cyb3rc0n-Technix

The Anatomy of Huawei E355 Mobile Wifi Smart HSPA+

2012-02-26T17:51:00.000+08:00

The new breed of wireless internet comes from another series of 4G technology. Although frequency band is different from 4G WiMAX or LTE, the HSPA+ an extension to HSDPA/HSPA/UMTS can attain upto 21.6mbps of download speed (reality is far behind). WiMAX is under 2.4GHz to 2.7GHz or rather the most enhanced version of your laptops WirelessLAN(11g). The E355 lies on frequency band of WCDMA2100 2.1GHz.

For me, 7mbps to 12mbps stable speeds can make me a happy hacker --harhar--. But telcos catering for this services provides Fair Usage Policy(FUP) and shared connectivity on burst speed mode. So, currently I can attain 2.5mbps to 4mbps on full-scale 3G areas and hitting around 8mbps to 9mbps on HSPA+ available areas in the metro.

HUAWEI Mobile WiFi E586 is a high-speed packet access mobile hotspot. It is a multi-mode wireless terminal for SOHO and business professionals, it can support 5 Wi-Fi devices connecting and can stay online anytime and anywhere.

Feature
•Able to connect with Tablet, Laptop, notebook and different types of Wi-Fi devices
•Support up to 5 Wi-Fi enable devices at the same time
•One-touch connection and OLED screen display
•Friendly user interface
•5 hours working and 280 hours stand-by by battery (while Wi-Fi is off) *
*Depending on the state of network and environment
Product Spec
•Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
•HSPA+/HSPA/UMTS (3G) EDGE/GPRS/GSM(2G)
•HSPA+ data service up to 21.6 Mbps
•HSUPA data service up to 5.76 Mbps
•Equalizer and receive diversity
•microSD Card Slot(Up to 32GB)
•Data and SMS Service
System requirements
•Windows XP SP2/SP3, Windows Vista SP1/SP2, Windows 7, --(Linux also)--
•MAC OS X 10.5,MAC OS X 10.6,MAC OS X 10.7
•Hardware system should meet the recommended requirements for the installed OS version
•Display resolution: 1024*768 or above

Platform	Band Transfer rate Receive Diversity	3G: HSPA+/HSUPA/HSDPA/UMTS; 2G: GSM/GPRS/EDGE UL 5.76Mbps; DL 21.6Mbps Support
Interface	Micro SD card	Supported
Capacity	External memory	Up to 32GB
Appearance	Dimension (L × W × H) Weight	95.5mm×48.6mm×14.1mm 80g
Operation system	Operation system	Windows XP / Vista / Windows7 / Mac OS 10.5 / Mac OS 10.6 / Mac OS 10.7

Photos taken for reference to anybody.

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Important Note
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* I made this as an experiment on my own. Trying to explore the conditions and options to provide an effective air-to-air connectivity via 3G/4G using a YAGI directional antenna for hi-gain reception. Just exploring just like the old days of my amateur radio hobby(HAMS) & homebrews. I'm just planning to make one (Yagi Antenna) soon.
** I do not hack for money. I do not make openline services to unlock your devices. 'I hack by my own!'
*** I do not repair devices for money or neither support repairs online.

Mount NTFS Seagate GoFlex External Drive on FreeNAS 7

2011-12-10T12:52:00.001+08:00

I just rebuilt my Home freeNAS 7 box and re-installed it on a
Pentium 4 1.80Ghz, 512mb RAM. It has 20gb internal drive to host freeNAS 7
and a 500gb Seagate GoFlex 3.0 USB external drive. In short, I am running this
in an old laptop junkie, it can draw back up to 35watts power consumption and
there is still available slot for another 500gb USB external drive incase I need to.

My Goflex external drive is partitioned into two (2). In order to share my external drive via freeNAS,
I need to do the following or add it to Systems >Advanced>Command Scripts

First, create the mount directory:
login via SSH
# ssh -l admin 192.168.1.250

# mkdir /mnt/goflex-data
# mkdir /mnt/goflex-160

Now add below commands to Systems>Advanced>Command Scripts using the GUI.

