travis' brain dump

Disclaimer: I can’t claim credit for finding this one… Carson found this one probably in his never ending quest to find the end of the internet. 🙂

wow… i mean, really… wow.

I can admit, I’ve seen some stupidity before, but this one really takes the cake. I seriously have to ponder if this kid will survive to adulthood. Evidently this kid, who posts up videos on YouTube, goes by the screen name ‘NextGenHacker101’… Personally that name makes me laugh in and of itself but pushing past that, I actually watched the video (posted below). “NextGenHacker101” goes on to explain how he’s going to show you an ip viewer than lets you see people’s connection speeds and such connected to a specific website. He goes on to explain this whole “cool” utility, etc.. etc.. and then goes to demonstrate…  

First off,  glancing at his desktop I had to stifle *some* laughter since he was instructing from Windows XP but pressing forward nearly choked on my drink as he prompted you to launch the command prompt ‘cmd’.  As the words left his mouth ‘Tracer-T’ I believe is where I completely lost all ability to maintain any composure. Seriously… if you’re going to “instruct” people on “cool tools” to view people’s connections, learn what the heck you’re talking about before making a complete idiot of yourself. *trace-rt* is short for “traceroute”… *rolls eyes*. I share this video so that you don’t actually need to go to YouTube and seek this confused individual out.

Could this tool be used in any shape or form for hacking? Sure. Could it be used the way this kid described it? Not at all.

For those of you that don’t know. The utility that this poor uninformed soul completely botched the explanation of is used to determine the route taken by packets across an IP network. It’s most often used for network troubleshooting and in no way could be used to show you who all is connected to a website or how fast their connection is.

Soo… I’m kinda hooked on my android device. Quite honestly, windows mobile got left far behind by iPhone and Android so it was time to move on. I can’t say I have any issues with this device so far and its fun to find new little things to do on it. Mobile devices have come a long way in their short lifetime.

In my discovery of this device I happened upon this neat little app that allows you to blog to wordpress via the app. Now, I could always use the browser (not as interface friendly) or email my blog for a post (lacks the ‘i used this cool app to post this’ feeling) but this little app is simple and fun to use.

We shall see if this actually gets me to blog more or ends up wasting space on my Cliq… lol probably the latter.

Yep, the losers are at it again. 🙂 If you happen to get an email from Microsoft concerning a patch for Outlook, be smart… DO NOT FOLLOW THE LINK!  I cannot stress enough how often people follow these links. Microsoft will NOT send you an update through the email in any shape or form like this. Updates are released through Microsoft Update or Windows Update ONLY!

Here’s what to look for:

Something I noticed today while working on some issues one of our guys had with using the EMC for Exchange 2007. He kept getting an access denied error when trying to do anything in the EMC. The messages went something like this:

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Microsoft Exchange Error
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The following error(s) were reported while loading topology information:
Get-OWAVirtualDirectory
Failed
Error:
Unable to create Internet Information Services (IIS) directory entry. Error message is: Access is denied.
HResult = -2147024891.
Access is denied.
Directory Path: IIS://mailboxserver.genericcompany.com/W3SVC/1/ROOT/Exchange
Detail:
server name: mailboxserver.genericcompany.com
local machine name: XPWORKSTATION
local machine fqdn: XPWORKSTATION.genericcompany.com
Access is denied.

Kind of an irritating message actually. There were some other ones as well referring to the CAS server, etc.. etc.. but you get the point.

The solution? heh, easy as can be actually.

* From “Start”->”Run” type in ‘ dcomcnfg ‘ and hit “Enter”
* From the Component Services Console, expand “Component Services” -> “Computers”
* Right click on “My Computer” and select “Properties”
* On the “Default Properties” tab, find the Default Impersonation Level and change it from “Identify” to “Impersonate”

That should do it.

Mirrored on: http://techtalk.ihatemykereinhold.com/2009/04/06/emc-2007-access-is-denied-2147024891-error/