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March 11, 2010

All Games Considered
AGC News March 11th 2010 (9:58)
With Mark and Mags. Carol is not well. Neither is GenCon UK, apparently (although there are still alternatives). Robot Chicken D&D videos no longer podcast. 3.5 Monster app for the iPhone. Free RPG Day coming June 19th!


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Show links
GenCon UK is No More (UK Role Players)
UK Games Expo
DragonMeet
No More Robot Chicken D&D Podcasts (wizards.com)
Robot Chicken D&D Videos (YouTube)
3.5 Monster App (iTunes)
Free RPG Day


All Games Considered
AGC Promo 2010 (00:58)
A new promo for the podcasters in our audience. This one is up to date for the new format and the ENnie. Let us know if you play it (and send us your promo, too).

Download the mp3 here.

Thanks!


March 10, 2010

Command Line
TCLP 2010-03-10 Hacking 101: Databases (Comment Line 240-949-2638)

This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast.

In the intro, my thanks to Kreg Steppe and Geoff for their generous support through their donations this past week. Also, if you have not taken the Ada Lovelace Day Pledge please do so. Sydney Padua's madcap web comic has my favorite depiction of Ada, one I'll bear in mind as I choose my subject to blog on the day.

Listener feedback this week is from Eric and Jon in response to my interview with Nina Paley, specifically our discussion of the non-commercial option with the Creative Commons licenses. Jon shared a blog post on the fuzzy nature of non-commercial.

The hacker word of the week this week is fairings.

The feature this week is a new Hacking 101 on databases.

More news and commentary, the alternate feed, and downloadable show notes available at http://thecommandline.net/.

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Off the Hook
Off The Hook show for March 10, 2010


Couple of Admins
MOR 133 - Riding The Geocache To Virginia
Recorded: March 3, 2010 Your Host: Rich Niemeier and Keith Albright Show Length: 1:00:25 Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge – and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicks’ e-book, “Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,” learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much [...]

The Linux Link Tech Show
The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 344
Special Guest Christian Linhart - DemoRecorder - Linux screen recording, android apps and other good stuff.

Hak.5
Malware Analyzis Sandbox and PC Remote Control over Twitter - Hak5
Following up with last week's desktop sandboxing challenge Darren's taking a look at another kind of sandbox -- one for malware analysis. Shannon thinks your VNC and SSH servers are pretty spiffy, but how about controlling your computer over twitter? Free text messaging to your PC anyone?

March 09, 2010

NetSec
The Network Security Podcast, Episode 188
Can you hear that? That’s the sound of air escaping as we all finally recover from the RSA conference. Rich and Martin are back, and Zach… never left (but did celebrate a birthday last week). We do a quick recap of RSA and then dig into the security news… much of which had nothing to [...]

All Games Considered
RPG Buffet 5 (Second Helping: Lady Blackbird) (20:23)
With Mags and the RPG Buffet. Launching a new subset of the RPG Buffet to run concurrent with the Year of D&D, with the steampunk story game Lady Blackbird.


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Show links
Lady Blackbird (One Seven Design)


Paul Dot Com
PaulDotCom Security Weekly - Episode 189 - March 5, 2010

Episode 189 Show Notes

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Top ten tips to socially engineer management into implementing security the right way, plus all sorts of interesting stories including the "porn detection stick"!

Hosts: Larry "HaxorTheMatrix" Pesce, Paul "PaulDotCom" Asadoorian, John Strand, Mick Douglas, Carlos "Dark0perator" Perez

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Hacker Public Radio
Ep0527: HPR RoundTable 9
The roundtable discussesthe low budget (no budget?) science fiction film "Infest Wisely", available from the Internet Archive at: http://www.archive.org/details/InfestWisely

March 08, 2010

NetSec
RSAC2010: Sourcefire
Snort was one of the first security tools I ever used.  When I was working in a small computer lab years ago, I set up a Snort sensor just to see what was there.  And there was a lot in that particular environment.  I’ve used it many times since then and I found out at [...]

Linux Basement
LB - Episode 51 - Eating the Tonido by Linux Basement

Chad, Chickenfudge, Threethirty and Snacky have a mighty show:

They talk:
Android http://www.android.com/
Fedora http://fedoraproject.org/

Ssh
Drupal http://drupal.org
Tonido! http://tonido.com

Great show, thanks guys!



