l0gic Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 I'm heading overseas soon for a lengthy stay (12+ months) with very limited Internet access. What connectivity I might have will be filtered heavily. I'll be taking my Dell D810 loaded with Gentoo Linux, and an external 1TB (2x500GB) hard disk filled with movies, music, etc. Of course, there's still plenty of room to add more data. A new 4GB thumbdrive will also be accompanying me on this trip. I've been wracking my brain trying to think of what else I should take, in terms of both equipment and data. Hardware isn't a big deal, since I'll be able to order anything I need online from Newegg or wherever. What would you take with you if you knew you wouldn't have Internet access for a year? What would might good to have setup on a dedicated server before you leave? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 i would rip wikipedia. hmm, and some WiFi sniffers ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l0gic Posted May 16, 2007 Author Share Posted May 16, 2007 i would rip wikipedia. Suddenly I don't think I'm going to miss the Internet all that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 i would rip wikipedia. You don't even need to rip it, the database is freely available for download. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 hence ripping it, dumping / ripping same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 hence ripping it, dumping / ripping same thing. Downloading isn't ripping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Ripping: "the process of extracting data from a file (in this case a DB) and storing in an easy to access form (in this case HTML)". The version that is downloaded of Wiki is a dump, "Slang term referring to the transfer of data from one location to another". also this has gone a little of topic, so... i would also have to download as much Legal media as possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Ripping: "the process of extracting data from a file (in this case a DB) and storing in an easy to access form (in this case HTML)". The version that is downloaded of Wiki is a dump, "Slang term referring to the transfer of data from one location to another". also this has gone a little of topic, so... i would also have to download as much Legal media as possible. But you aren't extracting data from anything in this case. You aren't storing it in HTML, you are downloading a copy of the database for later use without changing its format. If one were crawling the actual Wikipedia pages and storing the data, then yes, that would be ripping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 :???: the downloads ive got ar all HTML pages, no DB at all. i got them at a lan, not me downloading them personaly, haha i wounder if he did troll wiki lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l0gic Posted May 16, 2007 Author Share Posted May 16, 2007 Suddenly I don't think I'm going to miss the Internet all that much. Yep, not at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 You want an proper answer? I'd take some good books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisiam Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 books are great idea, i just finished 1984 and would suggest it to anyone that wants a good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digininja Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 What would you take with you if you knew you wouldn't have Internet access for a year? What would might good to have setup on a dedicated server before you leave? I'd grab all of the videos from the last few defcons,shmoocons and blackhats. I'd also install the hacker school stuff from OWASP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unasoto Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 sounds like your military going on deployment. ask one of your friends to DL hak5 and snail mail a CD/DVD of the eps :) and good luck. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothCriminal Posted May 17, 2007 Share Posted May 17, 2007 I thought that U.S. soldiers have lots of access to the web. In a recent article I read, the DoD was banning certain sites from deployed soldiers (myspace.com youtube.com etc...) because one it was a risk of security and two it was using up all there bandwidth, meaning that they did have access to the web. Then again maybe you are going somewhere where they won't even give you that. Wherever you are going, soldier or not, good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanda333 Posted May 19, 2007 Share Posted May 19, 2007 dont worry about filtering... there is allways a way around that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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