TidBITS#771/21-Mar-05
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Our content goes on the road this week, with Travis Butler
rejoining us for a look at a new iPod FM transmitter and
Glenn Fleishman laying out all the security options he uses
to protect his data traffic while traveling. Matt Neuburg covers
worthy updates to the CSS editor Style Master, Eastgate Systems'
Tinderbox, and PTHPasteboard, and we note Security Update 2005-003
and Apple's revisions to Pages and Keynote. Be sure to enter
our DealBITS drawing for a new HTML authoring tool: GoodPage!
Topics:
MailBITS/21-Mar-05
DealBITS Drawing: TARI's GoodPage
What You Get Is What You CSS, With Style Master 4.0
Getting Better AirPlay
Road Warrior Scramble
Take Control News/21-Mar-05
Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/21-Mar-05
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MailBITS/21-Mar-05
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**Security Update 2005-003 Released** -- Apple today released
Security Update 2005-003, a collection of fixes for Mac OS X
10.3.8 and Mac OS X 10.3.8 Server. Included in this package are
updates to AFP Server, Bluetooth Setup Assistant, Core Foundation,
Cyrus IMAP, Cyrus SASL, and Mailman. It also addresses a few
permissions issues that could enable malicious access to files
and folders. And, Safari is updated to handle the problem with
Unicode characters used in domain names (see "Don't Trust Your
Eyes or URLs" in TidBITS-766_). Security Update 2005-003 is
available via Software Update as a 15.4 MB download, or from
Apple's software downloads page. [JLC]
<http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301061>
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07983>
<http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/>
**Tinderbox Keeps Getting Smarter** -- Eastgate Systems' Tinderbox
has been upgraded to version 2.4. Tinderbox (see my review
in TidBITS-651_) is a superb way to create heavily hyperlinked
text; text snippets are stored in a hierarchical structure and
can be exported as Web pages. I used Tinderbox to create the
online help for the Perl editor Affrus, which blogger John Gruber
has called "the finest software documentation," in part because
it is "cross-linked out the ying-yang." Tinderbox 2.4 makes
outlines smarter by permitting any entry to have a rule for
updating itself periodically; for example, if you're using
Tinderbox to maintain a to-do list, a parent item (representing
a category or group of tasks) might have a rule that its
"completed" attribute should be true if and only if the
"completed" attribute of all its children (the actual tasks)
is true. There are also many small bug fixes and aesthetic
tweaks, and Tinderbox's Web-page export continues to evolve
strongly. Tinderbox runs in both the classic Mac OS (Mac OS 9.2
recommended) and Mac OS X 10.0 and later. Tinderbox costs $165,
plus $70 annually for free updates. A demo version is available
for download. [MAN]
<http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/>
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=06959>
<http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2004/03/30/online_help.html>
<http://latenightsw.com/affrus/>
<http://daringfireball.net/2005/02/apps_of_the_year_2004#affrus>
<http://www.eastgate.com/Tinderbox/download.html>
**Pages 1.0.1 and Keynote 2.0.1 Updates Released** -- Apple
updated its iWork suite last week, bumping up Pages (the word
processor for the rest of us) and Keynote (the presentation
program for Steve Jobs's keynote addresses, and, you know, the
rest of us who would prefer to not use PowerPoint). The sparse
notes accompanying the updates point to issues "that may have
affected reliability for some customers". The Pages update also
fixes a problem when deleting entire pages. Both updates are
available now via Software Update; Pages 1.0.1 is a 28.3 MB
download; Keynote 2.0.1 is a 21.8 MB download. [JLC]
<http://www.apple.com/iwork/>
**PTHPasteboard Returns, Better Late than Never** -- Mac OS X 10.4
Tiger could ship any time, so the reign of Panther is nearly over.
But users of Paul Haddad's free PTHPasteboard will be glad to
hear the news anyway: PTHPasteboard, a wonderful free utility that
keeps track of things you copy in any application so that you can
paste any recently copied item later on (and not just the most
recently copied item), has at last been updated for Panther.
