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N.A.N.Y. 2013 / Re: N.A.N.Y. 2013 Submission - FreeNAS Brute Forcer
« Last post by Renegade on November 21, 2012, 12:05 AM »
Just a suggestion- you might want to limit it to local ips to even further close it off from abuse.

i.e.
10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
169.254.0.0 -169.254.255.255

Well, the source is available... so, it wouldn't be hard to change.  And it's unlikely that anyone has a front-facing FreeNAS box, so I kind of doubt that it can be reasonably used to attack off the LAN and on the WAN.

I thought about some additional features to make it more versatile, but decided that it does what it does, and anyone who wants to make it more general can easily do so. (e.g. I could turn it into a brute forcer for pretty much any web site pretty easily.) And the spammers already know all this stuff, so it's really only going to limit the low-grade spammer wannabes and script kiddies by not adding in more versatility - which is pretty much enough - you can't stop the more sophisticated professionals - they already have all this kind of stuff done anyways. e.g. A while back I needed a bunch of email addresses, so I slapped together a program to automatically create Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo email accounts from a list of usernames and passwords in a couple hours. It's not hard.

The only really cool thing in there is a tidbit of code to create N-ary Cartesian products. Found that at another site. It's pretty darn slick.
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Living Room / Re: I need your help...
« Last post by Renegade on November 20, 2012, 11:09 PM »
Not sure if the wish list updates or not. I took care of this one: Native Forest Organic Mushrooms, Pieces & Stems (Dr Weight 4- Ounces), 7-Ounce Cans (Pack of 12) (Just so nobody duplicates it.)
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General Software Discussion / Re: Are you going to wait for Windows 9?
« Last post by Renegade on November 20, 2012, 10:51 PM »
Windows GPL anyone? :P (That version comes out after Windows Hell Froze Over.)
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Indoor cloud...(Not Photoshopped)  Here.
 (see attachment in previous post)

That's pretty wicked! :)

Found the artist's site here:

http://www.berndnaut.nl/works.htm

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Living Room / Re: Ban Killer Robots Now!
« Last post by Renegade on November 20, 2012, 09:27 PM »
This is absolutely a case of "tooooooooo much technology". You simply cannot hand over life and death to machines. It's simply insane.

And you're 200% right - you just can't make up this stuff... You have to read the news for it~! ;D :P
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Living Room / Re: NAS Recommendations?
« Last post by Renegade on November 20, 2012, 09:13 PM »
I had my first problem with FreeNAS the other day when I could not login. I had used the proper user name/password, but it didn't work.

Anyways, I wrote a utility to brute force the login. You can find it here:

http://cynic.me/2012...s-user-and-password/

I've got more explanations about what the problems were, blah blah blah.

I've also released it as a NANY submission.

https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=32933.0

I know a few people use FreeNAS here, so might as well make it available in case anyone has a problem.

My first reaction was that I'm a complete moron for forgetting the login. It wasn't until after I'd finished the program that I realized that I didn't forget it, and that there was simply some kind of error.

Full source code is available and in the public domain.

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N.A.N.Y. 2013 / N.A.N.Y. 2013 Submission - FreeNAS Brute Forcer
« Last post by Renegade on November 20, 2012, 09:08 PM »
NANY 2013 Entry Information

Application Name FreeNAS Brute Forcer
Version v1
Short Description Recover lost user names and passwords for FreeNAS
Supported OSes Windows XP SP3, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
Web Page http://cynic.me/2012...s-user-and-password/
Download Link http://cynic.me/wp-c...NAS-Brute-Forcer.zip
System Requirements
  • .NET 4
Version History
  • First release - v1
Author https://www.donation...le;u=2492;sa=summary


Description
I thought that I had forgotten my FreeNAS user name and password, so I wrote this little utility.

It is very simple - enter many possible user names and many possible passwords, and this will find the right combination of the 2 for you.

Instructions are in the program itself.

Check my blog post above (the program page) for more information about the program and why I wrote it.

Features
Brute forces the FreeNAS web interface to find your correct user name and password.

Planned Features
No future features are planned as it does what it is intended to do. If there is any interest in it, I may polish some more, depending on user feedback.

I will not turn this into a general brute force utility as that is too open to abuse.

