Blogging

Having a blog nowadays is like having an e-mail, a Hi-5 , MySpace, Facebook account etc.. Fashion indicates not only what we will wear but what we will do to..

I have this blog more like a personal web-page. Projects, News, Articles, Links etc all posted here, all categorized..

Useful OpenSSL Tricks

OpenSSL deserves a lot of credit. It is an extremely useful, valuable Open Source project. When people talk about how successful Apache is, rock-solid crypto toolkits like OpenSSL and OpenSSH should also be mentioned. Here are a few (of the many) functions that I have found useful, along with examples of how to use them:

• Base64 Encoding and Decoding
• Symmetric Encryption and Decryption of Files
• Cryptographic Hashing of Files
• S_CLIENT SSL/TLS Test Utility

Installing Backtrack repos

Installing Backtrack repositories and tools to another distro is Not impossible. In the opposite it is quite easy. To begin with check this.

http://sun.backtrack-linux.org/README.txt

First add the archive pgp key and then add the repositories. Reload and….. voilà!!! All the toys in your hands….. E.G. I searched the internet a little and found “tutorials” about installing all the tools and menus etc. DONT DO THAT. Installing everything that the backtrack repos contains is by 99.9% sure that it will crash your system because it will install EVERYTHING. Unnecessary drivers, conflicting drivers etc etc things that are configured by the developers and things that even backtrack installer doesn’t installs them all. It chooses what to install, what you need. I experimented with it and the result was that it installed all the graphic card drivers, universal nvidia ati etc…. Goodbye GNOME.

My point is that using backtrack repos is an easy way of installing tools that you want and not copying backtrack..