September 2007 Archives
If you have access to a password's hash and salt, if applicable, a brute force attempt to crack it is a guaranteed method if you have the CPU cycles available to compute it in a reasonable amount of time. Unfortunately, guessing every single permutation of characters takes exponentially longer with the length of the password used so often times you are facing months if not years of processing time on a single PC. While there are methods to distribute the work across multiple PCs, I am only going to go over a simple brute force algorithm and will hold off on the distributed processing model for a later article.
Continue reading How to write a brute-force password cracker.
Despite warnings of DOA units, overheating and range problems, I decided that I'd give the Netgear WGR-614 a shot. I was replacing a Linksys WRT-54GS router that was set up in a friend's place. All I needed the router to do was bridge the existing wired network with wireless. All other NAT and routing functions aren't that useful to me for this set up, which is fairly common these days because of integrated DHCP/NAT routers that come with the DSL/Cable hardware.
Continue reading Product Review: Netgear WGR-614v5 54 Mbps Wireless Router.
My 1996 civic had an accident prior to me buying it and because of that, the driver's side airbag had been used. I initially was only going to replace the airbag but after looking around on ebay it appeared that I could also get a new steering wheel with it for almost nothing. I spent $55 shipped and had an almost new airbag and steering wheel to install. I believe this guide will apply to all models of 1996-1999 honda civics.
Continue reading How to replace a Honda Civic airbag and steering wheel.
