Get your external IP address

2009-11-04 1 min read Bash Linux

$ echo -e "GET /automation/n09230945.asp HTTP/1.0rnHost: whatismyip.comrn" | nc whatismyip.com 80 | tail -n1

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Citibank Doesn\’t Want Your Business, Linux Users

2009-11-03 1 min read Linux Uncategorized

This is an article from the Citibank customers in US.

The Consumerist: ”Citibank won’t let customers using Linux computers log in to their online accounts. Adam argues that in 2009 this doesn’t make sense, especially when no other major corporate website blocks him like this.”

URL: <a href="http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-10-31-001-39-IN-BZ-SW">http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2009-10-31-001-39-IN-BZ-SW

But in India too we don’t have much too different environment. Though I do not have any issues with the Citibank site, but I have HDFC Insurance. I always pay the premium online. This time the payment failed couple of times and the amount was deducted from my account. When checked with the Customer Service Desk, the confirmed that the payment option does not work on Firefox with Linux. For this time I have made the payment using Cash, but why should there be OS discrimination.

what is my user agent

2009-11-02 1 min read Uncategorized

Wonder what your browser is sending to all the websites that you visit.

Check out at <a href="http://whatsmyuseragent.com/">http://whatsmyuseragent.com/

Using autologin for ftp sessions.

2009-10-30 1 min read Linux

A simple example of the .netrc file. Keep this file in your homedir and then chmod to 600.

machine skyware login raj password ********

macdef init

ls -lRt

macdef hello

bye

cups web interface.

2009-10-29 1 min read Linux

Today I found an interesting piece of information. I was trying to debug a problem with the cups service and found that cups offers a web administration.brbrThe server is running at port 631. So point your browser to browser with <a href="http://localhost:631">link and happy digging.

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Metasploit Project Sold To Rapid7

2009-10-29 1 min read Uncategorized

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ancientribe writes ”The wildly popular, open-source Metasploit penetration testing tool project has been sold to Rapid7, a vulnerability management vendor, paving the way for a commercial version of Metasploit to eventually hit the market. HD Moore, creator of Metasploit, was hired by Rapid7 and will continue heading up the project. This is big news for the indie Metasploit Project, which now gets full-time resources. Moore says this will translate into faster turnaround for new features. Just what a commercial Metasploit product will look like is still in the works, but Rapid7 expects to keep the Metasploit penetration testing tool as a separate product with ’high integration’ into Rapid7’s vulnerability management products.”

Fedora 11 delayed by one more week.

2009-10-27 1 min read Linux

Not new to Fedora schedules, I guess. Has happened in past and happened again, Fedora release is slipped second time to 2009-06-09