Geek weekend. I finally bit the bullet and hacked my hr10-250. Not exactly what I would call easy. First need to find a kernel that cna be hacked. The one that comes with 3.1.5f doesn’t work. I ended up buying a iso that had the hacked kernel on it. Installed the kernel then loaded some kernel modules to support the linksys usb100M Rev 2. This all took about 7 attempts and much gnashing of teeth. I finally got the network card to light up and now I have tivoweb, telnet and ftp running on the machine.
Archive for March, 2006
Wednesday, March 15th, 2006
I spent that last 2 days that the Institute for applied network security forum in Tysons Corner VA. If you are into computer security check out their web site The conference is more about meeting and discussing issues with your peers than attending lectures. It was very refreshing. I also gave a 15-20 min presentation on vulnerability management.
One of the items that came up was how to aduit password strength in Active Directory. Someone mentioned Lofphtcrack, but according to this Symantec recently killed it off.
No more 8% beer
Saturday, March 11th, 2006Please remind me never to drink 8% beer again. I started the night we Clipper City Loose Cannon (7.5%). This was a surprising nice beer. It is described as having 3 pounds of hops per barrel and was hopped 3 ways, in the kettle, in the hop back, and dry hopped. Then I moved on to Harviestoun Brewery’s Old Engine Oil. This is listed on some web sites as being 6% but I think it was slightly higher than that. It is brewed in scotland and is dark beer and I mean heavy beer and aged in whiskey casks for 6 months . If you were to think engine oil you would be close. The first taste is a surprise and hits you hard. They only sold this by the half pint and after the shock of the first sip it really went down well. The final beer for Lancaster Brewery’s Doppel Bock. I think it was an 8%. This was the one that killed me and it was just an average dark beer. if you see it buy a sampler before drinking a full pint. So I admit it I got drunk on 2 1/2 pints of beer. but they were 20oz Glasses. For the non beer drinker miller lite is 4.2% and sold in 12oz bottles. Wine is between 9 and 14%
