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Ebrary: Simple Search : usb. Doom9.net - The Definitive DVD Backup Resource. eBook Details. Five blatant security mistakes you should avoid when setting up a wireless access point. Bill Detwiler shows you how to avoid five blatant security mistakes when deploying a new wireless access point.

Five blatant security mistakes you should avoid when setting up a wireless access point

Wireless hardware manufacturers have made installing and configuring new access points and routers pretty simple, for both consumer and enterprise devices. This ease of installation can lull the inexperienced tech into a false sense of security and lead them to make mistakes during configuration. Whether you're installing a wireless access point in a home, small office, or large building, following a few best practices can make the difference between a reasonably secure network and one that screams "hack me now! " Video: Give your old Wi-Fi router new life with open source firmware. How to spoof a MAC address. MAC address filtering for wireless networking isn't real "security".

How to spoof a MAC address

Anyone who pays any attention to current trends in wireless security at all should know that MAC filtering is less effective than WEP -- and that WEP can be cracked almost instantly these days with commonly available tools. This doesn't mean MAC filtering is useless. Its resource consumption is almost unmeasurable, and even if it doesn't keep out any reasonably knowledgeable security crackers willing to spend a few moments gaining access, it does keep out a lot of automated opportunistic attacks that are aiming solely for the absolute lowest-hanging fruit on the security tree.

Since that lowest-hanging fruit consists of the majority of wireless access points, MAC filtering can be of value as a way of turning away the majority of opportunistic attackers. Don't rely on MAC filtering alone, however. "Listen" in on network traffic. How do I use a magnet uri. Magnet URI scheme. The Magnet URI scheme, defines the format of magnet links, a de facto standard for identifying files by their content, via cryptographic hash value rather than by their location.

Magnet URI scheme

Although magnet links can be used in a number of contexts, they are particularly useful in peer-to-peer file sharing networks because they allow resources to be referred to without the need for a continuously available host, and can be generated by anyone who already has the file, without the need for a central authority to issue them. This makes them popular for use as "guaranteed" search terms within the file sharing community where anyone can distribute a magnet link to ensure that the resource retrieved by that link is the one intended, regardless of how it is retrieved.

History[edit] Technical description[edit] Magnet URIs consist of a series of one or more parameters, the order of which is not significant, formatted in the same way as query strings that ordinarily terminate HTTP URLs. Magnet URI in utorrent - Windows Software. How To Root - Team TouchDroid. Preware. Install Ubuntu Linux on HP TouchPad [Dual boot] Hp’s heavy discount on TouchPad sure have attracted interests from almost everyone, even if they previously own an iPad or Android Tablet.

Install Ubuntu Linux on HP TouchPad [Dual boot]

Most users would like to be able to install Android on HP TouchPad, and the project is very much in progress. Running Ubuntu Linux on the TouchPad has already been made possible, although its not very easy for the beginners. It involves partitioning the storage space on the tablet, and Dual booting. You will have tha standard HP WebOS keyboard within Ubuntu, but you also attach an external bluetooth keyboard. How to Install Ubuntu Linux on HP TouchPad Pre-requisite: Install Preware PreWare is an app store for homebrew apps that are not on webOS App Catalog, just like 3rd party markets on android or Cydia on iOS. 1. Refer to Guide: Set up Meta-Doctor Summary of what you need to do: 2. Refer to Guide: UbuntuChroot Summary: Enabling Graphical Ubuntu. If you made it to here, you will have full access to Ubuntu CLI.

Running Gnome, KDE App compatibility. Install Android on HP TouchPad, soon. HP is shelling out the WebOS products, and who knows there may be nothing with that name in the future.

Install Android on HP TouchPad, soon

ITs still worth buying those Touchpad tablets for $99, a perfect device for browsing the web, watching movies, if not apps. A group of XDA/Rootwiki developers called TouchDroid are working a Android Gingerbread AOSP port for HP TouchPad. This is possible because the latest Honeycomb 3.2 supports Dual core Qualcomm chips found in the HP TouchPad, previous versions of Honeycomb only supported Tegra 2. Going further, HP may unlock the touchpad bootloader making it even more easier to install an Linux (including Android) on it.

HP might even think about open sourcing WebOS. Truth be told, these TouchPads would be flooded into markets and more Android ROM communities would follow the TouchDroid project. Cygwin. Windows XP Pro SP1. Compressing your audio to Mp3 for an AVI file. Some of you may recall that in the old version of this guide we used the Lame ACM codec to compress the audio.

Compressing your audio to Mp3 for an AVI file

While this is still a perfectly valid (and compatible) way of compressing the audio it does unfortunately lack some of the tweak that have been made to the Lame codec in the last few years, particularly in the alt presets. The old method will be described but a new and preferred method will also be detailed. About mp3 in the Avi container Due to the design of the mp3 container in can only technically support constant bitrate mp3 audio.

Task Manager only shows processes, all other windows missing - Windows XP Help & Support. Simple Online Collaboration: Online File Storage, FTP Replacement, Team Workspaces ~ Free Version. Free File Converter - Easily Convert Any Type of File. How to replace the operating system on an hp - touchpad tablet. How to mount ISO with Daemon Tools. Change the default operating system for startup (multiboot) How to change os.