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Supermicro IPMI BIOS upgrade fail [Solved!]

I tried to upgrade my Supermicro SuperServer 5015A-EHF-D525 IPMI BIOS to have the Heartbleed fixed in it. It failed on me. Badly.It looks like Supermicro's Linux upgrade too is the culprit. It enters...

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Is Apple iPhone screen size really too small?

The common consensus is that iPhone screen is too small. For example a Finnish journalist wrote (article is in Finnish), that "Soon iPhone will suit me too". As everybody is expecting a bigger screen...

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u-12 pre-SP100 exploits in a single tool

I created a new tool to obsolete the classic B593cmd.pl ping-exploit tool. I wrote that one almost a year ago to run any commands on your B593. That could be used to lift IPtables restrictions or get...

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Introducing curcfg_tool: Utility to make changes to your configuration

As I have promised a number of times to number of people. Here it finally is! The first version of my tool to alter your B593 configuration. With this tool you can change admin passwords for web GUI...

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iOS 8 upgrade on iPhone 4S

Being an old geezer, I typically upgrade my iPhone firmware via USB-cable. Wireless users need to wait for the upgrade to happen, USB-people simply plug the cable and go. Also it is a very robust...

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New features to curcfg_tool [Failure]

The original post about curcfg_tool.So I decided to add couple of new features to my tool. However, neither of of them work. Asiantuntijakaveri-blog introduced hack to run commands on boot: Persistent...

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Asus mobo BIOS upgrade loses Intel RAID-configuration

One of these days, I went to see if my motherboard has a newer BIOS. It had, and since I had not upgraded the BIOS after building my PC, I chose to go for upgrade.This is one of the newer model PCs....

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Unboxing iPhone 6

My iPhone 4S spent a while in the bottom of the lake. It worked under water and I got it out dried it, and it seems to work. Apparently something is short-circuiting as it doesn't stay turned off for...

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Adding capacity to Samsung Story USB-drive

To make sure my data is properly protected, I keep a habit of lifting off monthly backups from my NAS to an external drive. I have couple of Samsung Story USB-drives dedicated for that purpose. This...

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HOWTO: Build a Proper LAN with Copper Ethernet Cabling

Having a reliable LAN is an essential part of your Internet connection. Going for a wireless solution is fast to build (pretty much plug and use), but as everybody is running one nowadays, the 2,4 GHz...

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My Weather Station setup

As you already know, I love all kinds of gadgets. When it comes to weather, simply having a reading of outside temperature isn't nearly enough for me. I've had a weather station running for a while,...

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Huawei B593 u-12 firmware spreadsheet

Since there has been no updates for Mr. Bjørn Grønli's spreadsheet, I chose to continue his work.The link is...

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Replacing iPhone 4S battery

I really don't understand why people complain about iPhone screen size being too small. Personally I'd rather carry a phone, not iPad. Also it happens that iPhone 4S is one of the best phones Apple...

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Password encryption

A fellow B593 hacker Mr. Ronkainen from blog.asiantuntijakaveri.fi informed me about his findings regarding /var/curcfg.xml password encryption. This is something I did already spit-ball with him in...

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B593 u-12 /etc/ PEM-files explained

During the quest of hacking my u-12, Mr. Ronkainen from blog.asiantuntijakaveri.fi insisted, that the certificate files in /etc/ are actually used. My personal belief was, that the purpose of having...

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Supermicro IPMI BIOS upgrade fail [Solved!]

I tried to upgrade my Supermicro SuperServer 5015A-EHF-D525 IPMI BIOS to have the Heartbleed fixed in it. It failed on me. Badly. When I run:lUpdate -f SMT_316.bin -i kcs -r yThe not-so-friendly...

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Is Apple iPhone screen size really too small?

The common consensus is that iPhone screen is too small. For example a Finnish journalist wrote (article is in Finnish), that "Soon iPhone will suit me too". As everybody is expecting a bigger screen...

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u-12 pre-SP100 exploits in a single tool

I created a new tool to obsolete the classic B593cmd.pl ping-exploit tool. I wrote that one almost a year ago to run any commands on your B593. That could be used to lift IPtables restrictions or get...

View Article

Introducing curcfg_tool: Utility to make changes to your configuration

As I have promised a number of times to number of people. Here it finally is! The first version of my tool to alter your B593 configuration. With this tool you can change admin passwords for web GUI...

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iOS 8 upgrade on iPhone 4S

Being an old geezer, I typically upgrade my iPhone firmware via USB-cable. Wireless users need to wait for the upgrade to happen, USB-people simply plug the cable and go. Also it is a very robust...

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