<http://www.pth.com/PTHPasteboard/>
When Haddad went to work for You Software, the terms of his
employment dictated that he had to stop working on PTHPasteboard
(because the code was to be rolled into You Control). At that
time, Panther had not yet emerged; when it did, it broke
PTHPasteboard, and by the terms of his contract, Haddad wasn't
allowed to fix it. Now, however, he has left You Software and
brought the rights to PTHPasteboard with him. So, one of his
first moves has been to make PTHPasteboard work on Panther.
Next up: PTHPasteboard 4.0 for Tiger! [MAN]
<http://www.yousoftware.com/>
<http://www.yousoftware.com/control/pasteboard.php>
DealBITS Drawing: TARI's GoodPage
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by Adam C. Engst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In the early days of the Web, we saw the rise of simple graphical
HTML editors like Claris HomePage, Symantec's Visual Page, and
Adobe's PageMill. Those applications defined a useful niche
between the text-only HTML editors like BBEdit (still preferred
by many) and the powerful (and expensive) Web authoring tools like
Adobe GoLive and Macromedia Dreamweaver. Useful and obvious though
that niche may have been, all those early programs died off,
leaving many people using programs with which they were
uncomfortable. A few low-end Web authoring tools have popped
up over the years, but none has become as well-known as those
first programs.
As a result, when I received an email message from Izidor Jerebic,
wanting to offer TidBITS readers a chance to win a copy of
his company's new graphical HTML/CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
authoring tool, called GoodPage, I was intrigued. The program
offers code, structure, and browser (via Apple's WebKit) views
of your document; can present the different views simultaneously;
and allows WYSIWYG selection and navigation between views.
GoodPage provides site management via FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, or
any mounted folder (such as a .Mac iDisk). It can display the
differences between the remote site and your local copy and
update the remote site with either all or only select files.
On the code side, GoodPage supports all HTML and XHTML versions,
and it has integrated HTML and CSS validation, so you can be
sure your code is correct. GoodPage requires Mac OS X 10.3
or later.
I've been spending a lot of time over the last week learning
CSS for an update to our Take Control Web site, and as much as
I like using BBEdit 8 and its live preview window for HTML work,
I'm looking forward to seeing if GoodPage can simplify some of the
aspects of CSS that have caused me significant headaches this week
(I had no idea the extent to which wacky hacks were necessary
to get all versions of Internet Explorer to play nice with CSS!).
TARI, the small European company that makes GoodPage, offers a
30-day free trial version, so you can give the program a test
drive while waiting to see if you've won a copy.
<http://www.goodpage.info/>
In this week's DealBITS drawing, you can enter to win a copy of
GoodPage 1.0, worth $149. Entrants who aren't among our lucky
winners will receive a significant discount on GoodPage, so if
you've been wanting an easier or more-capable HTML authoring tool
than you're currently using, be sure to enter at the DealBITS
page linked below. All information gathered is covered by our
comprehensive privacy policy. Be careful with your spam filters,
since you must be able to receive email from my address to learn
if you've won.
<http://www.tidbits.com/dealbits/goodpage/>
<http://www.tidbits.com/about/privacy.html>
Lastly, remember our new way of increasing your chances of
receiving a prize. On the confirmation Web page and in the email
confirmation message that entrants receive, you'll see a custom
URL that you can send to friends and colleagues so they can enter
the drawing, too. If our randomly chosen winner entered using your
referral URL, you'll receive exactly the same prize. The more
people you refer, the more likely it is that you'll win a prize,
so feel free to distribute your referral URL widely (without
acting like a spammer, of course!)
