DIY Garage makeover – part 1 – painting the walls white
Our new house has a garage, which I'm going to use as a workshop area (though I wont be changing its actual use from a garage, it will still be…
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OS Detection Techniques
Os Detection Techniques and OS fingerprinting Os Detection Techniques - Background information This is a list of Os Detection Techniques, with explanations for all the active and passive Os Detection…
Kioptrix Walkthrough Guide
I have decided to start studying towards a CISSP and / or an OSCP, as part of that I saw an excellent blog post recommending to go through a lot…
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WordPress Security
This is a WordPress Security mega-post containing a lot of best-practice information on securing, hardening, updating and maintaining a Wordpress site.Used by more than 60 million websites, including 30% of…
Vagrant with sshfs and public network
Vagrant with sshfs. You can use sshfs in vagrant with only a private network. This is fine if you are doing all your devlopment from a single machine and dont…
Installing metasploitable with vagrant
Metasploitable background: What is metasploitable? "Metasploitable is a Virtual Machine that is built from the ground up with a large amount of security vulnerabilities. It is intended to be used…
service-oriented architecture and frameworks – SOA frameworks
service-oriented architecture and frameworks IntroductionPapazoglou, (2003) organised SOA in four architectural layers: Service Foundations, Service Composition, Service Management and Service Engineering and outlined a host of technologies that could be…
Coding in php on android
It turns out that coding in php on android is possible (even if its not as good as on a mac, linux or even windows). In this blog post I'll…
Blackarch pacman package groups for tools
Blackarch pacman package groups Install with pacman -S groupname to quickly install a bunch of tools in one command: This info is available in the blackarch developers guide here: https://blackarch.org/blackarch-guide-en.pdf…
Blackarch on the chuwi hi10pro – install and config
Blackarch on the chuwi hi10pro - prereq's a usb hub a usb flashdrive a usb mouse a usb wifi adaptor (at least for the initial setup) Download blackarch from https://blackarch.org/downloads.html…
How to root android on a chuwi hi10 Pro
How to root android on a chuwi hi10 Pro First, you need to enable developer mode How to root android on a chuwi hi10 Pro: Enable Developer Mode start android,…
Factory restore android on chuwi hi10
This is a short post on how to factory restore android on chuwi hi10 1) Download and install intel phoneflashtool https://01.org/android-ia/downloads/intel-platform-flash-tool-lite 2) Download the version of android you need from…
Ubuntu on the chuwi hi10 pro
After trying Kali on the hi10 pro (its totally not ready for the bay-trail / cherry-trail platforms) I decided to give ubuntu on the chuwi hi10 pro a go (after…
Kali on the Chuwi Hi10 Pro – updated for Kali 2020
This post is now updated with install information for using 2020 versions of Kali on the Chuwi Hi10 Pro. When I first wrote this post I seriously wouldn't have recommended…
Chuwi Hi10 Pro ultrabook tablet convertable surface
Chuwi Hi10 Pro ultrabook tablet convertable surface - That's some title, but I'm not sure how to describe my new machine. Its a tablet, but its also a laptop -…
My HomeLab
My New HomeLab Gigabyte Brix - 8 GB HyperX DDR3 ram for now (another 8GB on its way) Another 8GB has been ordered, bringing me up to 16gb. I'll be…
Oracle forms overview
Oracle forms overview. Oracle internet platform consists of 3 components: oracle application server (forms service + OC4J) oracle developer suite (forms developer + object navigator + form module) oracle database…
The build process for multiloquent theme
Since I released my first public wordpress theme (I have made lots of themes over the years, but have never released any as open-source) I decided I would share the…
Xml sitemap to html – simple bash script
I have made a simple bash script to convert your xml sitemap to html anchor tags e.g. For importing into Firefox or chrome bookmarks (or for any other use you…
Browse time machine backups from a different computer
If you keep backups on time machine you can browse these backups from a different mac. there is a little trick to it, but its simple once you master it…
Ios7 wish list
There have been a lot of posts going about the blogosphere in the last few months from people talking about their ios7 wishlist. I thought I'd publish mine. 1) ability…
Show full path in finder title
Show full path in finder title: This post will show you how to show the full path in the title bar of your finder windows on mac osx. open terminal…
Install mc for mac osx – GNU Midnight commander
mc for mac osx! GNU Midnight Commander - mc - is an excellent orthodox text mode file manager. mc runs in your console, and has mouse support. It also has…
How to get bookmarks from ie / firefox / chrome into iphone / ipad
This post will show you how to get your bookmarks from chrome / firefox / chrome into your ipad or iphone's safari browser firstly, make sure that you have safari…
Iphone productivity apps
A rundown on some productivity apps that I use with my iphone first and foremost, I use google a lot. I have my iphone set to sync all my contacts…
Enable application expose in osx lion
This will show you how to enable application expose in osx lion goto system preferences > trackpad > more gestures tick 'application expose' and pick a gesture from the dropdown…
How to show contacts list in messages app osx imessage
Imessage does not show contacts list in messages. By default when you open the imessages application it shows the sent / received window. This is ok if you are only…
Evernote
It took me a while, but I finally jumped on board the evernote bandwagon. i was happy with the built in notes.app for my iphone and I was happy syncing…
Make your AFP NAS more responsive
I have a western digital mybook word NAS. Using the afp protocol file transfers were very slow. I knew there had to be a way to make your AFP NAS…
Create standalone apps from websites with fluid app
This will show you how to create standalone desktop applications from a website using fluid.app 1) goto fluidapp.com 2) download and install fluid 3) open fluid once fluid is open…
Osx lion window resizing tips
Here are some cool things I found out about resizing windows in osx lion. you can resize from any side or corner. hold alt and resize from a side and…
Increase your netbook resolution beyond native maximum
This will show you how to increase the resolution of your netbook or any other X window system screen beyond the maximum capability of its screen. I have an hp…
My first experience with linux – 1998 – tomsrtbt
Linux! Slackware floppies! zip-slack! Redhat 5.2! Tomsrtbt! Downloading zip-slack over modem for a week. Getting a shell and thinking 'wtf' trying dos commands. Having to reboot to read documentation! Trying…
Win 98 era netscape, a 586 and the internet!
Win 98 era; netscape, a 586 and the internet! By this time I had two computers. I had my own network. I still had the laptop. I had the null…
Networking the laptop to play games with a null modem cable!
Networking the laptop to play games with a null modem cable! now that I knew computers could talk to each other I started to find things everywhere, a few years…
Monochrome laptop, 14.4k modem, bbs, learning AT commands
A monochrome laptop, hooking up to a 14.4k modem, going on a bbs, learning AT commands It was nineteen ninety something before five, probably two or three. I must have…
Nessus tutorial – Vulnerability scanning with Nessus
This is a short nessus tutorial to help you get to grips with nessus. Nessus is a vulnerability scanner. Nessus can scan your assets for network security vulnerabilities. Nessus allows…
Protools shortcut keys select all for mac and windows
Protools shortcut keys select all protools shortcut keys for selection options mac + win alt+click = select all eg, to mute all tracks hold alt + click mute this works…
Protools group shortcut keys for mac and windows
Protools group shortcut keys shortcut keys for mac osx: new group: cmd+g suspend/enable groups: cmd+shift+g shortcut keys for windows: new group: ctrl+g suspend/enable groups: ctrl+shift+g Sources for protools group shortcut…