Infiltrator

To test this idea, what you could do is a MITM attack on your phone. Open Wireshark on the attacker machine and then connect your phone to the WIFI and run the facebook app then go back to Wireshark and analyse the packets captured. The packets captured should tell if the facebook app is using HTTPS all the way. And with Wireshark still running, you could do a SSLStrip and see what happens.

English is clearly not his native language and I can see that. But give him a break for crying out loud. At Packet, if you require further assistance please let me know and FYI, did a bit of Googling and found some of these articles somewhat helpful. Read them and see if they can help you out with your problem. http://www.bigfootnetworks.com/KillerForums/showthread.php?2434-How-to-fix-World-of-Warcraft-with-Killer http://www.bigfootnetworks.com/killerforums/showthread.php?t=2344 http://www.bigfootnetworks.com/killerforums/showthread.php?t=2056

My favourite project was the build of a CMS for a Resort hotel website, I had to do it for one of my universities subjects. It was a lot of fun, since I had to built a complete new website from ground up as well as implement a CMS to it so that, the hotel management staff could easily manager the website from a web-based interface. It took me over 3 months to construct the CMS and the website, but it was a great project and a very rewarding experience.

To an extend watching TV makes you more dumber than reading books, and I have to agree on that one too.

Here is Darren's email address, if you haven't tried. darren@hak5.org

Here is also a review of Voip phones. http://www.zdnet.com.au/voip-handsets-reviewed-139198628.htm

Check out this link https://www.mynetfone.com.au/Residential/Home-Phone/VoIP-Online-Shop/Wireless-VoIP-Handsets

Very interesting concept in deed but it has flaws, hope the researches can find a way to fix them. And if proved to be a successful technology than we should see less man in the middle attacks on wireless networks.

I have to agree with Sitwon, if you are new into programming, you should first learn C and become proficient at it. I wouldn't want to go jumping around languages, as they will differ from one another and will only cause frustration and confusion for you. Choose one you are comfortable with and learn it until you understand it, before attempting to move onto another programming language.

Just saw a Hak5 tip on TODO backups and really liked it.

He had his run, just like Bill gates.

Definitely BGinfo, you can download it from this Microsoft link http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897557

Definitely not and as I said before it takes time to learn all these stuff. I know some college of mine, that did a course in IT thinking that it would be so easy but half way through the course they dropped out.

It would be an interesting contest....

If I were you, I would ask questions that really tests how well the audience know about wireless security. For example: 1) What encryption scheme would you use to secure your wireless effectively? A: WEP B: WPA2-Personal TKIP C: WPA2-Personal AES D: Or WPA2-Enterprise TKIP or AES 2) When choosing a passphrase for your wireless, how should it be implemented? A: With dictionary words B: With dictionary words and numbers C: With numbers only D: None of the above E: Get them to write down how they think it should be implemented. 3) Why is it important to change your router's default username and password? A: Get them to write it down. 4) Why MAC filtering is considered not effective in stopping intruders? A: Get them to write down the answer or write a multiple choice if you know the answer. Anyway, this is how I would've down my survey. Let me know if you need any help.

That's where many of us fail at, even myself. I really have a hard time remembering passwords, everytime I change my computer password at work, the next day I have to ring up the help desk to reset it for me. For instance my Gmail password is very complex, it took me a while to memorise it. The good thing is, that I don't have to ring up Google Help Desk to reset it "Sarcasm"

Very true in deed.

No offense to you, but if you plan on buying books I would suggest you buy those book for dummies. They've been written in an easy to understand language and whilst that is good for beginners they are also fun to learn and enjoy. Once you have mastered the basics, move onto the more challenging parts, do a little bit of research and some more reading and that's how you learn. IT is very challenging and it can be difficult at times but if you are willing to learn and accept new challenges, you got nothing to lose but gain.

Reading books and doing computer courses will definitely help you gain the knowledge and make you more aware of computer stuff. Alternatively, if you leave near a news agency shop, you could buy computer magazines on different topics and read them, I do that occasionally. I would also recommend, invest into some books as well. Like Networking, Wireless, programming and few others.

Just like any subject you learn, learning how to hack something takes time and practice. I would recommend you, if you don't understand something to research it in Google, so you have an idea of what it is and how it works. If you are still confused, just post a question in the forums and someone will try to answer it for you. But make sure, you research it first, you will learn more doing that way. Furthermore, there are so many places you could start learning from, you could buy books or watch videos on the internet (securitytube.net, irongeek.com and etc). Or even from your own computer, you could install VMware workstation (www.vmware.com) and set up a couple of VMs (virtual machines) and learn more about virtualization, why is it used or what benefits can it offer. Play around with your home network devices such as modem, router and wireless. Try to learn the fundamentals of them and how to set them up, very important if something goes wrong with your network, you need to know determine between them which one is causing the problem. Last but not least, keep reading, watching and practicing whenever possible, that's the only way you will gain the knowledge and experience to understand all jargon (technical words or terms) around these forums. Good luck and let us know how you go.

I would be more than happy? Will take a look at it later when I am at home. Edit: You should write more questions in your survey, they are too basic.

Long passphrases with mixalpha and the use of special characters should also make it a complex and hard to break password.

I used to think the same way about computer specs but nowadays I think differently, plus not everyone in a third world country can afford to buy an expense computer. That's one of the main reasons, why they rather buy something simple that they can use. Not trying to offend anyone in here, but the life condition for those who live and work in a third world country can be very difficult and stressful.

Correct, its not broken but the researchers have just found a way to speed up the brute forcing process.

The last router I owned a NetCom NB6Plus4, came with a built in DNS service which allowed me to create hostnames that could be mapped to individual IP addresses. It served well, since I didn't have to worry about setting up a DNS server or changing the host file on any of my computers. Just wanted to share that....