View Full Version : Episode 501 - Won't You Be My Neighbor [Discussion]
marilee
02-18-2009, 04:14 PM
Getting to know your neighbors -- Darren takes a trip around your network with nmap, THE open source network security scanner. Want to obscure your OS fingerprint? Make a Windows Box show up as a printer? Shannon's got just the thing. And Matt takes a first look at the Napera N24 smart network switch / security appliance. All that and more on this Hak5 Season 5 Premiere!
Watch or download now! (http://revision3.com/hak5/WontYouBeMyNeighbor)
irongeek
02-18-2009, 08:46 PM
Thanks for mentioning my site. :)
computoman
02-19-2009, 12:15 AM
Liked the segment namp. I wonder how hard it would be to spoof that fancy router....
jayunsplanet
02-19-2009, 05:22 AM
One of the better episodes of late...
hak5matt
02-21-2009, 02:00 AM
We've finally had a chance to recharge our batteries after the barrage of conferences we were attending.
We've hit the ground running on season 5 and are really excited about some of the projects we have planned.
Thanks to you all for watching!
Matt
n00b-nipple
03-10-2009, 06:19 PM
I enjoyed the show boys and girl! It had the right mix of hack tech and timing. I felt that it flowed well and was equally informational and entertaining.
Matt - Your network switch segment was pretty good. None the less, I think that Network Access Protection(NAP) was actually being done from a few years back by Cisco and Microsoft. Your switch is definitely not the first.
Speaking of NAP, perhaps that is subject material for a future episode. In my opinion, NAP is a nice idea but, it is fraught with problems. One of the biggest problems is that it relies on agent software on the host PC. Said agent software is almost exclusively Windows so Macs, Linux, Printers and other appliances are all SOL. But, the lack of an agent isn't really all bad. Frankly, the last thing I want on my system is YET ANOTHER service gumming up my system and causing issues due to bad design or bugs. Furthermore, I'll never install some strange EXE that is offered in a popup the moment that I plug into a new network. That sounds like a recipe for disaster. And if any of my users are caught installing such stuff, they will be summarily flogged! (As if they could install anything.)
Darren - You used the word "tack", when referring to a dash (-), in this episode and at least one other. It is only the third time that I have ever heard of this usage. Two of those times were by you and all three times have been in the past couple of months. My question is; what is the origin of this term? Is it a regional thing or perhaps a military origin?
noob Nipple