http://www.inputoutput.io The free-thinkin' free-speakin' rabble-rousin' geek. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:16:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you've ever been on the go when crisis strikes, you know how convenient it is to have a mobile application for dealing with the problems you might face. For instance, I've found it really convenient that there's an application that interfaces with the API for my Virtual Private ... http://www.inputoutput.io/swinedroid-the-new-snort-monitoring-tool-for-android/ 2009’s Beating on SSL, Round One Hot on the heels of the Microsoft Crypto API patch comes another SSL vulnerability. The last round of attacks on SSL relied on a problem with the deployment of SSL on the web, as the research of Moxie Marlinspike shows. To sum up ... http://www.inputoutput.io/ssl-or-s-s-hell/ Prerequisites: A jailbroken android install. Debian Armel on android. SSHD running in the chrooted debian environment. Want to browse the web anonymously with your android device, without t-mobile recording your every move? Look no further. Few are aware that the default android browser actually allows you to use an http proxy to connect to the ... http://www.inputoutput.io/using-the-android-browser-with-tor-or-any-socks-proxy-privoxy/ Why? There's been a number of situations in the past where, even though I'm perfectly happy running BackTrack as a host operating system, it would nonetheless be sweet to run any number of virtualized guest machines as well. For instance, if exploit code or a tool has been released in ... http://www.inputoutput.io/vmware-workstation-in-backtrack-3-4-live/ I recently attended Shmoocon 2009, and was surprised to find a few attendees asking me how I got my EVDO Sprint Novatel u727 modem working in BackTrack 3. The process should be the same for BT4, which was just released on Friday at Shmoocon. So for convenience sake, ... http://www.inputoutput.io/a-quick-tutorial-on-getting-usb-evdo-working-on-backtrack-3-4/ Explanation and Advantages I recently decided to make BackTrack 3 the primary OS on my pearly EEE 701.  Given my EEE's whopping 4GB of solid-state storage, I decided that rather than installing BackTrack directly onto the SSD, I would instead install the live distro to an 8GB SDHC card I had ... http://www.inputoutput.io/backtrack-3-the-eee-701-and-disk-encryption/ Note: I was first inspired to write this post based on the great coverage of deep packet inspection by the Security Now (SN) podcast.  For more detailed information than I could ever provide, please listen to Security Now, especially episodes 149, 151, and 153. What is deep packet inspection? In bygone days, ... http://www.inputoutput.io/how-to-subvert-deep-packet-inspection-the-right-way/ Alright, so as the topic suggests, I just finished the Offensive Security 101 exam yesterday, and oh man.  I can't disclose much information about the test itself, but let me tell you this: it was both frustrating, exciting, and triumphant all at once.  Well, only triumphant if you pass, I ... http://www.inputoutput.io/just-took-the-oscp-exam/ I just finished Cory Doctorow's Little Brother. And oh. My. God. Soooo good. Sooooooo good. First let me note: Cory Doctorow is a sci-fi author, but this novel doesn't read like sci-fi. Sure, it hinges on technology that doesn't ... http://www.inputoutput.io/cory-doctorows-little-brother/ The Problem: Wikipedia is a great resource. In fact, it's such a great resource that it's the de-facto source of information for - well - most things that you want to know about. And it's so all encompassing, it's so expansive and extensive that you can find ... http://www.inputoutput.io/wikiverify/