got dang windows

http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/blogs/mowgreen/index.php?showentry=1071

fixing the 'windows update cpu hog' issue.

borker.py

Silly little script to modify a file.

$ cat Xorg.0.log
<...>
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
<...>
$ borker.py Xorg.0.log
bork bork bork
$ cat Xorg.0.log
<...>
bork: (--) bork, (**) bork bork bork, (==) bork bork,
        (++) bork bork bork, (!!) bork, (bork) bork,
        (bork) bork, (bork) bork, (bork) bork bork, (??) bork.
<...>

borker.py

python command line hex calculator

This is a _really_ simple command line hex calculator. Mostly just learning more python.

$ ccalc.py 0xa+5
15 0xf 0o17 0b1111
$ ccalc.py 0xa + 5
15 0xf 0o17 0b1111

ccalc.py

wwmii

I recently switched from ion3 to wmii for a change. I really enjoy it. Among other things, you can use whatever programming language you like to customize your setup.

I wrote a python script to give me a little more status for my system. Here is what it does.

$ status.py
--{ *AC* 99% + 81% on + 0.70 0.52 0.45 + N/A 00 + Mon 2007-04-09 11:45:23 MST }--

status.py

boring

$ `perl -e 'print "\x64";'``ruby -e 'print "\x61"'``python -c 'print "\x74"*1'`e
Mon Apr 2 14:39:00 MDT 2007

simple python brute force script

This is a simple python script to brute force a buffer.

#!/usr/bin/python
# simple buffer brute force tool
# syndrowm 2007-03-16

import sys
import os

def usage():
        print 'Usage: %s <program> [lower] [higher]' % sys.argv[0]
        sys.exit(0)

if len(sys.argv) - 1 < 1:
        usage()

try:
        program = sys.argv[1]
        lower = int(sys.argv[2])
        higher = int(sys.argv[3])
        higher = higher + 1
except:
        print 'Using default range 1 100'
        lower = 1
        higher = 101

if (os.access(program, os.X_OK)) != 1:
        print '%s does not exist' % program
        usage()

n = range(lower,higher)

for x in n:
        b = "A"*x
        #print x, b
        e = os.system('%s %s' % (program, b))
        if e != 0:
                if e == 139:
                        print x, e, "Segmentation fault \m/:(|)\m/"
                else:
                        print x, e, "Unknown"
...
dsl@0[exploitmes]$ brute.py                   
Usage: brute.py  [lower] [higher]
dsl@0[exploitmes]$ brute.py ./01_exploitme01 256 290
268 139 Segmentation fault \m/:(|)\m/
269 139 Segmentation fault \m/:(|)\m/

2.6.20-1.2925.fc6 and vmware

$ sudo vmware-config.pl
...
In file included from /tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.c:80:
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘compat_exit’
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: error: expected declaration specifiers or ‘...’ before ‘exit_code’
/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/./include/compat_kernel.h:21: warning: type defaults to ‘int’ in declaration of ‘_syscall1’
make[2]: *** [/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only/linux/driver.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.20-1.2925.fc6-i686'
make: *** [vmmon.ko] Error 2
make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware-config1/vmmon-only'
Unable to build the vmmon module.

The Fix
$ cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source
$ sudo cp vmmon.tar vmmon.tar.orig
$ vi vmmon-only/include/compat_kernel.h
...
static inline _syscall1(int, compat_exit, int, exit_code);
...
#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(2,6,19)
static inline _syscall1(int, compat_exit, int, exit_code);
#endif
...
$ sudo rm vmmon.tar
$ sudo tar cf vmmont.tar vmmon-only
$ sudo vmware-config.pl