Kerberos
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Ah, I did try "apt-get update" from the console, but I never thought to try "apt-get upgrade" as well. That's a very good idea, not sure how I missed it. Thanks for the great advice. I'll take a look at that post and give it another try. And I didn't know that BT5 had a custom kernel, that's pretty cool. Thanks for the information.
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To skip the back-story, kindly forward your attention down to the section titled "tl;dr". There may, however, be valuable information in the steps I've taken thus far and so the story may actually prove beneficial in some way. You never know.
{From The Beginning}
So I got my Ubertooth One today. I was super excited to get it up and running and so I immediately ripped open the package, spent a few minutes oo-ing and ah-ing at how much better it looks with all the parts and pieces assembled than the bare PCB I got initially (yes, I have both the kickstarter backer bare PCB as well as a newly bought, fully assembled version, why not?). Then I proceeded to fire up VirtualBox, where I run BackTrack 5 out of on my second monitor. I must say it works very nicely (or it has thus-far). I hastily, yet carefully plugged my shiny new hardware into a spare USB port, set up the USB filter in VirtualBox, and started installing the various dependencies noted in various forum posts and README files as required to run the different Ubertooth One tools. I had a few hiccups with some dependencies that refused to install alongside apt-get spitting out some rather strange errors I haven't seen before. Something about different versions of ubuntu. From what I gathered, the dependencies I was missing required a different version of ubuntu. Fair enough, I fumbled my way around it and found some alternative ways to set up the dependencies.
Eventually I got everything set up, only to find I couldn't access the Ubertooth One for some odd reason. LIBUSB errors were standing in my way and I couldn't find any information on them no matter how hard I googled. I looked around for some specific Ubertooth One related errors and found a forum post of Darren's mentioning having problems accessing the device from within a VM. Bummer... So I waited a few hours for my current batch of torrents to complete, shut down my computer, disconnected my hard drive (just for that added sense of isolation to supplement the nice, clean install) and connected a different hard drive, and threw my BT5 disc into the DVD drive. Upon rebooting into the live CD, I got as far as "startx" before running into my next issue. No desktop, it just crashed back to the console. Crap. Then I remembered about removing the icon cache files. I was back in business, "startx" appeared to be loading the desktop. Joy, oh joy! Or not.
{tl;dr}
So now we're all caught up. The issue I'm currently unrelentingly failing to solve appears to be a various mixture of problems culminating in either my monitor feeds (both monitors, HDMI and DVI) cutting out (and never coming back), but the eventual sound of the desktop loading albeit without the video, or the core of the X system loading only to have everything else crash and burn (literally crash). Now in between these problem popping up and trying to fix them, I managed to mangle KDE badly enough on the live CD to get some default desktop to load (that had absolutely no semblance of BackTrack 5 on it whatsoever, even the menu was messed up) and to get BT5 installed onto the hard drive I hooked up. But since then I haven't seen the slightest hint of a desktop other than a black screen with far too many crash notifications. As a matter of fact, I can't even get my monitors to register a single thing after "startx" most of the time, they just turn off (no signal, out of range, etc). Now, an important piece of information is that my graphics card is an ATI Radeon HD5770, which I'm pretty sure is 99% of the problem, if not the entire problem. I've tried multiple "fixes", including, but not limited to:
- Grub modification: "radeon.modeset=0"
- Grub modification: "i915.modeset=1"
- Installing ATI's Radeon linux drivers from the console (the installer aborted near the end, no clue why)
- "Xorg -configure" to generate a new X config to use (which almost works)
- Generating a failsafe X config to use
- Generating a new X config and changing the "driver" under the section "device" from "radeon" to "vesa"
- Probably a few other things I can't think of. I tried a lot of things.
Now, the attachment shows the crash notifications I managed to get a few times. They mention "floating point exception", which makes me wonder if I'm not making some extremely elementary mistake due to my partial lack of knowledge of certain aspects of the linux environment. I can't think of anything that might be terribly simple that I haven't tried or thought of, but that's the problem: it's always the last thing you think of. I'm running out of things to try, and with no other computers to even test my Ubertooth One on, it's going to end up in a box in my closet for a few years until I'm out of university and have some money to buy a laptop. I'm very happy I at least have the hardware, as long as it stays in good shape, but I'll be fairly disappointed if I don't get the chance to use it for quite some time.
