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darkwolf

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  1. Digip I don't know which is funnier; the youtube video or your avatar. lol
  2. Oooh, I like the kit from that link. :) I could think of a few things that I could do with that, lol.
  3. I have to say that I'm not too fond of what you're tellin me lol but it's not too big of a shock. I knew that Schlumberger was no longer around but I didnt know how far gone they were. :( As I said on my first post I have tried several different drivers without any positive results but I didn't know that It was possible for me to hack the drivers into workability. Since I don't really feel like doin the studyin I'd have to do in order to hack together a driver I guess I'll just give up on this one. I'm just glad it was free. :) Looks like I may have to buy a new one though. :( Thanks everyone for your help.
  4. lol I don't know why I haven't said that yet. This card is for smart cards of several types. My specific reason for wantin it is so that I could use it with one of my CAC (common access card) IDs. Usin this card reader with my ID I have potential for several things that I would have to spend much more time doin normally. It's just a convenience thing really.
  5. Here is a picture of a similar one. The only difference between this one and mine (that you can see) is that mine is a dark gray with "SCHLUMBERGER" printed on the top back near the cable. Sparda when I plug up he card reader there is the little pop-up on the taskbar stating that windows has found a new device and then tries to install it. After a couple seconds it opens the add new hardware wizard. With all that goin on I would think that it's not broken. However, I know that I don't know everythin about computers therefore I won't assume anythin lol.
  6. I've tried it on my Mac computer as well with no results. My Mac is runnin the most current that I know about (10.5.6) and I check for updates on a regular basis. I haven't tried it on any of the various Linux flavors i have since my desktop PC is actin up a little. I opened up the card reader as suggested and found 3 ICs. One chip says "PIC16C63A" and then a couple other strings of numbers. Another chip says SCM Microsystems "STC-A-SO1". The last chip says "2E12AF" and on a new line "USBN9603-28M." I'm goin back to google with these numbers to see if I can find anythin new. [EDIT] I'm back from google and still see worthless results there are more of them this time though lol
  7. I have recently acquired a Schlumberger Reflex USB card reader (P/N 901251) and have yet to get it working. I want to use this on my XP laptop but I cannot seem to find drivers. I found several places that said that they had drivers but for some odd reason none of the drivers work. I even tried to use drivers that I used while I was installin them in Iraq (SCR331 drivers) with no success. There is a web address on the bottom of the device (www.readers.slb.com) but firefox continues to tell me that that site doesn't exist so I tried to drop of the first part and go to the main page only to find a worthless page. I also tried google with every combination of the information that i have all without any help. You guys/girls are my last hope. If anyone can help me I would greatly appreciate it as I am at my wits end now and am thinkin about flushin the card reader down the toilet. lol
  8. I completely forgot about that one. I'm glad you mentioned it cause now I gotta go get it. :)
  9. I have used a few different things (ERD Commander, SBSpassword recovery, variouse live linux distros) each for different needs. Are you looking for something in particular?
  10. I used a 19 inch tv for a while for my laptop and as everyone said is sucks but it works enough depending on what you plan to do. I was lucky enough to have an S-video out on my laptop and ran that to an RF modulator and ran coax from that to the tv. I would have gone straight to the tv except it didnt support s-video input.
  11. I was half asleep when i typed that in. lol I gues it shows. I was setting up the user account on the ftp server not the router :) I would love to give one of the -wrt's but this router isn't mine so thats out of the question. Maybe some other time.
  12. Ok, I managed to find the window to change the settings to allow incomin ftp. I have been here before and clicked the wrong computer last time. That explains some of the trouble but now shows me that there was more wrong than I originally thought. I found out now that the user account setup is much harder than I would think. I added a user and set it up for shares only like what I read to do when googling this issue. When the remote user tried to login usin the name and pass I provided they got an error message saying that they do not have the rights to acces my FTP server. Would it be better to just setup a FTP server on linux box and be done with it? I'm curious cause this looks like a wast of time at this point. And BTW the router is pass protected, you'd be an idiot not to have that done first thing after setup. lol
  13. I can't use pfconfig cause "I'm a Mac," not a pc. Being that I am on a mac I already have an FTP server and it's running and as far as i can tell functioning properly. I have access to the firewall config settings and there is nothing about port forwarding however in the advanced settings I see a window that shows a bunch of check boxes for different options i attached a screenshot so that you can see what I see. I hope it helps.
