Comments for twinturbo.org http://twinturbo.org learn the basics about computer security and privacy Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:05:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Creepy intern at work… hilarity ensues (pics and vid) by Jon http://twinturbo.org/offtopic/creepy-intern-at-work/#comment-1226 Jon Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:32:21 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/?p=957#comment-1226 Break took down the video :( Break took down the video :(

]]> Comment on Creepy intern at work… hilarity ensues (pics and vid) by the coolest nerd » Creepy intern at work… hilarity ensues (pics and vid) http://twinturbo.org/offtopic/creepy-intern-at-work/#comment-1191 the coolest nerd » Creepy intern at work… hilarity ensues (pics and vid) Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:57:13 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/?p=957#comment-1191 [...] Click here to read more [...] [...] Click here to read more [...]

]]> Comment on Creepy intern at work… hilarity ensues (pics and vid) by Chiz http://twinturbo.org/offtopic/creepy-intern-at-work/#comment-1190 Chiz Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:51:48 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/?p=957#comment-1190 Oh man, incredible. I WISH something this hilarious would happen at my office. Oh man, incredible. I WISH something this hilarious would happen at my office.

]]> Comment on HOWTO: Defeat Sealed PDFs, A DRM Nightmare by ZeroKool http://twinturbo.org/security/sealed-pdf/#comment-1188 ZeroKool Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:42:55 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/2008/02/08/sealed-pdf/#comment-1188 These are all great ways to do it. But for those of you who were unsuccessful in the previous two attempts like poor ole me, I found yet another way, the only catch is that you have to have Microsoft One Note. Save the SPDF into OneNote and you can thus save it from there to .doc . Ive tried both of the above on my E-Book in Vista SP1, yet it failed to let me save it in an usecure way. Oracle Corporation is what secures my docs and possible everyone else, so i had the most secure document encryption. Mine wouldn't even open until i provide a specific algorithm code. -- Thanks "I love the internet, filled with beautiful minds that share ideas. This is great! " -Maximus These are all great ways to do it. But for those of you who were unsuccessful in the previous two attempts like poor ole me, I found yet another way, the only catch is that you have to have Microsoft One Note. Save the SPDF into OneNote and you can thus save it from there to .doc . Ive tried both of the above on my E-Book in Vista SP1, yet it failed to let me save it in an usecure way.

Oracle Corporation is what secures my docs and possible everyone else, so i had the most secure document encryption. Mine wouldn’t even open until i provide a specific algorithm code.
–

Thanks

“I love the internet, filled with beautiful minds that share ideas. This is great! ” -Maximus

]]> Comment on Creepy intern at work… hilarity ensues (pics and vid) by Creepy intern gets spied on and owned - Mazdaspeed Forums http://twinturbo.org/offtopic/creepy-intern-at-work/#comment-1186 Creepy intern gets spied on and owned - Mazdaspeed Forums Tue, 15 Jul 2008 19:41:03 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/?p=957#comment-1186 [...] I am not the one who took the pictures or wrote the commentary, the original can be found here: Creepy intern at work… hilarity ensues (pics and vid) | twinturbo.org --scroll to bottom for cliffs-- First off, I never thought I would be the one telling one of [...] [...] I am not the one who took the pictures or wrote the commentary, the original can be found here: Creepy intern at work… hilarity ensues (pics and vid) | twinturbo.org –scroll to bottom for cliffs– First off, I never thought I would be the one telling one of [...]

]]> Comment on Creepy intern at work… hilarity ensues (pics and vid) by crazybenf http://twinturbo.org/offtopic/creepy-intern-at-work/#comment-1185 crazybenf Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:10:22 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/?p=957#comment-1185 hahaha. well done. hahaha. well done.