Command Type
kldload fuse PreInit
ntfs-3g /dev/da0s2 /mnt/goflex-data PreInit
ntfs-3g /dev/da0s1 /mnt/goflex-160 PreInit

Mount NTFS Seagate GoFlex External Drive manual commands using the terminal.

SSH to freeNAS server

# kldload fuse

# /mnt/goflex-160# ntfs-3g /dev/da0s2 /mnt/goflex-data

# /mnt/goflex-160# ntfs-3g /dev/da0s1 /mnt/goflex-160

Middle Mouse Button Scrolling on Linux (Fedora 15)

2011-11-27T19:52:00.001+08:00

We need to find the UDI (Unique Device Identifier) for the TrackPoint device. It's an input device and it's a mouse, so let's try to find that capability:

# hal-find-by-capability --capability "input.mouse"
/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_Synaptics_pass_through_logicaldev_input

Only one hit. With that we can get a lot of information about the device:

[root@linuxfed15 conrad]# lshal -u "/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_9da_54f_noserial_if1_logicaldev_input"
udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_9da_54f_noserial_if1_logicaldev_input'
  info.capabilities = {'input', 'input.mouse'} (string list)
  info.category = 'input'  (string)
  info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_9da_54f_noserial_if1'  (string)
  info.product = 'A4TECH USB Device'  (string)
  info.subsystem = 'input'  (string)
  info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_9da_54f_noserial_if1_logicaldev_input'  (string)
  input.device = '/dev/input/event7'  (string)
  input.originating_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/usb_device_9da_54f_noserial_if1'  (string)
  input.product = 'A4TECH USB Device'  (string)
  input.x11_driver = 'evdev'  (string)
  linux.device_file = '/dev/input/event7'  (string)
  linux.hotplug_type = 2  (0x2)  (int)
  linux.subsystem = 'input'  (string)
  linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.0/usb2/2-1/2-1.1/2-1.1:1.1/input/input7/event7'  (string)

# hal-get-property --udi "/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_Synaptics_pass_through_logicaldev_input" --key "info.product" A4TECH USB Device


# hal-get-property --udi "/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/platform_i8042_i8042_AUX_port_Synaptics_pass_through_logicaldev_input" --key "linux.device_file" /dev/input/event7

Now we can put together a config file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ :


# nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/42-middle-mouse-scrolling.conf
Section "InputClass"
   Identifier "Middle Mouse Button Scrolling"
   MatchProduct "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint"
   MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
   Option "EmulateWheel" "true"
   Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2"
   Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7"
   Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

If you dont have yet the conf file just copy/paste from Section down to EndSection and then save.

NOTE: We're using "/dev/input/event*" instead of "/dev/input/event6"  to make sure our configuration still works should the device path change for any reason

The only thing missing now is a restart of X and we're done. Reboot!

CREDITS TO DENNIS CONRAD

This was edited according to cyb3rc0n's personal fedora15 config settings using A4TECH wireless optical mouse.

my HOMEBREW Home Storage Server --

2011-10-15T17:30:00.006+08:00

This is a low power homebrew server for home and personal data storage backup. ideally it must be a low-power consuming server to meet basic household expense, only 35watts. No need for keyboard/mouse/monitor after setup installation, it is simply a server box plugged into power and ethernet LAN/router.

Hardware is powered by:
- Intel D425KT Atom based processor 1.80Ghz
- 4gb DDR-1333 RAM/memory SODIMM
- WDC 1 Terabyte SATA hard drive
- 512mb microSD & USB memcard reader for FreeNAS installation.
- Others, were old parts from old PC's which are still good ATX casing & ATX Power Supply.

1Terabyte SATA drive, for pure data storage only. It will be formated to UFS file system after installing FreeNAS 8 on the memory card.