  14. I am tryin to configure my computer so that I can use my ftp server so that i can let a few people download some stuff from my computer without the hassles of upload limits etc on the free sites. I have run into a problem though nobody can access my server. I left the port as the default for ease of setup but when I have my ports scanned (from outside my network) and all the ports are showin up as "stealth" not "open" or "closed." I have looked on the firewall setup on the router and it has options for allowing outbound ftp server traffic (as well as web server etc) but nobody can establish a connection to any of the ports from the outside. I have just about lost my mind tryin to figure this out. I'm beginnin to think id be better of if my computer was in the DMZ. Anyway, enough ramblin, if anyone can help me or at least give me some suggestions I would be eternally thankful. BTW the router/firewall is a pos 2wire from att/bellsouth.
  15. Are you talkin about the bug eyed one with the big head?
  16. I was actually given a copy of "steal this computer book 2" I was rather displeased with it and am glad I didn't pay for it. lol If for whatever reason someone wants it send me a PM. I am looking forward to getting a copy of both of Kevin Mitnicks books. When I saw them at the book store I wanted to grab them and run like hell and find a quiet place to read unfortunately I didn't have the cash to spend that day :( I have read some of "Hacking Exposed" 2nd Edition and liked what I read of it.
  17. lol I hope to never do that but I have been a little curious myself about whether it'll work on exit. I don't remember much about the human physiology but I do remember that stomach acid is incredibly strong and can destroy alot of stuff. That being said I figure I'd have to coat it with something (wax, balloon, etc.) so that it stays intact enough.
  18. I actually bought one when i was in Iraq cause of the whole deal about not lettin the enemy know anything. I figured worst case scenario i could swallow this one much easier than the ones everyone else was carrying. I still wasn't lookin forward to the exit though lol, I think the micro sd would be better for eating.
  19. Sony Micro Vault Tiny The first one I ever saw was 256MB but they go up to 8GB and they are just barely bigger than the part of my little finger up to the first knuckle. I need to get a couple bigger ones cause they are excellent for hiding sensitive data. EDIT I just found my ruler so I figured I'd post the size in real numbers. They measure roughly 30x15x2mm.
  20. Shit like this is the reason I don't watch the news. I was entertained by the story but the complete ignorance of it all was just amazing. I also find it incredibly immature when the people from the news are bashing people who showed an interest in the story just because they ranted and acted pissy. I'm gonna shut up now before I get started ranting myself lol.
  21. Sorry it took so long to reply to anyone, I've been busy the last several days. I actually just spent the last few minutes to catch up and I couldn't help but laugh at some of them esp. the whole blowing the sh*t up (good one digip lol). As far as specific ways to handle sensitive data it pretty much boils down to the unit as to specifics but essentially it's just a matter of making sure its destroyed. I have personally witnessed the most heinous of crimes against technology when the supply sgt couldn't open a computer case (some new HP with hidden locks so that idiots like him couldn't f*up the hardware) took an 8lb sledge hammer and beat the whole comp to a pulp just to make sure the hdd was no longer intact. As far as ssds I haven't seen any in any of the comps I have had to fix/upgrade at any point in my career thus far (maybe one day but hopefully not). One last thing for now I recently seen (somewhere I can't recall at the moment) that electron microscopes aren't able to see the data on a hdd anymore due to the fact that there is so little room between bits that it can't focus and get a proper reading like once upon a time. I will go back over some of the places I've been recently and see if I can find out where it was and I'll link back to it.
  22. I forgot of this method and I will definitely have to give this a shot one day. lol
  23. When did people stop using manners? I have seen too many examples of people demanding something. I would definitely suggest sayin 'please' on occasion, it may help.
  24. I recently had to destroy backups of a confidential computer data (that being one of my jobs with the military, I can't let anyone get their hands on our data lol) and was curious what various methods people have used in the past to destroy their discs. I would also like to hear how people destroy old hdds as that too is an occasional thing I must do. To start off I'll tell how I destroyed the discs this time and how we usually destroy hdds. To destroy the optical discs I actually took them one at a time and took a MAPP torch to them and melted them down, granted it wasn't the most efficient method as it used most of the bottle of gas I was using and took a considerable amount of time but it was most entertaining in a weird way. lol To destroy hdds we usually just take them out on a hard surface and beat them repeatedly with a heavy hammer. Granted this too can be relatively entertaining and can also be good stress relief IMO there is probably a better way to go about this. Next time I go to do this I will try to make sure I have a camera around and take a couple pics if anyone is interested although with any imagination (which everyone here should have as you can't be a hacker without one) you should be able to picture the results of the methods I mentioned.
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