]]> Comment on HOWTO: Use The Private Photobucket Exploit by devin http://twinturbo.org/how-to/private-photobucket-exploit/#comment-1184 devin Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:52:35 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/?p=945#comment-1184 its fixed no need to try this one its patched its fixed no need to try this one its patched

]]> Comment on Denial-of-coffee attacks affect networked coffee maker by bannarricky http://twinturbo.org/vulnerabilities/denial-of-coffee-attacks-affect-networked-coffee-maker/#comment-1176 bannarricky Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:00:17 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/?p=887#comment-1176 tests time mashine tests time mashine

]]> Comment on HOWTO: Making a USB Key Bootable in Linux by Jerry Geis http://twinturbo.org/linux/bootable-usb-drive/#comment-1160 Jerry Geis Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:57:03 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/2008/02/19/bootable-usb-drive/#comment-1160 I have been a long time linux user and would appreciate a little clarification on using usbboot1 and usbboot2. I looked at my debian netinst.iso and I see no suck files. Can you send me a little more details about the last steps when using usbboot1 and usbboot2. Thanks, Jerry I have been a long time linux user and would appreciate
a little clarification on using usbboot1 and usbboot2.

I looked at my debian netinst.iso and I see no suck files.

Can you send me a little more details about the last steps
when using usbboot1 and usbboot2.

Thanks,

Jerry

]]> Comment on Unlinker: An Extremely Helpful Firefox Add-On by Jay http://twinturbo.org/firefox/unlinker/#comment-1157 Jay Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:37:01 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/2008/02/06/unlinker/#comment-1157 I've liked Unlinker since before it was on AMO, but I've been running into one problem that just irritates the hell out of me. And there's no place to report bugs. Unlinker, when turning Youtube URLs into links, has two issues: 1. If the URL is *already* an href, it shouldn't be touched at all. 2. It sets the link text to black regardless of the background color of the page. This has caused me numerous problems when I'm reading a page with a black background and suddenly the embedded youtube links are no longer visible. Unlinker shouldn't be applying any special styles to anchor tags - it should be using the page default, whatever that may be. I’ve liked Unlinker since before it was on AMO, but I’ve been running into one problem that just irritates the hell out of me. And there’s no place to report bugs.

Unlinker, when turning Youtube URLs into links, has two issues:
1. If the URL is *already* an href, it shouldn’t be touched at all.
2. It sets the link text to black regardless of the background color of the page. This has caused me numerous problems when I’m reading a page with a black background and suddenly the embedded youtube links are no longer visible.

Unlinker shouldn’t be applying any special styles to anchor tags - it should be using the page default, whatever that may be.

]]> Comment on HOWTO: Linux Crontab syntax, setup, and help by D.Ksyte http://twinturbo.org/linux/crontab-syntax-setup-help/#comment-1149 D.Ksyte Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:13:29 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/linux/crontab-syntax-setup-help/#comment-1149 Anyone involved with cron job scheduling might find this resource useful. Cron Sandbox at HxPI is an interactive webpage where you can play with crontab command strings. Enter your 'm h D M Dw' parameters and immediately see all the times cron would run your job in the coming days/weeks. Newcomers to cron job scheduling get a safe place to learn crontab commands and try examples from tutorials. System Administrators get a forward schedule to help manage system loading. www.hxpi.com/cron_sandbox.php Anyone involved with cron job scheduling might find this resource useful.
Cron Sandbox at HxPI is an interactive webpage where you can play with crontab command strings.
Enter your ‘m h D M Dw’ parameters and immediately see all the times cron would run your job in the coming days/weeks.
Newcomers to cron job scheduling get a safe place to learn crontab commands and try examples from tutorials.
System Administrators get a forward schedule to help manage system loading.
http://www.hxpi.com/cron_sandbox.php

]]> Comment on Top 25 Temporary and Disposable Email Services by anon http://twinturbo.org/privacy/temporary-disposable-email/#comment-1148 anon Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:53:25 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/2008/03/13/temporary-disposable-email/#comment-1148 Ever heard of litedrop?? No signup, rss feeds, easy access, very nice clean and fast! www.litedrop.com Anyway I just use this if some website want me to register just to get information from their website lol :D and yeah, litedrop can reply too. Ever heard of litedrop?? No signup, rss feeds, easy access, very nice clean and fast!
http://www.litedrop.com

Anyway I just use this if some website want me to register just to get information from their website lol :D and yeah, litedrop can reply too.