512mb SanDisk M2 memory card and a memory card reader. I will install FreeNAS 8 on it. You can download and read more about FreeNAS at http://www.freenas.org/

I use an opensource FreeNAS 8 to operate necessary features to drive the server to its purpose - but I preferred FreeNAS 7.
After successful setup, you can then connect it to your modem/router/wifi to access, save, and stream audio video personal files from your laptops, desktops and even to your wifi phone. You can also backup your data files from your laptop and wifi phone if in-case your phone or laptop crashes or even loosing it from anywhere.

Below is my network setup at home.

* This project setup is currently on test mode and right now it works fine and currently using it at home. I was planning to upgrade disk capacity and with rugged use to at least 2Terabytes in RAID1. But I need to have a PCI SATA-RAID controller card.

** This is not a tutorial on how-to-install FreeNAS. Just showing up the cheap mainboard I got with few old componenets and built it as my home storage server for family use.

My Openshot Video Edit Test

2011-07-15T14:54:00.004+08:00

Recently I learned from Category5.tv about Openshot Video. I installed it few days ago and now I have the chance to try it out to see if I could stay using Linux as my main video editing box on full open source application. By the way, Im a Linux Fedora fan and also I can manage to work in a cross-platform between linux (fedora/ubuntu..etc.) and Microsoft windows based systems.

The final output video was uploaded to Youtube initially, but it was blocked due to copyright policy. So now I can use the copyleft :) ...uploaded to my Facebook videos and Vimeo (not sure if vimeo would block it soon). Because the two video formats I used was official entry video in high definition formats downloaded in .flv and the other is an .mp4 format - so i could test 'Import' file compatibility using Openshot application on different encoding formats.

You can watch it on this link Original+Parody or you can view the embedded video below. Check out Openshotvideo.com also.

This video editing test alone was done in less than an hour - not to include dowloading/uploading of videos.
Here are some screenshots:

You can create a multi-track depending on which track you preffered to PAN-view or track mute others if not needed on simulteneous track play.

Allows you to 'Export' the video in HD formats in different variant levels depending on your desired quality or reproduction.

My editing hardware is Lenovo Essential G470 core i3(2nd-gen) with a 4Gb/1333 RAM running 64bit Linux Fedora 15 / Gnome3.

Now here's the video saved/uploaded in HD 720 25p format:

Iyaz - Shoni video remix using Openshot opensource application. [HD] from conradq5 on Vimeo.

Astronauts next ride inreplace to Space Shuttle - The Orion

2011-07-09T08:08:00.000+08:00

Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle

Video Editing 101 using Opensource Application

2011-07-04T14:30:00.000+08:00

Here is a featured video tutorial of OpenShotVideo by Robbie Fergusson (www.Category5.tv)

Using linux platform you can perform video editing using free softwares with Ubuntu for common linux desktop systems and or like me which I have done this tutorial from my Redhat based Fedora-15 linux system.

Recommeded Software:
OpenShot Video Editor (Linux)
Blender (Windows/Mac/Linux)
Inkscape (Windows/Mac/Linux)

Enjoy & have fun with the video tutorial and then make your own video afterwards...

inSSIDer -- Wi-Fi Scanner/Analyzer for Linux

2011-06-18T09:30:00.000+08:00

Install inSSIDer 2 (Alpha) on Fedora 15

1. Download inssider-0.1.1.0429-1.x86_64.rpm (for 64 bit)
inssider-0.1.1.0429-1.i386.rpm (for 32 bit)

download it from github https://github.com/metageek-llc/inSSIDer-2-Cross-Platform/downloads

“but DONT run the .rpm downloaded file – we will install it using the terminal”

2. Open Terminal – go to the folder where you have downloaded the file.
I installed it using root ( you need to type 'su' then 'password')

I have downloaded/save the file on Downloads folder.

# cd Downloads
# yum localinstall --nogpgcheck inssider-0.1.1.0429-1.x86_64.rpm
# yum install mono-web

...and dont forget this to be able to run inSSIDer
# yum install webkit-sharp

You can check out more of Metageek inSSIDer 2 (Alpha) here http://www.metageek.net/products/inssider/linux

Have fun and enjoy!

Watching NASA-TV

2011-05-22T12:22:00.000+08:00

..its just another lazy Sunday.