So that's my predicament. If anybody has any experience with any of these problems, or maybe a better understanding of linux than I have, any help would be very much appreciated. I've had a great time experimenting with the various tools in BackTrack 5 under VirtualBox, learning to use Metasploit and Meterpreter, and tampering with MITM HTTP injections to deliver payloads. But there are some things you just can't do from inside a VM. I hope I can sort this out. Sorry for the long-winded post, I've been up all night working on this and I think I'm starting to lose focus. I await the combined wisdom of the community. Thanks for any help, or even just taking a look at my post :)
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EDIT: Solved the problem a totally different way. All's well :)
I'm writing a program in VB.NET that uses basic page scraping and authentication to get some information from a web site. Normally you would log in to the site using your browser and it would display some info on the page, but I'm trying to obtain this information programatically. The problem I've run into is that a lot of the information that is displayed is obtained using JQuery and AJAX. I can log in and authenticate perfectly fine using the HTTPWebRequest class, but I can't figure out how to, nor can I find anywhere that will help me figure out how to format and send an XMLHTTPRequest using either a VB.NET class specifically for it, or using the functionality of the HTTPWebRequest class.
Basically, I've got a request that looks like this:
$('lyr_friend').innerHTML = jQuery.ajax({type:"GET", url:"/some/place", data:{gameUid:"189345",charID:"9153",serverID:"4",charStatus:"true"}, async:false}).responseText;I need to figure out how to make that request in VB.NET. Obviously I can't use POST data (which is how I log in and obtain a session cookie) because it uses GET as the method, right? So how do I pass this data along with the request? I'm going to try using a StreamWriter, but I doubt it will work, even if simply because I don't know how to format the data.
Anybody know anything that could help me out? Thanks in advance :)
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Yeah...I can't do those :( I think I'd rather live my life instead of spend it trying to solve one of them, let alone all of them :P Pretty intense stuff... I want one of the Isis and Ramsis.
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Haha sounds like the good ol' "peel the stickers off" and "take it apart and rebuild it solved" methods are still the most common :P. If anybody wants to learn how to solve it (other than with time and luck), it's not that hard, I can tell/show you the way I do it. I go back and forth between two different methods for the first two layers, both of which are intuitive (you don't have to learn/memorize any algorithms). However for the last layer I think you basically have to either learn the algorithms (whichever ones you choose) or somehow learn the intricate juggling of moving pieces without screwing up the first two layers. Personally I just went with the algorithms (I only need about 4 to solve the last layer). Actually...I've never heard of anyone that can do the last layer intuitively...maybe nobody can? :S
Also, I should mention that I'm not going for speed. The algorithms I use are all designed for speed, but the way I use them is quite slow :P
I'm glad at least a few people still like Rubik's Cubes though. I've only ever seen one or two other people (IRL, not online) with a Rubik's Cube before :(. But they still amaze people apparently. I managed to score a free lunch one time because of it. I was walking past a pizza store in a mall and one of the people working there said they'd buy me lunch if I could solve my Rubik's Cube in less than three minutes. About two minutes later I had myself a free lunch ;).
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I haven't played with mine recently, but I did build a PHP script to solve it :D
Sweet :P Is it user-friendly and designed for public use, or more for personal use? How do you input the initial state of the cube? Does it try to solve it efficiently (with the least amount of moves) or does it just solve it normally? Does it use any methods/algorithms?
I started to design a basic encryption algorithm based on the movement of rubik's cubes a while ago, but I don't think I ever finished it...
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I've been wondering for a while, does anybody else in the Hak5 community like solving Rubik's Cubes? How? Brute force and a little luck? Petrus or Fridrich F2L? How many algos have you memorized, if any? Fastest time? Anybody build their own custom cubes? I hope at least one or two of you at least know what I'm talking about...
