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Robot Vacuum

Been a while since I had any updates. I’ve been disabled and I can’t really type very often. I’ve needed to rebuild this server forever, but I don’t think it’s going to get done.

Anyway! I’ve been using a robot vacuum and unlike my experience with several roombas, this one actually works and hasn’t died on me. I’ve been a fan of the iLife A4S. I can recommend it if you’re on the market for one.

I’ll be picking up a V3S Pro soon to see if that works better on pet hair.

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Some Asshole – FoxReplace substitution list for mass shooters

New github repo – https://github.com/bswopes/FoxReplacements/blob/master/SomeAsshole.json

I’ve created this as a substitution list to replace the names of mass shooters with “Some Asshole”. So far, I only have the Oregon shooter and his inspiration from Isla Vista. Please feel free to share and submit pull requests with new names or fixes.

FoxReplace - Some Asshole

FoxReplace is available from the Mozilla addon store: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/foxreplace/

Let me know if there are any compatible plugins for other browsers.

Site slightly wonky

The site is a bit busted at the moment. I’ve added SSL as part of https://www.resetthenet.org/ however I still need to tweak some configs. Can’t spend a lot of time on the keys right now, thanks to psoriatic arthritis. Should have this fixed in a couple days.

By the way, I got my cert from NameCheap for $1.99 as part of their support for Reset the Net day. If you’re thinking about it, now’s a great time to grab one.

Blue SVS

Purchased in September of 2003, this bike had 4 miles on the odometer. Having a bit of experience buying vehicles now, and armed with the dealer price sheet from SocalSVRiders.org, I negotiated a pretty decent deal. I might have done better, but I’m content.

After my crash in June 03, I was considering a GSX-R 750 for its suspension (and cause it gets the chicks), but I couldn’t get full coverage insurance on a sportbike with a crash on my record. Luckilly, the SVS is considered a standard, so I had the option of an SV1000S or an SV650S. I went with the 02 650, because I’m not a fan of the 03 styling… Its growing on me a bit, though.

 

GP Shift Mod

I found myself wanting to shift in a reverse pattern, so I tried out GP Shifting… It was very easy to set up on the SV. Before, during, after…

ba-2001-01-post

From: Golden_Eternity [bhodi@….com]
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 12:08 PM
To: ‘BUGTRAQ@….com’
Subject: Non-user accounts assigned shell by default – Red Hat 6.1-7.0,
et al.

SEVERITY: Low
AFFECTED VERSIONS: Confirmed on Red Hat 6.1, 6.2 and 7.0
DESCRIPTION:
The default installation does not assign a shell for most non-user accounts
(e.g. nobody, bin). If no shell is specified for an account, the shell
defaults to /bin/sh.

On its own, this does not pose a significant threat. However, very few of
these accounts require a shell, so there is no reason to grant this extra
privilege. This may violate security policies for granting the minimum
privileges necessary to accomplish a task.

Additionally, the default installation of /etc/shells does not contain a
shell such as /bin/false which would deny login.

Red Hat was contacted about this in June 2000 and has elected not to fix
this problem at this time.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12409
SOLUTION:
The solution would be to assign these accounts a false shell which will
not permit login, such as /bin/false. This shell could be added to /etc/shells
for use with chsh.
DEMONSTRATION:
[root@roto-router /root]# grep “nobody” /etc/passwd
nobody:x:99:99:Nobody:/:
[root@roto-router /root]# su nobody
bash$

[root@roto-router /root]# grep “xfs” /etc/passwd
xfs:x:43:43:X Font Server:/etc/X11/fs:/bin/false
[root@roto-router /root]# su xfs
[root@roto-router /root]#


I apologize if this is not considered a significant enough issue to post
to bugtraq. I debated posting for a while and eventually decided that if
it isn’t, the moderator will kill it. 😉

Since some administrators may not be aware that there is a default shell
for unix/linux accounts, I felt this information could be useful.

Updates to this warning can be found at https://www.bhodisoft.com/Sec/