Previously I wrote an article on using ADITA (Open VPN ALS) to setup a free Virtual Private Network. ADITA is not the only solution. Though ADITA is a very advanced software, the common users may not use all the features available. Therefore I decided to share two other free VPN solutions with you.
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free secure personal vpn solutions
Previously I wrote an article on using ADITA (Open VPN ALS) to setup a free Virtual Private Network. ADITA is not the only solution. Though ADITA is a very advanced software, the common users may not use all the features available. Therefore I decided to share two other free VPN solutions with you.
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ACCESS ADITA VPN FROM ANOTHER PC
A lot of users ask how to access their PC from another PC. It’s really simple. Follow these steps.
1.Add the VPN Port (default is 443) to the exception list of your firewall in order to allow incoming connections to that port.
2.If you are behind a router you will also need to forward the VPN port to your PC (Where the VPN Server is running).
3.Now find your IP address as seen to the internet by visiting www.cmyip.com. To access the VPN, point the browser to http://your-ip-here. If your IP is 123.176.10.30 then point your browser to http://123.176.10.30 .
If you have a dynamic IP address things become a little complicated. Every time your dial your ISP a new IP address is assigned to your PC. Fortunately there is a free service called DynDNS.
Find Similar Images Fast
probably its not worth finding it. Google has many features that common users aren’t aware of. Today I introduce you Google's “Similar Image Search”. It’s still in lab stage (Alpha stage or development stage). Nevertheless it works quite well. Are you ready? Go to http://similar-images.googlelabs.com. What do you want to find? For example type “Maldives” in the search box and press enter. Now you’ll see a link named “Similar images” under each image. Click it and you are taken to a page which displays images that are similar to that image. Isn't it useful? Enjoy!
Free SSL Virtual Private Network
So lets setup a FREE SSL Virtual Private Network.
What you need?
1- Open VPN ALS can be downloaded from www.sourceforge.net . But there's no official Windows installer. It'll be cumbersome to install and configure it manually. So I recommend downloading a third party Windows Installer for Open VPN ALS. Get it here.
You'll need to install the Java Runtime environment first, before installing the software.
2- Java Runtime Environment from http://www.java.com/getjava/
Identify Any image Fast
Its a wonderful idea and a masterpiece of technology. Its human powered image identification. You upload an image and it takes few hours to know what the picture is. This may become very handy for us Maldivians. In case we don't know the English name of some fruit, a fish, a tree or even a bird, just go to http://idthis.org/ and upload the image. Wait for an hour or two and checkout the replies from various people from all over the world.
DNR Website Vulnerable!
One of many government websites that are vulnerable to hacking is http://www.dnr.gov.mv/ which is the official website for Department of National Registration. I found out that this site can be defaced. No! I have no intentions in defacing the website. My sole intention is to make sure our government websites are secure. You don't believe me? Ok, I will reveal a less harmful vulnerability.To see for yourself checkout this link. Its an XSS vulnerability. Someone can use this website to fool users and do malicious activity! I urge the responsible authorities to fix the vulnerabilities as soon as possible.Let me tell you one more website which is highly vulnerable and easy to deface. Its a social website running on a free CMS called joomla. This site is prone to SQL injection and XSS attacks. Test a harmless XSS attack by replacing the cookie variable with 1>"><script%20%0a%0d>alert('XSS Vulnerable')%3B</script>. The website url is http://dhifuraavaru.com/. Note: some modern browsers detect XSS attacks and remove the suspicious scripts from the rendered page.
Hacked!
And guess what happend? First my browser warned me that the website has harmful elements from rapidsystemsend.ru.Then there comes a popup alert from Kaspersky Antivirus.Well, I ignored the warning and proceeded anyway. The page looks innocent enough. It says:
High Commission of Maldives website moved to http://maldiveshighcom.in
Dhiraagu still has this link on its website: http://www.dhiraagu.com.mv/about/links.php
I wonder how many people will fall victim to this danger.
Recently Dhiraagu also faced DDOS attacks. And even now http://dhiraagu.com.mv has a high vulnerability. Hint: Dhiraagu is running Apache server 1.3.x. But I don't think this particular vulnerability can be used to deface the website.
Re Mix the Web!
if you have new mail in your inbox without actually opening the email providers web page. You can have your bookmarks, todo list, calender and also latest headlines from your favourite news sites. These are just a few modules which netvibes has to offer. If you still want more, go ahead and design your own modules! Happy netvibing ;)
