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Archive for February, 2004

Boat for sale

Posted by deepquest under /dev/nullies (No Respond)

I love boats

Much ado about patching

Posted by deepquest under Security (No Respond)

Top security officers warned on Tuesday that patching software flaws is still far too difficult, with many companies left vulnerable because they are lagging behind on applying critical updates. Vulnerability assessment firm Qualys supported the statements, made during a panel discussion at the RSA Security Conference, with data culled from monitoring its clients’ networks. The […]

nessus running in 20 steps on OSX

Posted by deepquest under Apple (No Respond)

Nessus is a great open source security scanner. The default install doesn’t work properly to bring you the gui for the scans. Based on DarwinPort the how to will help to install, configure and run nessus.

darwinPorts going further: running blackbox, ethereal and nessus

Posted by deepquest under Apple (No Respond)

blackbox running, ethereal, nessus

AppleStore opening in London

Posted by deepquest under Apple (No Respond)

APPLE Computer is planning to open a giant flagship store on London?s Regent Street after striking a deal with the Crown Estate, the holding company for the Queen?s property assets, The Times has learnt. The outlet, which will span 20,000 sq ft is expected to sell Apple?s entire product line including the iPod digital music […]

Windows 2k and NT4 Source code leaks

Posted by deepquest under m$ (No Respond)

Microsoft is investigating how a file containing some protected source code to Windows 2000 was posted to several underground sites and chat rooms. A spokesman said late Thursday that incomplete portions of Windows 2000 and Windows NT were illegally posted to the Internet. “It’s illegal for third parties to post Microsoft source code,” spokesman Tom […]

Wardriving in Paris

Posted by deepquest under Security (No Respond)

Sunday night wardriving was interesting, more results than I thought. About 50% of the networks scanned had no wep or mac addresses filter. I’m not only talking about home networks but most were corporate offices. Wardriving on OS X is really easy just need a laptop, external antenna, a stumbler like kismac and a gps.

DarwinPorts in 13 steps

Posted by deepquest under Apple (No Respond)

The DarwinPorts Project’s main goal is to provide an easy way to install various open-source software products on a Darwin, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, or Linux system. DarwinPorts is based on Darwin has been the open-source OS technology underlying Apple’s Mac OS X operating system back in 1999. DarwinPorts is NOT Darwin, just a tools […]

Justification of windows usage is a combinaison of Stockholm Syndrome and cognitive dissonance.

Posted by deepquest under Apple (No Respond)

“The combination of “Stockholm Syndrome” and “cognitive dissonance” produces a victim who firmly believes the relationship is not only acceptable, but also desperately needed for their survival,? writes Joseph M. Carver, PhD for Mental-Health-Matters.com. Interesting, you say, but what does this have to do with the price of iMacs in China? Well, nothing, but it […]