Classic Tech Tips Archive

I had hoped to do an article on metasploit in the not too distant future, but not as early as tonight.... However, I've made a couple of references to it in previous posts which, well, it would be ni…

After several weeks of good behaviour from Evolution 2.4 since the Mandriva 2006 upgrade, I started getting a wierd error on sending messages *(Mail From response Error Unknown). Nothing within my se…

There's been an update to the unofficial patch for the WMF (Windows MetaFile) vulnerability. The main change appears to be some options to allow for quiet installation (unattended) to help administra…

I mentioned this in my summary yesterday morning as a possible workaround until there are patches for the WMF vulnerability that's been big news the last week. I notice that incidents.org has mention…

I've seen breathless headlines that say "Windows PCs face 'huge' virus threat; Affects every MICROSOFT OS shipped since 1990..." and really would like to try to clarify (again) what the situation is.…

Yesterday, when I was testing the WMF exploit against a Windows 98 virtual machine, I sent samples through virus total and the only antivirus product to detect each of them was "TheHacker" from hacks…

So, according to D-Link there is a short list of access points that the DWL-800AP+ will repeat for. They are all d-link branded access points. It seems that there have been firmware updates to improv…

Ok, so here's the synopsis... I've spent the last few articles setting up a D-link DWL-800AP+ as a repeater for a linksys WAP11 (v. 1.1) As of the end of the last entry I had a bit of a problem with …

So, I set a WEP key on the linksys (WAP11 v. 1.1) and it promptly disappeared... it stopped responding (over the WIRED network) to my wap11gui admin tool. I quickly realized that part of the problem …

Ok, so now I had to add the new D-Link's MAC address to the list of authorized MAC's in the Linksys WAP11 (v. 1.1) For this, I call on wap11gui. Used to (since I use linux), I would have to suffer th…

So, now that I was "in" the DWL-800AP+ it was time to see if I could set it up as a repeater. I visited the "wireless" tab of the web based configuration and chose Repeater mode instead of AP mode an…

For starters, I hooked the D-link DWL-800AP+ up and connected it through a crossover cable to my usb network card. That way I could access it exclusively on one adapter and look online for informatio…

I've got a single access point for my wireless network layer at the house and unfortunately have at least one real "dead spot" in the house. As luck would have it that dead spot is at the couch... so…

This is what hopefully will be the begining of a series of threads on webhosting, web marketing, etc. The first topic up is search engines submission. (This may take several articles...) It's importa…

After my Windows 98 tests which failed to exploit the system with either the first or the second vulnerability, I started wondering how well the antivirus companies were doing in detecting this secon…

Ok, I wasn't quite satisfied with the results of the tests against the first version of the WMF (Windows Metafile) zero day exploit that's now up to 4 or 5 days or so... Windows 98 is listed as being…

I've spent some more effort on trying to infect Windows 98 SE in a virtual machine with some of the exploit samples I can find. The first attempt was at a website with the .wmf download. No luck infe…

Most of the talk on the WMF zero-day has centered on Windows XP, 2000 and 2003. The unofficial patch is available for those three platforms. Microsoft's (eventual) patch will likely be for those as w…

The same person that has given the New Year's gift of an unofficial patch for the WMF exploit circulating has also provided a WMF vulnerability checker, download and install, it will tell if you're v…

At this point I've exhausted all the topics on network and computer security that I was eager to cover. As things change/ ideas strike I may well add to this series. One direction I see it going is t…

I'm putting this under the Windows tech support category because I've used this on a boot cd before to do the same for Windows as I'm about to describe for Linux. I need to clean up and organize my h…

Since there's been quite a bit of flux the last couple of days I thought I'd try to "reset" the situation and give a general overview of where we stand now with regards to the recent WMF zero-day exp…

This is going to be a rough start to the new year for IT staff and computer users.... There's coverage at Incidents.org, the sunbeltblog and f-secure of the latest twist in what will likely be a BIG …

The last entry in this series I looked at lulu.com which offers on-demand book publishing for those looking to publish their own book. The level of entry at lulu.com is nothing, no setup fee and they…

One thing I've already mentioned in this serious is using alternative programs like Mozilla Firefox instead of Internet Explorer, or Thunderbird, Eduora instead of Outlook Express. Even if you're not…