Linux Basement
LB - Episode 51 - Eating the Tonido by Linux Basement

Chad, Chickenfudge, Threethirty and Snacky have a mighty show:

They talk:
Android http://www.android.com/
Fedora http://fedoraproject.org/

Ssh
Drupal http://drupal.org
Tonido! http://tonido.com

Great show, thanks guys!



NetSec
RSAC2010: ISC2
I’ve been a member of the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium [(ISC)2] for nearly a decade; I passed my CISSP test in November of 2002 and don’t have to worry much about CPE’s until at least 2011.  So when I was offered an opportunity to talk to Hord Tipton, Executive Director of the (ISC)2, [...]

Hacker Public Radio
Ep0526: Interview with a whitehat
Finux interviews TmacUK

March 07, 2010

Power Scripting
Episode 104- PowerScripting Podcast - MDT 2010 with Keith Garner

Tonight we talk to Keith Garner from the Xtreme Consulting Group on MDT 2010

News

Now a word from our new sponsor, PowerWF.

Version 2.0 of PowerWF Studio has just been released. PowerWF is a Visual PowerShell development tool allowing users to build PowerShell scripts as workflows, which are similar to a flowchart or Visio diagram.  Once created, workflows can be deployed as applications, run as a scheduled task, or back to PowerShell as a script.  You can even push data to System Center with the click of a button. To get your free 30 day trial go to PowerWF.com.


 

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Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge – and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicks’ e-book, “Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,” learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much more. You’ll also learn about the PowerShell extras and out-of-the-box features that will help you control Active Directory.
Don’t wait – visit quest.com/powershellbook to register for your free copy and see why PowerShell and Quest Power GUI are the ultimate Windows management tools.

 

Links

Questions

  • stuwee: ## Assuming WinPE is used within MDT, how is powershell used with it?

Hero/Power - Batman

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Tips

 

Our tips are brought to you today by ServerFault and StackOverflow, the best place to find answers to your toughest questions!

 

  • Need to prompt a user for information with a GUI dialog box? PowerShell InputBox to the rescue!


NetSec
RSAC2010: Kaspersky Lab
It’s hard doing interviews on the showroom floor at RSAC.  Even the relatively quiet places are incredibly noisy when you get right down to it.  The good thing is it hopefully masked the worst of my mispronunciation of Roel Schouwenberg’s name.  Roel is the Senior Anti-Virus Researcher at Kaspersky Lab and spent some time talking [...]

Command Line
TCLP 2010-03-07 News (Comment Line 240-949-2638)

This is news cast 208, an episode of The Command Line Podcast.

In the intro, a huge thank you to Chris Miller for his ongoing donation. Also inspired by my latest appearance on The Secret Lair to discuss free content and supporting artists, some brief thoughts on my own views towards the show and earning something from it.

This week's security alerts are a several OpenSSL flaw and research on statistical attacks on security questions. I recommend treating security answers where they are required like passwords, storing them in a password vault and securely, randomly generating them.

In this week's news a fan sequel to King's Quest is shutting down (the original publisher playing a large role in Steven Levy's "Hackers" which I reviewed previously), a hearing was schedule last week to discuss internet freedom abroad including circumvention though we might do well to apply the same standards at home, two storied about plugless brain-computer interfaces with a compelling first hand account of one, and Google search index to go real time.

Following up this week the USTR responds to Senator Wyden's letter about ACTA with some good analysis and the problems with a revised censorship amendment to the DEB that now targets weblockers.

More news and commentary, the alternate feed, and downloadable show notes available at http://thecommandline.net/.

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Linux Action Show
Apple Attacks Android & Webcam Studio for Linux | The Linux Action Show! Season 11 Episode 3

This week on, The Linux Action Show!

The Linux Action Show, Season 11 Episode 3: Apple fires the first shot in their new war against Android, we go over what YOU NEED TO KNOW!

Then – We load up the coolest new Desktop Linux app that turns your webcam into a production studio POWER HOUSE!

Plus so much more!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!




NetSec
RSAC2010: Astaro Internet Security
Jan Hichert, CEO of Astaro Internet Security, and I met in one of the quieter hallways of the 2010 RSA Convention.  Of course, ‘quiet’ is a relative term when it comes to RSA, but the audio came out acceptable in any case.  We talked about several of the new products Astaro is offering this year, [...]

March 06, 2010

Hackervoice
Sun 7th Mar 2010
Not your usual HVR but a Drum and Bass mix from our resident DJs DJ CasualT and DJInsurgent.

