Darren Kitchen

This is not hacker school. Only you can teach yourself to be a "hacker"

I dunno. Maybe. There are a million and one of these video agregator sites. youtube, revver, veoh, brightcove, undo.tv, tvtonic, a bunch more that i can't think of at the moment. and we'll probably publish to all of them. (which makes checking stats a real pain) as it is now i already have to login to 6 sites to see how we're doing.

Well so much for the timer. I'll have to pull that. Damnit.

If you still need to visit each machine manually (for some ungodly reason), just modify the switchblade to do good instead of evil and deploy your patches. At least that way you only have to spend a few seconds at each machine and no key presses are necessary. Like others have said, WMI and GPO are your friend. Also keep in mind that you should be running regular full backups of your infostore, else your logs will clog the drive and the MTA service will fail to startup on reboot. Make sure to do full backups and ARCHIVE the E00####.log files to a NAS or something. DO NOT DELETE THE E00####.log files so save HDD space. Also look into pruning the AD and remove unused mailboxes. Set autoarchive in each PC through GPO and set quotas. Enforce your policies. Get your CIO involved. If all else fail tell them that rabits got into the administration system and the priv db's went awol. reformat the system with fat16 and look for a job as a dog groomer.

It seems that the more years I spend in tech the more jaded and cynical I get. It's hard to get excited about any new technology after I've already seen so many come and go. I remember getting so excited about Mosaic when it first came out, and now I look at things like Flock and roll my eyes. Is there a cure for this? Am I doomed to become Dvorak? Will I go on a downward spiral into IRC and start to speak in teh_suck language?

Sorry to break it to ya kid, but you're legacy won't live on. The freshmen won't care. Chicks still don't dig nerds (just attractive dudes with macs on myspace). And honestly it's not going to do you one bit of good. As soon as you get out of high school your entire world will change and none of that stuff will matter. In 5 years time you'll return home for the holidays and bump into former classmates stocking shelves at walmart, and you'll have a deeper understanding of life. Take whatever grain of insight you've gained through the CCNA program, grab a zoo book on whatever peaks your interest, and read it until you can recite it backwards. Then after a few years in tech when you've become jaded and cynical come back here and flame noobs who post questions about pwning school networks. Sadly it'll be the highlight of your day. Oh, and then do IPTV because looking at yourself in the mirror got boring. There, I think I've offended everyone, including myself. Cheers.

The rights we have to the theme song are exclusive to Hak5. I can't give you permission to use the theme for a show. Personal use is fine but rebroadcast is not.

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Youtube views are over all, not per month. 1 year old episodes have had 12 months to gather views while current ones have fewer. Also, we now release in 4 different formats along with Divx Stage6. Youtube versions normally hit the net on the 6th as well. Our numbers to date have increased 13 fold since the pilot on August 5th 2005. Obviously spikes are episode releases.

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For those confused about time this link should help http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixe...ec=0&p1=212

Ok guys, I'll come clean. I know it's been a month, but as you know... That was Paul and I at the Pure Pwnage premier in Toronto. Ya got us. Damn. What gave it away? ;)

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Example of a Hak5 episode script:

Sorry for the second post but I just thought about a few more things. Unless you're a pro I'd advise against actually writing a script. If you read a script you'll sound scripted. Thats why we write questions, because it's up to the segment headliner to come up with natural answers. The other thing we look at that I forgot to mention is in what order to place demos and questions. A lot of times you can spend forever setting up to something, only to do the demo and an awkward wrapup. We've found that in some cases it's better to do a brief introduction, get right into the demo, then step back and break it down piece by piece. For example the Hacksaw segment where we showed what it could do, then broke it down to how it did it. This will get the viewers attention, and hopefully keep it as you drill down into more detail.

