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VyprVPN by Giganews Server Locations

admin — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:15:50 +0000

These are the most up-to-date server locations for connecting to the VyprVPN by Giganews.

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us1.vpn.giganews.com

us2.vpn.giganews.com

eu1.vpn.giganews.com

hk1.vpn.giganews.com

uk1.vpn.giganews.com

fr1.vpn.giganews.com

de1.vpn.giganews.com

Add jail shelled FTP/SSH user on CentOS / Plesk

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:47:32 +0000

The process of adding a new FTP user with SSH access to a Plesk / CentOS server is more difficult than it needs to be. Plesk will only allow you to add WebUsers to your domains which have FTP accounts, not full SSH accounts. Here is the quick and dirty. We want our new user to be in chroot jail and to inherit the same permissions as another user on the system. The user will be restricted to the top level directory you define (for example httpdocs in this case).

1	cat /etc/passwd/ \| grep 'anyusername'

This will return:

anyusername:x:10009:2524::/var/www/vhosts/anydomain.com:/bin/bash

The first set of numbers after “:x:” is the UID or User Identifier. We will use this in the next command to copy the same permissions.

1	useradd -u 10009 -o -d /var/www/vhosts/anydomain.com/httpdocs/ -g psaserv -s /usr/local/psa/bin/chrootsh newusername

Replace “anydomain.com” with your domain, and “newusername” with the new user you would like to add.

1	passwd newusername

Gives the user a password.

1	usermod -s /bin/bash newusername

Boom! Done.

Extras:
For an in-depth discussion on working with rssh, chroot, and users – see UnixCraft

Acer Aspire 3690 Broadcom Wireless 43xx Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:51:13 +0000

Issue : After installing Ubuntu 9.10 wireless and wired networking are either working sporadicly or not at all. The most vanilla solution you will find.

Target : Acer Aspire 3690-2159

OS : ubuntu-9.10-desktop-i386

Hardware : Broadcom 4318 Wireless Adapter

Ensure your wireless switch is turned on in the front before reading step 1.

1. Install Ubuntu 9.10

2. Plug in active internet connection the Wired ethernet

3. Run update-manager

4. Restart after Kernel update

5. Now with internet still plugged in, goto System>Administration>Hardware Drivers

6. Select the Broadcom B43 wireless drive and click activate.

7. Type in your administrator password

8. Restart

et Voila.

Facebook Chat is not Secure

admin — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:37:27 +0000

Armed to the teeth with Backtrack 4, any reasonably intelligent individual can execute a MITM or Man-In-The-Middle by packet sniffing and injecting packets into the stream against Facebook.

This is of concern when on public wireless networks, or public local area networks.

Read the documentation here.
Protect yourself by running a desktop client like Adium, and encrypting your chats.

In Adium, go to File - Facebook - Edit account - Privacy tab then change Encryption to “Encrypt Chats Automatically”

Sadly, as this is a step forward it’s still not a solution. If and when you have Facebook open, either in a current session or by starting one your chat’s will be populated with your Adium activity – thus reversing the “encryption”

So, to prevent accidently sending insecure information back into your browser, disable Facebook Chat!

Log into your account and click Chat - Options - Offline

This is a step forward, but the fact remains that most will use the Facebook website for its convenience (no desktop client required) and accessibility – and consequently be vulnerable to attack. Never ever ever send passwords, credit card numbers, social security numbers, or anything that you wouldn’t want a stranger in the street to find in your trash over Facebook chat. You have been warned.

Animata – Real Time Animation in SL

admin — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:53:06 +0000

http://animata.kibu.hu/

Video after the break!

Reverse Shadow Theatre from gabor papp on Vimeo.

Animata Jazz Pub from gabor papp on Vimeo.

“Animata is a cross-platform open source real-time animation software for live performance developed in Kitchen Budapest in 2007.

The software makes it really easy to create scenes with virtual puppets, which can be moved according to live input signals received from various physical sensors, microphones or cameras.

This video demonstrates Animata reacting to live audio input.

Credits:

Bence Samu – video, animation, programming
Peter Nemeth, Gabor Papp – programming
Janos Gardos – graphics
Gabor Csordas – sound

animata.kibu.hu”