[Other Resource] Computer Acronyms

ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line
AGP - Accelerated Graphics Port
ALI - Acer Labs, Incorporated
ALU - Arithmetic Logic Unit
AMD - Advanced Micro Devices
APC - American Power Conversion
ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
ASIC - Application Specific Integrated Circuit
ASPI - Advanced SCSI Programming Interface
AT - Advanced Technology
ATI - ATI Technologies Inc.
ATX - Advanced Technology Extended

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[Shell Script] Advanced Techniques- Shell Coding

by Darawk

Introduction

This paper assumes a working knowledge of basic shellcoding techniques, and x86 assembly, I will not rehash these in this paper.  I hope to teach you some of the lesser known shellcoding techniques that I have picked up, which will allow you to write smaller and better shellcodes.  I do not claim to have invented any of these techniques, except for the one that uses the div instruction.

The multiplicity of mul

This technique was originally developed by Sorbo of darkircop.net.  The mul instruction may, on the surface, seem mundane, and it's purpose obvious.  However, when faced with the difficult challenge of shrinking your shellcode, it proves to be quite useful.  First some background information on the mul instruction itself.

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[Hardware TIPs] Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA HDDs

most of the motherboard in the market now supports Hot Plug function for SATA Devices. Usually, each
power wire will provide 2 power connectors for HDDs. We suggest you to connect SATA HDDs to different power wires to prevent intervention. Basically, If the SATA HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is called “Hot Plug” for the action to insert and remove the SATA HDDs while the system is still power-on and in working condition.However, please note that it cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS has been installed into the SATA HDD.

As to Hot Swap support, if If SATA HDDs are built as RAID1 then it is called “Hot Swap” for the action to insert and remove the SATA HDDs while the system is still power-on and in working condition.