The Net Age

Receive, store and read SMS messages on Jailbroken iPad

2010-08-12T20:51:00.003+01:00

I have managed to find the secret combination of AT commands [1] that will allow you to save an incoming message to the SIM card and then you can read it on the iPad.

You will need the following commands in order to receive SMS to the SIM card.

at
at+cmgf=1
at+cnmi=0,1,0,0,0
at+cpms="SM","SM","SM"
at+cmgl="ALL"

You can make use of the sendmodem [2] code to make life easier. You can use minicom too!

Example:
./sendmodem at
./sendmodem at+cmgf=1
./sendmodem at+cnmi=0,1,0,0,0
./sendmodem at+cpms=\"SM\",\"SM\",\"SM\"
./sendmodem at+cmgl=\"ALL\"

Known problems:
There is an awful time out issue. To start this process you will need to './sendmodem at' until you get OK and then quickly send the rest of the commands.

Enjoy!

Refs:

[1] - GSM AT Commands example (good ref really) - http://www.arcelect.com/GSM%20Developer%20Guide%20-%20GSM%20AT%20Commands%20-%20Rev%20%20A.pdf

[2] - sendmodem - http://code.google.com/p/iphone-elite/wiki/sendmodem

my Tzatziki (ingredients: UK version)

2009-07-03T18:15:00.003+01:00

4 people
Total (Fage) 250g (half of the 500g) or thick greek style yogurt - Tesco and Makro stocks it
half a cucumber
3 spoonfuls of Olive oil (add a bit more if you wish, taste)
2 spoonfuls of red vinegar (optional, adds a different taste)
a pinch or two of salt (to taste)
a pinch of black pepper
2 cloves of garlic (add more to make stronger, or less to make weaker)

8 people
Total (Fage) 500g or thick greek style yogurt - Tesco and Makro stocks it
5 spoonfuls of Olive oil (add a bit more if you wish, taste)
3 spoonfuls of red vinegar (optional, adds a different taste)
a whole cucumber
a pinch or two or or three or four of salt (to taste)
a pinch of black pepper
4 cloves of garlic (add more to make stronger, or less to make weaker)

Instructions:

Wash the out side of cucumber and grate it on the thick option of the grater with the skin (if you like you can remove the skin, up to you).
Place in a drainer (paste drainer, with small holes) spread it out and add some salt to help remove the water from the cucumber. Leave it for 10 to 15 min to drain. Then given it a mix and squeeze out any remaining water (ironic as cucumber is mainly water).
In a bowl add the grated cucumber and Total yogurt, Olive oil, red vinegar (optional), on the small side of the grater grate the garlic in and mix it all. Take care of the olive oil when mixing it in with the yogurt. Finally add pinch of salt and pepper to taste.

Try some with a small spoon and adjust ingredients accordingly.

Eat with pita bread, normal bread,
or as a side to red meat, steaks, skewered meat, pork, chips (french fries), BBQ meat.

Enjoy!

PayPal Express Encrypted Button - simple!

2008-06-22T21:10:00.004+01:00

Welcome to PayPal Express Encrypted Button made easy post!

Ok, you want to make a simple encrypted PayPal Button!

This is not easy as there is poor php support by PayPal. Sure there is Stellar Web Solutions Encrypted Button and a bit of information on PayPal's site on Encrypted Buttons which includes either a static button creation or the use of Encrypted Website Payments (EWP) for very advanced users(users of C#, Java and .NET).

Here I will provide a full PHP working example that does not require OpenSSL (e.g,Stellar Web Solution) as a third party package. I have used the code from the Encrypted Website Payments plugin module by Harald Ponce de Leon for OSCommerce.com:

Things you need before hand:

1.Open a Paypal Sandbox account at the Developers Site https://developer.paypal.com/
2.Create Test Certificates (Buy when required!) Info: https://www.paypal.com/IntegrationCenter/ic_button-encryption.html
3.After you upload your Cert and get your Cert ID add it to your PHP page and anything else that is required.
4.Finally make sure your PHP server supports OpenSSL and the OpenSSL functions (e.g., openssl_pkcs7_encrypt())

5.Yes, that is it ! I hope ...good luck!

