Are You Using Oinkmaster + Emerging Threats signatures?

Posted: September 28th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: IT Related | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Matt Jonkman over at ET, has announced that they will be making some changes to the way their rules are categorised which will result in you needing to change your configuration.

[Read more HERE]


Track Down Your Stolen Laptop

Posted: September 28th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: IT Related | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Prey is a lightweight application that will help you track and find your laptop if it ever gets stolen. It works in all operating systems and not only is it Open Source but also completely free.

Prey helps you locate your missing laptop by sending timed reports with a bunch of information of its whereabouts. This includes the general status of the computer, a list of running programs and active connections, fully-detailed network and wifi information, a screenshot of the running desktop and — in case your laptop has an integrated webcam — a picture of the thief.

Prey uses a remote activation system which means the program sits silently in your computer until you actually want it to run. If so, it gathers all the information and sends it to your Prey web control panel or directly to your mailbox. The thief will never know his movements are being watched.

[Read more: HERE]


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Posted: September 14th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: IT Related | Tags: , , , , , | Enter your password to view comments.

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Bypassing TM’s Proxy

Posted: September 10th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: IT Related | Tags: , , , | 13 Comments »

Hi all especially TM staffs 😛

I’ve wrote a Firefox plugin that helps you (TM staffs) to bypass the TM proxy and allow you to browse Facebook and Twitter from TM’s internal network or via TM’s secure VPN.

The plugin now is in BETA version and version 1.1 (release version) will be distributed tonight.

This plugin will be released in controlled copy where ONLY those person that I knew and those in my trusted group of people will get it.

Greetz and thanks to my BETA tester: Azra, Farah and Fathi


Notes to Myself : Ruby Curb Curl::Err::HostResolutionError and Exception Handling

Posted: September 2nd, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: IT Related | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

The following error occur when executing the following code WITH NO internet connection

#!/usr/bin/ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'curb' #yerp you need to sudo gem install curb
 
def browse(url)
  c = Curl::Easy.new(url)
  c.connect_timeout = 3
  c.perform
  return c.body_str
end
 
url = gets
puts browse(url)

So to handle the error in ruby, I’ll next time use “begin” and “rescue”

#!/usr/bin/ruby
require 'rubygems'
require 'curb' #yerp you need to sudo gem install curb
 
def browse(url)
  c = Curl::Easy.new(url)
  begin
     c.connect_timeout = 3
     c.perform
     return c.body_str
  rescue
     return "Error in connection"
    end
end
 
url = gets
puts browse(url)

Resulting:


Just a notes to myself and at the same time “snip” code for others