Category Archives: Mac OS X

Things related to Mac OS X

Replacement for telnet as a service sanity check

For years now I’ve used telnet as a quick and easy way to check to see if the most basic network functionality of a service like http is working. I.e. I telnet to port 80 and see the raw server … Continue reading

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Really not dead yet…. (Yes an update)

So it’s been over two years since my last post.  Been very busy in my life and haven’t had time to do as much tinkering and computer stuff at home as I usually would.  That’s not to say I haven’t … Continue reading

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New Mac Pro and refeshed MM20 with Fedora 7

Well, looks like I won’t have to lug my heavy MacBook Pro 15″ to work anymore. I work with computers a lot, and it’s generally helpful to have a laptop with me on my commute in and out of work. … Continue reading

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Wireless Drivers provide a backdoor to hack your computer..

Interesting article, and I would love to see this presentation at the BlackHat conference. Jon Ellch and David Myanor will be showing off how they can hijack a MacBook laptop in about 60 seconds using vulnerabilities in the wireless card … Continue reading

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Locking down Mac OS X

Ok, I recently have been given the opportunity to play around with a new MacBook Pro 15″ laptop (Mac OS X 10.4 – Tiger). So far I’m impressed, clean easy to use user interface with a nice Unix/BSD system underneath. … Continue reading

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