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Building a Pen Testing Laptop from Scratch ( WCTF / CTF Laptop ) part 2

With all the hardware working from Part 1, it’s time to move onto getting all the software in place.  There were plenty of references to work from, and based the on the recommendations of Wireless Village to bring Pentoo Linux … Continue reading

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Building a Pen Testing Laptop from Scratch ( WCTF / CTF Laptop ) part 1

Last month for Shmoocon I decided I wanted to expand my skills a bit and take a shot at something I hadn’t really done much of in my InfoSec career lately, not since way back in the WEP and Linux … Continue reading

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Sharp MM20 sold… Aspire One doing well

I decided it was a little much having two “netbooks” around, so I sold my trusty Sharp MM20 (a netbook that came out before anyone heard of netbooks) to another MM20 owner with all the accessories. So I’ve dedicated myself … Continue reading

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Fedora 9 on EeePC 1000, a better linux exerience.

Well, I finally dumped the stock Xandros on the EeePC 1000 in favor of Fedora 9.  Must say I’m much happier, and it wasn’t too bad of an install.  I’ll write up details later, but the basics were download Fedora, … Continue reading

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No spellcheck on the EeePC 1000 40G

So been playing around more with my EeePC 1000.  Still really like it, but I’ve got two major complaints now besides the security issues I’ve mentioned before. There is NO English spellchecking installed for StarOffice.  The install of StarOffice includes … Continue reading

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How to secure and Eee PC 1000 and why

Ok, so I’ve had my new Eee PC 1000 for several days and am loving it.  But, I did find a few really glaring security issues.  So with a lot of research I’ve come up with a basic list of … Continue reading

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New Article: EeePC 1000 review

I just posted my review of my new EeePC 1000. This is the Linux version with the 10″ screen and 40GB worth of solid state drive. So far I like it, hardware is great, software is good, security sucks. Go … Continue reading

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