Download link to PHP file(remove .txt extension) or the partial code bellow (the HTML is missing):


--------------PHP CUT FROM HERE-------------------------------

/*
  $Id: payme.php 1000 2008-05-19 18:16:37Z hpdl $
  Some code taken from osCommerce, Open Source 
  E-Commerce Solutions
  http://www.oscommerce.com
  Copyright (c) 2008 osCommerce
  
  and 
  Harald Ponce de Leon 
  
  and 
  Sample PayPal Button Encryption: Copyright 2006,2007 StellarWebSolutions.com
  Not for resale - license agreement at
  http://www.stellarwebsolutions.com/en/eula.php
  
  Copyright (c) 2008 s1m0n3.org
  

  Released under the GNU General Public License
*/

// private key file to use
$MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_PRIVATE_KEY = "prvkey.pem";

// public certificate file to use
$MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_PUBLIC_KEY = "pubcert.pem";

// Paypal's public certificate
$MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_PAYPAL_KEY = "paypal_cert.pem";

// Your Paypal business email
$MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_ID='yourPayPalBussEmail@hotmail.com';

// CERT ID FROM PAYPAL. Check Step 2. Uploading Your Public Certificate at
//     https://www.paypal.com/IntegrationCenter/ic_button-encryption.html
$MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_CERT_ID = 'ZZ1Z1ZZ11ZZZ1ZZZ';

// a temporary folder required to create the encrypted files (check server permissions).
$MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_WORKING_DIRECTORY='tmp';
 
// edit the array bellow as required. When done move to the HTML area at the bottom.
$form = array('cmd' => '_xclick',
        'business' => $MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_ID,
        'cert_id' => $MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_CERT_ID,
        'lc' => 'GB',
        'custom' => 'test',
        'invoice' => '',
        'currency_code' => 'GBP',
        'no_shipping' => '1',
        'item_name' => 'Cool USB Mouse',
        'item_number' => '1',
 'amount' => '10'
 );

$encrypted = paypal_encrypt($form);

function paypal_encrypt($hash)
{
 global $MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_PRIVATE_KEY;
 global $MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_PUBLIC_KEY;
 global $MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_PAYPAL_KEY;
 global $MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_ID;
 global $MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_WORKING_DIRECTORY;
 global $OPENSSL;

 if (!file_exists($MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_PRIVATE_KEY)) {
  echo "ERROR: MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_PRIVATE_KEY $MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_PRIVATE_KEY not found\n";
 }
 if (!file_exists($MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_PUBLIC_KEY)) {
  echo "ERROR: MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_PUBLIC_KEY $MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_PUBLIC_KEY not found\n";
 }
 if (!file_exists($MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_PAYPAL_KEY)) {
  echo "ERROR: MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_PAYPAL_KEY $MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_PAYPAL_KEY not found\n";
 }

 $customer_id = 'paypal';
    $random_string = rand(100000, 999999) . '-' . $customer_id . '-';

 
    $data = '';
    reset($hash);
    while (list($key, $value) = each($hash)) {
      $data .= $key . '=' . $value . "\n";
    }
// echo $data;
 
    $fp = fopen($MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_WORKING_DIRECTORY . '/' . $random_string . 'data.txt', 'w');
    fwrite($fp, $data);
    fclose($fp);

    unset($data);
  

    if (function_exists('openssl_pkcs7_sign') && function_exists('openssl_pkcs7_encrypt')) {
     openssl_pkcs7_sign($MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_WORKING_DIRECTORY . '/' . $random_string . 'data.txt', $MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_WORKING_DIRECTORY . '/' . $random_string . 'signed.txt', file_get_contents($MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_PUBLIC_KEY), file_get_contents($MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_PRIVATE_KEY), array('From' => $MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_ID), PKCS7_BINARY);

        unlink($MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_WORKING_DIRECTORY . '/' . $random_string . 'data.txt');

// remove headers from the signature
        $signed = file_get_contents($MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_WORKING_DIRECTORY . '/' . $random_string . 'signed.txt');
        $signed = explode("\n\n", $signed);
        $signed = base64_decode($signed[1]);

        $fp = fopen($MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_WORKING_DIRECTORY . '/' . $random_string . 'signed.txt', 'w');
        fwrite($fp, $signed);
        fclose($fp);

        unset($signed);

        openssl_pkcs7_encrypt($MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_WORKING_DIRECTORY . '/' . $random_string . 'signed.txt', $MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_WORKING_DIRECTORY . '/' . $random_string . 'encrypted.txt', file_get_contents($MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_PAYPAL_KEY), array('From' => $MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_ID), PKCS7_BINARY);

        unlink($MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_WORKING_DIRECTORY . '/' . $random_string . 'signed.txt');

