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Archive for "Sep 2007"

DownTime

I am apparently having some server issues and my blog keeps going down.  I hope to have this corrected soon.

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Buffer Overflows for Dummies (no code, just basics)

I’ve spent quite a bit of time this weekend trying to write my own buffer overflow, but I haven’t quite got it yet. I understand the principles behind it, but the devil is in the details. In case you didn’t know what a buffer overflow is, here’s a quick/simple and probably not 100% accurate description. [...]

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Level 8!

I did it!! I’m now a Level 8 Mod-X Agent!!!  Level 7 required some ASM knowledge.  Luckily I’ve been reading up a lot about assembly, so it didn’t take too long.   Now I’m ranked at 451. The next level involves privilege elevation on a*nix server.  This should be fun.  I’ve done some challenges like this [...]

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Samba 4 Alpha is Out!!!

The Alpha version of Samba 4 is now available.  I installed the last technical preview of Samba 4, but never really got around to testing it.  I’ve been pretty busy.   When I setup the servers recently, I created several empty partitions that I can use to add more VM’s.  So I’m thinking I can setup [...]

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Mod-X

I made it to Level 7!!! A while back I ran across Mod-X and started going through their hacking challenges.   I made it through levels 1-5 in a matter of days, and then came level6.  I got stumped, then I got distracted and left it alone.  Every now and then I come back to it [...]

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