]]> Comment on HOWTO: Back Up and Restore Your MySQL Database by Kliment Stefanov http://twinturbo.org/how-to/backing-up-and-restoring-your-mysql-database/#comment-1144 Kliment Stefanov Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:57:51 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/2008/03/28/backing-up-and-restoring-your-mysql-database/#comment-1144 Well.. it didn't. And again: <code> mysqldump -u_user_ -p_pass_ –databases _dbname_ > _dbname_.sql mysql -u_user_ -p_pass_ < _dbname_.sql </code> Well.. it didn’t. And again:

mysqldump -u_user_ -p_pass_ –databases _dbname_ > _dbname_.sql
mysql -u_user_ -p_pass_ < _dbname_.sql

]]> Comment on HOWTO: Back Up and Restore Your MySQL Database by Kliment Stefanov http://twinturbo.org/how-to/backing-up-and-restoring-your-mysql-database/#comment-1143 Kliment Stefanov Sat, 07 Jun 2008 21:53:10 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/2008/03/28/backing-up-and-restoring-your-mysql-database/#comment-1143 Hmm... The form submission script stripped parts of the code from my previous post. Here is the sequence again with '_' instead of '> .sql mysql -u_user_ -p_pass_ < _dbname_.sql Hmm…

The form submission script stripped parts of the code from my previous post. Here is the sequence again with ‘_’ instead of ‘> .sql
mysql -u_user_ -p_pass_ < _dbname_.sql

]]> Comment on HOWTO: Back Up and Restore Your MySQL Database by Kliment Stefanov http://twinturbo.org/how-to/backing-up-and-restoring-your-mysql-database/#comment-1142 Kliment Stefanov Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:33:05 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/2008/03/28/backing-up-and-restoring-your-mysql-database/#comment-1142 Not specifying the option --databases in mysqldump will not add the CREATE DATABASE into the output.sql file. In addition, if you add the name of the database to the command line when restoring the database, will result in the following error: ERROR 1049 (42000): Unknown database 'db_name'. The correct sequence is: mysqldump -u -p --databases > .sql mysql -u -p < .sql Cheers, Pimmy Not specifying the option –databases in mysqldump will not add the CREATE DATABASE into the output.sql file.

In addition, if you add the name of the database to the command line when restoring the database, will result in the following error:
ERROR 1049 (42000): Unknown database ‘db_name’.

The correct sequence is:
mysqldump -u -p –databases > .sql
mysql -u -p < .sql

Cheers,

Pimmy

]]> Comment on Ohh, the irony… Microsoft says “Safari isn’t safe on Windows” by Rob http://twinturbo.org/microsoft/ohh-the-irony-microsoft-says-safari-isnt-safe-on-windows/#comment-1134 Rob Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:28:50 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/?p=823#comment-1134 Microsoft releasing a security alert is something of an oxymoron; especially in regards to browsers. It's interesting to see one of the best browsers on the internet have such problems when migrating to Windows, yet Apple gets the blame. Microsoft releasing a security alert is something of an oxymoron; especially in regards to browsers. It’s interesting to see one of the best browsers on the internet have such problems when migrating to Windows, yet Apple gets the blame.

]]> Comment on Vulnerability in Debian OpenSSL could allow attackers to decrypt “secure” Web sessions by Vulnerability in Debian OpenSSL could allow attackers to decrypt … http://twinturbo.org/security/vulnerability-in-debian-openssl-could-allow-attackers-to-decrypt-secure-web-sessions/#comment-1130 Vulnerability in Debian OpenSSL could allow attackers to decrypt … Wed, 28 May 2008 18:17:30 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/?p=802#comment-1130 [...] View original post here: Vulnerability in Debian OpenSSL could allow attackers to decrypt … [...] [...] View original post here: Vulnerability in Debian OpenSSL could allow attackers to decrypt … [...]

