How to set up a personal home Subversion server

Adam Pash

Subversion is open source version control software used primarily by developers that keeps every revision of important, frequently changing files. However, Subversion can be useful for many different purposes, whether you're a web developer or a novelist - especially if you like to work in plain text.

Think of Subversion as a wiki-like repository for your files. Each time you make a change to a file or group of files that you're happy with, you can commit those changes to your Subversion repository. If you don't like where the changes got you, Subversion can compare your current version with any previously-committed version and pick out the best of the best so you never have to worry about finding your way back to a good or working version of a file.In this first of my two-part Subversion series, I'll show you how to set up and run your own Subversion server. Next week, we'll get into the nitty gritty of using Subversion.

Please note: You can choose to run Subversion without the server component (Apache) and it still works wonders for keeping versioned copies of your files. The only catch is you won't be able to access your files from other computers. If you'll only be using it as a personal repository on one computer, you can skip the steps geared toward Apache (marked with an asterisk [*]).

If you're not sure if Subversion is for you, I'd recommend trying it without Apache first. Setting up Subversion by itself is VERY easy, but if you do decide to run the web server in conjunction with Subversion, make sure your computer's properly patched and beefed up on security. Oh, it is? Good, let's go!

Setting up your Subversion server

1.* Download and install Apache 2.0... - for Windows, you want the Win32 Binary (MSI Installer) about half way down the page - you don't want 2.2.... When you're installing Apache, you can keep all the defaults unless you know what you're doing and have your own good reasons for switching things up.

3.Download and install Subversion 1.3.2 (the svn-1.3.2-setup.exe download). Again, just accept all of the defaults in the setup, making sure that "Install and configure Subversion modules..." is checked.

4.Download and install TortoiseSVN (TortoiseSVN-1.3.5.6804-svn-1.3.2.msi), an attractive Subversion client for Windows that makes dealing with Subversion repositories a breeze via right-click.

5.* Edit your Apache httpd.conf file at C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\conf\httpd.conf (make a backup first in case something goes awry) to add the following lines of code to the end of the file:

# Configure Subversion repository

DAV svn

SVNPath "C:\svn"

AuthType Basic

AuthName "Subversion repository"

AuthUserFile "c:\svn_conf\passwd"

Require valid-user

Save and close the httpd.conf file, then restart Apache.

6.Create two folders on your C:\ drive - one called svn and another called svn_conf (svn_conf is not necessary if you're using Subversion without Apache).

7.* Password protect your Subversion repository by firing up the command line and typing the following commands:

cd "C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache2\bin"

htpasswd -c C:\svn_conf\passwd adam

substituting your name for adam.

Create your first repository

The last thing we're going to do this week is create our repository. Go to your C:\ drive, right-click the svn folder and select TortoiseSVN -> Create repository here... command. If all goes well, TortoiseSVN should ask you what type of repository you'd like to create. Select Native filesystem (FSFS) and click OK. You will get a message telling you that "The Repository was successfully created." Congrats!

Finally, let's import the directory of files that you want to keep under version control into your newly-minted repository. Right-click on your to-be-controlled folder and select TortoiseSVN -> Import.... You need to give TortoiseSVN the directory of your repository, so browse for C:\svn. Click OK and all of the files under your chosen directory will be imported into your Subversion repository at C:\svn.

If you set up Subversion with Apache, you can test it out by directing your browser to http://localhost/svn and entering your username and password. If you're not using Apache, you can verify that everything worked by right-clicking on a new folder and checking out your files from the repository (right-click -> SVN Checkout...). Just direct TortoiseSVN to the directory of your Subversion repository. We've really just skimmed the surface of what you can do with Subversion, so if you still aren't quite sure what the point is, be sure to tune in next week when I'll demonstrate the glory of Subversion in action. In the meantime, you might want to play around with your repository, checking out and committing files, to get familiar with its most basic functions.

Adam Pash is an associate editor for Lifehacker who takes comfort in the knowledge that he can always go back to a file from two weeks ago if he really messes something up. His special feature Hack Attack appears every Tuesday on Lifehacker.