What You Get Is What You CSS, With Style Master 4.0
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by Matt Neuburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Western Civilisation's flagship product, Style Master, is a CSS
editor. You don't use it to create Web pages; you use it to create
the look of Web pages - the font, size, color, and layout of the
various elements that constitute your Web pages, as dictated
though a CSS "style sheet." Style Master is my ideal of a program
that knows a big complicated language so that you don't have to;
you do see the actual CSS, but you can interact with it through
pop-up menus and checkboxes that list the appropriate options
and generate the correct syntax.
<http://www.westciv.com/style_master/>
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=05602>
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=06555>
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07583>
The big question as you work with CSS is always how your CSS code
is reflected in the appearance of an actual page as rendered in
a browser. Style Master has always permitted you to preview your
style sheet in conjunction with any Web page in any browser; but
the new version, 4.0, goes one better. The rendering of a Web page
can be previewed in conjunction with your style sheet right in
Style Master's own window (the Design Pane), and then, when you
click a rule in your style sheet, any regions affected by that
rule in the Design Pane preview are highlighted. Furthermore, it
works the other way as well: click anywhere in the Design Pane
preview rendering, and Style Master tells you whole containment
hierarchy of elements for the spot where you clicked, plus it
highlights in the style sheet all the rules that govern the
appearance of that part of the Web page.
So, now you've no excuse for not generating gorgeous Web pages,
gorgeously coded; plus Style Master itself is also more gorgeous
than ever, thanks to numerous interface improvements. Style Master
4.0 is a $30 upgrade for current users; a new copy costs $60.
A 30-day demo is available for download.
<http://www.westciv.com/style_master/download/>
Getting Better AirPlay
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by Travis Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
FM transmitters aren't the perfect way to listen to an iPod in
a car, but sometimes they're the best option. Cassette adapters
give better and more reliable sound, but work only when the car
actually has a cassette deck (an option that's hard to find these
days on new cars). A direct auxiliary input gives even better
sound, but such inputs are even more rare than cassette decks.
A custom-designed iPod interface (such as found in some models
of BMW cars) is coolest of all, but expensive, and no good if
you drive multiple vehicles, as I do at work. An FM transmitter
works with any FM radio, and is small and easily carried between
cars. So, while an FM transmitter may not provide the best-
sounding iPod audio, it is the most universal.
<http://www.apple.com/ipod/bmw/>
The last time I reviewed FM transmitters for TidBITS, my
overwhelming favorite was the Griffin iTrip (see "Taking an
iTrip: Three FM Transmitters" in TidBITS-681_). Its performance
wasn't anything to cheer, but it was about as good as the others
I looked at on any given frequency - and it worked on more
frequencies than one competitor and with greater precision
and reliability than the other, despite its clever but Rube
Goldbergian tuning method. However, the iTrip's biggest assets
are two design features: it draws power from the iPod, eliminating
the need for batteries; and the iTrip itself is so small and light
that it can be carried as a clip-on to the iPod almost as easily
as carrying the iPod by itself. Several FM transmitters have come
on the market since my original review, with varying combinations
of features, but none of them could match the iTrip's design.
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=07191>
<http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/itrip/>
Of course, that must have changed, or I wouldn't be writing this
review. At January's Macworld Expo, XtremeMac came out with the
AirPlay, their own clip-on FM transmitter which draws power from
the iPod.
<http://www.xtrememac.com/adapters/airplay.shtml>
**Design** -- The AirPlay doesn't fit together with the iPod as
well as the iTrip does; it's taller, and it doesn't extend across
the width of the iPod, leaving me with the uneasy (if probably
unjustified) feeling that it's more likely to break off if banged
around. An iPod or iPod mini plus the corresponding iTrip looks
and feels like one piece; the AirPlay hangs off awkwardly by
comparison. However, its design boasts a couple advantages over
the iTrip: the same unit fits both the regular iPod and the iPod
mini, and it gives you access to the Hold switch.
The AirPlay also has one feature the iTrip can't touch: a built-in
display with a digital tuner that's manually controlled. The last
feature wasn't enough to tempt me on other transmitters, which,
when compared with the iTrip, were often bulky and unwieldy.
