Skytrain Mk.2 Arriving at Surrey Central Station

Today I had a chance to snap three pictures with my iPhone 4 while shopping for the last Epson NX-130 from Future Shop. More on this deal in a later post.

There is nothing like waiting for the Skytrain to arrive at Surrey Central Station. Since the rail guide curves to the left out of view, I could never time an arrival precisely.

Basically, I use my ears to guess where the next Skytrain is coming eastbound from Vancouver. First the sound of the wheels of the trains alert me to its approach.

Then it looms into view.

How I Took These Pictures

With the iPhone you just unlock the phone. Then point and click.

How the Pictures Were Edited

After uploading them to my Instant Upload by running the Google Plus app, I copied the pictures into their own album.From my PC, at my discretion, I deleted the originals to save space as I have used 3348 MB (65.4%) of my 5120 MB allotted on Picasaweb.

Then I edited both pictures with Creative Toolkit using the crop tool. After carefully cropping each picture to almost match, I saved each of them.

How the Blog Was Created

Once that was done, from my PC I logged into my blog and added both pictures to the top of this article. Next, the first draft was created. At this point in the process, I turned to the blogger app on my Android smartphone. Using the blogger app I finished the article up to the paragraph that you see here.

Then I returned to my PC to tidy up the article. For example, the blogger app shows HTML code in the text including the code to make bold text (<b> and </b>), and to make line breaks (<br />).

How to get root legitimately

how to root legitimately:

you must have the following:

a minimum of 2 computers that will install linux -- with at least 64 MB ram and 500 MB drive space on one that will be used as the server

internet connection (for linux updates)

router connected to your broadband modem, and the usual cables

experience with linux

directions:

1. install server version of linux on the minimal computer and workstation on the best computer. you should know which is which.
2. update the client with dist-upgrade. if you know how to do that, then fine. if not, then rtfm.
3. you could use chkrootkit on the server and see where it fails. or use nessus, tho it means your client will need apache running for that. or you could just upgrade python and ruby and install metaploit framework according to instructions. use google to find these suckers and rtfm before proceeding.
4. once you root your server, using your exploit tool, patch the server to prevent that root exploit from working again. do this with all the exploits that work.

The objective of this exercise is to learn how to prevent someone from rooting a server. This involves preventing buffer overflows. Google "buffer overflows" for details.


Short FAQ:

Will this howto help me get root on xyz.tld's server? No, but it will teach you how to get root on your own server. Furthermore it will teach you that you may need physical access to get some privileges. However, rooting your employer's server could result in getting blackballed in the IT field, especially if you use it to get warezs and pr0n, plus use it to serve that illegal content to your warez buddies. If you must be illicit, then google "rackspace" and learn.

Can you help me setting up my computers and network? No, i am not gonna tell you how to set up a server under Linux or how to patch it. You may learn how to build kernels, etc. on your own, though. Nor am I going to give out urls to the stuff revealed in this howto. This howto covers the basics, and you should know where to get real howto's to help you.

Why did you write this stupid lame-azzed howto and write this stupid FAQ? I forget; probably cos I can't KISS.