Will you please start a new thread (do not click reply) when you change the subject? This will keep your posts from being buried under another (totally unrelated) thread. Lisa Kachold wrote: > Hack your Head > > How to maintain optimal thought processing abilities in an inane liars > world. > > When working on systems, we often get into the zone, don't eat, don't > stretch and don't maintain optimal glucose for thought processes. We > therefore get REALLY STUPID and don't notice it. This can happen late > at night, or at noon, but when it happens, we must acknowledge our own > limitations. > > If you have attacked a problem for 30 minutes using caution, and > addressing resources, and cannot fix it, get up and walk around, go > outside look at the sun. Be assured that some part of your higher > functioning is still working on it in a creative way. Poking a problem > for 30 hours with the same information you were unable to think with > initially, is not productive, it's stupid. You might need to attempt to > explain the problem to another (like we do on the PLUG list) in order to > get clarity for instance. We learn to package and organize abstractions > to develop if/then/therefore logic via PLUG list discussions, and or > questioning our initial assumptions. There are a great many people who > never learned systems analysis using documentation, Linux veterans did > not have the luxury of Google (RHCE does not allow you to use anything > but the system itself). Others essentially do not think in language, > but use higher functioning to solve problems. All of us develop a > higher functional way to solve problems, but sometimes that process > fails and we must therefore use language or logical dissection to find > our way out. We all LOVE doing this, it's incredibly addicting, but it > also has some mental health risks, that must be mitigated with lifestyle > changes. > > Be sure to follow these daily cautionary steps to remain healthy: > > 1) Eat a good mix or protein, polyunsaturated fats and carbs on a > regular schedule. > 2) Sports drinks are just going to make you crash badly, however, adding > B and C vitamins with a good breakfast, lunch and dinner will go a long > way toward allowing you think effectively. Caffiene does assist with > some times of tunnel attention, but can also cause health issues. The > best and brightest don't drink coffee all day - that's for marketing > people. > 3) When you are too tired or ill to work, you must acknowledge it. Too > many systems administrators just work and work and work, over and beyond > what is healthy and make grave mistakes when tired. > 4) Build a healthy life away from computing to provide for emotional > balance. We get so far into the abstract analytical virtual realm and > develop functional stunting, especially under the pressures of 24X7 Uptime. > 5) Talk to others in a deep personal level; if you have noone to talk > to, call your own voice mail or record yourself. Einstein and thinkers > of the last century all kept uber personal journals. The mere act of > talking about things or examining issues through grief and anger to > laughter will assist development of free flowing heathy emotional states > and that all important core of individuality and muscled critical thought. > 6) Do various balanced emotional and physical things that restore your > individualism, such as walk/bike, laugh, and play games, hug, chase the > opposite sex and dream or create, and listen to music. Allowing > children to swing and listen to music is known to stimulate intelligence. > > The sheer number of IT professionals and college students taking SSRI > neurotransmitter uptake inhibiters is astounding, and certainly not > necessary. Exercise has been shown to be more statistically effective > over time than SSRIs. Tobacco has been long used as an anti-anxiety > medication, however, smoking does kill. Anxiety from balancing > unrealistic, unevolved demands from people who cannot understand you > when you talk is best mitigated with laughter and zen detachment. > > I am sure you all can relate to Number 10 on the top ways to Hack your > Brain http://brainz.org/brain-hacks/ > > O'Reilly has some good books that are an amusing way to wait for your > greater intelligence to find the best solution to another problem. > > 1. Mind Performance Hacks: Tips & Tools for Overclocking Your Brain > (Hacks) by Ron Hale-Evans > > 2. Google Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools by Tara Calishain > 3. On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins > 4. Mind Wide Open: Your Brain and the Neuroscience of Everyday Life > by Steven Johnson > 5. > > 6. Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David > Allen > 7. Firefox Hacks: Tips & Tools for Next-Generation Web Browsing > (Hacks) by Nigel McFarlane > 8. Knoppix Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips and Tools by Kyle Rankin > 9. How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker > 10. This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession by > Daniel J. Levitin > > > > Obnosis | (503)754-4452 > PLUG Linux Security Labs > 2nd Saturday Each Month@Noon - 3PM > > > Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:20:08 +0000 > > Subject: Re: HackFest Series: Airodumpng > > From: bmike1@gmail.com > > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > > > sorry.... sometimes I just don't think! > > > > On 3/20/09, Lisa Kachold wrote: > > > > > > Mike, > > > > > > You just admitted on an international board, that you are attempting to > > > steal the private property key of a neighbor. Can't I tell you how > clueless > > > you appear? Your technical skills are starting to get fairly good, > so we > > > don't want you to be taken for a long timeout in jail? > > > > > > I, therefore will not help you to encroach your local neighbors WEP > key. > > > Have you tried walking over and asking the neighbor? That is > generally the > > > best approach, other than going to a coffee shop or sitting outside > a hotel > > > in the car running your notebook? > > > > > > There is a person attempting to use their accesspoint who you might be > > > affecting? They work and pay for their equipment? Are you > intelligent or > > > are you another zombie of inanity born of lies? > > > > > > I can suggest the verification steps for the process (from your > notes) in a > > > lab only format: > > > > > > 1) Verify that your wireless card IS on the list of those that can > be placed > > > into promiscious mode via airodump (although if you get a BSSID, using > > > channel 3, it might appear you are happily promiscious)? > > > > > >> airodump-ng -w capture -c 6 wifi0 > > >> using channel (-c) > > >> -c 3 gets one BSSID variously flagging in contention with a second > channel > > >> 3 (contending for channel) > > >> wait for it to appear again but a different MAC appears. > > >> So I go on to the next step: I open a new shell and type > > >> aireplay-ng -0 10 -a -c > > > > > > YOUR mac can be displayed via ifconfig > > > > > >> so I try without my MAC... to no avail! on to the next step > > >> aireplay-ng -3 -b -h > > >> I don't know what value to put after the h. > > >> ARGHHHH. > > > > > > I can point you to a source for further information (for intellectual > > > purposes only): > > > http://securitytube.net/AirodumpNG-Basics-(Part-I)-video.aspx > > > > > > Again, I want to remind you that using BackTrack3/airodumpng and > encroaching > > > via a BT3/4 wireless tool is illegal, unethical and can land you in > jail > > > whereupon your only "technical tool" will be a very short dull penci > > > > > > I am happy to assist you to learn the ins and outs of technology, > practical > > > lab testing, and personal as well as production internet security, > but I > > > will not assist you to steal, or hack unethically. > > > > > > http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=2724 > > > > > > Also, I would like to warn you clearly that there are people just > hanging > > > out waiting to hack you. Airodumpng has a boundary condition error that > > > will cause a buffer overflow. In highly congested areas > (Universities or > > > security conventions) using Airodumpng will get YOU HACKED and PWN'd! > > > http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23467 > > > > > > If you are not hacking ethically to learn, you are simply a script > kiddie, a > > > less evolved criminal and worse. I will not write to you; you will > join the > > > many people who are awarded free ads on the back page of 2600 magazine, > > > writing from jail for pen pals. > > > > > > > > > Obnosis | (503)754-4452 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > PLUG Linux Security Labs 2nd Saturday Each Month@Noon - 3PM > > > > > >> Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:26:40 +0000 > > >> Subject: Re: rausb0 up > > >> From: bmike1@gmail.com > > >> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > >> > > >> youknow.... I am following the instructions given to the best of my > > >> ability/ (durn tool). > > >> airodump-ng -w capture -c 6 wifi0 > > >> and the return line gives the BSSID PWR... etc... but there is > > >> nothing under them. So I think that maybe if the channel (-c) is > > >> changed thaaat will help. That does not help until I get to -c 3 but > > >> only one BSSID appearsafter 30 seconds.... and then disappears. So I > > >> wait for it to appear again but a different MAC appears. > > >> So I go on to the next step: I open a new shell and type > > >> aireplay-ng -0 10 -a -c > > >> so I try without my MAC... to no avail! on to the next step > > >> aireplay-ng -3 -b -h > > >> I don't know what value to put after the h. > > >> ARGHHHH. > > >> I am trying to crack a neighbors password for my sister in law. I use > > >> sprint broadband but she can't always use my computer. I'm telling you > > >> this so I don't waste your time if you have a problem with that:D > > >> > > >> On 3/20/09, Lisa Kachold wrote: > > >> > > > >> > Mike Backtrack is a strange beast. > > >> > > > >> > Use the wireless tools in the system menu to start and stop and > setup > > >> > the > > >> > wireless. > > >> > > > >> > Obnosis | (503)754-4452 > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > PLUG Linux Security Labs 2nd Saturday Each Month@Noon - 3PM > > >> > Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:24:40 -0400 > > >> > Subject: Re: rausb0 up > > >> > From: bmike1@gmail.com > > >> > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > >> > > > >> > stranger still! This time I went 'ifconfig wifi0 down' and it > went down > > >> > but > > >> > 'wifi0 up' wouldn't turn it back on. > > >> > > > >> > I never learnwd how to verify the checksum. How is it done? I always > > >> > figured > > >> > that if it would load everything was good. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 11:00 PM, Lisa Kachold > > > >> > wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Often with Backtrack3 the iso download gets schnerbed. So the > BT3 disk > > >> > boots partially on one try and completely on the next. > > >> > > > >> > It's incredibly annoying, but with any ISO burn, if it doesn't work > > >> > consistently, toss the disk, verify the checksum, and rebui;rn! > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > These cards have been tested to work in BT3: > > >> > http://backtrack.offensive-security.com/index.php?title=HCL:Wireless > > >> > > > >> > Find your card and see the recommendations. > > >> > > > >> > # dmesg > > >> > # ifconfig -a > > >> > > > >> > You should see your card loaded, and you should see a device. > > >> > > > >> > #lspci > > >> > > > >> > Generally with BT3, your best bet is going to be using the Wireless > > >> > tools in > > >> > the menus, until you determine what is what. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Hey also, if you are on a shared wireless network check out the > SMB4k - > > >> > be > > >> > careful not to get into trouble here. > > >> > > > >> > Ethical hackers learn they do not impact the systems they study, > (unless > > >> > paid) and they DO NOT GO TO JAIL! > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > And USE THE SOURCE: > > >> > http://backtrack.offensive-security.com/index.php/Tools > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Obnosis | (503)754-4452 > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > PLUG Linux Security Labs 2nd Saturday Each Month@Noon - 3PM > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 22:36:03 -0400 > > >> > Subject: rausb0 up > > >> > From: bmike1@gmail.com > > >> > To: PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > it is strange. after I had downloaded backtrack3 and fired it up > and the > > >> > distro automaGICALY FOUND THE WIRELESS CARD AND i HAD > WEB-ACCESS. the > > >> > two > > >> > subsequnt times I loaded it I didn't have web-access and that > left me > > >> > dum-founded. So I looked around and found that 'rausb0 up' is > the comand > > >> > I > > >> > need to use but linux told me that that wasn't the device name. So > > >> > please > > >> > tell me, what is it that is assigned to an internal wireless > card. How > > >> > should I find out if you can't tell me. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > You know.... I just looked at what I thought the device is > called and > > >> > just > > >> > realived (DUHHHHH) it isn'r a USB device > > >> > -- > > >> > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > >> > > > >> > Windows Live™ Contacts: Organize your contact list. 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