Debian/Ubuntu:
apt-get install ttf-ancient-fonts
Arch Linux:
yaourt -S ttf-ancient-fonts
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Powershell change VM network adapter type
Change all adapters of a vm named ‘myvm’ to while keeping all other settings like mac address:
- E1000:
get-vm 'myvm' | get-networkadapter | set-networkadapter -type e1000
- vmxnet3:
get-vm 'myvm' | get-networkadapter | set-networkadapter -type vmxnet3
- all possible values:
e1000; Flexible; Vmxnet; EnhancedVmxnet; Vmxnet3
DNS Fun
calc
A calculator supporting addition, substraction, multiplication and division (respectively : ADD, SUB ,MUL, and DIV operations). More information here.
dig 2.8.add.calc.postel.org @dns.postel.org +short
0.10.0.0
dig 8.2.sub.calc.postel.org @dns.postel.org +short
0.6.0.0
dig 2.8.mul.calc.postel.org @dns.postel.org +short
0.16.0.0
dig 8.2.div.calc.postel.org @dns.postel.org +short
0.4.0.0
IP to ASN Mapping
A service providing a way to map IPv4 and IPv6 addresses or prefixs to ASNs, get information about ASNs, and even find possible peers. More details here.
Mapping an IP address or prefix to a corresponding BGP Origin ASN:
dig 4.4.8.8.origin.asn.cymru.com TXT +short
"15169 | 8.8.4.0/24 | US | arin |"
dig 4.8.8.origin.asn.cymru.com TXT +short
"15169 | 8.8.4.0/24 | US | arin |"
dig 4.4.8.8.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.6.8.4.0.6.8.4.1.0.0.2.origin6.asn.cymru.com TXT +short
"15169 | 2001:4860::/32 | US | arin | 2005-03-14"
Getting information about a given ASN:
dig AS15169.asn.cymru.com TXT +short
"15169 | US | arin | 2000-03-30 | GOOGLE - Google Inc.,US"
fun
dig any google-public-dns-a.google.com +noall +answer
; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> any google-public-dns-a.google.com +noall +answer ;; global options: +cmd google-public-dns-a.google.com. 38271 IN TXT "http://xkcd.com/1361/" google-public-dns-a.google.com. 38271 IN AAAA 2001:4860:4860::8888 google-public-dns-a.google.com. 38271 IN A 8.8.8.8
more stuff at http://www.cambus.net/interesting-dns-hacks/
Get public IP using DNS
show public IP
Google:
dig o-o.myaddr.l.google.com txt @ns1.google.com +short nslookup -type=txt o-o.myaddr.l.google.com ns1.google.com
"10.11.12.13"
OpenDNS:
dig myip.opendns.com @resolver1.opendns.com +short nslookup myip.opendns.com resolver1.opendns.com
10.11.12.13
Akamai:
dig whoami.akamai.net. @ns1-1.akamaitech.net. +short nslookup whoami.akamai.net. ns1-1.akamaitech.net.
10.11.12.13
other usage
dig o-o.myaddr.l.google.com txt nslookup -type=txt o-o.myaddr.l.google.com
returns txt record of DNS request to authoritative source address
edns0-client-subnet if available, showing original DNS request source address
dig o-o.myaddr.l.google.com txt @8.8.8.8 +short nslookup -type=txt o-o.myaddr.l.google.com 8.8.8.8
"198.51.100.1" "edns0-client-subnet 203.0.113.0/24"
vSphere Clipboard Copy and Paste
To enable Copy and Paste option for a specific virtual machine:
Note: VMware Tools must be installed for the Copy and Paste option to work.
- Log in to a vCenter Server system using the vSphere Client and power off the virtual machine.
- Select the virtual machine and click the Summary tab.
- Click Edit Settings.
- Navigate to Options > Advanced > General and click Configuration Parameters.
- Click Add Row.
- Type these values in the Name and Value columns:
isolation.tools.copy.disable FALSE
isolation.tools.paste.disable FALSE