Modern file hosting services (eg rapidshare or megaupload) have more than often utilized various methods to secure and promote their services annoying the regular non-premium user with the most prominent method of limiting downloads per user through IP logging, and then waiting for an upsurd amount of time for the next download.

Now, now not all of you have the time to spend in front of a pc monitor, do ya, and NO don’t start suggesting paying for premium services for EVERY file hosting service out there.

Therefore today i will share with you a nifty trick to use with your favourite download manager jDownloader, to renew your IP directly from Cytanet NetRunner service, and get your downloads as fast as possible.

As only a few of you know, the Cytanet NetRunner service leases the IP for 1 week, BUT it is possible to renew the IP by logging-in the NetRunner service, disconnecting and then reconnecting. This will achieve you a brand new, just out of the box IP.

You can streamline the process by using the direct below, replace the red bold username and password references below with your NetRunner Service credentials, and you will instantly acquire a new IP.
https://netrunner.cytanet.com.cy/cgi-bin/netrunnerlogin.cgi?username=username&password=password&action=initial&Login=Login

Now, in order to use this in your favourite download manager or in a script, you will need to procure a small open-source application called cURL that will execute the above URL and achieve the same result without even opening an Internet Browser.

Execute the following command in the command prompt, et viola, a brand new IP coming right up:
curl -k "https://netrunner.cytanet.com.cy/cgi-bin/netrunnerlogin.cgi?username=username&password=password&action=initial&Login=Login"

Then you can have jDownloader execute this batch command every time it requires a new IP to continue downloading.

PS: make sure to get a flavor of cURL supporting HTTPS and SSL in order to be able to process the link.

That’s all folks.

i sure thought so, until i decided to google for a password checker and rate my passwords. after all, i’m still human and can’t recall more than two passwords at a specific time, probably you fit in the same scheme as well . i hate it that at work i have five different sets of usernames and passwords that i have to use two or three every day just to access “my” personal computer and a couple of others on special occasions.

in any case, for home use i too have two sets of passwords, my standard one (shorter) and a more “secure” password (longer), i thought.

i’ve been using them for so long with out ever considering the strength of the passwords as after all they are a bunch of random key strokes.

now i have decided it’s time to strengthen my security by revising both my passwords, difficult part is remembering all the places i’ve used them

so back to the matter in hand, google has found some good tools in order to test your password strenght. after all there is no patented procedure to test one’s password strength so i decided to run them on all available tools.

to my disappointment and surprise :dizzy: both my passwords were rated weak and medium, with all password checkers, which is really unacceptable for my standards, so this post ends here, you know what i’ll be doing for the time being, and if i don’t post here ever again, you know what that means -better write that new password down somewhere-, *oups*…

below, you can find links to the password checkers i’ve used…

• Microsoft Password Checker
• Password Meter
• Security Stats

more reading at http://www.microsoft.com/protect/yourself/password/create.mspx where microsoft has put together a really nice article for a change, on how to create passwords, dos and don’ts, etc…