Net-Force Challenges

Here yu are some nice geek challanges to solve, URL: http://www.net-force.nl/challenges/ Tags: Security, Steganography, Gr33n Data

YPOPs!

Yahoo! Mail disabled free access to its POP3 service o­n 24th April, 2002. This application emulates a POP3 server and enables popular email clients like Outlook, Netscape, Eudora, Mozilla, etc., to download email from Yahoo! accounts. We do not go against the license agreements of Yahoo! Mail. This application is completely legitimate and well within the realms of legal software. It is available o­n the Windows, Linux, Solaris and Mac platforms. URL: http://ypopsemail.com/ Tags: POP3, Yahoo, Gr33n Data

Goobuntu

Google is preparing its own distribution of Linux for the desktop, in a possible bid to take on Microsoft in its core business - desktop software. A version of the increasingly popular Ubuntu desktop Linux distribution, based on Debian and the Gnome desktop, it is known internally as 'Goobuntu'. Google has confirmed it is working on a desktop linux project called Goobuntu, but declined to supply further details, including what the project is for. It's possible that it's just one of the toys Googleplex engineers play with on Fridays, when they get time off from buffing the search engine code or filtering out entries about Tiananmen Square. It could be for wider deployments on the company's own desktops, as an alternative to Microsoft, but still for internal use only. But it's possible Google plans to distribute it to the general public, as a free alternative to Windows. Google has already demonstrated an interest in building a presence on the desktop. At CES Las Vegas this month, it announced the Google Pack, a collection of desktop software bundled together for easy downloading. The pack includes many apps which compete directly with the Windows bundle, such as Google Talk, Google Desktop, Mozilla Firefox, the Trillian instant messenger client, RealPlayer, and Picasa photo management. Going the whole hog and distributing a complete desktop software suite would merely be another step down the same path. However, entering the desktop software world would be a huge step. Making Goobuntu as easy to use as XP will require a lot more development. It's unlikely to be ready for showtime any time soon, and it's possible Google itself hasn't finalised where the project should go.Whatever Google's intentions, the input of Google engineers and developers, writing new features and fixing bugs, will be a huge boost to the Ubuntu project. Ubuntu, funded by the South African internet multimillionaire and occasional cosmonaut Mark Shuttleworth, is already emerging as a leader in the desktop Linux world. It has built considerable momentum in the Linux community, and is starting to appear more widely. Shuttleworth is seeking to persuade white-box PC manufacturers to start shipping machines with Ubuntu preinstalled. It is top of the Distrowatch download chart, is installed on up to six million computers, and doubling every eight months, according to estimates from Shuttleworth's company, Canonical. It has spawned a number of different offshoots, including Xubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu (for schools). Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goobuntu Tags: Google, Linux, Gr33n Data

nUbuntu

The main goal of nUbuntu is to create a distribution which is derived from the Ubuntu distribution, and add packages related to security testing, and remove unneeded packages, such as Gnome, Openoffice.org, and Evolution. Some of the main security packages: * Aircrack * Airsnort * Bluesnarfer * DSniff * EtherApe * Ethereal * Ettercap * ExploitTree * FragRouter * Honeyd * IISEmulator * John the Ripper * Kismet * Metasploit * Nemesis * Nessus * Nikto * NMap * Samdump2 * SSLDump * VNCrack * Void11 URL: http://www.nubuntu.org/ Tags: Linux, Security, Gr33n Data

Spell with Flickr

Spell with Flickr is a small program that lets you type in whatever you want, then goes to flickr and grabs pictures for each an every letter! It also allows you to change the images that you see, so you can find better images for your word or phrase! URL: http://metaatem.net/words.php Tags: Art, Flicker, Gr33n Data

Germany'06 vs Egypt'06

It's really weird that 3 of the 5 African nations who have been qualified to the world cup that will be held in Germany this year were not able to go the second stage - quarter finals - of the African Nations Cup held here in Egypt. Frankly teams like Angola and Togo do not deserve to represent Africa in the world cup; However this is football, and we have to accept its surprises. Tags: Football, Africa, Gr33n Data

The Uncivilized Vikings

I like drawing, especially cartoons and anime. And I really think that a cartoonist can deliver a message with his brush, a 100 lines article can't deliver. But like any other writer he must know that there is a big difference between speaking freely, and being a real ass hole. The point is that you can say whatever you want, without insulting the others. And that's why "we were deeply shocked seeing a Danish newspaper (Jyllands Posten) offending almost 1 billion Muslims around the world by publishing a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed - PBUH&HF - seen as a terrorist carrying bombs on his head!

Tags: Denmark, Ethics, Gr33n Data

Cisco VPN gear vulnerable to DoS attacks

Organizations running certain Cisco VPN gear may be susceptible to a remote denial-of-service attack that could knock out network connections for teleworkers or traveling employees accessing a corporate network over the Internet. A flaw in the Cisco VPN 3000 Concentrator could cause the device to reload or drop user connections if an attacker sends a specially-crafted HTTP packet to the device, the vendor says. Source: NetworkWorld.com Tags: Cisco, Security, Gr33n Data

Build Root

Buildroot is a set of Makefiles and patches that makes it easy generate a cross-compilation toolchain and root filesystem for your target Linux system using the uClibc C library. Buildroot is useful mainly for people working with small or embedded systems. Embedded systems often use processors that are not the regular x86 processors everyone is used to using on their PC. It can be PowerPC processors, MIPS processors, ARM processors, etc. And to be extra safe, you do not need to be root to build or run buildroot. Link: http://buildroot.uclibc.org/ Tags: LinuX, Cross Compilation, Gr33n Data

DLink ADSL Modem Spex

D-Link DSL-xxxT is a family of MIPS 4KEc AR7 and Linux-based ADSL Routers designed for home or office use. The family includes DSL-300T, DSL-302T, DSL-500T, DSL-504T, and DSL-G604T. All DSL-xxxT devices use ADAM2 bootloader. D-Link DSL-xxxT firmware is based on the MontaVista Linux.

Linux version 2.4.17_mvl21-malta-mips_fp_le (jordan@Jordan_Linux) Compiled by gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release/MontaVista) 18 14:13:34 CST 2004

Resources: http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=373 http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/DSL-xxxT http://www.cyberciti.biz/.../hacking-dlink-502t-router.html Tags: Linux, DLink, Gr33n Data