NetSec
RSAC2010: F-Secure
While I’m sure Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer at F-Secure, is getting as tired as hearing the term APT* as the rest of us are, he had some insight into what’s really happening with this threat and the fact that it’s not something new, it’s just the acknowledgment that it’s happening that’s new.  He’s been [...]

NetSec
RSAC2010: Panda Security
I caught up with Pedro Bustamante, Senior Research Analyst from Panda Security, for a brief interview about what his company is doing in 2010.  Panda recently received ICSA Lab certification of their cloud AV product, which required some retooling of the ICSA processes.  Panda is releasing a new, free, no-registration version of their product as [...]

March 05, 2010

Make
Weekend Project: Gourd Lanterns


Turn hard-shell gourds into decorative party lights. Thanks go to Diane Gilleland for the original article in MAKE Volume 21. To download The Gourd Lanterns video click here and subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Gourd Lanterns article in MAKE Volume 21 and you can see that in our Digital Edition. You can get pre-cleaned gourds here

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Distrowatch Weekly
DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 343, 1 Mar 2010
Desktop comparison - Zenwalk Linux, Salix OS, and GoblinX, Removing zombie processes, PC-BSD 8.0, Igelle 1.0.0, Vine Linux 5.1, and more.

Hacker Public Radio
Ep0525: Seccubus
Frank, Jason and Secubuss - HPR spreading the word The first show is a continuation for a previous show http://hackerpublicradio.org/eps.php?id=0467 Frank Breedijk, asked HPR listeners to supply him name suggestions for his security assessment tool, autonessus. One of HPR listeners supplied him a name which he liked and now the project is known as Seccubus. The show is an interview with both Frank and the fellow that supplied the name Jason.

March 04, 2010

All Games Considered
AGC 124 March 5th 2010 (Hate The Player, Not The Game) (59:14)
With Mark Kinney, Carol, and Mags. Updates: Carol's new toy, and Mark's still working on Doctor Who stuff. Being a good player. Out of game, in game, and everything in between. Closing up on the question of "It's what my character would do..."


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Show links
Mags' RPG.Net thread
RPG General Tips


Promos
NerdBound
RPG Podcasts.com


Cyber Speak
CyberSpeak February 28, 2010
- Bret talks about his new toys
- Ovie flees the country, again

News and Commentary
New Britain Youth Bureau Gets Conviction
After a two year long investigation, two individuals have been sentenced to jail time for child molestation.

Via Forensics Released Android Forensics Application
Via Forensics has released a beta version of its open source Android Forensics application.

Exclusive Interview
This week we speak with Christa Miller about the need for law enforcement and digital forensics specialists to manage their online resumes. With so many different social networking sites, it's important that they all appear consistent in voice and purpose.

Tech Topics

FreeBSD Tips on SANS Forensic Blog
Hal Pomeranz has a great post on the SANS forensic blog detailing tips for how to conduct a forensics investigation against a FreeBSD system.

FireFox Internet History Analysis
A new FireFox Internet history analysis program, dubbed FoxAnalysis, has been released.  This software purports to gather all kinds of interesting goodies from FireFox history files.

Website of the Week
http://grc.com/passwords.htm - Randomly generated passwords (Thanks Ralph)
Read It Later - Keep a list of web pages your want to read from your computer or iPhone
InstaPaper - Allow you to read a webpage later from your computer, Kindle or iPhone
Gazelle - Get cash for your old gadgets

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Hacker Public Radio
Ep0524: TiT Radio 019 - interview with sigFLUP
TiT Radio 019 - interview with sigFLUP monsterb chats with sigFLUP about the demoscene, old gaming consoles, and so much more. Please visit http://titradio.info/019.html for shownotes.

March 03, 2010

Command Line
TCLP 2010-03-03 Chris Miller on PyCon 2010 (Comment Line 240-949-2638)

This is a feature cast, an episode of The Command Line Podcast.

No listener feedback this week.

Due to the length of the interview, there is also no new hacker word of the week this week.

The feature this week is an interview with my good friend and fellow podcaster, Chris Miller. Chris has provided me with conference reports twice before, for Google I/O in 2008 and SCALE 7x in 2009. This time he joins me to report on his experience at PyCon 2010. In the course of the discussion, we mention his employer, The Linux Outlaws, Watts Humphrey's Personal Software Process, David Beazley's presentation on the Python GIL, Mark Shuttleworth, and Catherine Devlin's presentation on cmd2.

If you want to hear more conversation between Chris and myself on less technical but still crunchy subjects, check out episode 24 of The Secret Lair.