On a slim, clip-on transmitter like the AirPlay, the manually
controlled digital tuner makes all the difference in the world.
The iTrip's digital tuning feature, which operates via special MP3
files on the iPod and displays on the iPod's screen, was a quantum
leap over the analog tuner in another transmitter I tested.
Instead of trying to turn a dial a fraction of an inch to lock
in on a frequency, I could pick and set any specific frequency
with relative ease using the iPod's controls. The iTrip manages
this, on a device with no moving parts, through a series of
encoded sound files, one per frequency; playing the appropriate
file through the iTrip sets the frequency.
Unfortunately, while clever, this method has problems. Changing
frequencies means interrupting what you're playing to use a tuning
file. It also makes hunting for a new frequency somewhat tedious;
play a frequency file, return to the previous menu to play a song
to test the new frequency, go back to play another frequency file
if the previous one didn't work well, etc. For this reason, tuning
with the AirPlay is as much a quantum leap over the iTrip as the
iTrip was over an analog tuner; the AirPlay and radio can be
adjusted together with precision while your song keeps playing.
**Performance** -- I wrote a fairly extensive description of FM
transmitter performance issues in my prior review, and I recommend
that you go back and read it, because things haven't particularly
changed since then. In a nutshell, transmitter performance is
highly variable; the number of local radio stations, layout of
nearby buildings, model of car and location of the radio antenna,
and even where the iPod is sitting in the car can cause
significant shifts in performance.
The AirPlay, alas, is no different. In several weeks of testing,
including lots of driving around Kansas City and a couple of
longer road trips, the AirPlay performed comparably to the iTrip;
at times it seemed to handle some spots a bit better, at other
times a bit worse, but at all times the differences were so small
that it could easily have been my imagination. In other words,
don't start looking at the AirPlay thinking it'll crank out a
stronger signal; its advantage over the iTrip lies in doing a
better job of finding a usable station, just as the iTrip had the
same advantage over the competitors I tested against at the time.
(The same fact would be true of other transmitters with a manually
operated digital tuner, by the way. The AirPlay's advantage is
that it's the first transmitter to combine a manually operated
digital tuner with the size and battery-free operation of the
iTrip.)
**Conclusions** -- The iTrip is still the most elegantly packaged
FM transmitter; in standard and mini versions, it fits with
appropriate iPods as if they were designed together. The AirPlay
is a bit clumsy by comparison. (To give a specific example:
when charging the iPod through the dock connector, I could rest
the iPod and iTrip combination on its "head" while it charged.
If I tried that with the iPod and the AirPlay, it would probably
fall over.) The AirPlay also lists for $40, $5 more than the
iTrip, and the iTrip can frequently be found on sale for another
$5 to $10 off. But in the end, the AirPlay fixes the iTrip's one
major flaw while retaining most of the iTrip's design advantages.
I liked the iTrip a lot and in a way am sorry to see it topped,
but until something better comes along, the AirPlay is now my
tuning companion of choice.
PayBITS: If Travis's review helped you decide which FM
transmitter to buy, say thanks with a few bucks via PayBITS!
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Road Warrior Scramble
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by Glenn Fleishman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I spent five days in Austin last week at South by Southwest
Interactive (SXSWi), the digital media and politics cousin to
the music festival, which started the day I left town. I used
Wi-Fi service in Seattle, Denver, and Austin airports along
the way, as well as at my hotel and the SXSW venue, the Austin
Convention Center.
<http://2005.sxsw.com/interactive/>
<http://www.portseattle.org/seatac/services/#internet>
<http://www.flydenver.com/guide/services.asp>
<http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/austinairport/business_svcs.htm>
What I didn't do is expose my passwords, my browsing habits,
my email, or my FTP transfers to anyone who might have been
watching my traffic. I used a variety of encryption methods to
make sure that nothing I did was easily snoopable, because all
of the networks I used were public.