Screenshots

Brute-force-freenas-user-password.png

Usage
Installation
Unzip the ZIP file then run the program. No installer. Source code is included.

Using the Application
There are directions in the program. Simply follow them. i.e.:

INSTRUCTIONS - IMPORTANT - READ THEM ALL:

1) Enter a list of possible user names.
2) Enter a list of possible passwords.
3) Enter the IP address of your FreeNAS box on your local network.
4) Click GO to load the login page.
5) Click the "Start Brute Force" button.

Once you are logged in:

1) Check the title bar for a user name/password pair.
2) Find that in the "User/password pairs" text box.
3) Your proper login is on the line above that.
4) Test it in your regular Internet browser.

SECURITY PRECAUTIONS:

1) To log out, click the "Clear Cookies" button.
2) When you are finished, click the "Securely Remove Users/Passwords" button so that you do not leave any traces of usernames/passwords. The program stores them in plain text while you are using it, and for the next time that you use it.

For more information, check http://cynic.me/.

Cheers,

Ryan

Uninstallation
Simply delete the file. No uninstallation is required.

HOWEVER - read the instructions... it saves your user names and passwords in plain text, but also includes a way to delete them.

Tips
If you have any problems, simply close the program, then reload it. Enter the proper IP address again and try again. It saves your users/passwords as they are longer.

Known Issues
No known issues with the software. However, the .NET WebBrowser control is based on the Trident engine (IE), and the FreeNAS web interface doesn't really like it, so once you are logged in, you need to go to your normal browser and login there to actually use FreeNAS.
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Wouldn't it just be nice if Microsoft would just embrace Webkit and then extend it? :P

Now, that is the impossible dream, methinks  :-\.

Actually, I think that was sarcasm- in response to their approach prior to this with Java.

Exactly.

Embrace. Extend. Extinguish.

Same goes for the web standards and how IE was used to destroy the web for so long.
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Living Room / Re: Mysteries
« Last post by Renegade on November 20, 2012, 06:12 PM »
OK, so it goes like this:
 (see attachment in previous post)


No problem, because Wall Street. ;D


Things like this are clever, but still rely on muddy thinking.

1) A > box (20), B > box (20) -- box has 40 - system has 40
2) B > A (30), box > B (40) -- system has 70 -- A has netted 10, B has netted -10

Here's an easier mystery:

Who said, "I've never been frustrated. I just have real low expectations when I go to Washington." ;D


Answer: Just about anybody you can name who has an IQ over 60 and is not in a coma. :P

P.S. Wasn't that Ron Paul? (Got a friend who's a big fan so I get daily RP updates - whether I want them or not. ::))

Yes. He's quite the joker. He could almost do stand up. :D
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Living Room / Re: Mysteries
« Last post by Renegade on November 20, 2012, 08:42 AM »
Here's an easier mystery:

Who said, "I've never been frustrated. I just have real low expectations when I go to Washington." ;D
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Living Room / Re: Mysteries
« Last post by Renegade on November 20, 2012, 07:37 AM »
Here are some "mysteries": ;)

1)
If a traditional map only requires 4 colors, how many colors are required for a Mobius strip map?

2)
If spacetime is curved, but most physics assume flat spacetime, what are the consequences?
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Living Room / Re: Mysteries
« Last post by Renegade on November 20, 2012, 07:24 AM »
renegade - I was joking  ;D

Damn!  >:(

Some good physics problems there...
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Living Room / Re: Mysteries
« Last post by Renegade on November 20, 2012, 07:15 AM »
For a moment, I thought you were going to spin off from the secret society thread with freaky mysteries like pyramids and UFOs or something. :D
Erm ... well that was my hidden intention (how did you guess ?).

Let me ponder what one I should post... Too many out there. I'd like to post something in that vein with something in the "answerish" area.

Some fun things to think about:

* Free energy
* Pyramids
* Crop circles
* Ancient electricity
* Atlantis
* Sunken cities
* Sirius and the African Dogon tribe
* Satanic elite
* Alien abductions
* Magical aviation fuel
* World's first high-rise destroyed by small fires
* Probabilities of "terrorism" drills exactly coinciding with the exact drill scenario
* Moving large stone blocks
* etc. etc.

