Author Archives: samurai

About samurai

I like computers... A lot. So I tend to spend a lot of time doing varied things with them. Often you'll find me playing with Python or PHP, fighting with operating systems, ranting about some off-the-wall concept, or preparing for zombies.

Nano Syntax Highlighting

Posted on June 18, 2008 by samurai

As a nano user I often get flack from those around me who use Vim about not having syntax highlighting. So, after taking this for some time I decided to find a way to add syntax highlighting to nano and … Continue reading →

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Reading Rainbow: Episode 9

Posted on June 16, 2008 by samurai

Virtual machine’s use unique MAC addresses to access the internet. This article provides a listing of their identifiers so that you may asertain whether or not a particular machine is within a Virtual machine. http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/networking/?p=538&tag=nl.e102 Botnets are no new threat … Continue reading →

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Cookies, Cookies, and Cookies

Posted on June 8, 2008 by samurai

[April, 2010]Update: Mozilla removed this functionality from Firefox in version 2 and will not be reviving it. I’m going to leave the text below, as it does describe P3P, but any mention of Firefox should be considered as an example. … Continue reading →

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Reading Rainbow: Episode 8

Posted on June 7, 2008 by samurai

Restrictive passwords make cracking more difficult by requiring that users use a wider range of characters; however, can restrictive password policies actually decrease time required to crack? This blog goes into the math behind it. http://lukenotricks.blogspot.com/2008/03/more-on-counting-restrictive-password.htm Mozilla has a new … Continue reading →

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Reading Rainbow: Episode 7

Posted on May 25, 2008 by samurai

In the wake of so many ISP’s getting away with murder and the government looking the other direction it’s good to see that Florida is stepping in and fining Version for poor response time. http://news.cnet.com/Florida-…00-1036_3-6239655.html?tag=html.alert.hed This is a great video … Continue reading →

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BackTrack2 Wireless

Posted on May 24, 2008 by samurai

I’ve worked with a lot of people who had trouble with setting up wifi on BackTrack2 and decided it would be worth a post on how I manage it. I prefer to do this task from the command line, since … Continue reading →

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