While I don't stay up at night worrying about whether someone
intercepts my non-secured Web page interactions, I am concerned
that my passwords for those pages could be scooped up. Most
transactions you carry out using dedicated software don't include
any default protection of your password, much less the data you're
sending. So when you send email, upload via FTP, use a Web site
that has a non-secured login, or use Netopia's Timbuktu Pro 7
or earlier, your password is just out there to be snatched.
Are people sniffing? You bet. Especially at a technology
conference. They might be sniffing as a hobby, or they might be
simply amoral or even actively malicious. You have to assume that
out of several hundred people, one person is monitoring traffic
using free and freely available software, and thus you're at risk.
There are two main approaches to encryption that you could wind up
using: transactions and sessions secured with Secure Shell (SSH)
or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology, and all-encompassing
network encryption with a virtual private network (VPN)
connection. (SSL is also known as TLS, or Transport Layer
Security; the former was its name under patent, while the
latter is its "freed" name.)
**Like a Signet Ring for Email** -- More and more software comes
with encryption built in, requiring a similar piece of software
on the other end that also supports encryption. For email, I now
secure both incoming and outgoing messages along with the
passwords that allow me to send and receive email.
My email host is FastMail, which secures incoming POP (Post Office
Protocol) and IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) and outgoing
authenticated SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) using SSL,
the same encryption that's been protecting Web pages for nearly
a decade. (Authenticated SMTP lets you send email from anywhere
by logging in to an outgoing mail server just as you would to
an incoming one, but the encryption it uses for passwords (and
only for passwords!) is considered weaker than SSL.)
<http://fastmail.fm/>
Virtually all Macintosh email applications support SSL for POP and
SMTP and most for IMAP, including Apple Mail, Eudora, Entourage,
and Mailsmith, to name the four most popular. Enabling SSL email
involves little more than toggling a few checkboxes and sometimes
using an alternate port number.
I pay FastMail $40 per year for three gigabytes of monthly email
and file transfer and 2 GB of storage. Free FastMail users can
use only SSL for IMAP, along with secure webmail. Paid users
have access to SSL for POP, IMAP, and SMTP. (It can be difficult
to find the setup and troubleshooting FAQ for SSL on FastMail,
so I've provided the link below.)
<http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/faqparts/ExternalMail.htm>
Some other mail providers, such as even Google's free Gmail
service, include SSL, too, but usually in a more limited way.
Gmail supports secured POP and SMTP, for instance. Oddly, very
few ISPs offer secured email; in fact, please let me know if
yours does!
<http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=13287
&query=ssl&topic=0&type=f&ctx=search>
**Securing Other Services** -- If you're like me, and I suspect
you are, you may wind up using a half dozen different Internet-
based services in an average day, and that's no different on
the road. You might use FTP to upload a file, Timbuktu Pro to
control a machine remotely, and instant messaging to conduct
some conversations. Each of these services can be secured
directly with the right software.
Secure FTP uses SSH to encrypt a connection between an FTP client,
like Interarchy or the beta version of Fetch 5, and a server
that supports SFTP. If you're connecting back to a Mac, go to
System Preferences > Internet > Services and check Remote Login.
This enables SSH, and, it turns out, SFTP. You don't need FTP
Access turned on for this to work because SSH triggers a special
application under Mac OS X and similar Unix, Linux, and BSD
variants.
Timbuktu Pro 8 added SSH support, as well, which is a great boon
when you need its abilities on public networks (see "Timbuktu Pro
8.0 Finally Adds Encryption" in TidBITS-769_). Timbuktu Pro
would always be harder to crack because sniffers would need more
specialized software to view transactions, like file transfers
or mouse movements, but the password transfer by itself would
enable an intercepted transaction to turn into remote control
of a computer. To use SSH with a Mac OS X computer, Remote Login
must be turned on and you must set up a Mac OS X user login
within Timbuktu Pro 8.