// remove headers from the encrypted result
        $data = file_get_contents($MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_WORKING_DIRECTORY . '/' . $random_string . 'encrypted.txt');
        $data = explode("\n\n", $data);
        $data = '-----BEGIN PKCS7-----' . "\n" . $data[1] . "\n" . '-----END PKCS7-----';

        unlink($MODULE_PAYMENT_PAYPAL_STANDARD_EWP_WORKING_DIRECTORY . '/' . $random_string . 'encrypted.txt');
    
  return $data;
 }
 return "ERROR";
};

// Edit HTML below here!
?> 

THE HTML HAS BEEN REMOVED GET THE TEXT FILE !!
--------------PHP CUT UNTIL HERE-------------------------------

ADSL Modem and Netgear Wireless router - comm. problems

2008-06-16T02:11:00.002+01:00

Let me explain in short the topology and then problem.

I have a ADSL2+ USRobotics 9112 Modem Ethernet/USB Router. It is connected, through ethernet to WAN, to a Netgear 54Mbps Wireless Router.

The problem: Every time there was a bit more traffic than normal, at unsuspected time the Internet was unreachable(as if it were disconnected). Further testing is required for me to go into details on what lights were turning to yellow and flashing... anyway... the many affect was the same.. no Internet until it reset its' self or you powered on and off the modem.

The solution: The solution that worked for me at least, was to lower the MTU Size. By default this is set to 1500. When I set it to 1492 the Netgear router would not talk with the ADSL modem and the link had a yellow led. When I lowered it again to 1450 'for PPTP connections' (as mentioned by Netgear help) everything worked again.

After a while with this setting (MTU Size at 1450), I can say that it has corrected the problem there have not been any problems with the Internet disconnecting or not operating for an known reasons.

Good luck!

Computer Browser (Network Browsing not working)

2007-06-12T22:30:00.000+01:00

After uninstalling Norton Internet Security 2006 from my machine, I was unable to view my Shared drives on my Local Network (Network Browsing was not working).

After looking and comparing the running Services I found that Computer Browser was missing. I tried a few solutions I found on the Internet. One person did recommend that Client for Microsoft Networks was missing.

So what I did was uninstalled Client for Microsoft Networks and File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks and re-installed them again after the reboot. This can be found from Local Area Connection -> Properties -> (Install-Client,Service)

You can guess, it worked!! Now why this happened after the removal of Norton I have no idea.

Blocking MSN ads

2006-12-14T16:57:00.000Z

UPDATE(20/06/2007) :

It is just easier to block rad.msn.com
The problem you might face is that this domain has several ip addresses associated with it.

Here is the list I came up with (list correct till 20/06/2007) :

65.54.195.185
65.54.194.118

207.68.178.12
207.68.178.16
207.68.178.56
207.68.178.61
207.68.178.134
207.68.178.153 - UPDATE (20/06/2007)
207.68.178.239
________________________________________________________

In order to block MSN ads block the following IP ranges (probably just for MSN, if you can specify it on your firewall):

EuroClick1:
193.149.47.32 - 193.149.47.62
or
193.149.47.32 / 255.255.255.224

EuroClick2:
193.149.47.128 - 193.149.47.255
or
193.149.47.128 / 255.255.255.128

Akamai Technologies:
84.53.134.1 - 84.53.137.255
or
84.53.134.0 / 255.255.252.0

Beware: there is a possibility that if you block these IPs in general some links and services will no work. Especially if they make use of AKAMAI

Mac OS X and linux progs. with fink

2005-09-21T00:02:00.000+01:00

If you have Mac OS X then you should also get FINK if you are into running open source programs on your Mac. Dont forget to test XDarwin (http://www.xdarwin.org/)

get FINK at:
http://fink.sourceforge.net/

A great explanation can be found here:
http://www.nbcs.rutgers.edu/newdocs/mac004/mac004.php3

Althought some changes have occured. Rootless is part of the new version of xfree86 so you just have to select it(xfree86) from the Finkcommander and it installs XDarwin.

Next move will be to find KDE - base system.

Dont forget add this:

. /sw/bin/init.sh
/sw/bin/startkde >/tmp/kde.log 2>&1

to the file .xinitrc in your home directory.

Windows Share in Apple Mac OS X

2005-08-16T10:51:00.000+01:00

Loading a Windows Share in Mac OS X. No it is not so hard as you would think. It took a while to find but in the end it works great.

mount_smbfs -W workgroup '//username@machineIpOrName/shareName' directoryToLoadIn

the operating system will create a link in the desktop and on the side of Finder. Eject as usual. directoryToLoadIn is not really used since a link is created although the folder must exist(yes, empty).