]]> Comment on OLPC to scrap Linux for Windows by desinformado http://twinturbo.org/linux/olpc-to-scrap-linux-for-windows/#comment-1129 desinformado Fri, 23 May 2008 12:41:52 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/linux/olpc-to-scrap-linux-for-windows/#comment-1129 The real deal behind offering a free OS to the OLPC project is that there is a BIG string attatched to the project, when those children become men there will be easier for them to choose Windows instead of linux because they grew up using windows. It is a little brainwash, a small investment from Microsoft that in the end won't help others than them.... Apple tried the same thing but was rejected for linux and now Microsoft made the right move, take advantage of the stumbling project, provided fresh cash and a "free OS". This is a corporate world, everything is negotiable. The real deal behind offering a free OS to the OLPC project is that there is a BIG string attatched to the project, when those children become men there will be easier for them to choose Windows instead of linux because they grew up using windows. It is a little brainwash, a small investment from Microsoft that in the end won’t help others than them….

Apple tried the same thing but was rejected for linux and now Microsoft made the right move, take advantage of the stumbling project, provided fresh cash and a “free OS”.

This is a corporate world, everything is negotiable.

]]> Comment on HOWTO: Defeat Sealed PDFs, A DRM Nightmare by Great http://twinturbo.org/security/sealed-pdf/#comment-1102 Great Tue, 13 May 2008 20:00:11 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/2008/02/08/sealed-pdf/#comment-1102 Hi! Thanks for the solution provided. Just hate the crappy SPDF documents and all their limitations. Tried the alternate method mentioned here. Did not get it to work as smoothly as described here though. Had a large SPDF document (about 600 pages) and when I tried to write it to a XPS document it stopped at 536 pages and left me an error. The solution was to make two prints, creating two XPS documents, 300 pages each, and made two PDF documents with pdfcreator. A million times better than the SPDF document anyway. Thanks! Hi!

Thanks for the solution provided. Just hate the crappy SPDF documents and all their limitations. Tried the alternate method mentioned here. Did not get it to work as smoothly as described here though. Had a large SPDF document (about 600 pages) and when I tried to write it to a XPS document it stopped at 536 pages and left me an error. The solution was to make two prints, creating two XPS documents, 300 pages each, and made two PDF documents with pdfcreator. A million times better than the SPDF document anyway. Thanks!

]]> Comment on HOWTO: Defeat Sealed PDFs, A DRM Nightmare by alternate methods http://twinturbo.org/security/sealed-pdf/#comment-1093 alternate methods Fri, 09 May 2008 22:26:15 +0000 http://twinturbo.org/2008/02/08/sealed-pdf/#comment-1093 For those searching for the answer to this nightmare... (Like I had been) This was a great document... However, I found what I think is a simpler solution (i.e. all completed in one XP device) Open your spdf and print it to the "Microsoft XPS Document Writer"... It will open a dialog box asking where to save the document... Then it will render a .XPS document in that location... Then you will be able to open the docuement with an XPS viewer... Open it... And print the document to your desired .pdf creation utility (I used pdfcreator)... Tried almost every other method to no avail... This works! It even cut the .pdf file down to 1/2 the size of the .spdf document!!! Only follow up thing to do is open your Printers and Faxes>Microsoft XPS Document Writer... then delete out the "print job" that it has left there in an error state... For those searching for the answer to this nightmare… (Like I had been)

This was a great document…

However, I found what I think is a simpler solution (i.e. all completed in one XP device)

Open your spdf and print it to the “Microsoft XPS Document Writer”… It will open a dialog box asking where to save the document… Then it will render a .XPS document in that location… Then you will be able to open the docuement with an XPS viewer… Open it… And print the document to your desired .pdf creation utility (I used pdfcreator)… Tried almost every other method to no avail… This works! It even cut the .pdf file down to 1/2 the size of the .spdf document!!!

Only follow up thing to do is open your Printers and Faxes>Microsoft XPS Document Writer… then delete out the “print job” that it has left there in an error state…

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