Recover your Ubuntu Unity desktop-profile from messed Compiz settings

2011-05-15T22:34:00.001+08:00

Recently playing with Ubuntu 11.04 Unity desktop. Tweaking some of my work around, I found this quite helpful 'Things to Tweak after Installing Ubuntu 11.04 Natty-Narwhal Unity desktop'.

I come up to play with compiz settings and kinda set things up accordingly for a test. Suddenly I messed it up and 'unity desktop' is gone, no side bars and top panel.

And so, I tried to make another user from Ctrl-Alt-F1, login as root
# adduser 'newuser'
# passwd newuser

Well eventually it works out fine, but I have to reconfigure everything I built under that profile like browser settings, plugins, etc.

Inorder to recover everything back, I found this solutions from http://ubuntu4beginners.blogspot.com/2011/04/missing-top-and-side-panels-in-unity. http://ubuntu4beginners.blogspot.com/2011/04/missing-top-and-side-panels-in-unity.html

How to Block HTTPS(443) Social Networking Sites on your Private/Business Network

2011-04-04T22:13:00.000+08:00

There are so many questions on how to block https www.facebook.com in the internet, yet there is no easy answer for it. Facebook and other social networking are need to be block in school and other other establishment because it affects the productivity of students and employees.

In my case, I been blocking facebook.com in pfsense server through squid. Although it is working perfectly , some users have found a way out by accessing the same url with https in place of http. To solve the problem I need to block https www.facebook.com in firewall rules.

How to Block https www.facebook.com

To do this of course we need to a pfsense firewall in the our network. We need to download the installer from this link. You need also to install the squid proxy server to block some of the restricted websites. Here is how to install and configure Squid as a transparent proxy on pfSense.

Assuming that you already have pfSense setup. The next thing that we’re going to make is an alias. Select ‘Aliases’ from the firewall menu. Hit the ‘+’ icon to make a new one. You’ll see a screen that looks like this:

Provide the name of the alias, add the host, set the type of an alias as a network ,you can also add a description, and most importantly, you’ll need to specify it by IP address then select the CIDR (network mask) that pertains to each entry.

Create another alias for the port. Use port 443 for https and port 80 for http websites.

We’ve created the needed aliases, so now we need to tell pfSense to do something about it. So, from the Firewall menu again, add a Rule. We need the rule to go on our LAN tab.

Set the above rules based on these criteria:

Reject the the traffic from the LAN
TCP connections
source is any
any/none OS
Destination - select host or alias and put in the name of your alias.
Set the Destination ports as other and select https
No need for any of the advanced options
leave the schedule as none
leave the gateway default
and give it a descriptive name for future reference.
Now, Save and Apply. You’re done.

This is the easy way to block HTTPS websites including facebook.com in pfsense server.

Credits to: -- Originally from Tech Tak Talk by Ramel dela Cruz. His new blog link here.

Huawei BM622i Admin password generator/crack

2011-04-02T16:43:00.012+08:00

Hi guys, I just recently reviewed Globe WiMax internet service. It was good but not that really good, since WiMax 4G is not yet fully expanded here in PH. Speed was awesome on my 1Mbps plan, but there is a catch for the Plan 995 a month on 1Mbps net speed. I am only alloted of 20-25gb total download and upload file size limit and if I exceed in less than a month (30 day) period I will be capped at around 300kbps net speed. Normal speed goes back on the 1st day of succeeding month.

Before my free trial period ends I decided to terminate my WiMax connection and stay with a wired connection. I still have the modem with me but its already inactive. What I'm gonna do is to play with it and maybe I could try to change MACaddress to have net access for free...'harhar"...

For now, I just wanted to share how to access the user admin for Huawei BM622i 4G modem. For those Globe Wimax new subscribers, this modem is what they include in the plan package.

1. Download this file wimaxBM622i password generator
2. Extract the downloaded file using WINRAR, 7zip, or compatible .rar extractor
3. Open/Click this file 'ExcelAccess.exe' from the extracted folder.