More news and commentary, the alternate feed, and downloadable show notes available at http://thecommandline.net/.

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Off the Hook
Off The Hook show for March 3, 2010


Make
Collin's Lab: Kit-making


When recently faced with the dauntingly tedious task of assembling my first-ever batch of electronics kits, I was lucky enough to have the ever-helpful eye of seasoned kit-maker Becky Stern close by. While observing my one-man assembly 'process', Becky advised a more efficient, modular assembly line technique using intermediary storage vessels. Streamlining the process left me with plenty of time to cook up some unusually fancy title/motion graphics for the above-seen video.

Of course, there's a lot more to creating kits than just filling anti-static bags. The prototyping process alone could (should?) have it's own dedicated print handbook. Which could easily be followed up by "Part Sourcing for Noobs" or similar. Then of course there's cost/sale price calculation, shipping, packaging, and a myriad of other small-but-important considerations that become clear once you run into them. Though you can safely skip implementing your own online storefront/etc by selling your kitwares through our shiny, new Maker's Market.

One person who has likely fielded just about every curveball the kit business can throw is Adafruit Industries founder Limor Fried. Thankfully, she's taken the time to post a variety of helpful kit-biz resources, materials, and suppliers over at LadyAda.net - plus there's a discussion forum dedicated to the topic on Adafruit's site.

Do leave a comment if you've come across any particular site or related tip(s) you've found helpful!

Subscribe to the MAKE Podcast in iTunes, watch it on YouTube, Vimeo, or download the m4v video.

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NetSec
RSAC2010: ICSA Labs
One of the things I don’t believe we see enough of in the security field is independent testing.  Vendors of all stripes make claims about what their products do, and without independent testing it’s hard to tell if they’re the cream of the crop or a bad apple.  ICSA Labs is one of the few [...]

The Linux Link Tech Show
The Linux Link Tech Show Episode 343
Special Guest Tarus Balog from OpenNMS - Open Source Network Managment, running a business based on OpenSource, Marketing, Apple vs HTC, Internet Drivers License, Other goodness.

Hak.5
Free Application Sandbox Challenge and Top "Ultra" Warez - Hak5
Back from Britain and bouncing off the walls Darren pits three ancient Internet Explorers against each other to see which free application sandbox can save you from yourself. Shannon joins us from Missouri for her take on the top "ultra" Windows software, and Paul... Well, Paul's tearing down the set.

March 02, 2010

Fresh Ubuntu
Shortcast #0001a - INX MP3


Player: 

You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialise correctly.

Link to file

Hosts and Guests: 

Peter and CafeNinja

File Size: 

9234123 M

Length: 

23 Minutes



Fresh Ubuntu
Shortcast #0001a - INX MP3
Player: 

You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialise correctly.

Link to file

Hosts and Guests: 

Peter and CafeNinja

File Size: 

9234123 M

Length: 

23 Minutes



All Games Considered
AGC Feedback March 3 2010 (24:40)
Recorded February 23rd, 2010, with Mark, Carol and Mags. "Not A Deathtrap." Shave a Sheep for Mags. The eReader question. Feedback from a Gutter Skype (on QAGS). Answers from Hex Games. More on NPCs. Mulling about gaming for large groups (not sure how helpfully, at least at this point, but we'll come back to it...)


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Show links
AGC on Zune Marketplace
The Gutter Skypes
Original Rolemonkeys (links to Archive.org)
Hex Games
M-Force (Hex Games)
Quilt City Ogres on YouTube


Promos
Canon Puncture


NetSec
RSAC2010: Mark Bower, Voltage Security
As a PCI QSA, one of the big technologies I’m looking at this show is end-to-end encryption (E2EE).  So it’s no surprise that my first interview of RSA 2010 is with Mark Bower, the Director of Information Protection Solutions at Voltage Security.  We talk about what E2EE is, how it will affect merchants and what [...]

March 01, 2010

Couple of Admins
MOR 132- Smile! You’re On Camera!
Recorded: February 24, 2010 Your Host: Rich Niemeier and Keith Albright Show Length: 1:00:15 Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge – and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicks’ e-book, “Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,” learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much [...]

Paul Dot Com
PaulDotCom Security Weekly - Episode 188 Part 2 - February 25, 2010

Episode 187 Show Notes

Part 2: DNS sub-domain brute forcing & Penetration

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We discuss when penetration is important, how to talk to management, coolest WRT54G hack, and a technical segment on DNS sub-domain brute forcing.

