How to enable 1280×800 resolution in Parallels for X11

This topic really sucks to search for, way too many different results without any actual clarity, so here’s how I was able to get it working:
Firstly, power down the image and edit the configuration options for your image, click on the “Video options”. Check ‘Enable custom screen resolutions’ and add the resolution (in this case, [...]

Compiling tcpdstat on Mac OSX (quick fix)

Quick fix for compiling tcpdstat on Mac OSX (Leopard, although probably works for Tiger too).
If you get this error:
cc -I. -I../libpcap-0.7.1 -DLINUX -D__FAVOR_BSD -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE=1 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -L../libpcap-0.7.1 -c stat.c
cc -I. -I../libpcap-0.7.1 -DLINUX -D__FAVOR_BSD -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE=1 -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -L../libpcap-0.7.1 -c net_read.c
net_read.c:74:1: warning: “__FAVOR_BSD” redefined
<command line>:1:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition
net_read.c:149: error: static declaration [...]

A good set of baseline ipfw firewall rules for Mac OSX

I want to point out the excellent baseline firewall rules posted by rmogull over on his blog. Check them out if you’re looking for a starting point for ipfw rules on OSX. Thanks rmogull!

aimsnarf version 0.11 released

Yea yea, I know, it’s only been a few hours since the first release. Well, here’s the new release with a couple of major todos taken care of:
Download the script here.
Read about aimsnarf in the previous post about it.
Changes in this version:

Trillian is now supported, as well as AOL’s AIM client. Most other clients should [...]

How to compile ettercap NG 0.7.3 on Mac OSX when you get that annoying pthread error

[Update]: If you’re trying to compile Ettercap on Leopard, check here.
I’ve been trying to get this compiled for 2 days now, finally found out how to do it. Figured I’d share for everyone else.
If you try this without making the change to the configure file it will complain about you not having support for pthreads, [...]