4. Now you will have to get you MAC address under your Huawei BM622i modem

(under the bar code you will see MAC: AA11BB22CC33) something like that.

5. Enter your MAC here

6. Click 'GENERATE' button to generate your admin password

and will show something like this below

7. Now copy/paste that in your notepad (you can use ctrl-c & ctrl-v to copy paste), so you can remember easily.

8. On your web browser got to URL: http://192.168.254.1/globe and then enter username: admin and your generated password.

9. After a successful login, you will now be able to fully administer your BM622i 4G modem, and will be able to open other special tabs.

Hope this helps.... just leave a comment if you appreciate my post.

I got this from another forum site, and wanted to share my own experiment, and so I made my own procedures.

Enjoy!

Disclaimer:
This hack is not to gain free web access - it is used to administer and unlock some of your router features to suit according to your needs. If you gain administrative rights on your router device, you can change LAN_IP-Address, configure firewall and other accessibility options.

This might not be applicable to new router models and or firmware versions - you can see comment threads below according to those who have tried and used this tool.

Thank you and happy hacking!

Single Interface Squid Proxy Server

2011-03-06T20:15:00.000+08:00

This is a brief introduction to Squid proxy that covers Setting up Squid on Ubuntu/Debian with a single network card, and routing traffic through it. I use this for testing websites remotely before putting them live, but it would also be possible to setup a similar box to monitor network traffic.
Before you begin you should have a computer setup with Ubuntu/Debian. I am using Ubuntu 10.04 LTS for my proxy. The rest of these instructions will assume that this is installed and configured on your network as you want it. Also note that Debian users should su to root instead of typing sudo.
1. Get squid
First thing’s first, we need to get squid. This can be achieved by typing the following into the terminal:
sudo apt-get install squid
This will download squid from the repositories and set it up on your machine.
2. Setup Squid
This is easy if you know what you’re doing. The squid config file is in the /etc/squid/ directory, so open it up in a text editor:
sudo nano /etc/squid/squid.conf
Now we need to add the lines to allow access to your network. If you’re in nano you can use
Ctrl+w and type acl all src all
Since I’m setting this up as a remote server I have to allow my IP address for work to be able to access the proxy. Here’s the lines I added:
acl remotenet src 123.123.123.123 #Work’s external IP address
further down the script there’s a line that reads http_access allow localnet, under this line add:
http_access allow remotenet #allow connections to this proxy server from “remotenet”
Understanding this process
ACL is an access control list, which you’re assigning IP addresses to. in the above two lines you’ve allowed the IP address 123.123.123.123 access to the proxy server. You can continue adding IP addresses to the remotenet group my copying and pasting the first line you entered but with different IP addresses.
At the end to the file you’ll also need to add the following line of code:
visible_hostname someProxyServerName
Exit and save the squid.conf file by pressing Ctrl+x and pressing Y when asked if you want to save changes, followed by enter to overwrite the file.
restart squid: sudo service squid restart
3. Setting Up Your Web Browser
You should now be able to access your server by setting the proxy details up in your browser as the following:
Proxy: your squid IP address/DNS name
Port: 3128

courtesy of SIRNET

Squid Analysis Report Generator (SARG) and Webmin

2011-03-06T20:13:00.000+08:00

The Squid Analysis Report Generator (SARG) enables you to see your Squid users internet usage. SARG provides many informations about Squid users activities like times, bytes, sites, etc. This article will show you how to use SARG through Webmin, a web-based interface for administering Linux.

Installing Webmin and SARG

1. Add the RPMforge repository into Yum. We will be getting the SARG RPM package for Red Hat/CentOS from RPMforge.

2. From a terminal window, type in the command below to install SARG.

yum install sarg

3. Install Webmin. After installing, login to Webmin. Webmin will enable us to control who gets access to the Squid reports. We will also have an easy to use web-based interface for configuring the report format.

4. Click Un-used modules in the side bar. Next click Squid Report Generator. We need to configure SARG so click module configuration.

