[ NOTES : I wrote this article in June 2008 before openSUSE 11.0 was released.In openSUSE 11.0 the modem is recognized automatically, there is no need to remove usbstorage and attach the usbserial kernel module. And also now Telkomsel has an unlimited Internet connection subscription called Flash Unlimited. ]
Last night, I had a chance to [...]
Archive for the ‘My’ Category
Using Huawei E220+Telkomsel Flash in openSUSE 10.x
Posted in My, openSUSE, tips on September 24, 2008 | No Comments »
HTTPS in Gmail
Posted in tips on August 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »
What is the difference between https://mail.google.com and http://mail.google.com ? Answer : one s.
The correct answer for the above question can be found in the Official Gmail Blog. Here it is :
If you access Gmail using HTTP, your password will be protected from sniffer, but after you have successfully login to Gmail, your email [...]
Accessing WordPress in HTTPS
Posted in tips on August 10, 2008 | No Comments »
I noticed that you can login to WordPress in HTTPS mode instead of HTTP mode. I found out about this several months ago. I am a little bit curious, why WordPress doesn’t redirect HTTP mode to HTTPS mode like what Yahoo and Google did ?
Blog From The Past : The Need for Backup
Posted in hacks on August 2, 2008 | No Comments »
[Note : This blog post was written several months ago]
On the previous Saturday, I experienced a disaster. My computer harddisk displayed many I/O errors when the system tried to access it. And of course at that time, I can’t access it anymore. :((
One mistake that I made during that time was running fsck.ext3 to the [...]
Upgrade to openSUSE 11.0
Posted in hacks on August 2, 2008 | No Comments »
[This article was written last month - sometime in July 2008]
Recently I got a chance to upgrade my openSUSE 10.3 system to openSUSE 11.0. This happened because Novell send me a retail version of openSUSE 11.0 (DVD Dual-Layer).
Overall there are no major problems during the upgrade process.
But after the upgrade, I found out several problems [...]
Start Blogging Again
Posted in blog news on March 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s been more than three months since I wrote my last blog in this site. My last blog item dated November 29, 2007.
In those three months, I was busy with settling to a new job.
Now everything seems to be settled down so I hope I can write more regularly.
See you and happy reading.
Blog From The Past : Testing Snort 3.0 alpha 1
Posted in My, hacks on November 15, 2007 | No Comments »
[Update 15 Nov 2007 : I wrote this blog several months ago, but I haven't been able to publish it until now]
After a couple of weeks I have been very busy settling things up in my new field, I got a chance to play with Snort 3.0 Subsystem Alpha 1. This release is not for [...]
A Little Intro to hping3
Posted in hacks, openSUSE on November 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Last night I installed hping3 in my system. The installation process is quite a bit challenging (as always :D).
Here are the steps to install hping3 on your system :
- Make sure you have the following packages installed on your system :
- libpcap and libpcap-devel
- tcl and tcl-devel
- Extract the hping3 tarball
- If your system [...]
Using Atheros-based Wifi Card in openSUSE 10.3
Posted in My, hacks, openSUSE, tips on November 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
After upgrading my system to openSUSE 10.3, my wifi card (atheros-based) is no longer able to work. The kernel doesn’t recognize it anymore. In my previous openSUSE 10.1, it works flawlessly run out of the box. [Updated : I just found out that in openSUSE 10.1, I have done the same thing.]
Having been thinkering [...]
Recent Activity
Posted in blog news on November 8, 2007 | No Comments »
Lately I have been very busy preparing a documentation to be submitted to a friend. Actually I have been preparing this document since July 2007. I have devoted many hours to create this document and also many things happen during those time, but finally I can sleep well now, it’s finished. So you may notice [...]
