Google Talk!

I've discovered an AWESOME chat program. Google is at it again!

www.google.com/talk

Its called GoogleTalk (Beta). Its so small, and very easy to use. You can use your microphone, call other other, or just plain chat in text. Its an awesome little client. For all of you IT people out there who are all for ruining AIM, download and support this!

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For all you people who wanna browse descretely...

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2005/11/22/ghostzilla-the-almost-invisible-browser/

This is really cool. A browser that blends in so seemlessly with standard windows programs, that when your *cough* supervisor walks by, s/he won't realize what you're really doing! Very neat...do not blame anyone else for any trouble you may get into though. NOT THEIR PROBLEM.

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Anonymous Living, with Tiller Starling

So, now that I'm on the whole anonymous living fad, heres another one for ya! So, lets get started!

So, you wanna anonymously surf the web using that wonderful program, Firefox. Lets do this list style, mmkay?

1. You need to get GreaseMonkey. This is a nifty little program that allows you to use user-scripts in Firefox. Get it here: http://greasemonkey.mozdev.org (You will need to restart Firefox for the program to work.)

2. Next, you will want to get the Swithproxy user script. This is a great little script that will consult a list, and then change your proxy to keep you surfing anonymously. Get it here: https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=125
(Again, restart Firefox after installing.)

And now, just find a free proxy list, tell Switchproxy to use it, (use the new toolbar in your Firefox browser), and set it up to your liking!

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I2P Client

For all you BitTorrent fanatics out there, this ones for you!

While reading the latest headlines on digg.com, i found a neat little article about a program that anonymizes BitTorrent. So, naturally, i had to check it out.

http://www.gotroot.com/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=195

Its a little complicated, but the result can be well worth it. And, for all you who don't use BitTorrent....isn't it time you smartened up and switched?

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Password Recovery

First off. DO NOT use this information for bad. I have had several requests for information on how to restore a forgotten password. I also accept no responsibility for what this information could do in the wrong hands. Use your best judgement people!

First, let's start with the basics. Windows passwords are stored in the HD:\windows\system32\config\ directory in a file called the SAM.

There are two hashes that Windows XP saves as a default. The WinNt Hash, and the LM hash. The LM, or LAN Management hash is an incredibly easy hash to crack for programs like John, and LC5. That's not good!

So, to disable the saving of this worthless hash, open your registry editor, and navigate to the following entry: HKeyLocalMachine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\ and change the value of the key "nolmhash" to "1". This disables the use of the LM hash, making your password much harder to crack.

Now, onto the interesting stuff. The first thing you're gonna have to do is download a program that will let you get ahold of your SAM file without booting windows.
-Head on over to www.knoppix-std.org and follow the links to download the .iso
image of the knoppix-std live Linux CD.

After burning the .iso onto a cd, insert the CD into your CDrom, and restart your machine. Let knoppix load, (it will override your BIOS passwords) and start your shell by pressing alt+F5. Navigate to your SAM files folder, and copy the SAM to a cheap usb thumb drive.

Now, you're gonna have to get to a different computer, or log into a different accound and run SAMInside to yank out the hash, and then crack that hash using LC5, or a similar program.

So, there's your crash course. I'm still learning a lot about the linux command line, so we can go through this together!

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Systm Episode 3

Kevin Rose and Dan Huard have released the third installation of Systm. If you don't already know what Systm is, check it out here: http://www.systm.org

I also recommend TheBroken, starring the same two guys. http://www.thebroken.org

Keep in mind that this information should be used only for good.


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