Deadpool614

Thanks for the SIFT suggestion, I’ll have to look into that. I knew about Security Tube but as it stands, can’t go to the website (currently deployed, Army).

Welcome to the community NH 🙂

Sorry, deadpool.

But, I didn’t know how to create a new thread until recently so that’s why I posted on your thread.

It’s all good, no offense taken.

Welcome Deadpool614.  Good luck with your studies.
Another suggestion/idea for a scripting language to learn: Lua.  I don’t know it myself, but may be worthwhile, for Nmap scripting.  Python is great and I much prefer it to Perl.  Not sure how good it is, but there’s a book Dive Into Python available free online

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jup, it has been running non stop now for a couple of days, finally internet upstairs, these walls here are made of solid steel or something :S

Yeah, I surrounded by concrete barriers here and back in the states I’m in a brick building that I swear is lined with lead lol. I can hardly get a cell signal in there!

I recently bought an alfa R36 which can be used as an extender/repeater with the AWUS036NH, which also works great!

I have been looking at the R36 for when I get home, glad to hear that the driver issue has been fixed.

As it stands now I’ll be waiting until I get home before I make anymore purchases. I’m looking into setting up a multi purpose…[Read more]

DragonGorge: I’ve tried using both my internal (Atheros Ath9k) and a Rosewill USB card with no success.

Hayabusa: I didn’t think to check that, I’ll have to give it a look. You may have solved my million dollar question lol.

Yes, I ran airodump-ng and filtered it by channel. It comes up as an open network on there. I tried to connect via Wcid as well as using the command line, neither has worked yet. I may go try it again today but I wasn’t having much luck. I’m not sure if he even knows why I can’t connect. He got the wireless router from a Polish soldier he replaced…[Read more]

I had a fairly good signal, around -31db. I was only about 30-40m away from his AP.

I just have to wait until I have good internet speeds again.  :- Just a few more months to go. The silver lining has been that I’ve had a good deal of time to read and learn and test out here. I have a mini lab set up in my living quarters and a co-worker has let me try his network a few times. 

When you say seats do you mean physical seats or is it all done online? I was looking to take the beginners course once I get back to the states. Either theirs or hackingdojo.com’s entry level course. I have a bit of knowledge on the basics but I’d like to have a solid foundation.

Don,

Thank you for the support. I have already gained a lot of knowledge just by going through the forums and the links to other sites. I’ve also almost finished the army’s version of C|EH thanks to some of the information found from those links. I just wish I would have had this drive to learn before I deployed.

I’m pretty sure he’s not using a password but I won’t rule it out. His network is open I just can’t connect to him even while spoofing a client MAC.

I think that this is the most exciting part about security, well for me anyways. Stuff like this gives people like us a reason to think outside of the box to overcome these security shortcuts. I’m looking forward to trying to find a way to patch this flaw. But even after you shut one door another opens. Nothing is ever stopped, only hindered.

Chris,

Thanks for the speedy reply. It does look like there is support out there for the card. I’m a tad out of touch as I’m not in the “states” and internet where I am is restricted. Once I get back and update my gear to R2 It looks like it should be cake to get working. Now I have something else to look forward to once I’m home 🙂

You should have access to various DoD-related training material. If you’re current position qualifies or considers you as IA then there are different things out there. You may want to look into the CERT VTE as well. Lots of good training there that may be free for you (CISSP, SSCP, Sec+, Net+, CEH and a whole host of others).

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I’ll have to look into that, I’m trying not to break the bank as I’ll be getting out of the service in about a year and would like to have a bit saved up for when I go to college.

Well after doing some more looking into it I’m pretty sure the mobo is fried. I swapped RAM with a buddy’s laptop and still nothing. I also tried my USB copy of BT4 with no luck 🙁

Just download FTK imager (http://accessdata.com/support/adownloads) and go from there. Not necessarily a fan of forensics tools on a pentesting OS. FTK Imager’s sole…

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Jimbob:

I’ll have to give that article a look over. I purchased the Laptop about 8 months ago and the HDD crapped out about month 7 :/ I did some basic troubleshooting and what I could gather from the HP website was that the HDD failed (not so helpful). I have recently come into poession of the cables needed and a forensic bridge to hook it to my…[Read more]

Jamie,

Thanks for the warm welcome 🙂 I’m going to have to wait a few more months before I can do any hands on work with certs as I am currently deployed :/ . Aside from that I have done a good amount of the course work for Sec+ and Net+ and was looking to test for those when I get back to the US. I was also looking to get my CCNA (a buddy and I…[Read more]