You remember that I have tried to crack some random passwords using John The Ripper, don’t you? Well – if you don’t, here’s the according post. Fact is, that I’m as curious as you are about the results – that’s why I didn’t give up yet. So here are the results so far: guesses: 0 time: 30:22:54:46 c/s: […]
Category: IT Related stuff
That’s where logic ends
YouTube selfmade – Part 2
As promised in the first part, we want to do the stunt ourselves – but as I do not own a copy of Flash nor someone was willing to donate a license, I have to do it in PHP using the MING Library. But let’s stop ranting and get down to a text editor:
YouTube selfmade – Part 1
Have you ever asked yourself how sites like YouTube are working? Why it is possible grabbing videos from there that simple? How it’s built? I guess that’s some questions now. But if you don’t mind, I’ll answer some… Let’s start with our web browser and hit a video portal. As an example we could even take YouTube:
Cracking passwords – a test
You know, I’m working as an IT administrator and I care about security. That’s why I’m worrying about passwords too. So why not running some tests to see some interesting numbers? Let’s get to work. Our tool of crime: A linux box running a 400 MHz Xeon CPU, some RAM, a solid Raid and John The Ripper. Regarding […]
The OQO odyssey – Part 2
This article is part of the OQO odyssey series – You might want to read Part 1 first. As the windows installation was finished, I am adding my default software set containing Firefox, Thunderbird, OpenOffice, Antivir and some Sysinternals-Tools. But if you remember the first article about the installation, I have left 15 GB for a Linux installation […]
The OQO odyssey – Part 1
Everything started with a package from japan. I bought an OQO Model 01+ on ebay, a small UMPC – The disc was wiped, but the recovery cd was available. Hey, that’s the perfect geek toy! As I opened the box, I discovered, that the power cord was missing. If this is the worst thing happening, I’m happy – […]