TXLANS.com

If you’re like me you’re almost always “on the go”.  Work, school, sleep, work, school, sleep, and repeat.  I like to know when my downloads are finished and since I always have my phone on me this is probably one of the most nifty things you can do.

Requirements

• SMS Gateway
• sendEmail
• uTorrent
• SMTP Server
• Any kind of CLI experience will help but is not required.

You will need each one of these, especially the SMTP server which will be responsible for sending the notification.

1. Find your SMS Gateway
   You can find your SMS Gateway using this list I found on Wikipedia. Since I use AT&T my SMS gateway will be “txt.att.net”.  This means sending an email to PhoneNumber@txt.att.net will send an email to the specified phone number in the form of a text message.  Write this down or save it in notepad.
2. Setting up sendEmail
   If you haven’t already downloaded it from the link above then you need to.  Put it some place easy to remember such as C:\ or something easy to get to.  This way there will be less for you to type.  I am using C:\sendEmail.exe in this example.
3. Servers
   You want to have this information ready.  You will need:  SMTP Server address, port, username, and a password all for the authentication and connection.
4. Set up uTorrent to run sendEmail
   This is the fun part.  Right click on a torrent and select properties and then open the Advanced Tab.  There is a field there for “Run this program when the download finishes”.  This is what we are interested in.
5. Build your command for uTorrent
   Since sendEmail is a command line utility we need to build the command for uTorrent to execute it.  You can follow this exact example below…

   C:\sendEmail.exe -f <from@domain.com> -t <phone@gateway> -u “subject” -m “message” -s smtp.server.com:port -xu “username” -xp “password”

   
   

   Also, uTorrent has some pre-placed variables for you to use : %N for the name of file and %D for where it is saved so you can be specific with your notification.
   
   
   

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Here are some good Photoshop brushes I have come across.  Some are from deviantArt while the rest can be found out on the blogosphere.

Ink and Paint

3D Halftone

Coffee Stains

Hi-Res Splatter

More brushes are available for download.  Just click the “Continue Reading” link below.

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DVL Distro

You must admit; one of the most popular activities among the IT world is downloading and trying new operating systems.  Why?  Because we are looking for one that meets all requirements of what we do.  This would include..

1. Easy to use..
2. Easy to configure and set up..
3. Easy to manage and above all..
4. AS SECURE AS POSSIBLE.

What if that isn’t your goal?  Maybe your goal is to have something as vulnerable as possible so that you can LEARN to secure nearly any Linux OS.  That is the goal of Damn Vulnerable Linux.

DVL is a linux distribution based off Backtrack 2.0.  It’s filled with all sorts of tools and exploits as well as all the services such as SSHD and Apache that are out-dated and vulnerable to attacks.  The main goal of this distro is to teach you how to secure, reverse engineer code, and most of all…LEARN.

This is by far one of the coolest things I have come across and I am recommending it highly.

Damn Vulnerable Linux (DVL) is everything a good Linux distribution isn’t. Its developers have spent hours stuffing it with broken, ill-configured, outdated, and exploitable software that makes it vulnerable to attacks. DVL isn’t built to run on your desktop – it’s a learning tool for security students.

The main idea behind DVL was to build up a training system that I could use for my university lectures. My goal was to design a Linux system that was as vulnerable as possible, to teach topics such as reverse code engineering, buffer overflows, shellcode development, Web exploitation, and SQL injection.

Of course one of the obvious warnings they give you is to not use it as an actual operating system and if you ask me that goes without saying.

Give it a shot and see what you can learn.  I’m having fun on it already!

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UNetbootin is free software aimed at anyone looking to create USB-Bootable installs for Linux distributions.

“UNetbootin allows you to create bootable Live USB drives for Ubuntu, Fedora, and other Linux distributions without burning a CD. It runs on both Windows and Linux. You can either let UNetbootin download one of the many distributions supported out-of-the-box for you, or supply your own Linux .iso file if you’ve already downloaded one or your preferred distribution isn’t on the list.”

http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

The wonderful thing about UNetbootin is the fact that this does not just work for linux distributions that I have found but it also works for any other boot-cd you might find.  As long as you have an ISO of a disk that is supposed to boot on startup, it can make it so.

Therefore, you are not limited to just ISO’s of Fedora, Ubuntu, etc.  I have created USB bootable flash drives with MultiBoot, Hirens, and others as well as Windows XP, Windows 7, etc.  Why you need to do this?  Want to install Windows XP on your netbook?  Need to remove a windows password?

Download it Here.

If you have already used it before, leave a comment about what you have done with it.

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No need for invites anymore as today (well..last night since its 3:30am..) Google has officially launched Google Wave into the public domain.  Now anyone can go to http://wave.google.com and get their own google wave going.

Happy sailing and surfing!

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