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  1. On 7/29/2020 at 6:52 PM, Tony999 said:

    I just bought the pineappple tetra and cannot get it to connect to the internet. I have tried wifi and cable at different OS's such as Windows 8.1 and 10 also linux mint. I have been looking at all the help files on the net but nothing seems to work. I did get the setup working so everything is set , but as soon as I try to go to the internet it keeps telling me no "internet connection". Can anybody please take my the hand and help me. I really would appreciate that.

    Tony

     

     

     

    How exactly did you try and "go to the internet"?  What steps did you take, from what point of operation?  Did you try Wifi or did you try  a wired connection?

  2. Further experimenting.  It appears that if one disconnects a "good" keyboard and then reconnects it - that works.  However, if one disconnects a good one and then connects one of the ones that seem to not work, then goes back to the good one - it doesn't work.  Can someone confirm this?  If so it appears that keyboards that won't log cause some internal error that prevents further function.

     

  3. My keycroc worked just fine with a mac keyboard (a pretty old one) but a USB keyboard.  After the update, which I did today, the same day I got the Croc, it didn't work.  The croc behaved as if there was no keyboard connected.  The keyboard just fine without the croc.

    Next I tried a Logitech wireless keyboard, which shares a receiver with a mouse.  The Croc worked with that keyboard as expected.  HOWEVER - when I moved the mouse, it's movements came out as jumbled text in the computer.  I would have to say that with such a keyboard, this would not be a good thing.

    Finally I tried a very old dell keyboard (which is old enough to drink), has a DIN connector.  I happen to have a DIN to USB adapter.  That worked exactly as advertised with Version 1.3.

    I think 1.3 needs some more work.  To summarize, that which worked before does not work in 1.3.  MAC keyboard on a PC is admittedly unlikely in the real world. Logitech wireless keyboard + mouse is a bit more likely.

    Geoff

     

  4. I think there seems to be a confusion  between"Censoring" the internet as a global interconnect and with an organization controlling access and use of it's own equipment.  The organization, in this case, is a school for children.   However Rayvn should understand that in work, in government there are also limitations.   There is a difference between institutional or employment access and retail use from an internet provider.  There is a legal and even moral difference.   Rayvn would do well to put more effort into grammar, civics, and understanding the world around that is accessible rather than one which is not and which Rayvn can't even explain what they expect to get from it.  It's just a "principle" except actually - it isn't.

    For Rayvn's information - any institution or employer can legally control and even monitor the use of it's own equipment by students, workers or whatever.  If caught in these endeavors, Rayvn hasn't a legal leg to stand on. A warrant is not required to monitor telephone or internet within an institution or place of employment.   I have terminated employees based on monitoring.  Their outrage over their "Rights" did not even find a lawyer willing to help them.   

    Rayvn needs to focus on graduating from school and entering a good college.  

  5. Anytime a Lithium battery is growing, that's not good.   Take the support ticket from Foxtrot, keep it in some sort of plastic container that can let off pressure (eg: tupperware) and - keep it outside.    Take  a photo of it for documentation purposes and follow foxtrots instructions on returning it.

    These type of battery issues are usually not completely under the Vendors control. It's a part that they got from somewhere else.

     

  6. The goal I'm exploring is windows based exploits.   One advantage of Powershell being layered on the object oriented .Net library is that regular expressions are not as needed.  Things are already set into properties within objects.  There are also great list processing capabilities.   I can think of few to none functions that are available in the windows GUI and not in Powershell.    .Net shims can also be created for anything else.  For Windows exploits, I think powershell is under utilized.  I hope to have some more interesting (and involved) bits to share soon.

  7. If the OS is Raspbian or even Debian, then it's all still true.  A disk image is a disk image, that is to say, it represents the entire image of the disk.  I don't know of a non image backup - though it might exist.  A non image backup is complicated by creating the appropriate  partitions within the disk  and then restoring the proper files to those partitions.   All this is exactly why (in addition to saving money) I use SD cards that are just enough to fulfill my needs.  If that need increases, I step up to a larger SD card, restore to that and then expand into it. 

  8. There is a utility in Raspbian that will duplicate your system to another SD card one that is mounted in a USB adapter.   I know nothing of TRK but that's how I back up my Pi.  Also the "Win32 Disk Imager" which I used to make SD card's for the PI, does the same thing, making an image from the disk which you store as a file.   What might be jamming you in all cases, you can't create a disk image to a medium smaller than the disk.   So - you can't put a 250gb image on a 128gb card.  You can put a 250gb image on a 250gb file on your PC, then Zip it.  I might add, I do just fine with a 32gb card on my PI, using a thumb drive for "big stuff" when that comes up.

