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"... as UPX is specifically designed to compress executable code it often achieves better compression ratio than standard data compression facilities such as gzip, zip or bzip2. "


----- Original Message ----
From: Arrakistor <arrakistor at gmail.com>
To: Anothony Georgeo <or-talk at freehaven.net>
Sent: Friday, August 4, 2006 12:06:35 PM
Subject: Re[2]: Torpark 1.5.0.6 Pre-release

I used 7zip, which compressed the 24MB down to about 7MB

Right now I am using Adblock with the Filterset.G updater.

Regards,
 Arrakistor

Thursday, August 3, 2006, 8:26:02 PM, you wrote:

> Hi Arrakistor,

> --- Arrakistor <arrakistor at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> I am ready with the release of Torpark 1.5.0.6 (7MB)
>> 
>> - Decompressed size of 24MB for USB friendly
>> footprint (reduced from 40MB)

> Did you use UPX v.2.0.1?  This version offers better
> .exe compression and better Win32 compatability.
> <http://upx.sourceforge.net/>

> I use the "--best" switch as "--brute" takes a *long*
> time to process and I haven't seen better compression
> ratios vs. "--best".

>> - Adblock using Filterset.G Updater

> Do you use Adblock or Adblock Plus?  IMO ABP is
> supirior to AB.

> Anogeorgeo


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<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">You might try UPX to see how it compares to 7zip compression. I find it's almost always better.<br>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPX">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPX</a><br><b>"... as UPX</b> is specifically designed to compress executable code it often achieves better <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compression_ratio" title="Compression ratio">compression ratio</a> than standard <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_compression" title="Data compression">data compression</a> facilities such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gzip" title="Gzip">gzip</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZIP_%28file_format%29" title="ZIP (file format)">zip</a> or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bzip2" title="Bzip2">bzip2</a>.
 "<br><br><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Arrakistor &lt;arrakistor at gmail.com&gt;<br>To: Anothony Georgeo &lt;or-talk at freehaven.net&gt;<br>Sent: Friday, August 4, 2006 12:06:35 PM<br>Subject: Re[2]: Torpark 1.5.0.6 Pre-release<br><br><div>I used 7zip, which compressed the 24MB down to about 7MB<br><br>Right now I am using Adblock with the Filterset.G updater.<br><br>Regards,<br> Arrakistor<br><br>Thursday, August 3, 2006, 8:26:02 PM, you wrote:<br><br>&gt; Hi Arrakistor,<br><br>&gt; --- Arrakistor &lt;arrakistor at gmail.com&gt; wrote:<br>&gt;&gt; Howdy,<br>&gt;&gt; <br>&gt;&gt; I am ready with the release of Torpark 1.5.0.6 (7MB)<br>&gt;&gt; <br>&gt;&gt; - Decompressed size of 24MB for USB friendly<br>&gt;&gt; footprint (reduced from 40MB)<br><br>&gt; Did you use UPX v.2.0.1?&nbsp;&nbsp;This version offers better<br>&gt; .exe compression and better Win32 compatability.<br>&gt; &lt;<a
 target="_blank" href="http://upx.sourceforge.net/">http://upx.sourceforge.net/</a>&gt;<br><br>&gt; I use the "--best" switch as "--brute" takes a *long*<br>&gt; time to process and I haven't seen better compression<br>&gt; ratios vs. "--best".<br><br>&gt;&gt; - Adblock using Filterset.G Updater<br><br>&gt; Do you use Adblock or Adblock Plus?&nbsp;&nbsp;IMO ABP is<br>&gt; supirior to AB.<br><br>&gt; Anogeorgeo<br><br><br>&gt; __________________________________________________<br>&gt; Do You Yahoo!?<br>&gt; Tired of spam?&nbsp;&nbsp;Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>&gt; <a target="_blank" href="http://mail.yahoo.com">http://mail.yahoo.com</a> <br><br></div></div><br></div></div></body></html>
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