Friday, November 1, 2013

How do I install and mount an exFAT partition?

Microsoft introduced the new exFAT file system with Vista SP1. Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) is the successor to the old FAT32 file system [1].As the very first step you may need to add the following URL to your repository base. To add the correct repository to Ubuntu 13.04 and lower:$sudo...

Monday, October 28, 2013

Reset mysql root Password

I wanted to reset the mysql root password of one of my temporary hosted mysql database server. Since it was not used for a long period of time, I couldn't remember the the root password correctly. As the first step, I loged into the server as the root user. I was using a Ubuntu 12.04 server. First...

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Security Vulnerabilities: Oracle GlassFish Server Administration Console Authentication Bypass

Description: When the server is vulnerable to Oracle GlassFish Server Administration Console GET Request Authentication Bypass, it fails to enforce authentication on HTTP requests that contain lower case method names (e.g. ’get’). A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit this to upload and execute...