Wednesday, September 28, 2022

You can still activate Microsoft products by phone

If you try to activate MS Office (or other products) by phone, even though the GUI offers this, when selected it will display a message that phone activation is no longer available.  Not true, they just stopped publishing the phone number.  

Dial +1 (888) 652-2342, follow the prompts, and you'll can still activate your product over the phone.



caddy web server

"Caddy 2 is a powerful, enterprise-ready, open source web server with automatic HTTPS written in Go"

 No dependencies, runs anywhere, automatic Lets Encrypt certificate renewals.

https://caddyserver.com/


Monday, September 26, 2022

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Reset Fortigate admin password

This allows you to reset the admin password on a Fortigate firewall without resetting the config.  This worked for me on a Fortigate 40C.

1. Connect console cable.

2. Power on unit.

3. The serial number will be displayed, e.g. FGT40C3913011545.  Or it is also on a sticker on the unit.  Copy and paste it into Notepad.

4. Prepend "bcpb" to the serial number and copy that string to the clipboard.  It should be something like "bcpbFGT40C3913011545" at this point.

5. Disconnect the power.

6. Reconnect the power.

7. When the login screen appears, you have only 10 seconds to login with the special name/password.

Enter "maintainer" for a user name.
Paste in the string you copied above as the password.

8. On successful login, you'll be at a command prompt.  Enter these commands to reset the admin password:

config system admin
edit admin
set password MyPassword123
end

That's it.

Ref: https://www.doitfixit.com/blog/2013/10/30/resetting-a-lost-fortigate-admin-password/


Wednesday, September 7, 2022

Invite-only ebook and audiobook site, Myanonamouse.Net

The home page reads, "You have found your way to arguably the best private tracker for ebooks, audiobooks, music materials, radio and much more, on the internet."

Big words.  I haven't tried it yet, as you have to schedule an interview and sign up from your home IP?  Eh?

https://www.myanonamouse.net

Monday, September 5, 2022

RPort - Fast and Secure Remote Access from Anywhere

https://kb.rport.io/

Secure remote access, script execution, task automation.

All for free?

Haven't tried it yet, but it sounds fantastic.


Use textverified.com to receive text messages

Great for expats.  Allows you to temporarily rent a US phone number -- an actual one, not a VoIP one, so you can receive sms - a txt message...