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June 2004 - Posts

802.11i

posted Friday, June 25, 2004 4:34 PM by andy
With IEEE set to ratify the 802.11i standard its important for all of us network monkeys to understand just exactly what it is.  I looked around for about half an hour today attempting to find something on it that would be worth posting and finally Read More
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Firefox keyboard shortcuts

posted Friday, June 25, 2004 3:48 PM by andy
This isn't too exciting but it did take a little digging to find so I figured I'd post my findings: Firefox Help: Keyboard Shortcuts Ahhh....now I can navigate through tabs w/o using the mouse :) YAY! Read More
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More downfalls of academia

posted Friday, June 25, 2004 2:38 PM by andy
As of today I've currently taken and passed 3 computer networking classes at the undergraduate level and one at the graduate level and never have I seen or heard mention of CIDR.  I've learned about how to specify blocks of IP's but Read More
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OpenBSD Install Guide

posted Friday, June 25, 2004 2:02 PM by andy
Now that I'm working for DePaul's Computer Security Response Team I'm doing a lot with OpenBSD and I've found that if I write things down in my blog I tend to remember them better and if I don't I at least remember that I wrote them down so I can Read More
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Download.Ject

posted Friday, June 25, 2004 10:19 AM by andy
If you are running IIS 5.0 and haven't applied http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-011.mspx I suggest doing so immediately as there is new malicious code in the wild taking advantage of it.  Microsoft is placing this at a Read More
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War Games

posted Thursday, June 24, 2004 2:38 PM by andy
Hacker war games are great fun and I've personally found Hack This Site! to be completely addictive when I've got some down time at work.  Its a great way to get a basic understanding of attacks w/o ending up in prison or the Dean's office.   Read More
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Process Explorer

posted Thursday, June 24, 2004 9:50 AM by andy
Look at this another cool tool to see if your Windows box has been 0wned.  The thing about this one is that it runs in XP as well. Process Explorer Read More
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Windows Root Kits

posted Thursday, June 24, 2004 9:33 AM by andy
We live and work in a Microsoft world so we have to deal with Windows security...um...I could keep rambling but basically I just wanted to post a link to this neat tool I found on rootkit.com:  klister is a simple set of utilities for Windows 2000, Read More
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Dojo down for a reboot

posted Sunday, June 20, 2004 7:06 PM by andy
The server will go down for a few minutes at 23:00 for reboot.  If anyone wants to donate hardware to the 'dojo we could make it so the server hardly ever goes down ; ) Read More
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Vim Cheat Sheet Article started

posted Friday, June 18, 2004 10:24 AM by andy
I'm starting to use Vim a lot at work now and I am going to use this article to compile a list of commands that I commonly use.  I don't have time to go through a long tutorial or book on Vim so the man file and Vim User Manual is where most of this is Read More
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Swim Caps do more than look cool apparently

posted Saturday, June 12, 2004 11:18 PM by andy
I've been avoiding getting a swim cap for the same reason I haven't gotten myself a nice tight speedo. I figure the more resistance I traind with the better. But I just spent a good time online looking at various medical sights google turned up in Read More
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Accenture Chicago Triathlon 2004

posted Saturday, June 12, 2004 10:26 PM by andy
I did some looking in Excel and tried to figure out what I'd need to do to finish in the top 25% percent based on last year's times.  Basically I'm going to need to: Swim : ~30 minutes Bike :   20 mph constant pace Run  :   Read More
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Sick and restless

posted Wednesday, June 09, 2004 9:31 PM by andy
I've been sick since late Monday which means I haven't really done anything of great significance whether it be work, academic, training or climbing .  I think this quote from Apocalypse Now best sums up how I feel at this point:  " Every minute Read More
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Parameterized Queries

posted Tuesday, June 08, 2004 9:57 PM by andy
I realize this probably isn't going to be of much help to any of the bloggers on the 'dojo but it might be of help to the poor VB.NET student who is trying to rush to finish a final project.  This is a great article on how to use parameters Read More
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Domestic spy division?

posted Monday, June 07, 2004 5:33 PM by andy
This is old news but still noteworthy ...from article:  FBI Director Robert Mueller, fighting calls for an independent domestic intelligence agency, proposed Thursday that the bureau create its own service to gather information to combat terrorism. Read More
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Knoppix for forsenics work

posted Monday, June 07, 2004 10:54 AM by andy
The neat thing about this knoppix distro is that it doesn't automount swap partitions and has added functionality to create a swap partition on a USB drive if you really need one.  The distro includes all the usual tools (etherape, ethereal, nessus, Read More
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Changing your default shell

posted Monday, June 07, 2004 9:25 AM by andy
One of the neat things about *nix is the ability to work with many different shells.  As with anything else in the *nix world there is bound to be heated debates over which shell is better.  Whether you want to use good ol' sh or (my personal Read More
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mutt

posted Monday, June 07, 2004 9:05 AM by andy
They've got me using mutt at work now to check my e-mail and seeing as how I'm used to using Outlook for e-mail it has been quite an adventure getting used to it.  Its actually really nice if you don't mind getting used to the vi like interface and Read More
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Base 3 Week 1/Muscular Endurance Week 1: 31 May 2004 - 6 June 2004

posted Tuesday, June 01, 2004 10:31 PM by andy
31 May 2004 I did a 4 mile fun run this afternoon in took me about 40 minutes. 1 June 2004 I had a pretty good swim workout this morning Warmup: 200 free; stroke count average = 22/length 500 free ~ 10:30 2:30 rest 500 free ~ 10:40 2:30 Read More
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Is Microsoft A Threat To National Security?

posted Tuesday, June 01, 2004 12:39 PM by andy
The paper “Is Microsoft A Threat To National Security? The Effect of Technology Monocultures on Critical Infrastructure“ attempts to answer this question not by conjecturing but by good hard quantitative analysis.  This is a really Read More
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