Overview In the 802.11 WLAN security world I frequently refer to pyrit as the ‘unsung hero’. Pyrit is an awesome tool that can do so much but doesn’t tend to get the recognition as more well-known tools like the aircrack-ng suite and coWPAtty. Comparing these different tools can’t really be done in an apples-to-apples fashion but…
The volume of discussion and debate surrounding so-called ‘net neutrality’ in recent days has increased dramatically. And, as usual, it is a polarizing topic. The President has weighed in on the issue, urging the FCC to explicitly deny service providers the right to rate-limit the Internet’s content. His ‘request’ has been met with a venomous…
Like most Mac users I love the “it just works” functionality that OSX brings to the table. Microsoft die-hards hate such statements and will have their own choice words for people that say or write things like that. But I, like a lot of other people, was born and raised on Microsoft OS’ and for…
As Internet connectivity goes, I live pretty far out out of town. So far, in fact, that decent high-data rate Internet solutions are completely unavailable to me. Internet access at home comes exclusively from an expensive data plan using a mobile hotspot. My hotspot device and my phone share a 40GB/month data plan that I…
On March 12, 2014 the DoD released a new policy that makes it official that the DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) is being put to bed in favor of a “new” Risk Management Framework (RMF). The news is not a revelation as it has been in the works for a few years…
I have started and stopped learning python an embarrassing number of times. Guess what? I’m at it again. For reasons I cannot adequately explain I have never really been able to latch on to it. I am, after all, a networking guy at heart. I have always wanted to write my own code but in…
v6 Vertex – A Brief Explanation of IPv6 Address Types ITdojo’s v6 Vertex is an ever-expanding set of quick tips and useful advice for using IPv6 in your network. People who have been using IPv4 for some time know that there are three basic address types that are commonly discussed: unicast, broadcast and multicast. When…
v6 Vertex – Quick Tips & Pointers for IPv6 Users ITdojo’s v6 Vertex is an ever-expanding set of quick tips and useful advice for using IPv6 in your network. As you begin to make use of IPv6 you will often wonder whether or not you are actually using the protocol and whether or not your…
v6 Vertex – Quick Tips & Pointers for IPv6 Users ITdojo’s v6 Vertex is an ever-expanding set of quick tips and useful advice for using IPv6 in your network. SSH use is daily and ubiquitous. In our increasingly mixed IPv4/IPv6 world we need to be conscious of the ways in which we are connecting (or…
v6 Vertex – Quick Tips & Pointers for IPv6 Users ITdojo’s v6 Vertex is an ever-expanding set of quick tips and useful advice for using IPv6 in your network. For Apple OSX Users: If you need to view the IPv6 neighbor information on your OS X powered device all you need to do is open…