socks proxy

SSH as SOCKs 5 proxy

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series SSH Best Practices

Let’s say, for example, that “someone” is traffic shaping our peer 2 peer connections or eavesdropping traffic in general, blocking myfavoritesite.net or any other domain/service… Here’s a really cool antidote: SSH proxy. I think it’s a really nice gesture to give someone the access on something that’s been blocked without his permission. To use ssh […]

socks proxy

Linux user account with ssh-only permissions

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series SSH Best Practices

SSH (among other things) is a secure way of proxy-ing your traffic, web browsing or accessing a  service remotely  which is blocked by a firewall. In case we want someone else to have that access or securely proxying his traffic etc etc,  we need to provide a user account with ssh-only access to our ssh […]

VLC media player - vlsub has been updated to 0.9.8! 1

VLC media player – vlsub has been updated to 0.9.8!

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series vlsub plugin for vlc

Vlsub is a well-known vlc extension for downloading subtitles automatically in various languages, based on movie’ s file hash or title. The new features and bug fixes applied from previous and current version are: search subtitles for videos file inside an archive Add language automatic detection from os environment Simplified interface Add a success message […]

exif data

Delete your personal info from your photos with Exif tool

When you create an image, take a screenshot, take a picture with your smartphone or your computer etc, that picture is tagged with some metadata which can be used to track your location or your identity. In which file types are these metadata applied? Image files (scanned documents too), audio files. What info are embeded in photos? […]

How to install mod_security for Apache 2

How to install mod_security for Apache

regards, @specktator

Thunderbird backup/transfer mail settings 3

Thunderbird backup/transfer mail settings

If you want to recover just copy the folder into home folder. Mind permissions when you copy this folder.

Move Window Buttons Back to the Right in Ubuntu 10.04 / 10.10 4

Move Window Buttons Back to the Right in Ubuntu 10.04 / 10.10

One of the more controversial changes in the Ubuntu 10.04 beta is the Mac OS-inspired change to have window buttons on the left side. We’ll show you how to move the buttons back to the right.

The key that we want to edit is in apps/metacity/general. Click on the button next to the […]

Teamspeak client Troubleshooting 10

Teamspeak client Troubleshooting

JQuery Tutorials -JQuery Wildcard Selectors 11

JQuery Tutorials -JQuery Wildcard Selectors

So for wildcards this can be done.

Update: I’ve discovered that is not usable in some cases. In case you are really in trouble, you can use

This will work in any of these “Ellement1″,”Ellement2″,”EllementSomething” cases.[/crayon]

How to setup SSH - Install SSH server and client 12

How to setup SSH – Install SSH server and client

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series SSH Best Practices

What is SSH? Secure Shell or SSH is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices. SSH was designed as a replacement for Telnet and other insecure remote shells, which send information, notably passwords, in plaintext, rendering them susceptible to packet analysis. The encryption used by […]