Headache on Conficker worm

1 March 2010 | 16:57 | Information Security | No Comments

Conficker worm is nightmare to company. Hard to identify and almost impossible to remove from the network thoroughly.
However, there’s a good article about conficker analysis which is worth reading.
http://mtc.sri.com/Conficker/
I just hope every security guy can understand how conficker worm spreads and how it works. This will help find the root cause of infection and prevent [...]



rtorrent and ncftp on MSS box (optware)

28 September 2009 | 12:10 | website | No Comments

the latest version of rtorrent is 0.85
key configuration file is “/opt/etc/rtorrent.conf” and “/opt/root/.rtorrent.rc”
use #/opt/bin/ipkg install rtorrent
to update
do NOT try to update ncftp to 3.2.2 which has issue on optware.



OpenDNS+DDNS

2 April 2009 | 10:23 | website | No Comments

OpenDNS is a useful solution to prevent DNS spoofing, and provide web content filtering, anti-phishing features which give us a safer Internet. For people in China mainland, it’s another good solution to resolve the correct IP address of the destination URL against the DNS poison by local ISP.
If you want to setup a website on [...]



Enable url auto-forward on your host server

6 March 2009 | 15:17 | website | No Comments

You can use CNAME on your name server to redirect the url. However, in some circumstance, it is not allowed to use this easy way. You have to find out another solution to redirect the url.
If you a host sever, you can do this by adding several codes in the .htaccess file.
For example, you can [...]



My Site Plan

20 February 2009 | 16:25 | website | No Comments

Here’s some scope of my sites. You can find my site link at the right sidebar.

Forum <———- A discussion zone with my friends to share information

infoSec Space <—My Windows Live Space, integrated with MSN.

Mail System <—–xfelix.com mail system

MediaWiki <——-My personal knowledge database

Photos <———–Photo gallary



DNS Settings For Dreamhost Apps

20 February 2009 | 16:16 | website | 1 Comment

For WordPress
POINT to 208.97.187.233 (or)
CNAME to wordpress.dreamhost.com
For Zenphoto
POINT to 208.97.187.239 (or)
CNAME to zenphoto.dreamhost.com
For phpBB
POINT to 208.97.187.220 (or)
CNAME to phpbb.dreamhost.com
For Drupal
POINT to 208.97.187.218 (or)
CNAME to drupal.dreamhost.com
For MediaWiki
POINT to 208.97.187.221 (or)
CNAME to mediawiki.dreamhost.com.
For Google Apps (MX Records)
Priority Mail Server
1 ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
5 ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
5 ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM.
10 ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.
10 ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM.
(Or)
Simply Set the Name Servers
ns1.dreamhost.com. [66.33.206.206]
ns2.dreamhost.com. [208.96.10.221]
ns3.dreamhost.com. [...]



Free website app from Dreamhost

20 February 2009 | 15:59 | website | No Comments

Dreamhostapps is now offering free web hosting. It provides several well-known web application, such as Wordpress, Zenphoto, phpBB, Drupal, MediaWiki and Google app service. There are about 7000 invitation accounts available. Go and register your free space thru http://www.dreamhostapps.com/.
My current web site is also setup on this free Dreamhostapp. It’s totally free and Ad free. [...]