November 2014 – .pQd's log

convincing vmware that lun presented by hardware raid is based on ssd

2014-11-222014-11-22 by .pQd

i have esxi 5.5 running on top of dell r620. since few months server has raid1 based on 2x intel s3500 800GB drives. but vmware [or maybe rather the raid controller – dell’s h710p] has seen it as a non-ssd drive: i’ve found a solution here and here: log in to the vmware server via ... Read More

BLKDE3815TYKH0E headaches

2014-11-19 by .pQd

we’re setting up a small computer that will act as vpn end-point. we decided to try something smaller this time – BLKDE3815TYKH0E. as it turned out it’s not as well polished as one would expect from intel. my colleagues had to pull out debian wheezy usb pend-rive with the installer to be able to finish ... Read More

sip-audio-session, new libxml2

2014-11-102015-07-19 by .pQd

i’m using nagios to wake me up. not every day – only when there’s some outage. i have pair of nagios servers – one in Sweden, one in Poland – they cross-check one another and – for the most critical problems – send sms and make a phone call. for sms’es i’m using budgetsms.net, for ... Read More

xwiki, html macro tag and unwanted javascript

2014-11-012014-11-03 by .pQd

xwiki – by default – allows contributors to embed arbitrary html, including javascript. it does not take much effort to include something like: then you just need to lure your victim into visiting given wiki page while being logged – you’ll get a http request containing that person’s cookie that can be re-used to impersonate ... Read More