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This is quite weird since I was in the hospital exactly a year ago with similar extreme pain and nobody knowing what it was coming from >.< So I know where you're coming from Darren and it's really quite unenjoyable. Mine turned out to be Crohns and I'm still trying to get the right concoction of medication to control it -.-' I really hope your case turns out to be something far less permanent. Being in the hospital for Christmas really sucks :( Get well soon man! The community is behind you, just tell us what to root! B) lol
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...right. Well I quite enjoy it. And if that's all you've been doing then no wonder you're bored. Go after some players or work on some scripts while you're battering NPCs -.-'
And yes, it's still in development. So? It's called bleeding edge, if you don't like working with software/games that aren't fully operational yet then don't bother. It doesn't mean it sucks, it just means it's still not finished yet. It works most of the time for me anyways.
As for the "hollywood hacking" mentioned earlier, there aren't many things out there that I would call a "game" that require real hacking skills. Try SmashTheStack if you're looking for wargames that need some real skill. Mod-X is a good challenge site, but I don't think that really counts as a "game".
Anyways, it's too bad that you don't like HackWars...
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I've successfully tested KonBoot with Windows 7 32-bit. It works great for me. Although I lose all of my stored credentials :P
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Damn...32GB, I hope that's enough too :P. I still want a 128GB one day...but I don't really have $500 to blow at the moment :(
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I'm not sure about the themes, I haven't really looked at how they work. So far I've only seen custom colors and a custom background image, as you said.
As for the FTP manager, I like that idea. Only problem is that my limit (for now) is working with HTML and Javascript. You can embed plugins inside the extensions, but I have no idea how these "plugins" are made, and I'm not sure if it would be worth making an FTP client in Javascript. I can't see it being very effective, let alone working.
I'm currently working on two extensions at the moment. Nothing fancy, just some things I figure will be good to have. The first adds links below YouTube videos that allow you to play the MP4 version, as well as download the SD/HD MP4 files. The second displays any embedded content in the current page (tab), such as flash/java applets, audio/video files, and potentially images and scripts (JS, CSS, etc) if I feel like adding them in. It also creates links to allow you to download any of these embedded elements. :D
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I got it working, sorry
Jumped the gun on this one apparently. Just had to dig around for a few more minutes to find the right package. I did have to manually install the driver though, which I hadn't anticipated having to do. Thanks anyways though :D -
Well, I just finished installing Windows 7 x64 and it's running quite nicely. However, I have run into my first problem. I'm trying to run Boxee and it's telling me that the 'Windows default OpenGL driver' is unsupported. I took a look in Device Manager and it says the ATI driver is installed, version 8.56.1.15. My graphics card is a ATI Radeon X1650.
So I went looking for an updated driver that I might be able to get working and came across this. I downloaded and installed it, however the directory that it "installs" to is completely empty. I'm quite confused.
Has anybody else had any issues like this? Any modified ATI drivers that might help? Any ideas? Help? :)
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It says "Working Kamikaze trunk", so if I have my terminology right, you would need to checkout the source from their repository and build it yourself.
Yeah that's what I figured. I'm building it right now. It says "working Kamikaze trunk 2009-01-15", which is january, so I figured that by now it would be working in the latest release. But I guess that isn't necessarily true. If this compiles nicely, we'll see if it installs :D.
EDIT: Nope, nothing. Took like 4 hours to compile and it still won't take it. Any ideas?
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Do you have the Marvell DIR-615, or the Atheros DIR-615?
Ah yes, I knew there was something I was forgetting to mention. The Atheros AR9130 chipset, DIR-615 HW.rev C1. My bad.
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You might have more luck with DD-WRT.
Thanks for the quick response :D. I was considering DD-WRT but I thought it wasn't free. I took a look and apparently it is (and looks fairly nice as well). Unfortunately, the DIR-615 is listed as WIP and no download is available (as far as I can find) for either it or the two TrentNet routers that share similar hardware. Am I missing something? :(
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I just bought a D-Link DIR-615 router and was pleasantly surprised to see that OpenWRT apparently supports it [Supported Hardware -> D-Link]. However I am as of yet unable to figure out exactly how to get it on the router.
There's only a single .bin file under in /kamikaze/8.09.1/ar71xx/ (which from what I've read is where I should be looking). I tried uploading it to the router via the stock firmware's upload page in the web interface, but it says it isn't a valid firmware file or isn't meant for the device. I don't have a JTAG or any experience with using one so I'm REALLY hoping I can do this from the web interface and that I'm just missing something else.
