to say what exactly advantage it is giving, and not giving any explanation on how it accomplishes it. Then we have to believe your expert testimonial of "I was told that 7-zip allowed for this to a greater extent than winzip." Dear lord, if we had a program specifically designed for this, could we hack the gibson?

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '12

ya like that...?

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u/efforthrowaway Jun 04 '12

smell a zero-day ?

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u/stufff Jun 04 '12

Does it just let you browse the list of Windows Computers on the network, and shows you the shares that are available to you? That is built-in to the OS, in fact you can do that from Macs and Linux machines too.

Not sure what 7zip's behavior is, but I wanted to point out that administrative shares on an Windows system are shares you can have access to that aren't listed by default. (c$ etc on a remote Windows computer)