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  • Speedup Youtube streaming
    By fadi on August 9th, 2009 | 4 Comments4 Comments Comments
    I have got two internet connections (for network redundancy to keep my sites up – as I host them myself ). 1. DSL connection of PTCL 2. Cable connection of WorldCall On PTCL YouTube and other video sites would buffer/stream really fast, whereas on WorldCall I had to pause for the whole video...
  • OpenDNS and Firefox
    By fadi on August 3rd, 2009 | 3 Comments3 Comments Comments
    Hi all !! Just a quick post before I go for my Physics-2 final exam (in which I have failed twice already, its my third attempt )… I was having problems with YouTube and som other stuff… (a totally different issue, will discuss it in another post in detail); I ended up going *back* to ...
  • Email Issue Solved
    By fadi on May 15th, 2009 | 2 Comments2 Comments Comments
    Yeah… did it finally after a day of troubleshooting and testing… The problem: My ISPs SMTP server wasnt working perfectly resulting in mails not getting delivered !! Moreover, it was in the spam-list maintained by most of the mail services… which lead to the mails being delivered ...
  • Hash injection Attacks in a Windows Network
    By Dr-Hack on January 3rd, 2009 | No Comments Comments
    Why an exposed LM/NTLM Hash is comparable to a clear-text password Why a 127 character long password is not necessarily stronger than a 4 character long password Why generating LM/NTLM rainbow tables is a complete waste of time Passing-the-hash for direct authentication to remote systems Why one vu...
  • Botnets on mobile phones in 2009?
    By Dr-Hack on October 21st, 2008 | 2 Comments2 Comments Comments
    Sometimes when I think about this , I get real scared … Imagine BOTNETS of mobile phones, with high speeds of processing and bandwidth  this looks like a real future threat , though it cant be later then 2009 About 15 percent of all online computers are infected with bots, says a new re...
  • IP addresses to run out by 2010?
    By Dr-Hack on October 3rd, 2008 | 5 Comments5 Comments Comments
      As “the father of the Internet”, Vint Cerf is a man who needs to be listened to, especially when he is talking about the Internet itself. So when he warns that the Internet is almost full, meaning the available IP addresses are rapidly running out, I think we all need to start...