I mirror a CW (Morse Code) training program authored by a fellow former student of Texas A&M. It's not the typical computer-based CW training program, but rather an iso image of a CD full of many hours of CW audio. (hint: put the mp3's on your ipod) There is pdf on the disk explaining how to best learn using his method.
BTW, Chuck Adams, the one who desiged the course, is one of the worlds fastest CW operators. He is a real authority on teaching CW and has taken countless hours putting this course together.
This xchat plugin allows you to send CW (Morse code) over IRC as precise timing data encoded as a string. You can hook up a straight key or a paddle to the serial port. The encoding is of high enough resolution to send images using an old on/off fax protocol known as Hellschreiber.
Lets not be hasty and lump all p2p stuff in the catagory of malware. BitTorrent is malware free (at least the python-based official client and the azarus java client). I don't like the fact that "P2P" in general is becoming synonymous with malware.
Texas A&M University has put together an open source tool called NetSquid which can be put inline with your evil users (dorms). It then automagically identifies viral outbreaks (via snort rule matching) and cuts their access (using iptables) to everything except an internal Webserver to notify them of their infection. If they stop spewing viral traffic for a pre-set time, it allows them back on without IT staff intervention.
When in doubt, or doubt your knowledge and or abilities, subscribe to the KISS principal. Keep it simple, stupid.
Case and Point: It's pretty damn hard to remotely hack a slidecard door access system's logging system if all it is a direct serial cable to a serial line printer.
I don't know about you...but I am ever in a nasty natural disaster and BPL impedes HF communications, I plan to "disable" the interfering nodes using whatever it takes.
I think GAIM is a much better client than some piece of proprietary bloatware encumbered with crapware and a nasty eula.
Do you really trust AOL to have choosen and CORRECTLY implemented a good crypto system? Do you trust they haven't backdoored it? Do you think any home-rolled cryptosystem (or even implementation of a solid design) can be trusted without peer review?
gaim-encryption.sourceforge.net provides an easy-to-use wrapper for NSS. It's available for both *nix and win32 and works quite well. I like the fact they didn't try to re-implement the crypto, but rather use someone else's proper (and well reviewed) implementation.
Folks, it is time to start putting your letters in an envelope. You can no longer trust the letter carrier to protect your privacy. Envelopes are cheap...so start using them.
Yes, I agree that detecting an exploited kernel can never be reliably done while using the exploited kernel itself. (one more argument exemplifying the futility of the trusted computing base / DRM...but I digress) I think that Knoppix + NTFS (either the r/o GNU one or Captive NTFS + clean dll's) would make a good foundation for a detection/removal tool.
There is a simple (but excellent quality) VOIP package called Speak Freely that's available for Linux and Windows (source is published too), and most importantly works nicely in simplex mode.
I'd forget about telephone style full duplex over a sat link...this is more like a 2-way radio with a push-to-talk button.
Speak Freely offers a variety of compression modes including some modes that'll squeeze your voice comms down to well under 14.4kbit. You can also enable solid crypto if you need some privacy. [if allowed]
Integrate from 0 to billions of years of a new planet and you'll cover a very wide range of enviroments. If just one of these environments at some time is conducive to the start of life, and if the adaptaption rate of this life meets or exceeds the enviromental change rate, then you just may have found sustained life on that planet.
This can be safe if the network is configured to totally isolate the IP. I have no worries about plugging an unpatched XP box into my linksys for updates. BTW, there are no other windows boxes on the linksys and no ports are open inbound. I do NOT browse to any other site with IE except the windowsupdate site.
How about creating an "IP isolator" type appliance you put inline with your LAN for doing initial installs/updates? It could do what the linksys does and also block any traffic from any site except the windowsupdate site.
Ok, this is the PERFECT opportunity to introduce and deploy SSL to the telephony world. OpenSSL could first be used to secure (and authenticate) mobile to mobile traffic, then mobile to wireline and even wireline to wireline via inexpensive linux-based SSL "adapters" that could go between your POTS jack and telephone(s). The telephony world could use a good dose of end-user-empowering crypto.
Funny thing is I can download a ton of movies right from a time-warner owned server. No, I'm not talking about their "movies-on-demand" system...I'm referring to their very own moviez/warez/tunez service aka usenet. rr.com's usenet feed has it all.
