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This is the personal blog of Chris Grant. I'm an Information Security professional that loves the work I do. I'm somewhat technology agnostic, although I have a fondness for both Microsoft and FreeBSD (and other Unix'es). It's just techology, not a religion. If you find the tool for the job in a Windows toolbox, then use it, otherwise use the tools you find in a Linux toolbox. They are all just tools, get over it. Given that, all vendors have security to think about, but many don't, so all vendors have security issues. That's why we're here, to guide all areas of the planet that use information technology and the public toward secure solutions that can be sustained. This includes financial services (like banks, credit card companies and the like), health care (hospitals, clinics, etc) and governments (who get very involved in the information security business for various purposes, both as a creator and a customer of the technology). I try to post things that are of interest to the world of computer, network and general information security. Thanks for coming to the site and feel free to sign up and contribute! -Chris

"There's lots of money to be wasted (and made by companies) fixing symptoms and not solving core issues that seem difficult to deal with..." - Me! Chris Grant

Friday 29 January 2010
Internet and phones in (or at Iberostar Paraiso Maya) Cancun, MX
I just returned from a friend's wedding in Cancun, Mexico and found out a few things that others might appreciate.

1) Resort Internet is expensive - $18/day for the Iberostar Paraiso Maya "all inclusive" resort
2) Internet was WIRED - yeah, that's what I said - except for in the lobby - I have heard this is the case elsewhere, generally, too
3) US-based cell phone service is #@%$#@ expensive - for Sprint it was $1.69/min

So, based on all this, I was looking to see what else I could do.  I loaded up Skype on my little HP 1140 netbook and did a test phone call using only my cheap earbuds that came with my Zune and the built-in microphone.  The test phone call went swimmingly, so I decided to risk loading my account with $10 and see what would happen.  After making my first call to my parents in Moorhead, MN while I was sitting in a resort hotel room in what is nearly central America, I was convinced.  I talked with them for 45 minutes and spent about $0.90!  The call quality was really good.  From that point on, I made calls back to the US without issue.  I talked routinely with family for 20-30-45 minutes at a time and had very little issue.  I called and made appointments for the next week, even.  It was great!

Posted by cgrant on Friday 29 January 2010 - 13:04:35 Read/Post Comment: 0 email to someone printer friendly

Wednesday 20 January 2010
Pay for WPA cracking at WPACracker.com
As The Register reported, you can now get some help in cracking WPA-PSK passwords for wireless routers.  For $17 you can get a 400CPU cluster to brute force 135 million passwords against an uploaded pcap file.  If you absolutely, gotta get it done now (thinking penetration tests for clients), this is a great way to go.  Fairly inexpensive, even if you need to pass the cost on to the customer!

Available at WPACracker.com

Posted by cgrant on Wednesday 20 January 2010 - 11:35:30 Read/Post Comment: 0 email to someone printer friendly

Thursday 03 December 2009
Installing Windows 7 from USB on Acer AO751h
I'm installing Windows 7 Home Premium on an Acer Aspire One AO751h.  The first time I tried it, I used the right-hand USB port near the front of the machine.  It stops at the start of the install looking for a driver for a CDROM, I believe.  Upon thinking about the previous install on an Acer AO751h, I realized I used a different USB port, the one by the power plug on the left-hand side of the machine.

Ah ha, install starts without an issue...

So, there you go.

Oh, and I realized that the model number is for Aspire One...'ay oh'...not 'ay zero'.

Posted by cgrant on Thursday 03 December 2009 - 00:41:59 Read/Post Comment: 0 email to someone printer friendly

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