Tomato Firmware | polarcloud.com

Tomato Firmware | polarcloud.com
Tomato is a small, lean and simple replacement firmware for Linksys WRT54G/GL/GS, Buffalo WHR-G54S/WHR-HP-G54 and other Broadcom-based routers. It features a new easy to use GUI, a new bandwidth usage monitor, more advanced QOS and access restrictions, enables new wireless features such as WDS and wireless client modes, raises the limits on maximum connections for P2P, allows you to run your custom scripts or telnet/ssh in and do all sorts of things like re-program the SES/AOSS button, adds wireless site survey to see your wifi neighbors, and more.

The Mad Philosopher » ssh keep-alive tip

The Mad Philosopher » ssh keep-alive tip
ssh keep-alive tip

Whenever I login remotely to my machine in Canada, the ssh session dies after a while if I don’t actively type something. This is not the server timing out, but rather the TCP connection hanging. Figuring out a way to keep sending it keystrokes automatically is beyond my ability, but I found out that I could just have it send me data continually, and that works just as well to keep the terminal session alive. The following Bourne Shell loop works:

> while date ; do sleep 10 ; done

This just prints the date and time to my terminal every 10 seconds. At any time, I can interrupt it with a CTRL-C and continue to use the session. So now you know.

Customize the iDVD background Apple Logo – macosxhints.com

macosxhints.com – Customize the iDVD background Apple Logo
As you may know, iDVD includes (by default) the Apple logo watermark on your DVD. You can disable this in the General section of iDVD’s preferences. In my case, however, I wanted the watermark, but I didn’t want it to be the Apple logo. Here’s how to change it (you’ll need the Developer Tools installed to do this):

1. Quit iDVD if it’s running, then make a backup of the iDVD.app program.
2. Control-click on iDVD.app in the Finder, and choose Show Package Contents from the pop-up menu.
3. Navigate into Contents/Resources.
4. Edit the file watermark.tif to your satisfaction, retaining the pretty translucency.
5. Open Watermark.qtz by double-clicking on the file; it should open in Quartz Composer.
6. Click on the patch that says Watermark.
7. Click on Patch Inspector in the Toolbar, then choose Settings.
8. Import the watermark.tif file you just edited.
9. Save the file and restart iDVD.

I had to restart iDVD several times, but eventually, the Apple logo was replaced with with my own translucent background logo.

Wfuzz – A Tool for Bruteforcing/Fuzzing Web Applications | Darknet – The Darkside

Wfuzz – A Tool for Bruteforcing/Fuzzing Web Applications | Darknet – The Darkside
Wfuzz is a tool designed for bruteforcing Web Applications, it can be used for finding resources not linked directories, servlets, scripts, etc, bruteforce GET and POST parameters for checking different kind of injections SQL, XSS, LDAP,etc, bruteforce Forms parameters User/Password, Fuzzing,etc.

As heard on the pauldotcom.com podcast.

Maltego – Paterva: A new train of thought

Maltego – Paterva: A new train of thought
Maltego is a program that can be used to determine the relationships and real world links between:

People
Groups of people (social networks)
Companies
Organizations
Web sites
Internet infrastructure such as:

Domains
DNS names
Netblocks
IP addresses

Phrases
Affiliations
Documents and files

These entities are linked using open source intelligence.

Maltego is easy and quick to install – it uses Java, so it runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.

Maltego provides you with a graphical interface that makes seeing these relationships instant and accurate – making it possible to see hidden connections.

Using the graphical user interface (GUI) you can see relationships easily – even if they are three or four degrees of separation away.

Maltego is unique because it uses a powerful, flexible framework that makes customizing possible. As such, Maltego can be adapted to your own, unique requirements.

Nobody learns if nothing is brok3n: Turning a dmg into an iso

Nobody learns if nothing is brok3n: Turning a dmg into an iso

Here is how you turn a dmg into an iso on OS X:

1. Open a terminal.
2. cd into the directory where the dmg is located
3. Type this in where newfile is the name of the iso you want, and yourfilename.dmg is the dmg

hdiutil makehybrid -iso -o newfile.iso yourfilename.dmg

This was found by cbro and erasei on #macosx on efnet a long time ago.

Microsuck | Microsofts Really Hidden Files

Microsuck | Microsofts Really Hidden Files
There are folders on your computer that Microsoft has tried hard to keep secret. Within these folders you will find two major things: Microsoft Internet Explorer has not been clearing your browsing history after you have instructed it to do so, and Microsofts Outlook Express has not been deleting your e-mail correspondence after youve erased them from your Deleted Items bin. This also includes all incoming and outgoing file attachments. And believe me, thats not even the half of it.

When I say these files are hidden well, I really mean it. If you dont have any knowledge of DOS then dont plan on finding these files on your own. I say this because these files/folders wont be displayed in Windows Explorer at all — only DOS. Even after you have enabled Windows Explorer to “show all files.” And to top it off, the only way to find them in DOS is if you knew the exact location of them. Basically, what Im saying is if you didnt know the files existed then the chances of you running across them is slim to slimmer.

Apache .htaccess tweaking tutorial at Vortexmind

Apache .htaccess tweaking tutorial at Vortexmind: free your mind
In this tutorial we are going to improve our website by tweaking out the .htaccess file. Why I wrote this article? Because on the net I have found many articles about this little beast, but every one of them dealt with a specific issue and not look at the overall usage of these files, or they are just too big when you need to do a thing in little time. So I’m trying to collect all the useful bits of data in a monolithic but slim tutorial, which will be updated as I collect more information. But first, let’s see what .htaccess file is…

MacDevCenter.com — A mini Mac Solution

MacDevCenter.com — A mini Mac Solution
by Rich Morin, Vicki Brown
02/13/2007

Apple promotes Mac OS X Server as its solution for data centers. However, “vanilla” Mac OS X performs quite adequately for small e.g., SOHO servers. This article discusses the server transition we made at cfcl.com from a FreeBSD-based PC to an OSX-based Mac mini.

Hackers Dissect Apple TV to Create the Cheapest Mac Ever

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Inside the Apple TV

Apple TV is dead, long live the Mac Nano. Sort of.

Just two weeks after Apple released its streaming media box to the public, hackers successfully installed OS X, Apple’s desktop operating system, on the $300 device, making it the cheapest PC Cupertino has ever sold.

“The breakthrough is done, OS X runs on Apple TV!” wrote “Semthex,” the anonymous hacker responsible for the mod, at his website. “Now we got (the) low-budget Mac we ever wanted.”

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