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  • 31st August 2008
    • By Mohd Shakir
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    Golden Axe in Linux

    I was browsing the net today and a keyword popped up in my head, "Golden Axe". Golden Axe was an old game I remember playing when I was a kid. Google brought me to Abandonia, the lair of old (and abandoned) games. When downloaded, I tried to run it using wine but presented with the [...]

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  • 29th August 2008
    • By Mohd Shakir
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    Article: Create SSH SOCKS proxy tunnel for secure web browsing

    I recently published an article titled Create SSH SOCKS proxy tunnel for secure web browsing at TechRecipes. Feel free to read and comment at that site. The article is about creating a SOCKS proxy using SSH, which when configured on a web browser can be used to secure HTTP traffic through tunneling and can be [...]

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  • 27th August 2008
    • By Mohd Shakir
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    Article: Bypass CPanel’s jailshell using PHP

    I recently published an the article Bypass CPanel's jailshell using PHP at TechRecipes. Feel free to read and comment at that site. The article is about using simple HTML and PHP to execute Linux commands at the web hosting server. In shared webhosting environment, this can be very dangerous as it can be used to [...]

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  • 18th August 2008
    • By Mohd Shakir
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    Passwordless MySQL root account in shared hosting

    I was doing some work with many terminals open, and in one terminal I typed the following to access my MySQL databases; $ mysql -u root and I’ve been granted access, as I don’t set any password for my local MySQL account. I was somehow surprised however when I run the following command mysql> show [...]

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