2017

Reverse SSH Tunnel

Have you ever wanted to ssh to your Linux box that sits behind NAT? Now you can with reverse SSH tunneling. This document will show you step by step how to set up reverse SSH tunneling. The reverse SSH tunneling should work fine with Unix like systems.

Let’s assume that Destination’s IP is 192.168.20.83 (Linux host that you want to access).

You want to access from Linux client with IP 8.7.6.5

Destination (192.168.20.83) <- |NAT| <- Source (8.7.6.5)

  1. SSH from the destination to the source (with public ip/fqdn) using command below:
    ssh -R 1339:localhost:22 sourceuser@8.7.6.5

    * port 1339 can be any unused port.

  2. Now you can SSH from source to destination through SSH tuneling:
    ssh destinationuser@localhost -p 1339
  3. 3rd party servers can also access 192.168.20.83 through Destination (8.7.6.5).

    Destination (192.168.20.83) <- |NAT| <- Source (8.7.6.5) <- 3rd party server

  4. From 3rd party server:
    ssh sourceuser@8.7.6.5
  5. After the sucessful login to Source:
    ssh destinationuser@localhost -p 1339

    * the connection between destination and source must be alive at all time.

Tip: you may run a command (e.g. watch, top) on Destination to keep the connection active.

How to set up a dynamic SSH Tunnel (with PuTTY)

Strict requirement: a remote linux server with an openssh-server active daemon.

Let’s open PuTTY and start:

  • Insert your server fqdn/ip
  • Go to Connection Tab -> SSH -> Tunnels
  • Into Destination field, choose Dynamic
  • Choose a TCP port number that is free to use locally on your windows computer (usually any number above 1024 is ok, let’s assume 1339) and insert it into Source field
  • Click Add
  • Click Open button, connect to your server via ssh with username and password and leave the session open and active

Now the tunnel is set up to localhost on the tcp port 1339 that you specified as source port.

Now you could setup you progrma to use a SOCKS5 proxy to use the tunnel.

Net Share Commands

We can use net share command to create, configure and delete network shares from command line . Below you can find syntax and examples for net share command.

Create a network share from command line

The syntax for creating a share is as follows.

net share sharename=folderpath /grant:username,permissions

sharename: You can assign name to the share you are going to create
username : Login id of the user whom you want to share the folder with
permission: Read, Change or Full

For example to share the folder E:\Docs with everyone in the domain and to give full permissions

net share Docs=E:\Documents /grant:everyone,FULL

If you are allowing multiple users to access the share, you can limit the number of users accessing the share simultaneously. This will prevent performance impact on your system. The below command will set the limit to 10 users.

net share Docs=E:\Documents /grant:everyone,FULL  /users:10

Command to share with a specific user and to grant only read rights:

net share Docs=E:\Documents /grant:username,READ

Delete network share(i.e to disable sharing of the folder) from command line

net share sharename /delete

For example, to delete the share created above, the command would be as below.

net share docs /delete

Alternatively, we can use the folder physical location also to disable sharing

 net share E:\Docs /delete

List the shared created on the local computer

net share

Delete the share on a remote computer

net share sharename \\remotepc /delete

check time with powershell


function Get-MyDate{
[CmdletBinding()]
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$True,
ValueFromPipeLine=$True,
ValueFromPipeLineByPropertyName=$True,
HelpMessage="ComputerName or IP Address to query via WMI")]
[string[]]$ComputerName
)

foreach($computer in $computerName){
$timeZone=Get-WmiObject -Class win32_timezone -ComputerName $computer
$localTime = Get-WmiObject -Class win32_localtime -ComputerName $computer
$output =@{'ComputerName' = $localTime.__SERVER;
'Current Time' = (Get-Date -Day $localTime.Day -Month $localTime.Month);
}
$object = New-Object -TypeName PSObject -Property $output
Write-Output $object
}
}

get-mydate -ComputerName MyComputerName

Debian 9 as a Veeam backup destination over SSH

Clean installation of a Debian 9.
install required packages:
– openssh-server
– libsoap-lite-perl

How to mount a physical crypted disk on another debian 9 system:

apt-get install cryptsetup
apt-get install lvm2
--
lvscan
lvscan vgchange -ay
lvscan --help
lvscan
mount /dev/mapper/luks-9a9a7076-a9e3-4393-8132-bd0ee666d171 /mnt
sudo fdisk -l
fdisk -l
udisksctl unlock -b /dev/sdb5
mount /dev/dm-0 /mnt
vgchange -ay
lvscan
mount /dev/backup2-vg/root /mnt
cd /mnt/veeam_backup/
--
fdisk -l
lvscan
udisksctl unlock -b /dev/sdb5
vgchange -ay
mount /dev/dm-0 /mnt
mount /dev/backup2-vg/root /mnt
cd /mnt/veeam_backup/

How to mount a VMDK (crypted) disk on another debian 9 system:

kpartx -av .vmdk --> crea /dev/mapper/loop0p1 
lvscan
vgchange -ay
udisksctl unlock -b /dev/mapper/loop0p5
lvscan
mount /dev/backup3-vg/root /mnt   ---(o il nome della partizione /root cifrata)---

Best Exchange ActiveSync Mail Apps for AndroidForWork

Today we’ll talk about Exchange ActiveSync Mail Apps for AndroidForWork environment.

In my company we use Blackberry UEM 12.6 as MDM platfrom; with the new functionalities of Android For Work we can enable only some apps for the Play Store and block all the other ones.

