Episode 411 — Paul’s Flamingo
Submitted by Darren on November 12, 2008 – 10:11 am20 Comments
Darren demos optical character regocnition and bar code lookups with GOCR. Shannon talks about a new way to organize your desktop with Microsoft Scalable Fabrics. Matt protects a public workstation with Windows Steady State. Plus USB Protocol Analyzers and Paul’s pink flamingo. Yeah.
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Show Notes
Darren demos an Optical Character Recognition with GOCR and lookups at UPC Database proof of concept.
Matt talks about Windows Steady State – an invaluable tool for anyone managaing public computers.
Shannon explains Microsoft Scalable Fabrics – an interesting concept in desktop organization.
Darren answers SinisterBlack’s questions about USB sniffing and points out two USB Protocol Analyzers – SniffUSB and USBTrace
Great episode, i especially liked the portion on SteadyState. looks like its time to go break more ’security’ software…
FYI the command prompt is still available if you have access to the C:\ drive by going to C:\windows\system32\command.com
This trick works in most secure environments because blocking of the command prompt is done in most environments by setting the registry entry at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System\DisableCmd to 0×00000001 or 0×00000002 which only blocks cmd.exe and/or batch files
this one was cool not much happening but still fun to watch.
(I would of loved to enter that raffle BUT i live in england so its not open to me :’( why…. (<– just like a movie i read TOS) but i will still carry on.)
what happend to wes? he hasn’t been on hak5 for ages now
http://wesstobler.vox.com/library/post/the-end-of-an-age.html
“This post bring some serious news. I have recently sent a message to my cast mates at Hak.5 in which I, for lack of better words, resigned from the show. ”
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but what i really wanted to say:
#1 More Linux
#2 Wes was better than …, bring back the flashing L.E.D.’s
#3 Come to Oz, see u here
#4 Get Wilder
Hola Flabongo N00bletts!!!
The correct technique is to fill the flabongo tail-down so that the body is in a 45-degree angle. You’ll know you’re doing it right when you’re filling the body and not the neck. Then tip and gulp.
http://www.flabongo.com/
I block command.com in my environment. So it’s not going to work everywhere.
Good episode, all of them have been great so far.
Killed me with the kerning though, “Raffs tar .com”, first I had to deal with usb 3.0’s logo being horrible kerning wise, then you had to go and do this? And then display it twice?
On a more serious note, well done, steadystate was kinda nice, especially as an alternative to deepfreeze and other similar products.
2 Thumbs Up. Missed the live feed, so was happy to dl today.
(“sweetness” @ Vendetta Mask)
Really liked the seg on USB Packet Sniffing! Then again, any new USB hack, sniff, mod is epic.
I love the hidden message at the end. Cant wait to get me that shirt!!!!
AWESOME!
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Anyone care to do that one.
(email me for a hint)
jtabercrombie+hak5@gmail.com
Honestly, I love the show. Have been watching since day one, but maybe it’s just me, but the content seems to be sort of dull lately …I don’t mean to be an ass but I’m used to innovative stuff .. not crap i can read out of a tech manual. Sorry but i call it like I see it. To me the most interesting part now (and this is sad) is …’s tits.
and even they can be played up too much some times… i agree, needs more hack related content, thats what i find interesting, not about how to admin window$ networks, get a linux geek on the show or sumthin …
Without Wess is like Guns ‘n’ roses without Slash!
Hey there, great episode, but about the FON…..so far I haven’t seen much on what this thing can actually do in the wild. I have one coming from the UK and it cost me a few $aud…..so i’d like to see a lot more on what this baby is capable of please?????
Nice episode, enjoyed it! Like the diversity in your shows, not too serious and just plain fun! Keep up the good work.
put more unix stuff into the show, if you need some help or ideas, give me a ring
Loved the Steadystate demo. Another good usage is for parents!!
Complete control over usage combined with a great base image makes this application rock!
Time limiter, application filters all work to make this one great application!
whats with the xvid download….it comes to a go daddy ad and then the fiile ends???
Actually, a quick experiment did prove that GOCR does in fact read the bar code, not just the numbers under the bar code. It also seems to work a bit better (though slower) than zebra, an open source barcode reader.
Deepfreeze Standard / enterprise = total protection
OMG U GUYS R AWESOME I WISH I WOZ AS 1337 AS U GUYS GOT ANY 0DAYS AND C0D3Z?!
Shannon is so fucken hot……..Thank god you guys have her on the show any ways……..Thanks for the great show…..