Apple Mac and processes

2005-08-15T21:55:00.000+01:00

I have killed and disabled these process that were eating my memory. They do not seam to impair any required functionality of the programs they are linked to.

Note: commence at your own risk. We take no responsibility what so ever.

Disable the iCalAlarmScheduler Process:

Open iCal
goto iCal->Preferences
and untick "Turn off alarms when iCal is not open"
that is it, the process will terminate on its own.

Disable iTunesHelper Process:

Open a terminal and do the following:

$ps -xww
$kill -9 TheProcessNumberForiTunesHelper
$cd "/Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/Resources/iTunesHelper.app/Contents/MacOS/"
$sudo chmod -wrx iTunesHelper

Disable Lexmark X73 process:

If you have a Lexmark X73 printer then the monitor uses the CPU and memory for no apparent reason.

Disable Lexmark X73 Monitor:

$ps -xww
$kill -9 TheProcessNumberForLexmarkX73Monitor
$cd "/Applications/Lexmark X73/X73 Scan & Copy.app/Contents/Monitor/"
$chmod -wrx "Lexmark X73 Monitor"

To return any of the disabled programs back to normal do a
$sudo chmod 775 TheFileName

Warning: You have been warned about messing with your Apple Mac.

Women and hand bags

2005-08-15T21:43:00.000+01:00

A while back I wrote about women and shoes. Well after a bit of discussion, it is not only shoes they are dangerously attracted to.

Yes, it is hand bags. Loads of hand bags, different colors, sizes and in whatever other weird way they might make them. They have to go with the clothing every time and one must not forget what they stuff in them.

It is funny usually they have nothing of use to a male subject (e.g. tissues)

So beware, shoes are not the only things to watch out when going out with you girlfriend.

Making Explorer do things before it opens.

2005-06-26T01:27:00.000+01:00

Making Explorer do things before it opens.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS NT\CURRENTVERSION\WINLOGON
SHELL (reg_sz) Value: Explorer.exe c:\windows\[run_file]

Remove image and media previews

2005-04-03T18:36:00.000+01:00

1) Open a command window (Start->Run, type in 'cmd' hit enter)
2) To remove image preview, type and hit enter
regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll
3) To readd image preview, type and hit enter
regsvr32 shimgvw.dll
4) To remove media preview, type and hit enter
regsvr32 /u shmedia.dll
5) To readd media preview, type and hit enter
regsvr32 shmedia.dll

Taken from: http://www.tweakxp.com/article140114.aspx

Resetting Password in linux

2005-03-28T23:28:00.000+01:00

How to reset your Linux (Suse) password:

boot -> Rescue -> Login:root -> cd mnt -> cd /etc pico passwd -> Root password = * -> save -> reboot

Ban what?

2005-02-27T07:40:00.000Z

http://banthebasics.keenspace.com/d/20010625.html

Do you Program?
http://banthebasics.keenspace.com/d/20010630.html

dns hijak

2005-01-10T01:51:00.000Z

http://pedram.redhive.com/

dns hijacker v1.3 - Compilation string

gcc dnshijacker.c -lpcap -lnet -lresolv `libnet-config --defines` -o dnshijacker

Accessing a DLL with VB dot NET

2004-12-29T16:47:00.000Z

Start off here[1]

Getting Functions from DLLs[2] found at[F1](corrected) (use Visual Studios Command Prompt found in tools folder or the files can be found in the VC7/bin folder):
dumpbin /exports user32.dll or link /dump /exports user32.dll

Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form 'Add to start
Win32.MessageBox(0, "Hello World", "Platform Invoke Sample", 0) 'Add in between button code

'Add at the end under the "End Class"
Public Class Win32
Declare Auto Function MessageBox Lib "user32.dll" _
(ByVal hWnd As Integer, ByVal txt As String, _
ByVal caption As String, ByVal Typ As Integer) As Integer
End Class
___________________________________
Links:

[1] - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconconsumingunmanageddllfunctions.asp
[2] - http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconidentifyingfunctionsindlls.asp

[F1] - C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Vc7\bin

More on WMI

2004-12-02T18:56:00.000Z

WBEMTEST.exe (try start -> run)

connect to root\cimv2
enum classes
CIM_Setting
Derived
Win32_PageFileSetting
Instances

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Disclaimer: Try out on own risk!

