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Garmin Map Updates And Linux

By On July 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment

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I have tried to update my Garmin nüvi 760 GPS Navigator, however Garmin’s updater mechanism, Garmin Map Updates doesn’t work on Linux.
The following screenshot is taken from Garmin map update site using Google Chrome and Ubuntu.
However after some research on the net, I found two other ways to the maps on my device:

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How to: Crack Password Encrypted Zip Files

By On April 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment

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fcrackzip is a zip-file encryption cracker, which can handle (recover / crack / hack) any password encrypted zipfile. Inside it uses a number of methods to accomplish the crack, but this happens nicely behind the scenes.
Install and fcrackzip on Ubuntu by typing:

cc@zeus:~$ sudo aptitude install fcrackzip

Use the fcrackzip for password cracking on Ubuntu [...]

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Crack Password Protected PDF With pdfcrack

By On April 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment

PDFCrack is a GNU/Linux application (or any other POSIX-compatible system) tool for recovering passwords and content from PDF-files. It is small, command line driven without external dependencies. PDFCrack is released under GPL.
Install and pdfcrack on Ubuntu by typing:
cc@zeus:~$ sudo aptitude install pdfcrack

Run a quick cracking power benchmark:
cc@zeus:~/Desktop$ pdfcrack -b
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How to Hack a Wireless Network

By On April 3, 2010 · 1 Comment

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WEP was intended to provide comparable confidentiality to a traditional wired network (in particular it does not protect users of the network from each other, but from outsiders), hence the name WEP.
Despite the intention, several serious weaknesses were identified by cryptanalysts over the last years. The severity of the weaknesses means that any [...]

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