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How to spoof your speedtest.net results
In this tutorial we will be showing you how to spoof your speedtest.net results. You will require a httpd server to do this, in this tutorial I used lighttpd running on debian. To install lighttpd on debian just simply run and edit your php.ini to change cgi.force_redirect to 0 Come down and you'll find ;cgi.force_redirect [...]
Continue reading...Understanding and Preventing Fork Bombs
7. October 2009
A fork bomb is just a bash function that gets called recursively. Once a fork bomb is active on a machine it may not be able to preform normally until a reboot is made, as the only solution to the fork bomb is to kill all its processes. Bash Functions A fork bomb is really [...]
Continue reading...Installing freedesktop sound theme in debian
25. September 2009
I Recently found the 'system sound' tab in gnome-sound-property grayed out my work around to this was to install the freedesktop sound theme. Firstly remove gnome-audio Remove all your old users gconf data related to system sounds Install some needed packages Grab the source for freedesktop sound theme from git.debian.org Unpack and apply some small [...]
Continue reading...Setting up passworded directories on lighttpd
23. September 2009
Open your lighttpd.conf If mod_auth isn't already in your server.modules list add it e.g Add the two following lines to your configuration For each directory add a block something similar to be one below for generating your htpasswd you'll need to install apache2-utils and then use htpasswd to generate it Reload the lighttpd config and [...]
Continue reading...IPTables and Bashrc Aliases
30. August 2009
We all know IPTables can be difficult. By adding the following lines to your ~/.bashrc you can simplify the tasks of blocking packets from a certian ip. First your going to need to install IPTables: Gentoo: emerge iptables (Must be Root to use/install iptables) Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt-get install iptables Then edit your .bashrc file and [...]
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30. April 2010
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