Some fields on the site are getting blacked out when I click on them... Anybody else having this issue? I searched for it here but did not see any relevant posts in my search results.

Like the...

Thanks for the pointer.

Here is my complete, all-in-one-place instruction list for installing Backtrack4 Final in VMware....

Install BackTrack in VMWare.
1. Boot BackTrack on the machine to be...

I have setup a vmware install of BT4 Final and am following the steps on BT4 VM Install .

At step 4 I type in the command as listed ("mount /dev/cdrom3 /mnt/cdrom") but I get "mount: mount point...

I have just begun to pentest networks where macs (the apple variety) are in use. Are there specific backtrack tools that should be used or vulnerabilities that should be looked for when pentesting a...

Others here have traveled this road before and can tell you some stories about these things that may help you in your decision making.

You should read my post on advising companies of WEP...

I had to move to home network and use neighbors for testing for the remainder of the evening...so, naturally, there is a whole new fresh hell of errors.

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I don't know what the problem is - so I'll just post the konsole session output and pray that someone has an idea....

(I was testing this - with permission - on an AT&T store's WEP.)

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Thanks for the code!

I created a vm of BT4 but I have to type "/etc/init.d/networking start" in a command console after each start before networking will work.

I am using bridged mode in VMware. Have I missed...

*clears throat*

Absolutely NO laptop made by HP, Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, Gateway, Asus or Panasonic that contains this atrocity can be considered secure if it EVER leaves your sight.

Any...

I am out of this thread.

I have only responded in kind here. Oddly (or perhaps not), I have been singled out as not being civil.

I guess that's the way it is in a public forum.

The 3 things...

Your Grandmother seems like a very wise woman.



Your Grandma (wise as she obviously was) probably would not have begun an explanation by attacking the people that she was speaking to.


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Even more shocking is the lack of understanding of the security threat that this presents.

Actually you are wrong. I NEVER mentioned this version. I began my original post with Lojack for Laptops. It is an entirely different version that the one that you are responding about. Therefore...

Perhaps I did. If so, I apologize. I am just getting tired of restating my points over and over.



Actually, the CC companies openly post that they will replace money stolen (like when...

If the same were true when activating the remote observation/desktop tools or accessing the laptop remotely I would have no problem with the software. It is not. And I do.



I'll ask him later...

Arson is involved when criminals burn the scene in an attempt to destroy any evidence that may lead to their arrest.

Arson investigators can also be involved in the investigation of fires...

I will leave this thread with the following....



I maintain that Absolute can install software because they have the capability to do so built in to some laptop manufacturer's PCs (here is...

I have not. Therefore I do not know. But many people have seen the code for most of it and would raise a red flag if they saw something suspicious.

LJ is closed source. Nobody can raise a flag...

My points are that, according to this statement on Absolute's site, there is ALREADY software loaded on the PC to perform functions of data deletion. This lead me to question what other software is...

Although I have no first-hand experience with Absolute's software (as I don't trust it enough to ever load it on my laptop), we can infer certain capabilities in their software from (a) what their...

There really is no way to keep data private (from Absolute) on a PC/Laptop with LFL installed.

They can see whatever you do (should they choose - or be ordered - to do so). They can (and do)...

But not flashing the BIOS I presume....unless the changed BIOS code prevents a BIOS flash. In which case you could not upgrade your BIOS should a flaw be found.

I don't know that much about BIOS...

Thanks for joining the thread Ashley!

I just have a couple of questions - so that I am crystal clear on the subject...



Are you saying that there are no remote monitoring tools installed...

A "friend" of mine went to a 2 week arson investigation class and came back a couple of days ago.

When he got back, he told me about a demonstration that a rep for Lojack for Laptops did at the...