Decryption of Weblogic 8 3DES passwords in config.xml…

So, yesterday I couldn’t find the password that is used to connect to one of the Oracle DBs for an application… The password is saved in config.xml for this weblogic domain, but it’s encrypted… I can see the hash “{3DES}vx1VMjDei4ur7Ews12m4zQ==” in the config.xml file… I’ve read a few threads that mentioned that the decryption key [...]

I should have done it while I could…

Tonight, I’ve just finished watching this movie, it’s called He’s just not that into you, it was a really nice movie, I like it…. For a moment, actually lots of moments, I felt that I can see my life being displayed on that silver screen !!!! I mean, that is just me, that what did [...]

Install Linux on a machine running Windows – Remotly, no CD-ROM, no PXE…

One day, I got stuck with that server running windows, and I wanted to install Linux on it… It was connected to an IP-KVM, so I thought I’m in control, and I can just boot it up with PXE, but there was my surprise, no PXE support in the BIOS !!!! And the machine has [...]

Modifying initrd.img

Sometimes you might want to alter the content inside initrd.img for many reasons… Using mkinitrd might sound like the obvious solution, but it doesn’t do much except for boot time drivers… But assume you want to embed a kick start file inside the installer’s initrd.img, let’s take this for example…

Pangolin, a problem with the SIP stack…Solved…

In a previous post, I’ve talked about a large scale VoIP system, so the client decided to use a customized version of Pangolin from PortSIP, but it had a slight problem… If the user won’t use STUN, he can login to the SBC, but when making a call, it’s one way audio… If the user [...]

Asterisk IP authentication…

Thinking about making your own termination service ?? need to make IP-based authentication for asterisk ?? This took me quite some time to figure out how to do it properly… In Trixbox, or any similar distribution that uses FreePBX interface, trying to add an extension won’t help in this at all… Thanks to the guys [...]

Asterisk and CTI, what’s that all about??

Asterisk is a wonderful piece of software, doing all the magical stuff you can imagine with VoIP, including –but not limited to– IVR, call queues, routing, billing, trans-coding, registrar, and much more… One of the most advanced features in asterisk and is generally overlooked, and taken for granted, is the asterisk manager interface (AMI for [...]

Problems with my HTC Touch HD…

Hey there, Yesterday I decided to test the new TouchFlo 3D on my HTC Touch HD, I saw its demo on youtube and it seems to offer better usability features and deeper integration within windows… The only way I could get it installed is by flashing a “cooked” ROM, the guys on XDA-Developers are more [...]

Thinking Green…Vertical Axis Wind Turbine…

Green energy, free power, it’s all concepts we dream of, and some of us may have thought about it deeply, esp. with all oil prices rising sky-high (it used to reach over 100$), now it’s relatively low, but eventually it will rise again… Also not to mention the amount of carbon-dioxide produced from burning the [...]

The forgotten ASCII art…

It’s really cool, logging on a server and see its name shown using an amazing yet simple text symbols like this one: ____ _____ ______________ ____ ____ ______ / _ | / ___// ____/ _/ _/ / _ | / __ \/_ __/ / /_| | \__ \/ / / / / / / /_| [...]