WMI Scripting - Hidden and Dangerous

2004-11-24T16:54:00.000Z

notepad C:\TEMP\file.txt:myfile.vbs

Cscript C:\TEMP\file.txt:myfile.vbs
or
Wscript C:\TEMP\file.txt:myfile.vbs

______________
Contents of file.txt:myfile.vbs:
____

strComputer = "."

Set objSWbemServices = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root")
Set colNameSpaces = objSwbemServices.InstancesOf("__NAMESPACE")

For Each objNameSpace In colNameSpaces
Wscript.Echo objNameSpace.Name
Next

_______________
Notes: Set objService = objLocator.ConnectServer(".", "root\cimv2")')
Links: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1639276,00.asp

Arp Poison that machine

2004-11-24T02:20:00.000Z

Wonderful arpoison - tutorial

arptoxin -sip 10.0.0.1 -es [AnyShitMacAddress] -ed [TheVictimsMacAddress] -d 1

The problem is that it instead of redirecting it some where it tells the [TheVictimsMacAddress] that 10.0.0.1 is at ff:ff:ff:....

From CMD:
Tell [TheVictimsMacAddress] that 10.0.0.1 is at ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

Lock a station with a shortcut

2004-11-23T16:06:00.000Z

%windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,LockWorkStation

Think Simple (Web forms)

2004-11-15T23:22:00.000Z

Instead of trying clever tricks, to by-pass forms and their arguments and how to reach the next page by providing as little private information as possible, sometimes the simplest approach is the most effective.

At the time of posting these to sites bellow have no or very basic form checks therefore allowing the user to progress without providing any information.

Site: Hugin Expert
URL: http://www.hugin.com/Products_Services/Products/Demo/AdvisorEval/Form/
Analysis of Problem: If you just push Download the cgi script, where the information is sent to, looks if the email address is not null(throws an error if null).Now by going back and filling in a letter in the e-mail field(not even a valid email is required), you can proceed to the sites download links.

Site: Security Innovation
URL:
http://www.sisecure.com/holodeck/holodeck-trial.shtml
Analysis of Problem: This site's form is the best example of this problem.(Unless intended) Just push "Proceed to Download".

man0war

Disconnecting MSN and aMSN chat

2004-11-11T17:10:00.000Z

It seams that the following strings make the MSN messenger chat connection, to drop:

HTTP_ACCEPT
HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE
and anything else starting with HTTP_ACCEPT_...

This can be seen with amsn which displays the chat status at the bottom.

How To Debug an Active Process in 32-bit Visual C++

2004-11-11T01:42:00.000Z

You can debug an active process with 32-bit editions of Microsoft Visual C++. You can attach to the active process by starting Visual C++ using the undocumented -p switch, followed by the process identification number (PID).

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;120707

MS Calculator Error

2004-11-11T01:35:00.000Z

The problem was found by $0cr4t3$:

MS Calculator has a problem in calculating negative numbers.
When in Scientific mode and trying the transformation of "-1" from Decimal to HEX calc.exe produces an unwanted result FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

What is this hex subtraction:
0xA3 - 0xF5 =
e.g.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=0xA3-0xF5&btnG=Search

Answer: 0xA3 - 0xF5 = -0x52
The answer has been given by Google.com

More on Google.com calculating abilities:

http://www.googleguide.com/calculator.html
http://www.google.com/help/features.html#calculator

___________________________

Another problem found by man0war:

Try the following sequence of events while in HEX mode
A(HEX) -> +/- -> +/- -> = -> +/-

That means push A then +/- then +/- again then
= and then +/- again and you have FFFFFFFFFFFFFFF6

___________________________

After searching("calculator hex") at support.microsoft.com only the following link that was of relevance was found.

Solution to an old problem, still very effective:
"Microsofts solution to another problem when calculating large numbers:
To prevent this problem from occurring, do not use Calculator to convert large decimal numbers to hexadecimal. "

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;187514
___________________________

distributed RC5 Stats

2004-11-09T19:34:00.000Z

http://rc5stats.distributed.net/participant/psearch.php?project_id=5&st= (participation id)

Sci-fiction Books

2004-08-11T17:57:00.000+01:00

iron sunrise - charles stross

down and out in the magic kindom - cory doctorow

marooned in realtime - Vernor vinge

snow crash - neal stephenson

the star fraction - ken macleod

singularity sky - charles stross

Windows 2000 crash and no turning back

2004-07-23T20:13:00.000+01:00

Microsoft has thought of everything, not !

