<@XaaK> Anything that runs outside of what’s referred to as "managed code", i.e. using vista’s memory management system, etc. is a flag for admin access.
[1:49pm] <@XaaK> so it winds up that what they’re doing isn’t inherently unsafe, it’s that how they’re doing it could potentially be unsafe.

Oh Boy…are you going to l-o-v-e this…I sure do!

You know how sometimes you sign up for offers, or more info…fill in your name and email address…(which they swear upon their children’s lives NEVER to divulge)…and a few days later you are getting email from organizations and people you never heard of in your whole life?

Well…that little mystery is just about to be solved!

Now first you need… or have to get…  a Google email account… which is no big deal… just type Google email in your search bar, then click on one of the thousands of links, and then sign up for the account.

And THEN the fun begins!

Only use this account for opting in or signing up for offers or info. (Still use your real email account for your personal or business email.)

Choose something easy for you to remember…like yourname@gmail.com     or     yourpetsname@gmail.com    

Then…next time you sign up for something…and have to provide an email address…you are going to remember your gmail account…and you are going to use that…

Only with a little “twist”. 

Come to find out, we can use this little-known secret:

Say you want info on an offer by JoeBlow, and Joe wants your name and email address so he can send it to you.

Great! 

And say you signed up at Google email and your new gmail address is:     herekittykitty@gmail.com  

So what email address are you going to give him?

herekittykitty+JoeBlow@gmail.com

You know why?  Because here’s the secret: when gmail sees the +  sign in an email address, it uses all the characters to the LEFT of the + (which would be your herekittykitty) to know who to send the email to!  Really!

That means when ABC sends you an offer…you know what to put as your email address, right?

herekittykitty+ABC@gmail.com  

And it gets even better….

NOW you will be able to use this trick to find out WHO gave your email address out to everyone else in the first place!

Cool Gmail Trick: “CAN SPAM!” (or at least catch the ‘dirty-dog’ who gave them your email address!) · Cool Online Tools

LDAP Authentication for Windows 2000:

Authenticate MS/Windows using PGina: http://pgina.xpasystems.com/
Downloads: http://pgina.xpasystems.com/files/
i.e. download pGina: pGina170a.exe

Run pGina170a.exe to install.
Install to C:\pGina and accept defaults.

Download LDAP Auth:
> Downloads: http://pgina.xpasystems.com/plugins/ldapauth.php
Download instaler i.e.: ldapauth12.exe
Run to install.

Configure pGina: Select: Start + Programs + pGina + Configuration Tool

• Pluggin Path: C:\pGina\plugins\ldapauth\ldapauth_plus.dll
  Accept rest of defaults.
• Select configure plugin button:
  [LDAP configure screenshot]
  • LDAP Server: IP-address-goes-here
  • Port: 389 (default)
  • PrePend: uid=
  • Append: ou=people,dc=megacorp,dc=com
  • Admin User: “cn=AdminManager,dc=megacorp,dc=com”
  • Admin password: *******

  The “Admin User” and “Admin Pass” are not required for “Map Mode”. A bind using the user login/password will take place if the Admin user/password are omitted.

• Select radio button “Map Mode” then select “OK”. (Panel closes)
• Select Save + Exit
  (On main config panel)

Uses LDAP “Search mode”.

Select option “Scramble Passwords on Logout“. This forces LDAP authentication for each login. After an initial login, the login/password become resident locally so that subsequent logins are authenticated locally. This option forces a scramble of the password upon logout forcing Windows/pGina to authenticate with the LDAP server and NOT locally.

Optional test: Download plugin_tester.exe from http://pgina.xpasystems.com/plugins/ldapauth.php
[LDAP authentication test tool screenshot]

• Select: Start + PRograms + pGina + Plugin tester
• Pluggin Path: C:\pGina\plugins\ldapauth\ldapauth_plus.dll
• Use login and passsword to test.

Reconfigure Windows 2000 not to authenticate against PDC:

• Right click on “My Computer” + System Properties
• Select “Network Identification” tab + “Properties” button.
• Select “Workgroup” radio buton and remove workgroup.
• Reboot and you are ready to login with LDAP authentication.

Note:

• Do not use false (which can’t be resolved) or a real domain (real or real but fails).
• pGina recognizes local logins if the login id can not be found in the LDAP directory.
• pGina does not support “roaming profile”.

To remove pGina: Start + Control Panel + Add/Remove program + select pGina

Links:

LDAP Client Login Authentication

Top 25 Linux Commands !

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

B4U Tech: Top 25 Linux Commands !

10 Things To Do Just After Installing Ubuntu 7.10

November 10, 2007 in Ubuntu, Linux, Howto and Software.

Ubuntu is a very complete OS, especially the Gutsy Gibbon (7.10), but there are still make tweaks you can do just after installing it that will make Ubuntu shine like never. I will explain here some things I do just after have ubuntu installed. Remember that what I’ve written here are the best things to install for ME, you may consider not making some of them or installing many different things, but if so, please, share your wisdom with us all.