188 Part 2 - Direct Audio Download

Hosts: Larry "HaxorTheMatrix" Pesce, Paul "PaulDotCom" Asadoorian, John Strand, Mick Douglas, Carlos "Dark0perator" Perez

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Paul Dot Com
PaulDotCom Security Weekly - Episode 188 Part 1 - February 25, 2010

Episode 187 Show Notes

Part 1: "Freedom TM"

FreedomCoverIsometric03.jpg

The PaulDotCom crew interviews Daniel Suarez to discuss his new book Freedom TM, security, privacy, socialogy, and more!

Hosts: Larry "HaxorTheMatrix" Pesce, Paul "PaulDotCom" Asadoorian, John Strand, Mick Douglas, Carlos "Dark0perator" Perez

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Linux Action Show
Linux Mint 8 Review & Linux's Eventual Unification | The Linux Action Show! Season 11 Episode 2

This week on, The Linux Action Show!

We dissect the Microsoft and Amazon deal, give you the full story on the new Linux Terminal Server Project release!

THEN – We use MATH to get you the important trends in the Linux desktop.

PLUS – We Review Linux Mint 8!

All this week on, The Linux Action Show!




Power Scripting
Episode 103- PowerScripting Podcast - MVPs Brandon Shell and Oisin Grehan

Tonight we talk to Brandon Shell and Oisin Grehan

News

 

Before you acquire power, you must acquire knowledge – and Quest Software has what you need! In Jeffery Hicks’ e-book, “Managing Active Directory with Windows PowerShell,” learn how PowerShell helps you master local accounts and groups, password management, security and permissions and much, much more. You’ll also learn about the PowerShell extras and out-of-the-box features that will help you control Active Directory.
Don’t wait – visit quest.com/powershellbook to register for your free copy and see why PowerShell and Quest Power GUI are the ultimate Windows management tools.

 


 
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Hacker Public Radio
Ep0523: Miscellaneous Radio Theater
AUTHOR: SigFLUP TITLE: Miscellaneous Radio Theater 4096- Teaching Kids Math With Petunia DESCRIPTION: In this episode we talk with Petunia about teaching kids math. You may contact either Petunia or SigFLUP at pantsbutt@gmail.com

February 28, 2010

Command Line
TCLP 2010-02-28 News (Comment Line 240-949-2638)

This is news cast 207, an episode of The Command Line Podcast.

In the intro, explaining my advertise experiment, a change to the podcast's license going forward, and OggCamp 10.

This week's security alerts are OpenDNS adopts and explains DNSCurve and anatomy of a SQL injection attack.

In this week's news a new technique for improve random number generation, circumvention is not enough to foil censorship, trade association wants USTR to equate open source with piracy (I've talked about the watch list being abused previously and Jesse Brown at Search Engine has an excellent discussion), and an early computer manual encourage bypassing proto-DRM.

Following up this week the internet chapter of ACTA has leaked.

More news and commentary, the alternate feed, and downloadable show notes available at http://thecommandline.net/.

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February 27, 2010

Phone Losers
PLA Radio Episode #27 – Foursquare Stalking
Here’s the new episode. Show notes and a lot of new information very soon. Or tomorrow. new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type: 'search', search: '4sq.com', interval: 10000, title: 'Phone Losers of America', subject: 'Foursquare Stalking', width: 500, height: 400, theme: { shell: { [...]

Phone Losers
PLA Radio Episode #27 – Foursquare Stalking
The internet’s latest social media craze is known as Foursquare. Foursquare is an application designed for most smart phones and can be downloaded at foursquare.com. Whenever you arrive at a bar or restaurant or store, you press a button on your phone and you’re “checked in” to that location. Why would you [...]

All Games Considered
RPG Buffet 4 (Year of D&D Part 1: Basic Set) (22:12)
With Mags and the RPG Buffet. The RPG Buffet kicks of their Year of Dungeons and Dragons with the Red Box Basic Set.

MISTY'S STUPID-EASY EGG-THINGY (BREAKFAST CASSEROLE)
1. Whip together 1 or 2 eggs per person with a little milk
2. Add any of the following: bacon, sausage, bell peppers, onion, sliced mushrooms, or tomatoes
3. Top with shredded cheese
4. Bake at 350 degrees
5. Insert toothpick or knife--if it comes out clean, the eggs are done.


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Show links
Dungeons and Dragons Basic Set (Wikipedia)



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