Those are just a few off the top of my head.
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Living Room / Re: Mysteries
« Last post by Renegade on November 20, 2012, 07:06 AM »
When you look at yourself in a mirror the objects you see reflected are inverted in the horizontal plane - why not in the vertical plane ?

Everything you see is already inverted vertically by the optics of the human eye. It's then uprighted in/by the brain.

You see, all this time we've actually been standing on the celing, because we really live inside the earth and "outerspace" is underground.

You know it~! :P

http://www.hollowearthnetwork.com/

HOLLOW EARTH NETWORK

The Most Informed Network
on the Planet!


WHY are we the most informed network on the planet?


Interactive Messages From

Hollow Earth
Inner Earth
Galactic Masters!
Galactic Federation of Light
Ashtar Command


Because our information comes
DIRECT FROM ZORRA in Hollow Earth!

Next stop, hollow Earth ascension masters 2012 of infinite lovely grooviness for alien enlightenment of the non-demonic sort and flowers!


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<satire> Aw  :P!  C'mon you wimps   :-* :P.  Why should you form your own opinion when there are so many expert opinions available to us all.? </satire>
Actually, I agree with MS' plea/argument, although not for MS' reasons.  As, apparently, do you all (y'all if you're southern ... read southren).  But our meager opinions are unlikely to sway the course of history.  (Although, I'm not so certain about the success(es) of those prefab opinions, y'know?)

This is a trend which, like most trends, is likely to burn itself out ... the dilemma, if I may call it that, is, "When will this be over?"

But, then, what do I know?  How dast I oppose the current currents?  Well, I dast.  So should we all.

Wouldn't it just be nice if Microsoft would just embrace Webkit and then extend it? :P
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Living Room / Re: Mysteries
« Last post by Renegade on November 20, 2012, 06:38 AM »
  • Candidate A wins an election with 51% while candidate B gets 49% - it looks as though candidate A won by 2% (51 - 49) but then just take that 1% from candidate A's 51% and give it to candidate B : and they both have 50%

How is that a mystery?

Win = more than the other guy
Draw = equal second place
Lose = less than the winner

Who cares what the numbers are  ;)

I think the "mystery" there is different than what you're thinking, and that it relies on how muddled most people's thoughts are. e.g.

1) The difference is "2"
2) Transfer 1
3) Now the difference is 0
4) Oh, wow. Magic! :P

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Living Room / Re: Mysteries
« Last post by Renegade on November 20, 2012, 06:22 AM »
I thought of starting a thread about the many mysteries that seem unsolvable (I can already hear the groans) - it could be interesting and maybe even fun ? (Could be a waste of time and forum space too...)


For a moment, I thought you were going to spin off from the secret society thread with freaky mysteries like pyramids and UFOs or something. :D


Here are two well known ones :

I've not seen those as "mysteries" before.

  • Candidate A wins an election with 51% while candidate B gets 49% - it looks as though candidate A won by 2% (51 - 49) but then just take that 1% from candidate A's 51% and give it to candidate B : and they both have 50%

Use absolute values. ;) +1 & -1 is still 2.


  • When you look at yourself in a mirror the objects you see reflected are inverted in the horizontal plane - why not in the vertical plane ?

Just lay down sideways~! :D

Here are some fun ones:

Zeno's Paradoxes
https://en.wikipedia...eno's_paradoxes

Suppose Homer wants to catch a stationary bus. Before he can get there, he must get halfway there. Before he can get halfway there, he must get a quarter of the way there. Before traveling a quarter, he must travel one-eighth; before an eighth, one-sixteenth; and so on.

I've explained them elsewhere. But they are fun!

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Living Room / Re: A secret society uncovered 250 years later
« Last post by Renegade on November 20, 2012, 06:12 AM »
One of my most prized finds as a young'un before I lost interest in such things, was the fact that some California new age house had reprinted the until-then ultra-obscure Isis Unveiled and the Secret Doctrine pair of texts by H. P. Blavatsky in about 1990.


That is seriously dark stuff, and a very deep rabbit hole.


Science wasn't in great shape in 1875-1890, but neither was it complete hocum either.


Now that you mention that time period... ;) (Parroting here as I'm still working to understand this stuff... It's bloody tough. I'm also glossing over a LOT.)

In 1865 a fellow named Maxwell published a paper that formally initiated electrodynamics. 20 quaternion equations with 20 variables.

