Windows

If you want to configure your own proxy.pac file to, for example, do not modify the proxy configuration if you are in the office or later at home, we can create a new proxy.pac file and configure in the proxy setup in Internet Explorer with file://folder/with/proxy.pac, however, windows will ignore this file to avoid exactly what we are trying to achieve. See the Microsoft explanation about how Microsoft handles the Proxy configuration in https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/ieinternals/2013/10/11/understanding-web-proxy-configuration/ The Read more...
God mode in windows 7 can be unhidden with this little trick. First step, create a folder in the Desktop and set next name to it: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} Now this folder will change its icon to tooks like: There are a lot of new features to play with after that... But becarefull, with power comes big responsibility.   Read more...
One of the most problematic port redirections are those redirecting UDP ports. Based on SSH protocol, there is no way to redirect UDP ports over SSH tunnels. Imagine you are behind a FW with very restrictive rules and your connection must use a Proxy witn no name resolutions outside of the intranet, there are no too much ways to access to an external DNS and surf internet, but there are some... Here it is explained a way how to redirect UDP ports with the help of socat (NetCat+++), and a SSH Read more...
To copy the partition table and MBR from a disk to create the same definition of partitions as in other, you have to copy the first 512 blocks from the header of the disks like with the next command to copy it to another disk for mirroring two disks without create the partition in both disks: # dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=1 This is correct for EXACTLY the same partition sizes. In the case you want the MBR only on a drive that has a root partition of a different size then issue the same Read more...