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Know Your Network, Lesson 4: Access Your Home Computers from Anywhere

Know Your Network, Lesson 4: Access Your Home Computers from Anywhere
LH is often about how to get things done quickly, not how to do it securely. Sometimes there's a difference, but I agree, in this case running VNC outside any sort of tunnel is a BAD IDEA. Allowing unencrypted VNC access from the internet is a noob mistake. Gee Mom, look what I did! Setup a VPN at home first, then tunnen VNC traffic through your VPN. * OpenVPN for Linux Servers and Windows clients: [www.howtoforge.com] * OpenVPN: [www.grc.com] * VPN Uses: [blog.jdpfu.com] * Running Remote Applications: [blog.jdpfu.com] (NX is more efficient than VNC or RDP - perhaps 10x more efficient). ssh tunnels work, but they aren't as efficient as UDP-based VPNs like OpenVPN. That's what LH needs - an OpenVPN Guide. As usual, there are many different ways to accomplish the same goal.

Know Your Network, Lesson 2: Understanding Your Router’s Admin Page They are unique when they leave the factory, the first 6 characters specify the vendor, the last 6 specify the device, but if you go under the properties of the network adapter there's an option to specify the MAC. It's normally labeled something like Network Address, Physical Address, Locally Administered Address, etc. Wireless adapters are a little harder with Vista/Win7, but there are third-party programs that will do it for you. Routers can do this too, I think every home router I've seen has an option for it. As for your wireless, did you have multiple devices connected to the wireless?

Four little things that shaped India: Part 1 | The Kaipullai's Vetti Thoughts : The outer playground of my inner devil History books tell us that only events of tectonic magnitude, like say the Vasco Da Gama journey, shapes the history of the world. This post is not about events like that. This post is about some random little incidents from Indian history. Incidents, which are inconspicuous when viewed in isolation. So inconspicuous in fact, that they were eliminated from our History books. Can’t blame the textbooks though. It is not as if these things influenced our History. No 4: Iltutmish, with a polite harmless nod, says No to Jalal ad-din Mohammad, Ruler of the Khwarezmian Empire. It all started with this A gift basket Seriously, this story started with a pretty little, 13th century style gift basket, sent by Genghis Khan. In 1215 A.D, Genghis Khan, the ruler of Mongolia, sent a pretty looking gift basket to Ala Ud-Din Mohammad, the ruler of the neighboring Khwarezmian Empire. However, Ala ad-Din went all Gerard 300 This is Sparta Butler on the caravan. Strike One: Ala ad-din Strike Two : Ala ad-Din

How To Set Up Static DHCP on Your DD-WRT Router DHCP makes it simple to configure network access for your home network, and port forwarding makes it easy to those computers from anywhere. By configuring static DHCP on your DD-WRT router, you can combine the best of both worlds. The Problem with DHCP and Port Forwarding DHCP is great. You configure your router to automatically assign IP addresses and the computers on your network just plain work. Port forwarding is useful because you can access your router from outside of your network and be redirected to the computer you need inside of your network. Newer routers often have the ability to remember which IP address was assigned to which computer, so if they disconnect and reconnect their IP doesn’t change. We’ve touted DD-WRT’s ability many times before, and it’s not for nothing. Finding Your MAC Address The only real work you’ll have to do is find the MAC address of each computer’s attached networking card. Just go down to the icon in your system tray for your connection and click it.

Today I Found Out How to... Embed This Infographic <a href= ‎"><img src=" title="10 How Tos" alt="How To Infographic" border="0" class="nopin" /></a><br />Source: <a href=' title='Interesting Facts'><a href=' title='Interesting Facts'>Today I Found Out</a></a> 1) How to drastically increase the life of your shaving razor Before or after you shave (I prefer before so that the blades are dry), place your jeans on a hard flat surface; then run the razor up the pant legs about 10-15 times quickly; then repeat running it down the pant legs 10-15 times quickly. The threads on the jeans then will very effectively both fix any tiny bends in the blades that inevitably happen and will also sharpen the blades on your shaver cartidge. 2) How to make your teeth whiter Baking soda makes a good teeth whitener. 1.

"The egg" - Page 11 You were on your way home when you died. It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. And that’s when you met me. “What… what happened?” “You died,” I said, matter-of-factly. “There was a… a truck and it was skidding…” “Yup,” I said. “I… I died?” “Yup. You looked around. “More or less,” I said. “Are you god?” “Yup,” I replied. “My kids… my wife,” you said. “What about them?” “Will they be all right?” “That’s what I like to see,” I said. You looked at me with fascination. “Don’t worry,” I said. “Oh,” you said. “Neither,” I said. “Ah,” you said. “All religions are right in their own way,” I said. You followed along as we strode through the void. “Nowhere in particular,” I said. “So what’s the point, then?” “Not so!” I stopped walking and took you by the shoulders. “You’ve been in a human for the last 48 years, so you haven’t stretched out yet and felt the rest of your immense consciousness. “Sure.

Connect To Your Home PCs From Anywhere With DynDNS Have you ever found yourself at a friend’s house, wishing you could access the music on your computer? Or maybe you wish it was easier to connect to your VNC share from web cafes or your office? Maybe you’ve even tried writing down your IP address before leaving home specifically so you could connect? The main problem with that approach is that most ISPs change your IP on a regular basis. Alternatively, you can use DynDNS. And if you just want one URL, it’s a free service. How Free Dynamic DNS Works Here’s the deal: you get an account at DynDNS, which provides you with a free URL. Once everything is set up you’ll be able to access your home network from anywhere, using the URL provided to you by DynDNS. Getting Started Setting up DynDNS is easy. Being the Linux enthusiast that I am, I choose “homelinux.com,” but the choice is largely aesthetic – just pick something you can remember easily. Configure Your Router The simplest way to do this is to configure your router to do so. 1. 2. 3. Uses

Design Crush & Popsicles! - StumbleUpon Not to sound full of myself, but I’m pretty sure this is the be all, end all of popsicle roundups. There’s a little something for everyone: the foodies, the purists, the ones who prefer frozen yogurt, the ones who prefer a little alcohol, everyone. Tweny-five options to be exact. The post I did last summer on the cold guys was one of DC’s most viewed ever, so I thought you’d all be up for another round – was I right? Click on the photo to be taken to the recipe. All photos and recipes copyright of their respective source unless otherwise noted. Sony's PlayStation 3 experiences its biggest hack yet | Crave Hackers have found a way to break down one of the toughest defensive walls in Sony's PlayStation 3 software security, ensuring that those who use custom firmware can run homebrew software and pirated games forever. A group calling itself "The Three Musketeers" on Monday released a secret set of LV0 codes that can decrypt the PlayStation 3's Level 0 (LV0) security layer used by the primary boot loader. This means that hackers should always have the ability to release custom firmware for the device any time Sony updates the console's software. "This means that all future firmwares and all future games are decryptable, and this time around they [Sony] really can't do anything about it," Marcan, one of the players in the fail0verflow exploit, wrote in a related Slashdot thread. Unfortunately, unless your PS3 runs custom firmware, or can downgrade to a custom firmware, the exploit means relatively nothing -- for now.

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