In 1873 he published a treatise.

His work was understood by few because of the difficulty in understanding Hamilton's quaternions. A few dozen people worldwide.

Under heavy pressure, Maxwell simplified it, and that was published in 1881, 2 years after his early death in 1879.

The Maxwell-Heaviside equations were a result of work to simplify even more. Vector algebra was used.

However, the simplifications in the mathematics created a situation where you ended up with closed loops and symmetric flow of energy. This results in zero sums, which neatly matches the laws of thermodynamics - discrepencies are brushed aside and dismissed.

Using the orignal mathematics, instead you have asymmetric flow. These systems allow for a Coefficient of Performance (COP) greater than 1 (COP > 1), and even COP = infinity. (There's a lot to understand there, and I've glossed over a massive amount. I wouldn't even want to try to explain it right now. I can read & understand most, but not quite 'there' yet.)

This has profound consequences for the laws of thermodynamics, and basically renders the 2nd law of thermodynamics, let's just say, "not quite right".

The practical upshot is that you can free EM energy from the vacuum through asymmetrical re-gauging.

Nicola Tesla said that this, what I'll call a "cover up" (just to be a bit sensationalistic), 'is one of the most inexplicable aberrations of the scientific mind that thas ever been recorded in history.'


Now, how's that for some fun conspiracy theory where you can go out and verify everything yourself. ;)


(I'm still reading on this stuff, and expect it to take me a while.)




For the "Illuminati", fascinating topic. Lots of interesting stuff out there. Fritz Springmeier is considered the "go to" guy for info.

Another interesting fellow is Linsey Williams, though he uses the term "elite". Not sure if it's all synonymous or what.



Regarding the Federal Reserve... They're criminals. Here's a quick, introductory primer to their primary tool of destruction:

http://cynic.me/2012...reserve-banking-1-6/

The last part has links to more resources.

For some very good info, check out Lew Rockwell or any of the other thousands of sites/people out there that explain exactly why/how/that the Fed is a private bank, etc. etc.

Or, you could just read what the Fed has to say, or listen to the people that head up the Fed when they say that it is a private institution and not under the authority of the US govt.

Started by the Illuminati or not - they are what they are: Destructive criminals.




Another thing H2 channel loves to carp on is aliens. Supposedly they levitated huge stones to erect buildings beyond the technology of humans. Stuff like StoneHenge.  They speculate the high priests of ancient cultures knew how to communicate telepathically with the "gods" who were really the technologically advanced aliens etc..  They posit the question, will the aliens return?

What I want to know is, how do we know they ever left?  Think about it! With all the weird looking life slithering, walking, swimming, flying around on this planet, if some of them were aliens, how would you know?

The scene is a human being reclining on his front porch. On the wall are a couple of chameleons hanging sideways just watching the guy.  One chameleon thinks to the other "just don't talk to them. They're so stupid they'll never catch on unless you walk right up and introduce yourself."


Fun stuff~! ;D

For "the reptilian agenda" stuff, check out Credo Mutwa and David Icke. Interesting. (Oddly enough, it fits in with some non-mainstream scientific views. -- DO NOT SHOOT THE MESSENGER!!!)

Lots of fun stuff out there about aliens and gods and pyramids and all kinds of niftiness! Check out the UFO TV Studios channel on YouTube for lots of interesting stuff.



For the code cracking stuff... Got to hand props to the fellow for managing that. Cryptography/steganography/whatever is not easy stuff.


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General Software Discussion / Re: can you see this website?
« Last post by Renegade on November 20, 2012, 04:37 AM »
The flash loads, but looks blank.
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Living Room / Re: How Much Do You Trust Wikipedia?
« Last post by Renegade on November 19, 2012, 04:57 PM »
Hmmm...

Bacon appears to be a significant consideration in the reliability of Wikipedia...

Should have broadened it... Regular bacon, or Halal bacon? :P
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A game store floor in France.

553692_497871913568325_1231724704_n.jpg

It's flat.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Thoughts on this sort of UI styling?
« Last post by Renegade on November 19, 2012, 06:37 AM »
I won't comment on the aesthetics, but only on the layout and messaging. (There are better designers here than me.)

