Static in the Ether

Recently I had need to produce pdf files of some man pages simple because the are far easier to print and review onscreen. The following snippet added to my .bash_profile does the trick. # Convert man pages to pdf man2pdf() { m2pfile=”/tmp/${1}-m2p.pdf” if [ ! -s $m2pfile ]; then # is it there and > [...]

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NMAP officially went to version 5.0 today, being described as the most significant release since 1997. I find it hard to believe I’ve been using this for 12 years. and will hopefully be around for many more. FreeBSD ports are still holding 4.90RC1 form 10 days ago, but are likely to get updated soon.

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My first foray into the tag soup that is  XSL and XSLT has been to turn the XML outputs from the InterNet Barometer System as discussed previously into plain text output which I can use more easily for comparing with some of my other data sources. While A cursory browse cannot find any Terms & [...]

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Over the last week or so a number of new tools have been release either for the first time or as updated versions: tcpreplay is now at version 3.4.0 with a number of significant bugfixes. This staple of packet analysis allows for the replay of captured pcap file back over network interfaces.  Its a great [...]

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Version 0.3 of PicViz has been released, based on python and QT – which bodes well for potential portability. This is yet another tool to help one actually filter through piles of connections, using a classic parallel axis setup.  Drilldown is offered. Some example renderings of  the Kaminsky DNS attacks are available. A more advanced [...]

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