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Focus Finder
Apple+K    or    Go | Connect To Server

In the Server Address field, enter:
smb://[Domain];[user]@ip.ad.dr.ess/c$

e.g.: smb://DOMAIN;miked@192.168.1.5/myshare

 

Making real-time kernel adjustments in Linux

/proc/sys is an important directory in Linux, it contains many of the adjustable kernel values that can be changed while a system is running. it also provides a lot of information that can be collected and parsed by a script that might validate certain security settings. For instance, we have the file below, its contents (a zero or a one) would indicate whether or not the kernel is allowed to forward packets.

/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

 

i.e. vs. e.g.

i.e.

"i.e." means "that is". In Latin it's "id est". "i.e." means "in other words,", "it is", or "that is". The intention is to give a specific example, of which there is only one correct precise example.

e.g.

"e.g." means "for example" and is derived from the Latin expression "exempli gratia" and means "for the sake of example". "e.g." is used to provide a possible example, or list of examples, of which there could be several others, including those not listed by the author.

 

Find cpu info in Linux

# cat /proc/cpuinfo
# cat /proc/meminfo
# dmesg
# ispci

 

Use sshfs to Securely Mount Remote File Systems

The following commands can be used on *BSD systems.

# pkg_add -r fusefs-sshfs
# kldload /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko
# sysctl vfs.usermount=1
# mkdir /mnt/docs
# sshfs user@x.x.x.x:/some/remote.dir /mnt/local.dir

 

Using iphone ringtones on the blackberry

I have the Blackberry 8310 and I love it. I refuse to submit to the iphone on the general rule that I avoid fanboyism at all costs, despite the fact the iPhone cant do what my blackberry does right now. Recently I have been having a marvelous time in the morning, on the quiet train, getting all the iPhone owners to expose themselves when they hear the exciting and distinctive iPhone ringtone that could be their next incoming call. :)
Its easy to put the iPhone ringtones on your Blackberry, and here's how you do it.

First, get the ringtone. There's a posting here that has the one from the commercial. You can download it, unzip it and rename the 32K .m4r file to an .mp3 file. Then, either with the data cable or with your browser, save it to the ringtones directory and go change your ringtone. done.

The other location where you'll find all the iPhone ringtones, is on an iPhone, of course. Its located in the '/Library/Ringtones' folder. Connect your iPhone to your mac and use the Terminal application to get in there through the /Volumes mount point.

The method of getting it with your blackberry internet browser involves copying the file up to a website (presumably yours) and typing in the full url to where the file has been placed in the website. the blackberry internet browser will download it and automatically suggest that you place it into your ringtones.

Increase the size of the history buffer in openBSD

Add the following lines to ./.profile

HISTSIZE=50;export HISTSIZE
HISTFILE=.ksh_history;export HISTFILE

What is the netly collective looking for?

http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends?sa=X

Finding Plagurism on the Web

This is a pretty cool tool:

http://www.copyscape.com

List of Network Security Tools I Use

aide BASE curl dban dsniff etherApe EventSentry Foundstone Tools fping google.com search trends groups hping nbtscan nessus netcat

netcraft.com netstat nikto nfcapd nfdump nfSen nmap ntop openssl openssh p0f pads pf pftop pgp/gpg ps

Retina sguil snort snortlog solarwinds splunk sqlping stunnel sysinternals tcpdump Tor TrueCrypt tshark whois w Wireshark/Ethereal/sniff wget

snort / barnyard restart script

snortpid=`cat /var/run/snort_sis0.pid`
barnyardpid=`cat /var/run/by.pid`

if [ -e /var/run/snort_sis0.pid ]; then
   color red
   echo 'killing snort'
      kill `cat /var/run/snort_sis0.pid`
   color off
fi

if [ -e /var/run/by.pid ]; then
   color red
   echo 'killing barnyard'
       kill `cat /var/run/by.pid`
   color off
fi

if [ -x /usr/local/bin/snort ]; then
   color cyan
   echo 'starting snort'
    /usr/local/bin/snort \
     -i sis0 \
     -c /etc/snort/snort.conf \
     -u snort \
     -g snort \
     -d \
     -D
   color off
fi

if [ -x /usr/local/bin/barnyard ]; then
    color cyan
    echo 'starting barnyard'
    /usr/local/bin/barnyard \
     -c /etc/snort/barnyard.conf \
     -p /etc/snort/classification.config \
     -s /etc/snort/sid-msg.map \
     -g /etc/snort/gen-msg.map \ 
     -w /etc/snort/barnyard.waldo \
     -d /var/log/snort -f snort.log \
     > /dev/null 2>&1
    color off
    sleep 3
fi

if [ -e /var/run/snort_sis0.pid ]; then
   color yellow
   echo "snort running and pid is $snortpid"
   color off
fi

if [ -e /var/run/by.pid ]; then
   color yellow
   echo "barnyard running and pid is $barnyardpid"
   color off
fi

 

Decent writeup on current Cybercrime

Actually this article is probably obsolete by a year or so.

http://www.securecomputing.net.au/Opinion/123664,eugene-kaspersky-on-the-cybercrime-arms-race.aspx

 

Purge Master Logs in MySQL

If the files '/var/log/mysql/server.bin.xxx' are large, you can manage them:

log into mysql as root. this is not the systems' root user, this is a different root user that is local to mysql.

# mysql -u root -p

mysql> purge master logs before 'xxxx-mm-dd 00:00:00';

To get today's date: `date +"%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S"`

 

Adding / Removing Routes in Linux

Add or Delete the Default Route

# route add default gw 10.10.1.1
# route del default gw 10.10.1.1

Add or Delete a Route for a Host

# route add -host x.x.x.x gw x.x.x.x
# route del -host x.x.x.x gw x.x.x.x

Add or Delete a Route for a Network

# route add -net 172.18.1.0/24 gw 10.10.1.43
# route del -net 172.18.1.0/24 gw 10.10.1.43

 

How to Concatenate a Bunch of Files in Windows

for %f in (*.log) do type "%f" >> aggregate.log

 

SSH pubkey on a NetScaler Application Switch

I like to take a backup of all my device configurations on a regular basis. Its usually pretty straight-forward, simply add a scp command to cron, but with the NetScaler there's a little gotcha.

The default location of the authorized_keys file is in '/flash/nsconfig/ssh'. After you append your public key into the file, you'll need to copy the 'authorized_keys' file to '/root/.ssh/'.

This filecopy will need to be done after every reboot of the NetScaler because the / mount point is on volatile media.

If you want to script this action, or any other post-boot commands on a NetScaler device, create or edit the file '/flash/nsconfig/rc.netscaler', set the perms on the file to 755, and start adding commands to the file.

 

How to Manually Install the Ports Collection

# cd /usr
# ftp ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.4/ports.tar.gz
# tar zxvf ./ports.tar.gz

Restart network interfaces in openBSD

sh /etc/netstart

Solaris Commands

# mrstat
# prstat
# iotop
# listusers
# du -ah
# df -k
# truss -c [app_name]
# truss [app_name]

Here are some useful links:
Basic Commands
Cool Commands
Handy Solaris Commands
Harman Research
Process Mgmt Commands
Tom's Hardware

 

Starting Gnome under FreeBSD

/usr/X11R6/sbin/gdm