You could do a bit better job on the text as some is a bit longer than it needs to be. The layout is excellent, but you're not taking full advantage of it.

At the top, your last line should be more like:

...tasks correctly.

What it does:
OR
It can:

That sets things up. You could even do that in a smaller blue font than in the title. Use whatever short language works best, e.g. "It tests:" or whatever.

The 4 grouped areas have a lot of impact, and work like bullets - very nice. The black/gray text is a nice touch, but make the black text shorter. e.g.

Elevate to admin privileges.
Run as a service.
Run as a desktop application.
etc.

Just examples there. Shorter is easier to read, punchier, and people will make fewer mistakes. (Most people don't/can't read.)

Using the active voice was the right choice. Keep that. :)

Check what you mean by "switch", as it implies that the program can do that on the fly, which I would not expect.

The bottom text is confusing. I'm not sure what's going on there, but then again, I don't know what the application is supposed to do, so I could be off-base.

I like the bottom buttons. They are clear. The chevron also helps indicate forward motion.

Overall, I think it's pretty good. The linear layout leads eventually to action at the bottom, which is what you want. I think you've done a good job there.

It's hard to program and do design and do writing and do... You eventually get distracted by one aspect, and neglect another. Been there more than once. Have the mistakes to prove it~! :D

Just my $0.02.
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Living Room / Re: The Free Videos Thread
« Last post by Renegade on November 19, 2012, 03:37 AM »
This one is mostly for Renegade. Everybody else gets to exercise viewer discretion.

@Ren - man in an isolated cabin sharing a nasty meal with a demon as the world comes apart violently around him. Six minutes of Israeli weirdness entitled Eaten. QuietEarth summed it up perfectly as: Your WTF??? moment for the day. Enjoy!




 :Thmbsup:

Heheheh :D

Definitely a fun flick!

For others: To put it in perspective, it's definitely going to be too much for some people, but if you liked "Watch Alice Bleed", it's not that disturbing. Just in case anyone is iffy there. (Watch Alice Bleed is pretty disturbed.) The end of Eaten is really good.



I tripped across another very cool YouTube channel.

ABOUT YOUTUBE TRACKING: If you're signed in to YouTube, they do a BLOODY SPECTACULAR job of recommending videos. My front page on YouTube is PACKED with all kinds of good stuff. They track the crap out of you, but their recommendations are damn good. (And consider who that's coming from. ;) ) I just tripped across it through a recommendation, check out a video, liked it, and checked the channel.

The channel is from http://www.mises.org/, and from what I've seen so far is mostly about economics. I've only watched a few lectures so far, but they've been extremely good. Thanks to YouTube Downloader (YTD), I have 10 or 20 GB of lectures waiting for me. :) It'll be a while before I get to them all.

http://www.youtube.c...flow=grid&view=1

Screenshot - 2012-11-19 , 8_17_18 PM.png

It's PACKED with TONNES of playlists.

The first playlist you can see there is "The Truth About War: A Revisionist Approach", and the first speaker in that series is Judge Andrew P. Napolitano~! (Yeah... That's the kind of guy that I think is a real rock star! For those that are not familiar with him, check him out. I know some people here would really like him. Lots of videos on YouTube with him.) Just finished downloading that playlist, so I'll be watching the Judge shortly.  :Thmbsup:

Anyways... Fumbling through the site, I saw they have another site:

http://mises.tv/

And, they have a video called:

Authors Forum: Libertarian Anarchy: Against the State  :Thmbsup:

Now, anytime I see words like "ANARCHY", you've got my attention~! :P ;D  :up:

Still haven't watched much, but c'mon... Stuff like anarchy? How could I NOT pass that on? :D

<aside>
No, no no... Use the cheap cloths... and pour the gasoline in the bottle *first*...
</aside>

:P
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N.A.N.Y. 2013 / Re: N.A.N.Y 2013 Submission - Super Simple Photo Resizer
« Last post by Renegade on November 19, 2012, 01:17 AM »
I updated from 3.0.0 to 3.8.1, saw 2 entries, and noticed this:

"%file%"

The quotes there. However, that was from a directory and file that I created, and not from editing in the SC UI.

It's working for me now though.



EDIT:

I played around a bit, and yes - it was the quotes. Without them, spaces in the path presented a problem. (Guessing there.)
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