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Finding a Windows computer based on its NetBios name
A short tip: when working in hybrid environments (that is where both Windows and Linux machines are present), it is useful to be able to lookup a machine IP based on its NetBios name. You can do this by writing nmblookup [the name of the computer]. This will do a broadcast on all the interfaces…
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Offline updating of Debian systems
It has been my experience that a Linux system is much more usable if it’s connected to the Internet, because then the package management system can be used to resolve the dependencies of the programs. From what I’ve seen (and please bear in mind that I’m fairly new to it), in Linux it is much…
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Computer immune system
Disclaimer: this post (as all the others) are my personal opinion and do not necessarily represent the opinions of any of my past or current employer. From time to time I get questions from people like: how to best secure my computer? or which security products to use?. Other times they me is product X…
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Google survey beta
So Blogger wanted to know my opinion. I happily clicked along to express my desire to be able to include syntax highlighted code easily. Five point question: what is wrong with the webpage below? Hint: how do I submit this thing? While the looks of the questionnaire were spartan (not like some people who feel…
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Checking out CVS and creating patches
Update: Qemu moved from CVS to SVN. While the CVS repository is (and will be) available for some time, you should look at the new checkout instructions. Lately I started to dive into open-source development, specifically Qemu. Since I’m relatively new, here are some commands I found useful: cvs -z3 -d:pserver:[email protected]:/sources/qemu co qemu – to…
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Two quick tips
Via the .:Computer Defense:. blog: the Windows command prompt has a history feature: just press F7 in a command window. One of the great features of Firefox 2 is the session saving (I know, there were extensions before that to do the same thing, but they somehow never worked for me). If you want to…
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Why not to chain remote desktops?
Quick tip (learned the painful way): do not chain remote desktops, meaning don’t open a remote desktop (or VNC sessions for that matter) to one computer and open in that session a remote desktop to an other computer, unless you have bandwidth to waste and don’t mind the increased delay :-). The explanation is rather…
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Regex magic
First of all I want to apologize to my readers (both of them :-)) for bein AWOL, but real life sometimes interferes pretty badly. I always been a big fan or regular expressions and one of the main reasons I love Perl is because they are so deeply integrated in it and are natural to…
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Installing and using Truecrypt on Ubuntu
Update: while truecrypt still doesn’t offer native packages (ie. .deb / .rpm) for Linux distributions, their shellscript installer works just fine. So the simplified version of the installation procedure is: Download the correct package from Truecrypt (either 32 or 64 bit – you can find out which you need by typing uname -a – if…
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Mixed links
A new Ethical Hacker Challenge is on. X for Windows without Cygwin! GreatFireWallOfChina – test any site and see if it’s blocked in mainland China – via OffTheHook Via the All About Linux blog: a very fun (and very addictive!) flash game: Desktop Tower Defense.