5. Change the value of Full path to SARG configuration file to /etc/sarg/sarg.conf then click the Save.

Next time you need to use the Squid Report Generator, look for it under Servers instead of Un-used modules.

Generating a report

1. To generate a report, click the Generate Report Now button.

2. Next, click View completed report.

3. Click the latest generated report.

4. Review the generated report.

--from Linux Mail Server Setup and Howto Guide

Online Diagram Software and Flowchart Software - Gliffy

2011-02-13T15:41:00.003+08:00

Online Diagram Software and Flowchart Software - Gliffy
Need a replacement for your Visio software? Here's an online application where everything you need for illustrations, visualization and diagramming capabilities can be found from a single site.
It's a cloud application...
Well apparently, I just used some proprietary application such as Visio2007 when I'm using a Windows platform. But since most of the time I use Linux, I tend to use Dia which is also a good free application but not that as graphically smooth like Visio. Anyway, it doesn't really matter how it looks because my main purpose is to have a diagram for my analytical info and design. And until I found Gliffy which is I think its been there for quite sometime.

I made a sample layout for my trial period.

Convert AVI to MP4 in Fedora 14 Linux

2011-01-09T12:33:00.000+08:00

The Mplayer program includes a utility for converting multimedia from one format to another called MEncoder. The MEncoder utility can be used to convert AVI video files to the MP4 format from the command line. The resulting video can be played on Apple iPods and other handheld devices. The MP4 format is based on the Apple Quicktime container format. MP4 can contain audio only, or audio and video together. However, the standard is to use MP4 to refer to video files and M4A to refer to audio only files.
Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

* MPlayer, MEncoder

1.Download and install MPlayer through your distribution's software repository, or from the MPlayer website.
2.Open a terminal window.
3.Type the command "mencoder input.avi -o output.mp4 -oac copy -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mpeg1video -of mpeg" to convert the AVI video to MP4.
4.Type the command "mplayer output.mp4" to test the video.
5.Type the command "exit" to close the terminal session.

If you dant have Mplayer installed, just type in terminal
# yum install mplayer mencoder

(must be root to install)

Old schematics from my 10 year old backup

2011-01-08T20:38:00.000+08:00

I have here some of my old schematic diagrams which I compiled around 10 years ago. I have decided to post here as another copy from my angelfire.com account but in no particular order/details.

For those electronic enthusiast, you may find below classic diagrams useful on some of homebrew projects and repairs.

200W PC ATX Power Supply

35Amps, 13.8VDC Regulated Power Supply for HAM/Amateur Radio Enthusiast

Hi-Power Amplifier - Diect-Coupled railing output

Cruz Reunion 2011 (1-1-11) Video Clips

2011-01-02T09:53:00.003+08:00

A tribute to my family & relatives. 2011 New Year celebration at Uncle Boy's residence.

At the event *The Cruz Family*

Boy Cruz - Beth, PV & RG
Robert Cruz - Fely, Buddie & Roel with wife Tish
Rolly Cruz - Rica, Carol & Conrad

Librada Cruz (Lola Adang) - Mila Mendoza & Joel Mendoza with wife Mitch

Lian Siron Veloso & Toto Veloso

Tia Linda - Ayette & Nicole

GREETINGS to our love ones in the United States

The final version - exclusive directors cut by Lian Siron Veloso

Take 1-Ver.1 directed by Lian Siron Veloso

The videoke 'divas'

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

'Data Cap' - NTC's proposed data caps violate consumer rights, lawyer says

2010-12-30T18:30:00.007+08:00

I've been a 3G broadband user since 2007, and now such policy has to be materialized in-order to serve millions of user wirelessly.

If you observe those Blackberry users are kinda tech savvy fond of twitting and posting stats on FB and same with iPhone users, Smartphones has began since around +5 years ago and yet the real bandwidth which is capable of, can only be experienced smoothly right now.

Imagine how many users on mobile passing to all that microwave repeaters/cellsites with different comm-features (text, calls & internet) if without certain restrictions, real heavy net traffic can be experienced.

Although, in near future, much larger data bandwidth can be serve to us like HSPA, HSUPA & 4G.