I haven't tried compiling the firmware myself yet, but that's next on the list. I have a bad feeling that it won't work though. My luck with compiling things from source hasn't been that great lately :(. Does anyone see something I'm doing wrong? Anybody with some OpenWRT experience, can you point me in the right direction? I don't have a problem with the stock firmware. Compared to the router I've been running for the last ~5 years this new one is amazing, stock firmware and all. But I've always wanted a router with OpenWRT (or some other form of function-rich, open firmware) on it. Any ideas?
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This i just a shot in the dark but depending on the type of traffic encryption employed by the game you could probably do some packet replaying. If it's either not encrypted at all (which I doubt) or uses a cipher that doesn't chain blocks you can, for example, kill a monster and then replay the "killed a monster" or "gained experience" packet(s) over and over to repeatedly reap their rewards.
This was a very popular tactic with earlier online games that used simple or no traffic encryption and was used by many people to gain impossible amounts of experience, skill points, etc in a small amount of time :D.
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Cool :P Never hurts to flex the programming muscle every once in a while. A few days ago I threw together some Javascript to crack terminal passwords in Fallout 3 because I was tired of doing it pen-and-paper every time :D. Practice keeps it fresh in your mind ;)
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Your problem is your srand(). time(0) is accurate only to the second and as such is returning the same value for each call. This means that you're passing srand() the same number each time you call it (because the three functions are executed in far less than a second). Move srand(time(0)); up to the main function so that it only runs once and you'll be fine. I made a few simple optimizations that you might consider. I know it's not a big project or anything, but it's always nice to have short, simple code that gets things done just right :). Here's my version if you're interested:
#include <iostream> #include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> #include <cstdlib> #include <ctime> using namespace std; int main() { srand(time(0)); dehehe: //basis for goto loop DWORD number = 0; //convert to Dword for use with Beep (milliseconds of beep duration) DWORD number2 = 0; //convert to Dword for use with Beep (hz of beep) DWORD number3 = 0; //convert to Dword for use with Beep (time to wait until the loop) number = rand() % 800; //calls random number generator number2 = rand() % 2000; //calls random number generator number3 = rand() % 10000; //calls random number generator //cout << number << " : " << number2 << " : " << number3 << ": "; //used to debug randomizers Beep(number2,number); // x hertz (C5) for x milliseconds *Uncomment to hear beepys!* Sleep(number3); //sleep timer goto dehehe; //loop cin.get(); // wait.. if it ever get's here.. which it wont (well.. shouldn't) return 0; }Keep in mind that:
1) I'm no C++ guru. Actually, I'm quite horrible at it.
2) This is the first time I've even seen the Bloodshed C++ program (I couldn't get Visual Studio working to test your code, so I just installed what you said you were using :D)
Other than that, I hope this helps at least a little. If you have any other issues or any trouble implementing anything I can try and help. But don't forget that I know very little about C++ :P.
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Awesome! That's exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!! :D
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Just wanted to mention that it's so nice to finally see someone that uses VB.NET. Everybody I know writes in C or C++, I never see anyone using VB.NET. It happens to be my main area so it's sort of depressing.
It's also interesting to see another quiz program. I made one a few months back for my girlfriend for one of her classes in school. It was fun :P.
Anyways, keep working with VB.NET! Despite what others say, it's quite a capable language. I have yet to find something I can't do with it :D. (Here comes the torrential downpour of complaints about it :P)
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I'm not sure if anybody noticed, but even if you add someone to your contacts list it doesn't notify them or add them to yours. If you add somebody, they probably have no idea :P. So if anybody has just added a bunch of us, send us a wave or add us to a wave or something so we can add you too. D4rkfe4r has a wave going with a list of all of us and who we are on the forums here that I've been adding to as much as I can. So if you haven't been adde to it (and would like to be) send me a wave and I'll add you to the list so everyone else knows who you are and can add you too :D.
Jumped the gun on this one apparently. Just had to dig around for a few more minutes to find the right package. I did have to manually install the driver though, which I hadn't anticipated having to do. Thanks anyways though :D
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When the spectrum analyzer window popped up I almost had an aneurysm. Everything's up and running perfectly. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, very much appreciated. Sorry for the oversight, I should have thought to try that. :)