Paul Ooi

Category: Software tips/tricks

  • Secure Your Wireless Connection

    Walking down to the busy street in Kuala Lumpur, you can connect to several wireless access point which offer by TMNet, Time, Maxis, Airzed and etc. But do you know that your connection packet can be sniffed by hacker who sitting next to you and grab your username password that access to webmail, blog and etc(if it’s without https/smtps/pop3 connection).

    I will provide you some basic knowledege setting up secure wireless connection with SSH tunneling; The requirements are;

    • a server access connection
    • putty ssh software
    • laptop with wireless card (dumbass, of course you need one)

    In putty setup, fill in Host Name, Port, Protocol and assign a Saved Sessions name for the particular connection. Next, navigate to Connection > SSH > Tunnel. Fill in source port as a random no from 1-65547, may be 3313, you can leave Destination blank, select Dynamic and Auto for IP protocol. Save the session again, and you done for the setup.

    Now, connect to your server and change your browser connection setting to Sock, 127.0.0.1 port 3313. Surf the internet! and your connection is partially secured now.

    Download PuTTY here.

  • Windows XP Chinese Input

    Beside using Chinese Star type chinese character “吊你”, you also can use Windows XP Chinese Input, but the configuration required Windows XP installation CD.

    Follow the step below..

    Go to Control Panel, and select Regional and Languages Options.

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  • Microsoft Outlook SMTP Setting

    Step by step how to enable your SMTP authenticated on Microsoft Outlook.

    Go to Tools > Email Accounts

    Select View or Change existing email address

    Select your email account and click on Change

    Click on More Setting

    Tick/Check/Select My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication

  • BiTorrent Client – BitComet

    BT BT BT BT BiTorrent has become very popular P2P software nowaday. To do software, music, video, e-book downloading. But do you know how to BT BT BT??

    Here is some info, BiTorrenting with BitComet!

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  • Adding email account in Outlook Express

    If you have a pop/imap/smtp support email account, you can download your emailsss into outlook express. But it must support either pop3/imap/smtp.

    Here is the step by step info;

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