I can't tell you what the right way to do this is. There is no right or wrong. I can however clue you in as to how we script segments on Hak5. First, before we write anything we take a step back and look at the subject matter. We ask ourselves a few key questions. Is it something I'd like to watch? Is it something the fans would enjoy? Can we do this in the time we have to produce the episode? Will it fit into the timeslot we have allocated for this segment block? If all answers are yes, we have a potential segment. The next thing we'll do is a bunch of R&D. This consists of googling, reading, regoogling, rereading, testing, possibly purchasing materials, and if all works out we've got something worth showing. During the R&D process we of course run into little hitches. We make note of those as they'll be important to discuss when we finally roll camera. When the person headlining the segment is done with R&D and feels comfortable with the segment we'll pair them up with a "watson", or a second person to help drive the segment. That person's job will be to direct the segment based on questions provided by the segment headliner. It doesnt matter if both headliner and watson understand the subject matter, it's the watsons job to view the material as a noob and ask approporite questions that our demographic would want to know. The first question or two will setup the segment, the next few questions will be the meat of the subject along will followup questions, and the last question or two will wrap up the segment, usually with something about where to find more information on the topic. We'll do a "dry run" where basically both people bounce back and forth getting familiar with the segment. The producer will time the segment and hopefully it will lay between 5 and 7 minutes. If it runs over we'll take a look at less necessary questions or rework questions so that it will fit into time. If it's under 5 minutes the segment is either not air worthy, or we'll need to find a way to tie it into something else to beef it up. For example, if we were doing a segment on hacking the WRT54G and installing the OpenWRT firmware that alone may run short. Though it speaks to our audience it may not be enough to make it segment worthy. So we'll look at extensions, plugins, or other applications that will beef it up and give it the angle we need. For example, rather than covering "how to hack your wrt54g with openrt" we'll take it as "get a better bit torrent experience from your wrt54g using openwrt". The segment focus changes, we'll have more questions, and it should make time. That's another important thing we always consider. One segment can be taken by many different angles. This is something we picked up doing real tv. Once I was doing the Windows XP VPN server segment on call for help and at the last minute in the green room the guest casting director asked me to put a different angle on the segment. It turns out Steve Gibson has just talked about something similar on a previous show. I was able to quickly adjust my notes so that rather than speaking simply about how to setup windows xp pro as a vpn server without any additional software, we spoke about why you would want to use a vpn when surfing, especially when on public wifi. then we quickly covered commercial vpn offerings, then got into the vpn on windows part and spun it as an inexpensive alternative to commercial vpn services to secure your surfing on public wifi. same segment, different angle. once we're satisfied with the topic, angle, questions, pace, and time we'll write up a cheat sheet. it's basically a card that will have the 5-7 questions written in a large font with the hak5 logo on the back. you've probably seen them on episodes in the second season (most notably the RSI segment in 2x04 where both watson and guest needed one (erin's never been on tv before so she wanted one too)). we write the questions up in word with a large font on the top half of the page, then insert an unsidedown version of our logo at the bottom, print, and fold in half. if you'd like you can also write up que cards. just write the questions on posterboard in large letters and place them beside the camera. you've probably seen these used on sketch comedy shows like saturday night live. we've yet to try this but will likely experiment with it in the future. depending on time and energy level we may do another dry run, or rehearsal. wess and i normally don't since we work very well with eachother and can often get everything in one take. its also good to keep in mind that the more dry runs you do, the less energy you'll have when you really do it. as a watson even if you know the answer you'll have to ask the questions that the viewers are thinking, and you'll have to be excited about it. it's a tough balancing act, but seriously it works way better when you have two people bouncing back and forth about something. however, i will say that Cooper is right as well. like i said, there is no right or wrong about this. some people prefer a single person's monologue. and some people are good at it. for example Jenn Cutter can cary a 20 minute episode of openalpha all by herself. and she's damn good at it. I on the otherhand can't. the only segment I've ever been in by myself was back in season one when i spoke about controlling your windows xp firewall via command line. and the only reason i did it myself was because wess was unavailable and we were running out of time. you'll likely never see me on camera alone again. unless i get some training, i seriously suck by myself. anyway, once it's all said and done you'll want to edit it up. if you're using multiple cameras you'll have a lot of wiggle room. it's easy to remove something, just cut from one camera to another and get rid of the stuff you don't want inbetween. just pay attention to consistency. so keep drinks off the set. it looks weird when all of the sudden someone's drink goes from full to half full in a split second. and my last bit of advice is to throw all of this out the window. this is just how we do it, and these are not rules. we didnt read this anywhere, it's just what we've come up with after doing it ad-hoc for the last 2 years. do a lot of takes, experiment with a lot of techniques, and see what works best for you. i know we're still experimenting with hak5 every episode (not the place for 2x05 flames). Cheers, Darren

Very cool. Mind if I show Wess?

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why would the sound quality be crap? I'm sure its got enought processing power to churn out an mp3.

But remember, Google does no Evil ™ so their cookies must be tasty. Right? ;)

just trick your employer into getting you one for free

I started to. Got about half way. It's funny. Definately funny. I'm just thinking about pace. In fact, now that I look back at the original script it's full of fat. It's probably a 5 minute script, and by that point we've bored the audience half to death. They'll be banging their heads against the monitor shouting "we get it already! it wasn't funny the first minute in, it's not funny now." Anyway, it's good, it just needs a lot of work. I've got to take another stab at cutting the fat and getting as much punchline in as few dialogue as possible. I'll also have to reform it in some sort of bulletted list or something, as none of us are any good at remembering lines or rehearsing sketches. basically if we cant adlib and improv it, it probably wont happen. little known fact: most sketches on the show are written and produced at the same time, most of it improv. May be quite interesting when we finally go live. :). I think the microshaft cell phone skit was thought up on the way walking to the location. w00t. D

Yuengling is my favorite American beer. But having tasted some of the fine beers from Canada I've got to say some of them are quite tasty. Every trip we take to Toronto is also considered a very long beer run. We normally pick up a sampler pack or two, or six, of Sleeman or Rickard's. But honey browns and reds are wonderful. And the 5.5-6% alcohol content make them all the better. Drink less, drunk more. But we only pick up a few cases every other month, and they go quickly. The episode you are referring to is the one where Jenn Cutter came down to visit from Toronto. She brought back several cases of Rickard's Red, and after drinking so much Yuengling, anything new and different is a delight to the taste buds. I don't share Jenns views about American beer being tasteless. Maybe if you're talking about the generic Bud, Busch, Michelob then sure. But Yuengling is in a class of its own, along side good brews such as Blue Moon and Legend Lagger. If you pay close attention I was in fact drinking a Yuengling on that episode, until of course I caught heat from Jenn. And as to be polite and not upset the Canadians and cause riots I decided to partake in the experience. It's all about international relations my good fellow. And trust me, when we get the chance to go down under and sample Victorian Bitter, or head across the pond for, well, whatever amazing laggers and ales they offer, we will in fact do so. For a semi-complete list of my favorite frosty beverages see the list in my profile at www.hak5.org/wiki/Darren_Kitchen Good day sir.

must be a UK thing

1. Open case 2. Remove heatsink 3. Remove CPU 4 Reconnect heatsink 5. Close case See how long it takes him to figure it out. Bonus points for replacing his CPU with a Dorito.