1 - Expand the Software Repository List

First of all, lets make ubuntu “see” more packages:
Load Synaptic, go to System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager. There, click in the menu Settings -> Repositories. In Ubuntu Software mark these repositories that will be accessed from the Internet:

Canonical-suported Open Source software (main)
Community-maintained Open Source software (universe)
Proprietary drivers for devices (restricted)
Softwares restricted by copyright or legal issues (multiverse)



After you have selected the new repository list, I suggest you go to the Terminal and type:
sudo apt-get update
Then
sudo apt-get upgrade

Now all your programs will run on the last version.

2 - Have more fun with Compiz

Now you should install advanced graphics settings for compiz. By default, Ubuntu only let you choose from None, Normal or Extra Compiz graphics configuration. To make it more configurable, you can write on the Terminal:

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager gnome-art usplash startupmanager

3 - Installing packing softwares

It’s bad when you don’t have Internet on your computer/notebook, but you have to pack/unpack something but the file format isn’t recognized by the system. To prevent from this bad situation, you can install a bunch of packing softwares by typing this on the terminal:
sudo apt-get install unace rar unrar zip unzip p7zip-full p7zip-rar sharutils aish uudeview mpack lha arj cabextract file-roller

4 - Installing More Fonts

Here you will find a bunch of fonts you can install on your system, but remember that you don’t need to install all of them

mkdir mkdir -p /usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

sudo apt-get install ttf-larabie-straight ttf-larabie-deco mplayer-fonts xfonts-terminus-dos xfonts-terminus xfonts-terminus-oblique xfonts-mona tv-fonts ttf-tuffy ttf-sjfonts ttf-sil-padauk ttf-sil-ezra ttf-paktype ttf-georgewilliams
ttf-fifthhorseman-dkg-handwriting ttf-farsiweb ttf-essays1743 fonty ttf-opensymbol ttf-nafees ttf-mgopen ttf-gentium ttf-freefont ttf-dustin ttf-devanagari-fonts ttf-dejavu-extra ttf-dejavu-core ttf-dejavu ttf-bpg-georgian-fonts ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-alee

Yes, it’s a big code, but you can just copy/paste it.

5 - Multimedia

To have ubuntu playing all kinds of stuff, you need to install many codecs. So on the Terminal, type:

* Installing vlc and mplayer (playis almost everything):

sudo apt-get install vlc

or

sudo apt-get install mplayer

* Common packs

sudo apt-get install mpeg2dec a52dec vorbis-tools id3v2 mpg321 mpg123 libswfdec0.3 libflac++6 ffmpeg cdda2wav toolame libmp4v2-0 totem-mozilla libmjpegtools0c2a tagtool easytag id3tool lame lame-extras nautilus-script-audio-convert mozilla-helix-player helix-player libmad0 libjpeg-progs libmpcdec3 libquicktime1 flac faac faad sox toolame a52dec ffmpeg2theora libmpeg2-4 uudeview flac libmpeg3-1 mpeg3-utils mpegdemux

* Gstreammer 0.10

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mpegdemux gstreamer0.10-gl gstreamer0.10-gnonlin gstreamer0.10-pitfdll gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-farsightgstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-sdl gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-schroedinger gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse totem-gstreamer

* More programs

sudo apt-get install gstreamer-dbus-media-service gstreamer-tools

* Flash

sudo apt-get install gsfonts gsfonts-x11 flashplugin-nonfree

6 - Installing Java

Java is a very important thing to install, now that many programs like Azureus need it to run. So type:

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-fonts sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin
sudo apt-get install equivs ttf-sazanami-gothic ttf-sazanami-mincho

7 - Frontend FTP Software (Filezilla)

This ia great FTP program, very complete, in my opinion, the best one for linux. To know more about it, click here.

On the terminal type:

sudo apt-get install filezilla filezilla-locales

8 - BitTorrent Client

* Deluge: Written in python, great one:

sudo apt-get install deluge-torrent

* Azureus: Uses Java to run, very complete but a bit heavy,

sudo apt-get install azureus

9 - Installing Gparted (Making disk partition easy)

You never know when you will need to change your disk partition, so you better be ready anytime by installing Gparted,
a great GUI software where you can easily create, resize and format partitions on your hard disk.

sudo apt-get install gparted

10 - Get rid of unneeded stuff:

If you want to keep your Ubuntu clean, you may consider uninstalling a bunch of softwares that comes with. I can’t tell much what to remove then,
but you can check and see what you will not use. Then to remove, on terminal, you can type:

sudo apt-get remove “program name”

Now I believe your Ubuntu Linux will be almost ready to deal with anything. Hope you enjoyed this guide, and please, share your linux wisdom with us on the comments below.

10 Things To Do Just After Installing Ubuntu 7.10 at pasteler0

This is what is in my garage right now. I picked them up from a company that was getting rid of all its extra equipment.

Anyone Interested?

Thats when Lilhuricane posted the first IM listed in the bottom of the image above.

Tell me what would you do about this?