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Month: July 2011

  • xauth + (X11Forwarding Yes and X11UseLocalhost yes) == Still no Forwarding ?

    I was searching for this fix for quite some time. I couldn’t forward X anymore using “ssh -Y” or “ssh -X” on my debian server (i have xauth installed), i was always getting this error:

    ~$ xterm
xterm Xt error: Can't open display:
xterm:  DISPLAY is not set

    “X11UseLocalhost no” was making it working but this wasn’t the right solution..

    On this bug report i found out i had the same problem and the same symptoms: i had disabled ipv6 support, and this is what broke the forwarding!

    The solution is to add:

    AddressFamily inet

    in sshd_config! (or enable ipv6 again ;))

  • The domainrenewal (domainrenewalgroup.com) scam

    OK this is already everywhere on internet for years, but i really had to write a post about it as these guys are spamming my mailbox every year.

    This company is trying to convince people into believing they need to renew (and obviously transfer) their domain names with them. Their paper looks very professional, and they are still active, which means they might be making some good money.

    Here’s the envelop (click to see better):

    And the letter:

     

     

     

     

     

    Also their website is www.domainrenewalgroup.com (no way i hard-link this s***), and their former name was “Domain Registry of America”.