Cattechie aka Vaidehi Sachin again in news for the hackers,by the hackers of the hackers

The server got hacked at 6.18 precisely in the morning, the attack was going on continuously from last 3 days and it’s still going on. They were doing bruteforce attack after they failed in DDoS, they were trying all over the places they can do it, they tried it on WHM panel, Cpanel of all the domains, FTP accounts, emails of some of the mail accounts specially feedback@sabkileak.com , it looks like somehow their main target was http://www.sabkileak.com/

ICW, indishell, ICA,DNA, stuxnet, all hacking shit we can knock your doors anytime”. What a shit is this? Why you need to knock the door, if you have guts please come in the doors are open. We may have some differences with our aims and goals but when someone offends us we should be united as one... and this heinous attack should not be tolerated at any cost. Long back “khujli chodary” issued one PDF warning to all hackers for not using particular name for defacement and on that page similar warning was issued. Khujli tried his level best to bend all hacker but fortunately they gave dame to his intentions. More over what I feel is, the main motto behind this hack was not to give a message to icw, ica, indishell, dna, ics etc., it was done by someone who hates our success... we are working to find out, my guys are back to me and they will dig the ground till they reach and find out the evil punks hiding in underground hell. Any ways I never ever came across such stupid underground group.

Cybercriminals are spreading invisible infections far and wide across the Internet by hammering hundreds of thousands of websites. SabkiLeak website based on the lines of WikiLeaks which is to be launched on 1st May, 2011 was apparently compromised by a group of hackers called Fake ICA seeming to be registered in New Delhi. Assisting Fake ICA is its owner’s girlfriend who was once known as the slaughter house for anti-Indian and anti-Hindu worms and the power House of Hindus. But, later she was caught providing information to the Pakistani counterpart and hence was boycotted by hackers hacked the website using Brute force .

The intentions behind the attack from the rivalries appear to be an outcome of sheer envy or the fear of getting their corruption practices exposed. It is also not so skeptical that the hacker group must be hired by some government officers for the attack. Despite the fact that they have tried their best to interrupt the path of SabkiLeak, the website authorities assures to launch it on the scheduled date itself. On the contrary, the attack has only made the website owners gain more confidence and simultaneously get a wider exposure. The whole incidence has only left the ignorant hackers and authorities behind the attack bang their heads against empty pots. In a way, the attack has proved to be a training session for the Kaizen wannabees and its technical staff under the leadership of R45C4l to fight against this kind of attacks on organizations, business groups or any part of the IT sector. Since SabkiLeak is only a virtual media and nothing related to print and paper, there was not any loss in actual. Although the server was down for few hours, the problem is believed to be solved soon.

one of the close source said getting root is not big issue, The guys who did it is against r45c4l, the source said that they are from inj3ct0r and 1 of them managed to steal openSSH 0-day which was written by anti-sec (romeo)... guys are from USA... (Indians in USA).... openssh 0-day is INEVITABLE! 99.99% of the servers are vulnerable to it...!!! someday try to research on milw0rm and threat to milw0rm by anti-sec coz of openssh 0-day its a mastercard which has to be broken somehow!anyways it want make difference because my virtual existence is not much as compare to print.

Hackers had left a message after defacing the website which said there is no point wasting time on defacing Pakistani websites forming small groups. It is essential to form a united group which will help the nation to be cyber secured. Defacing sites of organizations like CBI or PM office is not a great thing as it can be done by any hacker. Responding to the attack, SabkiLeak said that these kinds of attacks are not going to stop it from achieving its motive and also that the website will be launched on 1st May itself standing true to its promises. To be precise, the attack was a message to hackers group like ICW, Indishell, ICA, DNA-stuxnet, ICS and many other ethical hacking groups claiming to be the best. Lately, Cattechie having the same vision had tried bringing all these groups together under one roof ‘Unite Hackers’ for a better prospect of the country but due to some miscreants the attempt received a setback.

Hey guys I really felt like laughing at the defaced page. Those guys are watching every strange thing… hey what this mean? Anyways I am happy; my websites became message board for the entire hackers group other than “khujli” group. Not a big problem... attention creator shower off your ass. So silly and amateur attack, any ways thanks for this hack. All my lost brothers got united once again. This was worth.

Any ways guys I feel this attack was not against me but it’s a open challenge to all groups lets unite and show we may be separated by groups but once challenged we r united... GoodLuck

NEWSMAKERS AWARD 2010

India would have reached final despite loss

There was something very shocking yet interesting things on ibn news, i am putting odd post but hackers take lods of interst in sports so thought of sharing this with them.

