On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 8:26 PM, Jordan Aberle <
jordan.aberle@gmail.com>wrote:
> Passwords being the same? No, passwords being a word of some kind? No. All
> the passwords I use are a mix of upper / lower mixed letters, numbers and
> special characters. Brute forcing doesn't work worth a shit unless the
> admin of the server is an idiot and doesn't enforce complicated passwords.
> Even WPA2 can be cracked with simple keys, some of the best rainbow tables
> I have seen come from here: http://www.renderlab.net/projects/WPA-tables/
>
> <http://www.renderlab.net/projects/WPA-tables/>Also take a look at
> Gr-Security. I use hardened kernels, normal users can't list /home or
> directories like /etc, the root user can't modify log files without
> recompiling the kernel and rebooting the server.
> http://grsecurity.net/
>
Yes, I like that also, let's not check your squid version or other binary
patch levels? Did you all gcc or cc? Do you install your distro (SLES?)
with all the bells and whistles?
Glad you are using good password management with truely random passwords.
Is your DNS open? It's completely pwnable. Admit it; you are just another
American caught in the NSA/DHS security matrix!
And we are sure you aren't packet filtering BOTH directions? <grin>
> <http://grsecurity.net/>
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com>wrote:
>
>> Oh, WAIT, let's be complete?
>>
>>
>> http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2009/10/evil-maid-goes-after-truecrypt.html
>>
>> and:
>>
>> If you are found accessing anything interesting (via various MAE-West,
>> Cable Company, Telco TAPS) from your so-called secure Squid Proxy in Dallas,
>> (or if your email origination address is tracked for anything related to
>> security and privacy [like this POST :( ], the government can trivially
>> gain access [I can, 2% if all security professionals in the field could
>> also, so why would the NSA/DHS not also be able to?]:
>>
>>
>> http://www.saintcorporation.com/cgi-bin/demo_tut.pl?tutorial_name=Squid_vulnerabilities.html&fact_color=&tag=
>>
>> Of course you also have SSH on in Dallas (on a "secret" port, right?)
>> http://www.madirish.net/?article=183
>>
>> And you ARE using a password you use on ALL the OTHER logins, right? And
>> it's a WORD right?
>>
>> And you did just open and read this email didn't you?
>> http://unicode.org/reports/tr36/tr36-1.html
>>
>> [?]
>>
>>
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>> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com>wrote:
>>
>>> You obviously have port 80/443 open?
>>> And probably 53?
>>>
>>> I didn't evaluate your email header for your source IP and nmap you but
>>> you might want to look at this:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.backtrack-linux.org/forums/backtrack-howtos/34939-my-metasploit-tutorial-thread-2.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Jordan Aberle <jordan.aberle@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> I prefer security at the router level, I drop packets from everywhere
>>>> except for a specific whitelist I created, if I need to go somewhere
>>>> (incoming/outgoing) I modify my protocol rules for specific addresses. It
>>>> is time consuming when you are starting from scratch but it's worth it in
>>>> the wrong run. I have windows boxes and linux boxes, my windows boxes have
>>>> never been infected since naturally all ad generated sites are blocked at
>>>> the router level. If I do online banking etc, I go one step further by
>>>> connecting through a secure squid proxy via a server I have setup at a
>>>> datacenter in Dallas. If the government ever wants to monitor me I'm sure
>>>> they can figure out a way but it's going to be a pain in the ass for them to
>>>> do so. Truecrypt is a very nice thing to have as well, it doesn't do it's
>>>> job if you don't have your system to be configured to lock after a certain
>>>> amount of idle time though. The point of truecrypt is to make a person
>>>> reboot the machine, at that point they are pretty screwed unless they are
>>>> very quick about freezing the ram to extract the keys. Even then, it's
>>>> unlikely to be successful.
>>>>
>>>> Jordan
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 6:07 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020@yahoo.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I wonder where we would be today id someone had told our founding
>>>>> fathers "get over it!" and they had said "Yeah your right." and had given
>>>>> in. The government is here for us not the other way around.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------
>>>>> Keith Smith
>>>>>
>>>>> --- On *Fri, 12/17/10, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com>* wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Lisa Kachold <lisakachold@obnosis.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: OpenBSD and the FBI
>>>>>
>>>>> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
>>>>> >
>>>>> Date: Friday, December 17, 2010, 5:13 PM
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 4:12 PM, keith smith <klsmith2020@yahoo.com<http://mc/compose?to=klsmith2020@yahoo.com>
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I would not doubt something like this could happen. Our rights are
>>>>> being eroded moment by moment. If this were to happen, this would clearly
>>>>> be a violation of our Fourth Amendment rights.
>>>>>
>>>>> I just read an article that for the first time since the government has
>>>>> been wiretapping everyone's calls a judge said a warrant was required for
>>>>> every wire tape. 3 judges prior sided with the government and rules no
>>>>> warrant required for a wiretap.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now back to OpenBSD. Why OpenBSD? Why not Linux? Or maybe Linux has
>>>>> been compromised too? At least there is the hope that some wiz kid will
>>>>> determine if this is true.
>>>>>
>>>>> I know this list runs the gamut when it comes to political beliefs.
>>>>> And I respect that. I think one thing we can agree on is we need to be free
>>>>> from unreasonable search and seizure.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------
>>>>> Keith Smith
>>>>>
>>>>> --- On *Fri, 12/17/10, Jordan Aberle <jordan.aberle@gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=jordan.aberle@gmail.com>
>>>>> >* wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Jordan Aberle <jordan.aberle@gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=jordan.aberle@gmail.com>
>>>>> >
>>>>> Subject: OpenBSD and the FBI
>>>>> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us<http://mc/compose?to=plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
>>>>> >
>>>>> Date: Friday, December 17, 2010, 2:37 PM
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Interesting information:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=129236621626462&w=2
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jordan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It's actually a great deal worse than you might think. I am sorry I am
>>>>> not at liberty to divulge the technical details but be advised that NSA and
>>>>> DHS "backdoor" access is available from IPSEC, JAVA, Microsoft Explorer and
>>>>> M$ Systems, and all of the various means for which a standard BACKTRACK user
>>>>> could gain access [i.e. everything] without consequences.
>>>>>
>>>>> Be advised that EVERYTHING you type or do on your systems regardless of
>>>>> your OS, when logged into ANY browser, is completely available to any
>>>>> government staff.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is no privacy or security; get over it!
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