Category: Tutorials

  • PSP 5.50 GEN-D3

    Disclaimer: This article is for informational and archival purposes. If you use this information and break your PSP sorry, I cannot be responsible for your mistake. This upgrade will allow you to play homebrew software that requires the 6.xx Sony OFW. Requirements: Fat PSP (My PSP is version PSP-1001 Mobo TA-081) Previous custom firmware, not…

  • HOWTO: OpenArena Dedicated Sever – Linux

    Open Arena is an amazing Open Source arena based first person shooter. It is based on the quake 3 engine, and has a lot of fast gameplay. You are going to need your own server running linux. A shell account will not do, the admin will probably disable your account, and most likely you won’t…

  • HOWTO: Slow down and log bruteforce attacks on your Debian system

    This howto is going to assume you have a working Debian or Debian based system currently running. It is also intended to be copied and pasted directly into your telnet/ssh window. The package I am going to be using is called fail2ban. Fail2ban scans log files and bans IP addresses that produce too many failed…

  • HOWTO: Prevent website bandwidth theft with .htaccess

    “Some people can be so ignorant. Nothing aggravates me more than a forum user who hotlinks an image or file from your site on a popular forum, but when webmasters create file repositories, and all of the files are linked from other peoples servers. Without permission. I’m sure there are many ways to prevent these…

  • HOWTO: Upgrade your PSP to Firmware 3.40 OE-A

    “In the off chance that YOU brick YOUR PSP during the upgrade process, please do not complain here. I moderate all comments and yours just will not be added. Sony has released a couple firmware versions since my last posting, but here is a tutorial for getting the OE version of 3.40 running on your…

  • HOWTO: Upgrade your PSP to Firmware 3.10 OE-A’

    Caution! – This may brick your PSP if the steps are not followed properly! Please follow all of the instructions carefully, and if it doesn’t work and you brick your PSP, I didnt twist your arm, or hold a gun to your head, so don’t come crying to me. 3.10 OE-A and OE-A’ boasts an…

  • HOWTO: Upgrade PSP firmware 1.50 to 3.03 OE-B

    Caution! – This may brick your PSP if the steps are not followed properly! Please follow all of the instructions carefully, and if it doesn’t work and you brick your PSP, I didnt twist your arm, or hold a gun to your head, so don’t come crying to me. Step 1: You will first have…

  • HOWTO: DevHook 0.51 Installation

    “DevHook 0.51 has been released, and now emulates firmware 3.01! There are 2 different Ultimate Installers available for this release, Ultimate Installer v1.5.2 for firmware 1.50 and Ultimate Installer v1.5.2 for 2.71se firmware. The installation is almost the same as the DevHook 0.50 installation however a couple of the steps are different. For instance, the…

  • HOWTO: Install DevHook 0.50

    “DevHook 5.0 has been released and it now supports up to firmware 2.82! I have created a simple tutorial on how to get DevHook 5.0 running on your PSP. The first thing you will want to do is download the Ultimate Installer 1.5.1 file. This is the DevHook files and the firmware files. Now connect…

  • HOWTO: Live wireless audio/video streaming to PSP with PiMPStreamer

    “Have you ever been laying on the couch or in your bed, or sitting in your back yard and just wanted to watch a video, or listen to a song but it wasn’t already copied to your memory stick? Now you can. PiMPStreamer streams media over your wireless network, so it is accessable from your…