Browse Internet with your Terminal

Terminal is very important in Linux. Yes, because without Terminal, our computers can't run perfectly. Terminal also has the (important) function. It is used to interact the user (read: you). It interact with you without the mouse. So, You may use the keyboard and the command. All programs in Linux can be accessed by terminal. In my previous articles, I was accustomed you to use Terminal.
So, now Terminal can be used to browse Internet. Everything can be doing in Terminal. If you want some testimony, I will show you.

1. First open your Terminal.


2. Check your Internet connection. You can see the connection indicator or type this command:

   ping ip number
   example:
   ping 192.186.1.255

   after execute this command, you will see your Terminal full with the letter. Oh... no! I can't stop this effect. Don't panic! press Ctrl+C to cancel the command. This way also apply to other.


3. Now, we must install the package. Type this:

   sudo apt-get install elinks



4. After that, try it. On your Terminal, type this:

   elinks http://www.google.com/

   so you will find this:It is beautiful, right? But, the scrips can't run here.

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How to Format Your USB Storage

Today, I'll compare the storage formating via Microsoft Windows with storage formating via Ubuntu Linux. It's very different.
On Windows, we have served all every think instantly by Microsoft. Just open Windows Explorer, click right, adjust, and finish. This condition is very different with Ubuntu Linux. This is my first time, I format my own USB Flash storage.
The step:

1. First, plug the flash drive to the USB port.


2. Second, open Terminal, and up to super user
   Type this:

   sudo -s



3. Then, check your flash drive location.
   Type this:

   tail -f /var/log/messages

   
   After you push the enter button, there're many information about your kernel and computer's activities. From there, we can find our flash drive information

   root@phoenix:~# tail -f /var/log/messages
   Jan 3 21:54:46 phoenix kernel: [ 959.199955] scsi7 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
   Jan 3 21:54:51 phoenix kernel: [ 964.200895] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access 0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
   Jan 3 21:54:51 phoenix kernel: [ 964.202867] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
   Jan 3 21:54:51 phoenix kernel: [ 964.203765] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] 1974272 512-byte logical blocks: (1.01 GB/964 MiB)
   Jan 3 21:54:51 phoenix kernel: [ 964.204514] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
   Jan 3 21:54:52 phoenix kernel: [ 964.209024] sdb: sdb1
   Jan 3 21:54:52 phoenix kernel: [ 964.402148] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
   Jan 3 21:56:16 phoenix kernel: [ 1048.593285] r8169: eth0: link up
   Jan 3 21:56:16 phoenix kernel: [ 1048.593329] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
   Jan 3 21:56:25 phoenix kernel: [ 1057.749230] lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
   

   
   The letter with bold effect is your flash info. In my computer the location is in sdb1, maybe it may different in your computer.


4. Next, we must try to format.
   type this:

   mkfs.vfat -F32 -n storagename -I /dev/sdb1

   
   F32 is the type of your memory format. In this case, there are two difference type of memory format. They are FAT32 and FAT16. FAT32 is used for the disk (not only your flash) with the memory over 256 MB. FAT16 is used for the disk with the memory less than 256 MB.


5. If you find this after you execute the command:
   

   mkfs.vfat 3.0.7 (24 Dec 2009)
   mkfs.vfat: /dev/sdb1 contains a mounted file system

   
   Oh...., don't panic. We must unmount that file.
   

   umount /dev/sdb1

   
   Repeat the forth step.

Good Luck! ;)

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Make Your Plain Ubuntu to The Penetration Distro

Firstly, Happy new year to all. I hope this new year we will become to a new human. OK, now, talking about the new human, computer users in Internet can become a plain user, and trained user. The differences of those two users is trained user can make and change his or her computer with him/herself.

Maybe everyone want to be the trained user. This is for everyone that want to be a network security.
I found this on kaskus.us. The forum said that if you want to be a "gray hat" or a network security, you do not have to use the Penetrated Distribution. You can do it with your Ubuntu.
First, you must download the key. Backtrack.gpg
Then, open your terminal and write this

wget -q http://archive.offensive-security.com/backtrack.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -ok-

This command is used for add the BackTrack key. BackTrack is included in the Penetration Distribution.
Open your sources.list, and add this repository

deb http://archive.offensive-security.com pwnsauce main microverse macroverse restricted universe multiverse

Then type this:

urname@urcomputer:~$ sudo apt-get update

I've try it. But I fail. Here I use UNE (Ubuntu Netbook Edition) Lucid Lynx.
If the lucky in your side, the synaptic will show the penetration utility.
Good Luck!

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