As Mail apps we tested Blackberry Hub, Outlook by Microsoft, BlueMail by Blue Mail Inc, Email Exchange by MailWise and Vmware Boxer on mainly Samsung S7 devices.

Here some considerations and at the end the definitive choice.

Blackberry Hub

PROS:

  • Good integration with the UEM Environment
  • Good Support for Exchange/ActiveSync
  • Receive settings and configurations from UEM

CONS:

  • not working with hybrid configuration of Exchange and office 365
  • Free only for 30 days and purchasable only by single user, not via B2B channel

Outlook

PROS:

  • Very good support of Exchange and Office 365 connections; quick, clean and essential app.
  • completely free and without advertising

CONS:

  • no integration with the system calendar and partially with the address book (in-app option to sync contacts but a lot of problems for searching into Company Exchange Global Address List)
  • No week-view into integrated Calendar
  • Very slow sync for mail and calendar events (even 30 minutes late!!)

BlueMail

PROS:

  • Good support of Exchange and Office365 (but only with thirdy-part provided ActiveSync component)
  • Perfect sync with the company GAL
  • Perfect sync with the Calendar
  • Completely free and without advertising

CONS:

  • Without the default Android e-mail client and without another app that wake up the ActiveSync feature BlueMail cannot manage ActiveSync accounts.

VmWare Boxer

PROS:

  • Good support of Exchange and Office365
  • Perfect sync with the company GAL
  • Perfect sync with the Calendar
  • Completely free and without advertising

CONS:

  • some minor features outlook-desktop style are missing

MailWise

PROS:

  • Good support of Exchange and Office365
  • Perfect sync with the company GAL
  • Perfect sync with the Calendar

CONS:

  • the free version of the app requests upgrade to pro version for 2.99$.

Conclusion

At the end of the tests we decided to use VmWare Boxer as default mail/calendar/address book client for Android because of the limits and lacks of the other apps.

In the future we hope that Blackberry could resolve the license issues and the office 365 (also in hybrid configuration) support for its Android suite apps because this could effort security, limitations and control on the users accounts.

 

Crack password on an Excel VBA Project

Please backup your files first!

Open the file(s) that contain your locked VBA Projects

Create a new xlsm file and store this code in Module1

code credited to Siwtom (nick name), a Vietnamese developer

Option Explicit
Private Const PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE = &H40
Private Declare Sub MoveMemory Lib "kernel32" Alias "RtlMoveMemory" _
            (Destination As Long, Source As Long, ByVal Length As Long)
Private Declare Function VirtualProtect Lib "kernel32" (lpAddress As Long, _
    ByVal dwSize As Long, ByVal flNewProtect As Long, lpflOldProtect As Long) As Long
Private Declare Function GetModuleHandleA Lib "kernel32" (ByVal lpModuleName As String) As Long

Private Declare Function GetProcAddress Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hModule As Long, _
            ByVal lpProcName As String) As Long

Private Declare Function DialogBoxParam Lib "user32" Alias "DialogBoxParamA" (ByVal hInstance As Long, _
            ByVal pTemplateName As Long, ByVal hWndParent As Long, _
            ByVal lpDialogFunc As Long, ByVal dwInitParam As Long) As Integer

    Dim HookBytes(0 To 5) As Byte
    Dim OriginBytes(0 To 5) As Byte
    Dim pFunc As Long
    Dim Flag As Boolean

    Private Function GetPtr(ByVal Value As Long) As Long
        GetPtr = Value
    End Function

    Public Sub RecoverBytes()
        If Flag Then MoveMemory ByVal pFunc, ByVal VarPtr(OriginBytes(0)), 6
    End Sub

    Public Function Hook() As Boolean
        Dim TmpBytes(0 To 5) As Byte
        Dim p As Long
        Dim OriginProtect As Long

        Hook = False

        pFunc = GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandleA("user32.dll"), "DialogBoxParamA")


        If VirtualProtect(ByVal pFunc, 6, PAGE_EXECUTE_READWRITE, OriginProtect) <> 0 Then

            MoveMemory ByVal VarPtr(TmpBytes(0)), ByVal pFunc, 6
            If TmpBytes(0) <> &H68 Then

                MoveMemory ByVal VarPtr(OriginBytes(0)), ByVal pFunc, 6

                p = GetPtr(AddressOf MyDialogBoxParam)

                HookBytes(0) = &H68
                MoveMemory ByVal VarPtr(HookBytes(1)), ByVal VarPtr(p), 4
                HookBytes(5) = &HC3

                MoveMemory ByVal pFunc, ByVal VarPtr(HookBytes(0)), 6
                Flag = True
                Hook = True
            End If
        End If
    End Function

    Private Function MyDialogBoxParam(ByVal hInstance As Long, _
            ByVal pTemplateName As Long, ByVal hWndParent As Long, _
            ByVal lpDialogFunc As Long, ByVal dwInitParam As Long) As Integer
        If pTemplateName = 4070 Then
            MyDialogBoxParam = 1
        Else
            RecoverBytes
            MyDialogBoxParam = DialogBoxParam(hInstance, pTemplateName, _
                               hWndParent, lpDialogFunc, dwInitParam)
            Hook
        End If
    End Function

Paste this code under the above code in Module1 and run it

    Sub unprotected()
        If Hook Then
            MsgBox "VBA Project is unprotected!", vbInformation, "*****"
        End If
    End Sub

Come back to your VBA Projects and enjoy.