Computing

Research Links

• E6500 laptop tear down

Research Links

• Setting up port forwarding AT&T Uverse
• When is port forwarding necessary?
• Port forwarding tool
• UVerse Router Admin Page: http://192.168.1.254/

It appears to me this would be good if you wanted to run an open router and try to protect yourself from what users may do on via your router.

Research Links

• Adafruit: Onion Pi kit
• Adafruit: What you will need
• Ebay: Onion Pi – Price = 150 ( markup of 60 USD)
• Adafruit: Setting up the middle box 
• Anonymizing Middlebox

Notes

• You'll still need to set up the access point and Tor software according to our tutorial. This project is best used by people with a little bit of command-line, linux or Raspberry Pi experience. If you've set up a Raspberry Pi and configured it before, this project will be a fun experience.

Procedure

1. create new subdirectory under blog to hold the mediawiki software
2. upload mediawiki to #1
3. run the mediawiki install by pointing a browser to #1
4. during install point to the old database.  The install will recognize the database needs updated.  Let it do that.
5. You will need to regenerate LocalSettings.php. After you download it upload it to #1
6. Dial a browser up to #1. Your install should be working now.  Remember: it is still using the old database though
7. download Image folder from old mediawiki install and upload it to the new install – this is to transfer the photos from the old install
8. New database:  I want a unique database not mixed with others so on dreamhost I am forced to create a new subdomain.  
9. Using the new subdomain of #8 create a new database.  On Dreamhost tends to look like:  mysql.subdomain.yourdomain.com
10. make a note of the user associated with new database!
11. If you are going Dreamhost domain to dreamhost domain all you need to do is use the new database HostName.  The DB username has access to whatever database it has been given regardless of what HostName is used.
12. If you are changing to a different host continue as #11 does not apply.
13. Ready for transfer of database.  Using PhpMyAdmin export your database with no compression.  The method of import will use BigDump script if your database is big. And too big is not very big with Dreamhost!  If you are going to import using this do not use the Export > Data > Extended Inserts option when you export your existing database.
14. Make a directory under your install folder called /dump
15. Get BigDump.php here.   upload BigDump.php to your /dump directory.   The bigdump.php file has instruction on usage in the comments.
16. upload your database file to /dump directory
17. point a browser at the /dump directory and run bigdump.php.     
18. Use phpMyAdmin to verify tables were created and filled by bigdump.php.
19. delete your old installation and database.  Do any necessary cleanup now or you(I) am likely to forget!

Adobe got hacked and millions of passwords plus password hints were leaked.  XKCD made a comic depicting a crossword puzzle based on the leak:

And once done you knew it was only a matter of time before someone made the real thing. You can see that here: Live Adobe CrossWord Puzzle Page

Oops…I better change my password.

Research Links

• Check if your account was one of the ones compromised
• 20 most popular Adobe passwords 
• Look Back on 2012′s Famous Password Hash Leaks – Wordlist, Analysis and New Cracking Techniques

Research Links

• Google Search: Exif photo
• Wikipedia: Exchangeable image file format