If Time Warner collaborated with the MPAA and attempted to go after usenet users _downloading_ from their feed (the only thing they could track), wouldn't it be some form of entrapment?
torrent status: Linux vs. Windows
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I started a couple torrent downloads from the.torrent file on mozilla's ftp server this morning and now have some interesting stats.
Linux: 1.1 Gig Up
Windows: 54.7 Megs Up
Gig' Em
-Michael
firefox 1.0 installer overwrote my bookmarks
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Dammit! I'm left with an empty bookmark folder and to my dismay, bookmarks.bak has also been overwritten after installing firefox 1.0. Be warned!!!
Looks like the morons at iconnecthere/delta three pushed an update to their tftp config servers that locks customers out of their OWN ata-186's. Hopefully AT&T will be more open.
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BTW, Chuck Adams, the one who desiged the course, is one of the worlds fastest CW operators. He is a real authority on teaching CW and has taken countless hours putting this course together.
http://puffin.tamucc.edu/k7qo/
http://freshmeat.net/projects/cwirc/
Lets not be hasty and lump all p2p stuff in the catagory of malware. BitTorrent is malware free (at least the python-based official client and the azarus java client). I don't like the fact that "P2P" in general is becoming synonymous with malware.
found another one in belton TX. pic
One of the NetSquid developers is currently working on a port to (Free|Net|Open?)BSD/pf.
http://netsquid.tamu.edu/
Damn, this guy's a smart one... genious.
Case and Point: It's pretty damn hard to remotely hack a slidecard door access system's logging system if all it is a direct serial cable to a serial line printer.
I don't know about you...but I am ever in a nasty natural disaster and BPL impedes HF communications, I plan to "disable" the interfering nodes using whatever it takes.
I really think work-related chat should be either all encrypted or used only on company-run servers, but I digress...
Do you really trust AOL to have choosen and CORRECTLY implemented a good crypto system? Do you trust they haven't backdoored it? Do you think any home-rolled cryptosystem (or even implementation of a solid design) can be trusted without peer review?
Folks, it is time to start putting your letters in an envelope. You can no longer trust the letter carrier to protect your privacy. Envelopes are cheap...so start using them.
Yes, I agree that detecting an exploited kernel can never be reliably done while using the exploited kernel itself. (one more argument exemplifying the futility of the trusted computing base / DRM...but I digress) I think that Knoppix + NTFS (either the r/o GNU one or Captive NTFS + clean dll's) would make a good foundation for a detection/removal tool.
Speak Freely offers a variety of compression modes including some modes that'll squeeze your voice comms down to well under 14.4kbit. You can also enable solid crypto if you need some privacy. [if allowed]
Download at www.speakfreely.org
I actually think it's more like while nobody cared. Apathy is putting us into the second dark age.
I'll be popping my new license in the microwave for about 3 seconds to fry it's little rfid chip...oops.
You can run asterisk on a linksys wrt54g, linked with a sipura voip adapter and that is all you should need. $200 and you're there.
Integrate from 0 to billions of years of a new planet and you'll cover a very wide range of enviroments. If just one of these environments at some time is conducive to the start of life, and if the adaptaption rate of this life meets or exceeds the enviromental change rate, then you just may have found sustained life on that planet.
How about creating an "IP isolator" type appliance you put inline with your LAN for doing initial installs/updates? It could do what the linksys does and also block any traffic from any site except the windowsupdate site.
Ok, this is the PERFECT opportunity to introduce and deploy SSL to the telephony world. OpenSSL could first be used to secure (and authenticate) mobile to mobile traffic, then mobile to wireline and even wireline to wireline via inexpensive linux-based SSL "adapters" that could go between your POTS jack and telephone(s). The telephony world could use a good dose of end-user-empowering crypto.
If Time Warner collaborated with the MPAA and attempted to go after usenet users _downloading_ from their feed (the only thing they could track), wouldn't it be some form of entrapment?
Linux: 1.1 Gig Up
Windows: 54.7 Megs Up
Gig' Em
-Michael
Dammit! I'm left with an empty bookmark folder and to my dismay, bookmarks.bak has also been overwritten after installing firefox 1.0. Be warned!!!
I created a torrent too, in case the other goes down. here
Looks like the morons at iconnecthere/delta three pushed an update to their tftp config servers that locks customers out of their OWN ata-186's. Hopefully AT&T will be more open.