<http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08007>
<http://www.netopia.com/software/products/tb2/mac/>
Depending on the instant messaging service, everything you send
from password to emoticons is passed in the clear. That's why I
recommend Skype. It's free and has a robust Mac OS X client that
supports text messaging and phone calls using voice over IP (VoIP)
with up to five other people conferenced in with you. And it's
all encrypted. However, Skype won't discuss its encryption, so
we don't know long-term whether it's reliable. But for right now
it's certainly a good option.
<http://www.skype.com/>
**Hiding All Your Traffic** -- Because I use so many Internet
services, I went full bore and turned on a VPN server in my
office. When I connect from my computer to the VPN server, every
piece of data entering and leaving my machine is encrypted as it
passes over the network. This means there's no unencrypted data
in transit that someone can sniff.
I discovered at SXSWi that Rendezvous traffic bypasses the
VPN because it's considered local traffic, and this is fine as
Rendezvous services typically don't expose any passwords. But if
you're iChatting over Rendezvous, your messages would be sent in
the clear. Remember, though, that unless both you and the other
party have a VPN enabled, your conversation would be in the clear
on one side or the other.
VPN servers used to cost thousands of dollars, but the Buffalo
Wireless Secure Remote Gateway has a simple VPN server for a
few dozen users built in, and it costs between $140 and $200.
<http://www.buffalotech.com/products/product-detail.php?
productid=88&categoryid=6>
You can use the Buffalo gateway in Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar or
later because it relies PPTP (Point to Point Tunneling Protocol)
for encapsulating and encrypting your network data. Launch the
Internet Connect application to create a PPTP connection. The
Buffalo gateway requires an IP address reachable from the rest
of the world, whether static or a dynamic one mapped through
dynamic DNS.
There are services that let you rent VPN access as well.
HotSpotVPN.com, for instance, offers an $8.88 per month unlimited
usage rate that's compatible with Jaguar and later versions of
Mac OS X.
<http://www.hotspotvpn.com/>
**Keeping It Real: Real Private** -- I hate to sound paranoid.
I don't think anyone wants my personal information. But I do know
that plenty of people want as much private data as they can find
for whatever purposes they choose to put it to. Windows viruses
running on a Wi-Fi network you're connected to, for instance,
could constantly scan the Wi-Fi network for account names and
passwords and send them back to a remote cracker for later use.
I like to keep my passwords close and any potential enemies -
impersonal or not - far away. Using encryption sensibly keeps
attackers at bay.
Take Control News/21-Mar-05
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by Adam C. Engst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Although we hear from many Take Control ebook readers, we also
enjoy reading reviews of the ebooks to see how we can improve
upcoming titles and revisions. If you're interested in reviewing
any of our books for a publication, just contact us via the form
on our FAQ page and we'll see about sending you a review copy.
<http://www.tidbits.com/takecontrol/news/>
<http://www.tidbits.com/takecontrol/faq.html>
**Alaskan Apple Users Group Reviews More Ebooks** -- These folks
just don't slow down. Thanks to the Alaskan Apple Users Group
for reviewing Glenn Fleishman's Take Control of Your AirPort
Network and Matt Neuburg's Take Control of What's New in Word
2004: Advanced Editing & Formatting. Both titles picked up the
coveted 5-moose rating, and the reviews are worth a read for
anyone considering the books.
<http://www.akappleug.org/rev/465.html>
<http://www.tidbits.com/takecontrol/AirPort.html>
<http://www.akappleug.org/rev/464.html>
<http://www.tidbits.com/takecontrol/word-2.html>
Hot Topics in TidBITS Talk/21-Mar-05
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by TidBITS Staff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The second URL below each thread description points to the
discussion on our Web Crossing server, which will be faster.
**DRM to force repurchasing** -- Digital rights management (DRM)
is intended to be a hindrance to illegal copying, but it also
obstructs honest consumers' capabilities to use the media they
purchase legally. For example, when moving from one DVD encoding
region to another (such as from the United States to Australia),
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