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Vista patch (KB942624) breaks SSH port 445 forwarding? |
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By admin on
12/16/2007
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I'd been using OpenSSH running under Cygwin for quite a while now and just recently started port forwarding SMB so I could copy files between local and remote computers over an encrypted tunnel. More accurately, I wanted to sync files between Windows boxes and a remote NAS device running NSLU2-Linux using robocopy. This involved installing a loopback adapter, assigning it an IP address (10.0.0.222), then running SSH:
ssh -L 10.0.0.222:445:localhost:445 user@remoteip
Once connected, I can see my remote Windows shares by specify a UNC path (\\10.0.0.222) in Windows Explorer. This was all working great until I installed Vista patch KB942624 which fixes a security issue in SMB. It fixes it so good th ...
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Windows Vista--aaaaaagggghhhh! |
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By admin on
12/13/2007
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Why did I think it'd be a good idea to upgrade to Vista when I replaced two of my computers? Probably because every Windows upgrade I've ever done (since Win3.1) was never this troublesome! My main issue? User Account Control. In theory it's a great idea (stolen entirely from Unix/Linux.) The problem is that many, many programs won't run correctly with it enabled! My favorite game won't even run because Punk Buster boots me off the server. Haven't found a fix for that yet. Do anything in the Command Prompt? Better learn how to open it in Administrative mode and even then you may have problems. I've finally turned off UAC... we'll see if that makes my life easier.
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My foray into Linux |
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By admin on
4/6/2007
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I've been playing around with Linux for a few years now, mostly just to see what all the commotion was about, not to use it on a daily basis.
In the past I've loaded up Fedora and have installed later versions of it since then. It never did a very good job detecting my hardware, so things like sound and video cards had to be manually configured which usually amounted to editing conf (configuration) files--not fun.
Lately I've been playing with several other distros including Ubuntu, openSUSE, MEPIS, and PCLinuxOS.
Ubuntu 6.10 looked and behaved a lot like Fedora Core 6. It also didn't detect all my hardware. ...
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First post |
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By admin on
7/27/2006
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Welcome!
I just installed DotNetNuke and am planning to use it as my new homepage. Check out the links on the left and feel free to snoop around.
-DC-
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Ten tips for a better running and more secure computer |
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By admin on
4/7/2006
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Ok, for all those people who have Microsoft Windows computers that run slowly and produce pop-up advertisements all the time, I'm going to do you a big favor and tell you what you need to do. The best part: ALL OF THESE SOLUTIONS ARE FREE!
1) Check your hard drive
Open a Command Prompt (click Start, Run, and type "cmd" then hit Enter) and run "chkdsk c: /f" to check for file errors on your hard drive.
2) Run Windows Update
Go to Start, Programs, and click the Windows Update icon. You'll need to be connected to the Internet for it to work. Make sure you download all the Critical Updates, regardless of how long it will take!
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