Author Archives: sandinak

UnixSig Presentation

Posted on July 22, 2010 by sandinak

I spoke at UnixSig here at Langley yesterday about my use of SVN for maintaining common unix environments. Went well and I am putting my notes up here. It’s a cool way to maintain your dotfiles and other unix-ish configuration … Continue reading →

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Call from Sprint

Posted on July 21, 2010 by sandinak

More information… they asked several questions: – where is the store – who was the sales person They’re undecided wether they are going to allow me to return the unit… because they want to talk to the DM and the … Continue reading →

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Harsh Words for Professional Infosec Certification

Posted on July 21, 2010 by sandinak

Harsh Words for Professional Infosec Certification. Very interesting article.  Says alot about the state of affairs.  How many people have just Security + and are doing system engineering?  I’ve seen this many times.

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Sprint Phonecall

Posted on July 20, 2010 by sandinak

Wow .. so apparently people do listen ( and read the internet ). Just got a phone call from them. Continue reading →

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Sprint Adjustment

Posted on July 20, 2010 by sandinak

This is definately a step in the right direction. They performed an adjustment, but didn’t change my account type on my new card to the unlimited access which matches the old card. Continue reading →

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We’re at Yellow

Posted on July 20, 2010 by sandinak

ISC has us at yellow for the latest windows vulnerability. If you’re a security geek.. you should go here at least once every few days to see what’s up. http://isc.sans.edu/index.html Lock down your windows boxes 😉

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Word back from Sprint…

Posted on July 19, 2010 by sandinak

Got this back .. I think it was a form letter .. but not sure .. we’ll see how it goes. Case ID 30126074 Thank you for contacting Sprint. We have received your email and a member of our Business … Continue reading →

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Nice Friendly Email

Posted on July 19, 2010 by sandinak

So just sent this email as a response to their ‘Customer Service Survey’… boy those things can be convenient some times… o Whom it may Concern, The phonecall that I had this morning with customer service was less than well … Continue reading →

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Cool Hacking Tools

Posted on July 19, 2010 by sandinak

So found these on reddit.com this morning: – http://www.damnvulnerablelinux.org/index.html .. a nice version of linux thats easier to hack than the normal version ( but not much 😉 – http://www.wpacracker.com/ – a payware WPA cracking tool .. also nice .. … Continue reading →

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How to talk to Sprint…

Posted on July 19, 2010 by sandinak

Found this useful url … “How to get Sprint PCS to listen to your complaint” And have posted my complaint as well as the location of this URL.. Submission Confirmation: 2000B Acknowledgment & Fax Cover sheet to submit additional information. … Continue reading →

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