Monday, January 16, 2012

Really basic wireless survey with built-in linux tools

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What channel should I use for my access point? It seems like I'm always asking this question as people start new access points in my ne...

Root a TMobile MyTouch 4G (HTC Glacier) to install Cyanogen

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This was my first time rooting an android phone. There are most probably better ways to do this, but here are my notes for better or worse....
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Ubuntu system monitor in the taskbar post-unity (Natty and Oneiric)

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With the unity changes from Natty onward, the traditional Ubuntu gnome taskbar disappeared to be replaced by a set of application panel ind...
Monday, January 9, 2012

Broken BCM4313 "ping: sendmsg: No buffer space available"

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My Broadcom wireless card was broken on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot. The card connected to my AP fine, but after a short time would barf. ...
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Friday, January 6, 2012

Firewire and DMA attacks on OS X

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I recently spent some time testing Firewire memory access on OS X to determine the current state of vulnerability to DMA attacks. There is ...
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OS X Open Firmware settings: use nvram security-mode to disable firewire DMA without a firmware password

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First some background. OS X uses Open Firmware, which is similar to a PC's BIOS . The nvram utility can be used to manipulate Open Fir...
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Gather OS X hardware and software information with system_profiler

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system_profiler is a good way to gather lots of recon information about OS X hardware and software. Some examples system_profiler -de...