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    Expert System

    in Business and Enterprise IT

    Posted

    Looks like not many people recognize what I mean by expert system software so let me clarify. Expert System Software is a computer software that works like a survey, one for a computer tech would ask questions such as, "Does a Blue Error Screen Appear on Screen?" with the option of choosing yes or no until you answer enough questions to formulate a possible solution for the problem. In my mind this would put more ease on the work, not having to struggle to remember a possible cause for the issue at hand. Anyone know of such a software?

    if your using this software you are not that good at diagnosing and repairing computers.

    you have to understand the fundamentals of how they work. if you get a BSOD, does it have a file associated with it? or is it just a generic BSOD. using windows crash dump analysis you can get to the root cause of software BSOD's

    a lot of BSODs are caused by either hardware issues such as bad HDD or bad RAM. if those check out fine then start looking at a virus infestation.

    all of the programs that you are looking at basically take common sense and package it into a yes/no question system.

    Nas Software

    in Business and Enterprise IT

    Posted · Edited by Darkmist!

    thanks for the great replies

    so essentially i want to expand the storage one drive at a time. im perfecly fine with 1 TB HDD. they are cheap now and if i bought like 10 it would be nice to know that i can just add the drive to the raid and have that expanded storage.

    so for example. 3 1 TB drives in a raid 5, offers about 1.8 TB storage. i just want to be able to add the drive to the raid, click rebuild, and have that extra space added, turning it into a 4 1TB drive raid 5 without having data lost or having to backup the raid array

    how does the drobo expand on the fly, if they can do it we should be able to as well

    edit (to add stuff)

    to spardas comment, what is md. did you mean microsoft? and also does rebuilding the array destroy the data? i am just frustrated because i have 4 hot swap racks that i have the 3 HDD mounted into and i would like to use the 4th bay, but if i have to backup 1.5 TB of data to expand my raid, i may as well just build a 2nd raid and Xfer the data over.

    thanks for the link to openfiler, ill give it a shot and see how it performs!

    im just suprised that expandibility is not built into RAID

    Nas Software

    in Business and Enterprise IT

    Posted

    hello all,

    i was curious as to if anyone knows of a good software to use that allows on the fly expandability while allowing for data redundancy.

    i am IT for a small business who is outgrowing their current 500 GB limit on a raid 5 setup using freenas

    unfortunately freenas does not allow the addition of drives to a raid on the fly. you have to back up the data and rebuild the raid, which sort of defeats the purpose of the NAS.

    i am looking at using ZFS as my file system for the new raid, and as far as i know if i wanted to add storage, i would have to make identical virtual drives and then add them to the pool, so lets say i had 3 1 TB drives in a raidZ, and i wanted to expand that storage, i would have to add a 2nd 3 1TB drive raid and then add it to the pool.

    is there any good NAS software out there that will just let me add a drive to a raid and be done with it?

    thanks in advance!

    Ardrone Hack

    in Hacks & Mods

    Posted

    You essentially could do that, but doesn't it seem a little tedious to do so? There's got to be an easier way - though at the moment I don't have an iPhone or I'd look through it.

    well the things not even released to the public yet for purchase. so all i can do is look and dream. but if it only has wifi support for broadcasting the signal to the iphone then without replacing hardware you would have to capture that signal and tunnel it to the phone

    Phone Upgrade

    in Security

    Posted

    N900 is cool, but I'm not sure on like lifespan of the device, Maemo has died, and the status of the Megoo OS on the N900 is unknown. Android is very nice, a little rough around the edges, but it does more than an iPhone.

    Your basic choices are N900 (which is a linux device), Nexus One (which uses the Linux kernel, but runs everything in a java based VM), Droid (has a keyboard and a nice screen, made of METAL!!!, but is slower than the rest of them), or HTC Evo 4G (on Sprint, and is a 4G Android based Touch HD2, the current WinMob superphone).

    VaKo, as always great response, i think im set for the nexus one. i heard a rumor that they will be releasing the nexus one on verizon within the month. im really looking forward to it.

    Wireless Hacking

    in Everything Else

    Posted

    www.Grc.com/passwords

    BAM

    notice how the PC tools software doesnt do an encrypted tunnel to you. someone could sniff what is being presented and try to use them against you whereas GRC uses SSL to keep it private

    Hdd Dump Programs

    in Security

    Posted

    i would say put Dban in the system CD tray and set the computer to boot from the CD. see if there is a way to include a script that runs autonuke so if you sense you are in danger then you just need to restart the system and walk away.