    Restore would simply be a matter of using that second SD card instead of the first.

  9. For a larger project, I am exploring the use of Powershell to automate network tasks.  In the enclosed script, I am assuming someone has a Raspberry Pi named PiM3.local with default username and password on my local network.  I use Posh-SSH  which can be installed within Powershell by Install-Module Posh-SSH . I then execute a command with SSH,  grab the .bash-history and put a new file in the Pi.

    One could, of course, use nmap to find computers with port 22 and then proceed with something like this to see what happens.  One could of course use the wifi pineapple to ... and so on.  Are there loose pi's where you live?  

    RaspberySFTP.ps1

  10. Don't be a pirate if you don't know how to sail a stormy sea with people out to get you!  You can listen to this while you ponder that.  

    Or start with Raspbian - and a Raspberry PI 3.  The beauty of this is that if you screw up, just re-image the SD card and start again.  You can then step up to Kali which is available on the Raspberry Pi and has the same Debian base.  Everything you learn on Raspbian will be a head start for Kali.  The Raspberry Pi is a good learning platform.

    If you are asking this question, as stated, you are not ready to mess with it.  You will spend your time figuring out what you screwed up and recovering from mistakes.  All that said. Kali.org is where you can find downloads.  Penn testing or Hacking is not a straight line activity.  It involves detailed knowledge of operating systems, networks and general computer operations.   If you don't know that stuff forwards and backwards - you are not ready for Kali. In addition to screwing up the installation, you also can accidentally cause damage to your work place or school's infrastructure.   Pleading ignorance will likely not help ameliorate the consequences to yourself which could include civil law suits or even criminal prosecution.  Such an outcome will permanently end any IT career you ever might have had.   

  11. I just discovered this book.  For the next 3 days it's .99.   I wish I had it sooner, it's answered some questions that I prior got answered painfully.  His sample code is quite worthwhile ... One example is enumerating network interfaces and changing their properties.

    http://mikefrobbins.com/2017/12/27/my-new-powershell-book-is-on-sale-for-99-cents-until-the-end-of-the-year/

    http://mikefrobbins.com/2017/10/19/configure-internet-connection-sharing-with-powershell/

    https://github.com/mikefrobbins/PowerShell

    PS: Never heard of the guy before today.  I'm not spamming for him.

  12. The latest version is a tad twisted. Once booted, you will not be able to SSH to it.  If you have a monitor, mouse and keyboard, you only need to gparted to extend the image into the full range of your SD Card (at the end of this post)

    First, you will have to establish serial hardware capability to the Pi.  I used this product from Adafruit.  make sure that what you use is 3.3v - NOT TTL or 5v signals.  A gadget such as this is very handy if you are doing anything with the Pi.
    https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruits-raspberry-pi-lesson-5-using-a-console-cable/connect-the-lead
    The connection is on the outer edge of the Pi, on the end furthest from the USB and RJ45 connector The connections from furthest in towards the connectors are:
    NC (unless 5 volts is desired)
    NC 
    White (TXD) 
    Green (RXD)
    Plug USB serial into your computer
    On your computer: connect to the USB serial port with Putty or whatever.
    Power up the Pi
    If all is well, you should see lots of console stuff. (If not you either ruined your Pi with 5v or you have TXD and RXD swapped)
    With reference to this: https://forums.kali.org/showthread.php?38351-Unable-to-SSH-into-Kali-Linux-on-Raspberry-Pi-3
    Do this:
    dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server
    You can now SSH to your Pi with Putty or whatever.  I recommend that with the USB serial, you continue with that though.

    Next you will have to establish the tight VNC Server (not the x11vnc Kali recommends in their instructions)  TightVNC is what the metapackage will later install. You need VNC to run gparted and expand the image into your SD card so there is space to install the rest.
    sudo apt-get install tightvncserver
    sudo apt-get install gparted
    tightvncserver :1
    connect with vnc 

    gparted from GUI terminal emulator
    extend ext4 fully to provide space for the install.

    You are now read to install the rest of Kali. for a 16gb - 32gb card, I recommend the following:

    sudo apt-get kali-linux-full
    This will take A LONG TIME. This is another reason to use a USB Serial solution as it will continue even if the SSH connection is broken.  During the first 45 minutes or so, you will be asked questions.  You will need to answer them to keep it going.

    For more info on different packages and their sizes, go here:
    https://www.kali.org/news/kali-linux-metapackages/

     

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