Acer Travelmate 506T - Reset Bios Password

Blog Entry on the Sunday 05th, March, 2006


  • Download Knoppix-STD
  • Boot using this LiveCD
  • Open a terminal window
  • Use the wonderful CmosPwd cmos/bios password recovery tool by typing ...
  • cmospwd /k
  • Umm... reboot
  • Enjoy another laptop

The laptop also had a faulty Ram channel, found thanks to memtest. No problem just use a kernel parameter, mem=95M (rather than use the full 128M).

 

Open Letter to my MP - Re: Police and Justice Bill

Blog Entry on the Tuesday 07th, March, 2006


Dear Ms. McDonagh,

I am writing to you as my local MP, regarding the Police and Justice Bill, in particular part 4, sections 34 and 35, amending the Computer Misuse Act 1990.
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/119/06119.27-33.html#j383A

During my spare time I am involved with a software project, Morphix. The aim of this software project is to provide tools for others to easily build LiveCD. An example of a LiveCD build using Morphix tools is Phlax.
http://morphix.org/
http://www.morphix.org/manual/how_tos/docbook_html/ar01s02.html#id2504082
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveCD
http://www.phlak.org/modules/news/

Phlax is designed as the security professionals tool kit. It contains tools used to test security on computer system. This tool however could be used to gain unauthorised access to computer material as defined by the Computer Misuse Act 1990.

I am concerned that the proposed wording of Police and Justice Bill is so wide ranging and vague that in theory, I would be in breach of part 4, section 35 and be subject to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months.

I would welcome the opportunity to discuss this further at your surgery at the Civic Centre, or more conveniently for myself in central London at the House of Commons.

Yours Sincerely,
Brendan M. Sleight

 

Connor Grahame Sleight - v1.0

Blog Entry on the Friday 10th, March, 2006


Happy Birthday Connor! Lots of presents.

He has grown since last year.

 

morphmini

Blog Entry on the Thursday 30th, March, 2006


morphmini input.xml output.mod

Creates a morphix mini module, using a template file.
man morphmini
apt-get install morphix-morphmini