Install Squirrel Mail on Ubuntu 10.04 server

2010-11-18T17:23:00.001+08:00

To install the SquirrelMail webmail client, run

aptitude install squirrelmail

Then create the following symlink...

ln -s /usr/share/squirrelmail/ /var/www/webmail

... and configure SquirrelMail:

squirrelmail-configure

We must tell SquirrelMail that we are using Courier-IMAP/-POP3:

SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
---------------------------------------------------------
Main Menu --
1. Organization Preferences
2. Server Settings
3. Folder Defaults
4. General Options
5. Themes
6. Address Books
7. Message of the Day (MOTD)
8. Plugins
9. Database
10. Languages

D. Set pre-defined settings for specific IMAP servers

C Turn color on
S Save data
Q Quit

Command >> <-- D

SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php
---------------------------------------------------------
While we have been building SquirrelMail, we have discovered some
preferences that work better with some servers that don't work so
well with others. If you select your IMAP server, this option will
set some pre-defined settings for that server.

Please note that you will still need to go through and make sure
everything is correct. This does not change everything. There are
only a few settings that this will change.

Please select your IMAP server:
bincimap = Binc IMAP server
courier = Courier IMAP server
cyrus = Cyrus IMAP server
dovecot = Dovecot Secure IMAP server
exchange = Microsoft Exchange IMAP server
hmailserver = hMailServer
macosx = Mac OS X Mailserver
mercury32 = Mercury/32
uw = University of Washington's IMAP server
gmail = IMAP access to Google mail (Gmail) accounts

quit = Do not change anything
Command >> <-- courier

SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php
---------------------------------------------------------
While we have been building SquirrelMail, we have discovered some
preferences that work better with some servers that don't work so
well with others. If you select your IMAP server, this option will
set some pre-defined settings for that server.

Please note that you will still need to go through and make sure
everything is correct. This does not change everything. There are
only a few settings that this will change.

Please select your IMAP server:
bincimap = Binc IMAP server
courier = Courier IMAP server
cyrus = Cyrus IMAP server
dovecot = Dovecot Secure IMAP server
exchange = Microsoft Exchange IMAP server
hmailserver = hMailServer
macosx = Mac OS X Mailserver
mercury32 = Mercury/32
uw = University of Washington's IMAP server

quit = Do not change anything
Command >> courier

imap_server_type = courier
default_folder_prefix = INBOX.
trash_folder = Trash
sent_folder = Sent
draft_folder = Drafts
show_prefix_option = false
default_sub_of_inbox = false
show_contain_subfolders_option = false
optional_delimiter = .
delete_folder = true

Press any key to continue... <-- ENTER

SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
---------------------------------------------------------
Main Menu --
1. Organization Preferences
2. Server Settings
3. Folder Defaults
4. General Options
5. Themes
6. Address Books
7. Message of the Day (MOTD)
8. Plugins
9. Database
10. Languages

D. Set pre-defined settings for specific IMAP servers

C Turn color on
S Save data
Q Quit

Command >> <-- S

SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
---------------------------------------------------------
Main Menu --
1. Organization Preferences
2. Server Settings
3. Folder Defaults
4. General Options
5. Themes
6. Address Books
7. Message of the Day (MOTD)
8. Plugins
9. Database
10. Languages

D. Set pre-defined settings for specific IMAP servers

C Turn color on
S Save data
Q Quit

Command >> S

Data saved in config.php
Press enter to continue... <-- ENTER

SquirrelMail Configuration : Read: config.php (1.4.0)
---------------------------------------------------------
Main Menu --
1. Organization Preferences
2. Server Settings
3. Folder Defaults
4. General Options
5. Themes
6. Address Books
7. Message of the Day (MOTD)
8. Plugins
9. Database
10. Languages

D. Set pre-defined settings for specific IMAP servers

C Turn color on
S Save data
Q Quit

Command >> <-- Q

Afterwards you can access SquirrelMail under http://server1.example.com/webmail or http://192.168.0.100/webmail:

How to add a user to the sudoers list

2010-11-15T13:20:00.001+08:00

How to add a user to the sudoers list? Beleive it or not, this is a fairly common question and in all reality the answer is quite simple. Adding a user to the sudoers list on a fully installed Linux system such as Debian is only possible via the command visudo. Users in the sudoers list are allowed the privileges to run commands and open files as the root user. In the following quick tutorial, we will show you how adding a new sudoer is quickly done.