Had India lost the World Cup semi-final match to Pakistan at Mohali on Wednesday, the Indian government would have been under pressure to demand a repeal of the result. If Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had not stepped in to prevent a controversy that had the potential to snowball into an international crisis, India could have come close to invoking a rarely-cited section of the International Cricket Council (ICC) code of conduct to annul a Pakistani victory.According to highly placed sources at the Prime Minister’s Office, Singh, in an uncharacteristic display of firmness, set aside moves by the Indian cricket board to invoke a dusty law in the ICC rulebook that would have disqualified Pakistani players of disputed domicile. This exclusive comes in the backdrop of a highly anticipated World Cup final between India and Sri Lanka at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium, even as the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan met marking the resumption of official contacts, which India broke off after militants attacked Mumbai in late 2008.ICC’s Law 1.4 (11), that explicates the eligibility criteria for players, clearly states that to play Under-19 cricket or above at the international level, a player has to be a) a national or b) be born in a recognized country or c) is resident in the country for at least 90 days in each of the immediately preceding seven years. A sub-section of the law that enumerates a "disputed domicile" states that any player from a country/state not recognized by all Test-playing and associate members of the ICC can be disqualified at any time if they fail to submit a certificate of clearance issued by the world cricketing body 30 hours prior to a match to the host country. Several players of the current Pakistani World Cup squad were born in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) and have stated PoK as their domicile in documents submitted to the Ministry of External Affairs.However, due to a technical snag at the Pakistani Foreign Ministry the players reportedly could not submit their ICC clearance certificate to the MEA on time, a technicality the Indian side was ready to pursue had they lost to Pakistan in the semis.
This basically means that had India lost to Pakistan in the semis it would be still eligible to play Sri Lanka in the final had it invoked Law 1.4(11) to get some of Pakistan’s top spinners and a middle-order batsman disqualified. The law further states that if four or more players are disqualified then the match result is null and void and the defeated team is automatically eligible for a walkover.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley, told IBNLive in an exclusive interview that he first came to know of the delayed certificates through a MEA leak. “After a hectic midnight meeting with the BJP top brass before the crucial semifinal match, I immediately brought it to the notice of Mr S M Krishna,” Jaitley said.India has not won the Cup in 28 years and emotions are riding high in a country hungry for a win that eluded them several times. Even as a billion people in India sat glued to their television sets as India took on Pakistan at Mohali, Krishna and Jaitley, along with senior leaders from both Congress and BJP, met ICC President Sharad Pawar Wednesday evening to discuss the possibilities of a repeal in the event that India lost the match.Sources at the MEA said an emergency cabinet meeting was called at around 5 pm, when the Indian innings seemed to be floundering after in-form Yuvraj Singh lost his wicket to a full toss and Pakistani spinners took control leaving India gasping at 194/5.“That’s when I told Mr Krishna, a win looks impossible,” Jaitley told IBNLive.com. Pawar, who Jaitley said was open to the idea of a match reversal asked to see the official papers of four Pakistani cricketers who we are told originated from PoK. MEA sources said the identity of the Pakistani players were not to be divulged for security reasons. But there are two spinners and a middle-order batman among the four, the sources said.
A reversal would not only result in the Pakistani team being disqualified from the semifinal and India being given a secured final spot but had the potential to trigger off a major diplomatic row between the two nuclear-capable cross-border rivals.Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani watched the epic encounter at Mohali from the VVIP stand along with his wife at the invitation of the Indian Prime Minister.A cricket controversy would not only have resulted in a bitter feud between the two nations but sour diplomatic ties as well, which are gradually on the mend after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks that claimed over 160 lives.Krishna, who reportedly contacted Singh to apprise him of the latest development, was asked by him not to go ahead with plans of a match reversal in case India lost to Pakistan to uphold the spirit of the game.Singh is said to have told Krishna that “India will always play fair, be in war or in cricket, and there will be no exception to that rule.” A united Opposition led by Jaitley said they were ready to dispute Singh’s decision to “play the game fair” had India lost to Pakistan, in Parliament’s monsoon session starting July 26.As it turned out, India won the match, making all of this a hypothetical possibility only. But it remains to be seen whether Singh’s refusal to take this drastic step will be continued in his management of India-Pakistan relations in the face of a belligerent Opposition.Said the editor of IBNLIve.com to all readers when publishing this report, “Considering the date of the day before the World Cup final, there is no reason to believe any of this.” He confirmed that this report was a figment of the imagination, in keeping with the spirit of the first of April