Wael Nasreddine

I’m writing this article more of reminder to myself than a document for others, as I spent hours searching for an answer.

Apple has Changed the hash the database is signed with, so now libgpod doesn’t wotk with the new firmware, but the answer is as simple as patching up an XML file, so SSH to your device and edit /System/Library/Lockdown/Checkpoint.xml, Change the value of the DBVersion key from version 4 to version 2.

I take absolutely no credit for this discovery, all credits goes to Marcan

Source: Marcan’s blog

I have had a very nice night last night, I was with a friend so we went and bought vodka, beer, juice and bit of this bit of that :D. I finally went to bed at 00:30 AM but the weirdest thing happened this morning, I felt the bed moving WTH lol, so I got up looked around and I finally found out why !! A cat came through the window crawled under the bed and got himself stuck between the bed and the wall trying to climb there lol, Just look how cute he is. The problem was I wasn’t sure if I’m still dreaming or not lol …
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Have you ever dreamed a Sabayon that fits on your small hard drive, a Sabayon that is smart, lightweight and ready to be filled in with the applications YOU want? On a 700MB CD also? Here it is my friend! It’s called “Pod” and it’s just like a Mini Edition, but with XFCE 4.4.2 in it and based on Sabayon Linux 3.5.

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Security is the most important thing in our lives, to this end, a lot of tools and algorithms has been created, tools allowing you to encrypt your data. In this article I will provide details on the 2 most commonly used tools/algorithm for data protection, GnuPG and LUKS.

In this article, I will teach you how to use both tools in a different situations, exploring many useful situations… Once you’re done, you will be able to protect and keep your data safe and secured…
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It’s very important, when you are choosing an important password, to choose it well, always mix letters ( lower AND upper ), numbers and characters… A week password can be guessed via dictionary attack, like `home` or `computer` etc… A strong password can never be guessed via dictionary attack, ex: `]RmXpEB=1&` or `rl*~V3nM"S` …

I agree that random passwords are very hard to remember, but it’s better safe than sorry right ? Anyway you might think I thought of that password, well guess again

To generate a random, yet powerful, password I use apg it’s a small program that generates passwords, you can request both pronounceable and random passwords.. here some examples:
Generate an 8 to 10 chars long, pronounceable passwords
$ apg -a 0 -m 8 -x 10
Dabfiecaf
cebfaysHey
hivjebDoj
Kaneisht2
FiwauHyk
NiwryinkEp


Generate 15, 5 to 10 chars long, random passwords
$ apg -a 1 -m 5 -x 10 -n 15
y=/y}Ue
U^hV;DX
Y|'q@PWU}
Iz?J[M\{:
z0)g(3?bR[
W3'(PQ}8.
/]eb:]VkU
num)bQ
|q&Z6:)d5
I()jhl?I
0′[Pc1″<4
e1,`L”
WAU\ %o+n1+ 9pIs'


Password Strength
To check the strengh of your password, you can use Password checker by Microsoft.com or this small Java program

Good Luck

We are proud to announce the release of Sabayon 3.5 Final

codename: Ibex Poacher

Distribution Features, Updates, Changes since 3.4

Entropy 0.15.23.7: defining the “software2.0″ concept (read our current/future development plan and status, sponsored by the NLnet Foundation)
- This is the Cool, Exclusive, Fast, User-oriented, Sabayon Linux Package Manager, Portage compatible, written from scratch
- Featuring “equo” as Textual front-end
- Featuring “Spritz” as Graphical front-end (based on YumEx)
- Featuring a notification applet front-end to keep your system up-to-date (based on RHN-Applet)
- Featuring an Online Packages Browser at packages.sabayonlinux.org
- Featuring “Community Repositories” support, every user will be able to create his/her own repository in less than 15 minutes
- Featuring Gentoo Linux Security Advisories support, enabling you to easily and quickly get informed about security threats and their fixes/package updates
- Completely internationalized into your language (5 languages currently supported), help us!
- Around 7500 applications available for both 32 and 64bit Computers
- Multiple branches support, wanna stick with 3.5 during the 4.0 development? No problem!
- Currently at about 40000 lines of code, and growing
- No more headaches to keep your System updated, We do it for You! Two clicks or a few keystrokes, this is what you just need.
- Completely based on Open Source technologies (Python, SQLite, MySQL, OpenSSL, Urwid, gzip), source code available at svn.sabayonlinux.org
- One of the first Gentoo-based Linux distribution actively supporting source and binary packages.

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