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What is a TS File?

While using your computer, you might run into a file with a .TS extension. Unlike most extensions that represent a specific kind of data, a file with “.ts” extension can be either a video file or a TypeScript code file. So, what’s the difference between them, and what’s a TS file anyway?

What Is a Transport Stream (TS) File?

The meaning of a TS file depends on what kind of content it holds. For instance, if you come across a TS file while working with videos and DVDs, then it stands for Transport Stream. These files use the MPEG-2 compression algorithm to achieve maximum efficiency and compatibility across various media types, including internet streaming and broadcasting.

You’ll commonly find these files on DVDs, Blu-ray discs, and digital broadcasting systems like DVB, ATSC, and IPTV. The data stored in these files (video, audio, subtitles, etc.) is broken down into small chunks. You’ll have a tiny piece of video, followed by a tiny piece of audio, and then maybe a subtitle chunk. Each of these chunks carries some extra data that helps detect errors within them. This data also tells each chunk when it’s supposed to play.

This way of representing data includes extra information that isn’t useful for storage but has advantages for broadcasting. Since all the data is broken into small pieces, you can send each piece over a connection in real time. And if there’s any error in a chunk, the receiver can use the extra data present in each chunk to detect the error and skip over it.

The most important thing to note is that the receiver doesn’t need the entire stream. It can easily start from anywhere in the middle of the transmission, assemble the data from that point on, and use it in real time.

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Batch Script – Echo Command

In batch scripting, the echo command can be used to display a message, variable value, or system information on the console. The command can be followed by a message or text string enclosed in double quotes. For example, echo “Hello, World!” will display the message “Hello, World!” on the console.

Why use Batch Script – Echo Command?

Here are a few reasons why the echo command is commonly used:

  1. Displaying messages: The echo command can be used to display messages or information on the console or in a text file. This is useful for providing feedback to the user, displaying error messages, or providing instructions.
  2. Displaying variables: Batch scripts often use variables to store information or data. The echo command can be used to display the value of a variable on the console or in a text file, making it easier to debug and troubleshoot scripts.
  3. Debugging: The echo command can be used to debug scripts by displaying the values of variables, commands, or system information. This can help identify errors and improve the efficiency of scripts.
  4. File output: The echo command can be used to redirect output to a file, making it easier to save and share information. This can be particularly useful when generating reports or logs.
  5. Script automation: Batch scripts can automate repetitive tasks, making them more efficient and less prone to human error. The echo command can be used to provide feedback and ensure that scripts are running as expected.
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Batch Script – Logging

Batch Script is a file that consists of various commands which need to be sequentially executed. It is not like coding and is not frequently used, in order to communicate with the OS through a command prompt, the user can use Batch Script. The commands are known as Batch commands.

Logging refers to the process of converting the command line scripts into .log files or text files. The command processor creates real-time activity logs which collect all the information regarding batch commands and statistics.

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Batch Script – Input / Output

We are going to learn how to take input from users using Batch Script.

Taking User Input:

@echo off
echo Batch Script to take input.
set /p input= Type any input
echo Input is: %input%
pause

Explanation:

  • The first ‘echo’ command is used to print a string.
  • In the next line, ‘set  /p’ command is used to take user input followed by a variable that will hold user input.
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Types of trusted Platform module

  • DISCRETE TPM (TPM 1.2 & TPM 2.0)

Discrete TPM provides the highest level of security. The intent of this level is to ensure that the device it’s protecting does not get hacked via even sophisticated methods. To accomplish this, a discrete chip is designed, built and evaluated for the highest level of security that can resist tampering with the chip, including probing it and freezing it with all sorts of sophisticated attacks.

  • INTEGRATED TPM

Integrated TPM is the next level down in terms of security. This level still has a hardware TPM but it is integrated into a chip that provides functions other than security. The hardware implementation makes it resistant to software bugs, however, this level is not designed to be tamper-resistant.

  • FIRMWARE TPM (fTPM)

Firmware TPM is implemented in protected software. The code runs on the main CPU, so a separate chip is not required. While running like any other program, the code is in a protected execution environment called a trusted execution environment (TEE) that is separated from the rest of the programs that are running on the CPU. By doing this, secrets like private keys that might be needed by the TPM but should not be accessed by others can be kept in the TEE creating a more difficult path for hackers. In addition to the lack of tamper resistance, the downside to the TEE or firmware TPM is that now the TPM is dependent on many additional aspects to keep it secure, including the TEE operating system, bugs in the application code running in the TEE, etc.

  • SOFTWARE TPM

Software TPM can be implemented as a software emulator of the TPM. However, a software TPM is open to many vulnerabilities, not only tampering but also the bugs in any operating system running it. It does have key applications: it is very good for testing or building a system prototype with a TPM in it. For testing purposes, a software TPM could provide the right solution/approach.

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