I have Windows 2000 installed and for some reason the file SYSTEM corrupted. This file is the registry hive for the Operating system (c:\winnt\system32\config).
Where is Microsoft's error?
They have not integrated a backup system to keep copies of this file at least more often than the first installation. What happened is that I manually copied (through the recovery console) the SYSTEM backup file (c:\winnt\repair), after the automated recovery procedure failed.
After restarting the system any programs having information stored in the old SYSTEM file (registry) now have to be reinstalled.

Wonderful isn't it that you can rely on this operating system.
Prove me wrong, and I will be very happy.

Danger in food and consumer products

2004-06-26T22:14:00.000+01:00

I just found out that BHT (Butylated Hydroxytoluene) can be found in different products and is quite dangerous(toxic).

It is used as a preservative in foods and other products.

Structure and characteristics of BHT: http://sci-toys.com/ingredients/bht.html

more links on BHT:

http://www.checnet.org/healthehouse/chemicals/chemicals-detail-print.asp?Main_ID=330

more chemicals in skin care products (don't forget roll-ons):
http://www.health-report.co.uk/ingredients-directory.htm

Password Revealer

2004-06-26T22:12:00.000+01:00

Network and Dial-up Password Revealer, version 1.2

http://www.rixler.com

PC yeah right

2004-06-09T18:14:00.000+01:00

good reading

computer forensics and privacy - michael a caloyannides

google.com secrets or not (just help)

2004-06-07T23:45:00.000+01:00

Want to search a certain domain/site for something?
After entering your search append this to the URL and fill in the site you want to search (instead of xxxxx.com)

&domains=xxxxxx.com&sitesearch=xxxxxxx.com

Wiindows share in Linux

2004-06-02T01:10:00.000+01:00

Mount a windows share in Linux

mount -t smbfs -o username=,password= //win2k/docs /mnt/docs

taken from VMware help

Iptables and ip information

2004-05-31T22:10:00.000+01:00

Abc of an IP Address: http://www.geocities.com/technofundo/tech/misc/abcofip.html

Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) Overview: http://public.pacbell.net/dedicated/cidr.html

NAT & Private IP Address Ranges: http://www.jpsdomain.org/networking/nat.html

IPTables: More About It: http://testweb.oofle.com/iptables/whatis.htm

Using IPTables : http://www.netfilter.org/documentation/HOWTO/packet-filtering-HOWTO-7.html

10 minutes to an iptables-based Linux firewall: http://www.linuxworld.com/story/32837.htm

Women and Shoes.

2004-05-29T19:51:00.000+01:00

What is it with women and shoes?

Is it shopping, is it shopping the shoes?

Is it the whole thing? Finding the right shoe and then wearing it with some sexy outfit?

What is it with women and shoes?

Using Windows to rename your files

2004-05-27T15:24:00.000+01:00

Malicious Keys within the computer registry.

It was found by a friend of mine "J". It seams that the Spyware use this key to rename a file once the computer has been restarted

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session
Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations

More information can be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/en-us/regentry/58499.asp

Politics... what a wired game

2004-05-26T17:43:00.000+01:00

That's all I wanted to write.

I had some things on my mind but I don't feel like writing anything else.

Exams

2004-05-17T13:05:00.000+01:00

The feeling you get once a 3 hour exam is over, that is something else.

After staying awake for 2 days straight and reading a whole years worth of information, that is something else.

Hungry after malnutrition has caused a hole in your stomach, that is something else.

Having to read for another 3 hour exam scheduled for tomorrow, that is something else.

Writing this after all that, that is something else.

I am off to eat some food; nothing else.

Movies and music.

2004-05-16T21:02:00.000+01:00

In most countries people pay to watch TV / movies and music.
What or who is actually being paid, the intellectual rights of the author
and the actors / the company that produce the movie and so on.

My initial proposal is that RIAA should stop suing people,
making peoples life so hard and they should try to find
an alternative solution to getting paid for movies and music.

I propose that a small annual fee be put forth for people
wanting to download music and/or movies. Therefore
granting the permit holder permission. Something like
watching TV just without the TV. This way you can choose
the content you want to see and it is not illegal since you
have a permit.

With broad-band and big databases of movie and
music content, this would make RIAA look good,
probably make a profit and keep everyone happy.

How will this be enforced? Hey I just had the idea. I
am not here to solve everything - and for nothing.

These are my personal views and I did not get or hear
this idea from any one or anything (forums,chats etc.).
man0war

New comer!

2004-05-16T16:14:00.000+01:00

Well this is my first posting so stay tuned for some stuff.