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about:stuff[0] #MozillaPH #FirefoxFriday

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It’s Firefox Friday again and this time I’m going to teach you guys how to download YouTube videos using only Firefox and your file explorer.. and no, this is not the “go to this website, paste video link and you get a download prompt” sort of technique. I learned this method via my Dilnet friends so, many thanks to them. :3
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Written by rystraum

February 12th, 2010 at 7:52 am

TESDA site defaced.

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Here’s a concatenated screencap of the site:

Page 1:

Page 2:


And here are dig and whois returns: TESDA.txt

Well, securing the server is really supposed to be the job of the webhost (in this case, Bitstop Inc. or Ikoula judging from the whois records) and if this was on a shared hosting, oh boy, they’re in real big trouble with their other clients if they made some changes with the system files. Tsk tsk.

Important lesson from all of this: Do not use IIS.

Although I will not claim that Apache is bulletproof, I’m pretty sure it’s far more secure than IIS.

Edit: Tesda Women’s Center website is the one hosted at Bitstop.



Written by rystraum

January 10th, 2010 at 6:58 am

(Rough) Review of DHCP Server Web / GUI tools

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This is a very rough review based solely on screenshots and documentation from the Debian help site.
The functionalities that we’re looking for are the following:

  • Ease of use for helpdesk and end-user
  • Check for existing DHCP leases
  • Release / Renew existing DHCP leases

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Written by rystraum

January 5th, 2010 at 7:38 pm

import: Easy screenshots in Linux

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Pressing Print Screen in GNOME captures a screenshot of, well, the whole screen. (I’m assuming the same works for KDE too.)

What if you just want to capture a certain window or a certain area?
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Written by rystraum

January 3rd, 2010 at 10:34 am