How to add a user to the sudoers list:

Open a Root Terminal and type visudo (to access and edit the list)
Using the up/down arrows, navigate to the bottom of the sudoers file that is now displayed in the terminal
Just under the line that looks like the following:

root ALL=(ALL) ALL

Add the following (replacing user with your actual username):

user ALL=(ALL) ALL

Now press Ctrl+X and press Y when promted to save

That's it, your new user now has root privileges!

Example Sudoers Screenshot:

My old server room

2010-11-06T21:38:00.001+08:00

Back in 2004, this is my training grounds after my contract in Toshiba as ISG data center support. I am the MIS assistant of a multi-national company that has four branches located in different areas in Laguna. I was stationed on their logistics head quarters in laguna technopark.

My network hosts 3 branches, we are the 4th and act as main host provider to Binan, Cabuyao and Calamba factories; all branches interconnected via private leased line. We have ATM direct network from HK and VPN's serving VoIP phones between HK, UK and PH.

It was a very simple network consisting one primary domain controller (windows 2000 server), and four mail servers running POP3 iMAIL.

My main network head units consists of cisco routers/catalyst, HP/Compaq server, 3com and Cisco layer 3switches and few Nokia modems. Cisco configs is the hardest part when we started with the setups.

I have here a short video that was taken secretly before it goes for rehabilitation and shelve it in a ventilated cabinets.

Firesheep

2010-10-31T21:42:00.001+08:00

<...from codebutler...>

When logging into a website you usually start by submitting your username and password. The server then checks to see if an account matching this information exists and if so, replies back to you with a "cookie" which is used by your browser for all subsequent requests.

It's extremely common for websites to protect your password by encrypting the initial login, but surprisingly uncommon for websites to encrypt everything else. This leaves the cookie (and the user) vulnerable. HTTP session hijacking (sometimes called "sidejacking") is when an attacker gets a hold of a user's cookie, allowing them to do anything the user can do on a particular website. On an open wireless network, cookies are basically shouted through the air, making these attacks extremely easy.

This is a widely known problem that has been talked about to death, yet very popular websites continue to fail at protecting their users. The only effective fix for this problem is full end-to-end encryption, known on the web as HTTPS or SSL. Facebook is constantly rolling out new "privacy" features in an endless attempt to quell the screams of unhappy users, but what's the point when someone can just take over an account entirely? Twitter forced all third party developers to use OAuth then immediately released (and promoted) a new version of their insecure website. When it comes to user privacy, SSL is the elephant in the room.

Today at Toorcon 12 I announced the release of Firesheep, a Firefox extension designed to demonstrate just how serious this problem is.

After installing the extension you'll see a new sidebar. Connect to any busy open wifi network and click the big "Start Capturing" button. Then wait.

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As soon as anyone on the network visits an insecure website known to Firesheep, their name and photo will be displayed:

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Double-click on someone, and you're instantly logged in as them.

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That's it.

Firesheep is free, open source, and is available now for Mac OS X and Windows. Linux support is on the way.

Websites have a responsibility to protect the people who depend on their services. They've been ignoring this responsibility for too long, and it's time for everyone to demand a more secure web. My hope is that Firesheep will help the users win.

the conkevian-project

2010-10-27T13:44:00.009+08:00

test of ubuntu server (lucid) configured on LAMP and Drupal6 for CMS testings and feature sampling.

Visit "the conkevian-project" at http://conrad.ddns.info/conkevian

Conrad Cruz invited you to Dropbox

2010-10-11T12:57:00.002+08:00

Conrad Cruz wants you to use Dropbox to sync and share files online and across computers.

Get started here.

- The Dropbox Team

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