Truth: day-to-day tasks suck To automate SSH login, do the following: 1. Run PuTTYgen. 2. Select SSH-2 DSA as the Type of Key to generate. 3. Click generate and move your mouse around to generate randomness. 4. Click “Save Private Key” and save it somewhere on your computer. 5. Copy the entire content inside the […]
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FTP over SSL (Explicit) Explicit security requires that the FTP client issues a specific command to the FTP server after establishing a connection to establish the SSL link. In explicit SSL (or in TLS) the FTP client needs to send an explicit command ( i.e. “AUTH SSL” or “AUTH TLS”) to FTP server to initiate […]
Capturing with tcpdump There are occasions when you want to capture packets using tcpdump rather than wireshark, especially when you want to do a remote capture. Please note that the default tcpdump parameters result in a capture file where each packet is truncated, because most versions of tcpdump, will, by default, only capture the first […]
A quick pffffft: The Problem Step Recorder (PSR) is a little known feature of Windows 7 which allows you to record your desktop along with applications and activities so you can later show someone such as a tech support person or even give a demo on how to use something in Windows. This is very […]
By executing the following command you can remove a windows service: C:> sc delete [service name] TIP: If you don’t know the service name you’re trying to delete, you can find it by going to Start>Run>services.msc and locate the service name in the service’s property page. Attn: No screenshots were harmed in forming this […]
Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. Locate and then click the following registry entry:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesW32TimeConfig In the right pane, right-click AnnounceFlags, and then click Modify. In the Edit DWORD Value dialog box, under Value data, type 5, and then click OK. Enable NTPServer. Locate and then click the following registry subkey: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSet ServicesW32TimeTimeProvidersNtpServer In the right pane, right-click Enabled, and then […]