Posts by aldra

1. 2016-02-16 at 4:07 AM UTC in I login as root
   

   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition

   My coworkers give me shit for this, but my IQ is so high and my skills so vast that I actually merge with the computer, my brain becomes one with the operating system and I gain full and absolute control. Anyone who uses "sudo" is an inferior mind, but I might cut you some slack if you use NOPASSWD.

   
   what about su?
2. 2016-02-11 at 6:16 AM UTC in You probably have ringworm.
   

   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   still better than ringpiece worms though.
3. 2016-02-11 at 2:28 AM UTC in It's tueday night and i bought 5 grams of meth with a fake golden necklece.
   

   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   this is all kinds of incriminating
4. 2016-02-11 at 1:31 AM UTC in Pimp my network
   

   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   me too, cross-platform compatibility isn't great if you need to load containers in Windows though.
5. 2016-02-11 at 1:05 AM UTC in New stuff to improve site
   

   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   spoke too soon, now the recent posts list is disordered and I'm getting failures when trying to open my messages
6. 2016-02-11 at 12:04 AM UTC in New stuff to improve site
   

   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   only thing I have an issue with is responsiveness; way too much js
   
   aside from that core functionality is fine, everything else is really just a gimmick
7. 2016-02-10 at 11:57 PM UTC in Pimp my network
   

   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   didn't read whole thread yet but on the topic of truecrypt and veracrypt-
   
   veracrypt is built on truecrypt's core source, so any inherent issues with truecrypt are also likely to be present in veracrypt.
   
   there have never been any actual faults or backdoors found in truecrypt, it's all just speculation from people who aren't qualified to do so. a 30k code audit was performed and it found nothing suspicious, just messy and inefficient code likely written by a single person.
   
   the reason it was abandoned was most likely due to the author not wanting to deal with the stress of people trying to track them down and the constant swipes at their/truecrypt's integrity - there's no reason to believe anything untoward was going on.
   
8. 2016-02-10 at 11:52 PM UTC in Another IP Address Question.
   

   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   inetnum: 85.12.68.0 - 85.12.68.127
   netname: BEDFORD
   descr: Bedfordshire School NATs
   
   
   
   
   if you're running lunix just whois the IP from the terminal
   
   if you're not, check the IANA ipv4 address list to see which AS/netregistry the /8 range is assigned to, then goto that registry's homepage and run a whois from there. THE ARISTOCRATS
   
   
   how specific the registry data is depends on who actually owns the IP block. for most residential/business IPs, the ISP buys out a huge chunk of IP addresses and assigns them to end users. Checking ownership will only return the ISP that owns the addresses, to get any more specific information (ie. the physical address of the person who was using the IP at any given time) you'd need top query the ISP's records, and those are generally protected and not available without a warrant or subpoena or similar.
   
   in other cases, sometimes schools or business will buy out IP ranges directly - if that's the case, the whois data will return the school or company as the owner.
9. 2016-02-09 at 5:37 AM UTC in Posters this site could really use
   

   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   I saw someone post 'play stupid games/win stupid prizes' on facebook a while back, pm'd asking if he was ssj from zoklet
   
   INSTABLOCK
10. 2016-02-09 at 2:50 AM UTC in How did you get your username?
    

    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    
11. 2016-02-09 at 2:46 AM UTC in An Unresponsive Port
    

    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    yeah, about paping that's right, instead of sending data like an icmp ping, it sends connect requests and logs how long they take and whether they succeed or not. won't tell you anything about the expected protocol.
    
    read my second post; it looks to be a cisco-specific protocol relating to network storage.
    
    for your code, I'm pretty sure that's just a java wrapper for sockets/winsock so it'll be connecting via tcp unless specified otherwise.
12. 2016-02-09 at 1:15 AM UTC in Petition to ban Sploo, Rocklin, Sophie, Bill Krozbyler, Idio, Dissociator, Lanny and Arnox
    

    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition

    Hahahahahahahaha….. Every time. I really, truly, deeply laugh every time when I remember that. Thank you so much, Arnie.

    
    I think it's the 'darn' he added in there
13. 2016-02-09 at 12:54 AM UTC in An Unresponsive Port
    

    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    http://www.iana.org/assignments/service-names-port-numbers/service-names-port-numbers.txt
    
    IANA keeps an official list of services that use specific ports; yours is assigned to FCP, an old Cisco wrapper for iSCSI I think. just skimmed over this: http://www.ciscopress.com/articles/article.asp?p=484553&seqNum=2.
14. 2016-02-09 at 12:51 AM UTC in An Unresponsive Port
    

    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    all paping is going to do is test connection establishment, won't tell you anything about the service
    
    
    the only real way to get anything out of it is to try and guess what protocol it expects and throw data at it until it responds - first thing I'd try is just send some linefeeds via tcp then udp if you get no response, then as sophie suggested, try to guess the service based on the port and send a command in that protocol to see if you get a response. it might be worth using wireshark or tcpdump to inspect the initial connection, as the connect response from the server may give clues as to what the service is.
15. 2016-02-09 at 12:05 AM UTC in I'm back are you mad?
    

    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition

    Is it practical or just a gimmick?

    
    it works ok, takes a little practice to do it consistently but I honestly never saw a reason to have to deploy a knife that quickly... if it's an issue, just get a fixed blade?
16. 2016-02-08 at 4:34 PM UTC in I'm back are you mad?
    

    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    yeah, they're technically illegal here too but they still show up on eBay and knife stores from time to time. yeah the idea is that the hook will catch on fabric so you can deploy it as you pull it out of your pocket. I believe the function was originally called the Emerson wave, I have a cold steel ti-lite with a similar mechanism.
17. 2016-02-08 at 3:30 PM UTC in I'm back are you mad?
    

    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    that's not a karambit, karambits have a hooked blade like a talon:
    
    
    
    fox brand specifically:
    
    
    
    but it looks like it uses the same grip and locking mechanism so I dunno. don't really have time right now to read up about it, but I'm a big fan of the axis lock:
    
    
    
    you can fold the knife out normally or you can push down on the little trigger and swing it open. you push the trigger to unlock it so it can be closed.
    
    
    as a pure weapon I'd highly recommend a baton over a knife though
18. 2016-02-08 at 2:55 PM UTC in Thought I'd drop in and say hi.
    

    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    no but mark is
19. 2016-02-08 at 2:54 PM UTC in Petition to ban fangle double i kaii.
    

    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition

    I say we don't ban. Instead, we sacrifice him to the active volcano, along with aldra, to appease the lesser gods.

    
    k, just not at the same time because that's kind of gay and the lesser gods might get the wrong idea
20. 2016-02-08 at 2:51 PM UTC in I'm back are you mad?
    

    aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
    I've heard good things about them/dunno why you'd want a karambit though, not much utility unless you want it solely for 'defence'
    
    I've got a chinese replica of a benchmade bedlam coming in, it's pretty much a folding mini-scimitar. planning on trying to make my own blade for it.