    Phone Upgrade

    in Security

    Posted

    relik has an android overclocked Nexus and steps on how to do it. I think if its more apps and customizing you want, then the android based phones are probably your next move. Personally, Im happy with my Blackberry, but then again, I dont need half the stuff people do on those other phones. Thats why I have a laptop.

    http://www.secmaniac.com/march/droid-2-1-f...tart-to-finish/

    Digip you never fail to impress. thanks for the quick response. yeah i love the fact that i can overclock the phone and put open source apps on it.

    im happy with my blackberry but i want to go one step further in staying connected to my home network. im currently living at a house where we are house sitting for 2 years and if a server goes offline or something happens at the home i wanna be able to see it without paying for an IP based camera system. im working on having a computer in each room that is important with a webcam that is always recording while im gone. but having a stream to my house out to the world is not something i want. only through the magic of SSH will i see the cameras. i do not fully trust the family of the home owners (the owners themselves being in china).

    Phone Upgrade

    in Security

    Posted

    hello everyone.

    i currently have a blackberry curve and i am looking to upgrade my phone to something that will allow me to do more.

    i like the nexus phone as its powered by the android OS. i want something that will allow me to SSH into my home servers and manage them remotely. i know on the G1 there was an app for this purpose and so there should be one for the nexus one. i was just curious what the Hak5 community thought about this phone and if they had any suggestions on a different phone

    thanks in advance

    Pcmcia/usb Card That Works With Bt

    in Security

    Posted

    Hello my fellow Hak5 friends

    i am in the market for some new wifi cards for my laptops

    i have 1 PCMCIA slot and one PCMCIA express slot avaliable on my various laptops. what is the favorite cards that are fully operable within backtrack for packet injection and the like

    im looking for something inconspicuous as well as something very noticable. one will be for public testing and one will be for long distance (i.e. an antenne with a dish on it)

    i have been using old school belkin PCMCIA cards that have an atheros chipset but looking to expand

    any tips/suggestions would be sweet

    thanks!

    Complete Computer Issues

    in Security

    Posted

    what you need to do is stop cheating and downloading warez. half of that crap is infected with some sort of spyware. if you download a rootkit then no antivirus will find it without specialized tools.

    heres what you do.

    remove the hard drive from the machine, connect it to a computer and boot knoppix. copy over only your data, not your warez, and then put the old drive back into the computer. restore it with your recovery discs. install antivirus and then pay for your games

    Zipit2 wireless files

    in Hacks & Mods

    Posted

    so i performed this hack on 2 zipits and the firmware for the wireless drivers haven't copied over on either

    i tried the previous link to the 3rd party link but they dont work either.

    any other links to the wireless files?

    Iphone Passcode Bypass

    in Security

    Posted

    Hello,

    I have been looking for a way to bypass the iphone passcode. I am looking for this for 2 reasons. 1) I want to know how safe iphones are 2) one of my not so smart mates forgot his passcode and there is still all data there that can not be replaced. Here is some infomation that i have looked at so far.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wS3AMbXRLs (Show one of the old ways that forensics got into the iphone)

    http://www.scribd.com/doc/15490874/iPhone-...y-OReilly-Media (iPhone Forensics by O'Reilly Media )

    http://www.elcomsoft.com/eppb.html (Elcomsoft iPhone Password Breaker, this cracks the backup passwords not the passcode)

    http://www.oxygen-forensic.com/en/ (Paid software that say it does the job)

    http://www.machoe.com/110/forgot-your-ipho...-bypass-it.html

    And so on.

    If any one has any ideas or input on this please reply. So far the best way that might work is creating a ram disk that disables/removes the passcode but so far unable to find the tools and the steps to do this.

    Thanks

    if you need to remove a passcode from an iphone restore it.

    as for geting data off of it im not sure

    Best Buy PC Optimization

    in Questions

    Posted

    They are legit full licenses, which you can't use for your company and you can't use for home use. However, your a geek, Mircosoft are happy they are getting some cash from people who would otherwise pirate it.

    i just got a technet subscription. 250 bucks

    use the code TNITE01 to take off 100 bucks.

    access to all microsoft OS's. its sweet. 10 licenses per software title

    Ardrone Hack

    in Hacks & Mods

    Posted

    I thought it was really cool, but I doubt it could carry the added weight of a WIFI-to-3G relay.

    well 3g usb devices are small and light, you could strap a cellphone to it i suppose, and tunnel one phone to the next.

    Ardrone Hack

    in Hacks & Mods

    Posted

    so i was looking at the ARdrone from one of the latest hak5 episodes and was wondering if someone could make the data go through a 3g connection instead of the iphones wifi connection. this would potentially give the ARDrone an unlimited range as long as it was within cellphone range. maybe get a device that takes the signals going to and from the wifi card and pass them through a 3g device and just create a connection via SSH or VPN to the iphone.

    its just a rough idea but if it could be done it would be amazing. i know im getting an ARDrone as soon as they are released

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