FLOSS & the Hacked Ideology
[Brain Draft - About the use of unknown/compiled code, even from a Free Source]
[Potential menace of Binary Free software's Installations over Freedom]
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Coded Free since he has declared,
Coded by entire communities spreading their mind,
Spreading their knowledge, sharing their thoughts,
Coded Open for whom wants to find,
Because wisdom is not wise, if not shared.
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Magic recipes made Open and Free,
Oceans of sources made wise,
But delivered to world unknowingly transformed,
But provided to world without the evidence of any lies,
Can be unknown mass under the sea, for whom isn’t willing to may see.
Passage à WordPress 2.6.2
Je réfléchissais depuis longtemps à mettre WP à jour, c’est maintenant chose faite. Je poste ici un mémo comportant les informations nécessaires à l’accès au FTP et à l’utilisation de la base de donnée. Tu as juste à adapter les informations que je saisie à ton propre compte free.fr.
1 / Pour le FTP :
| Hote : | ftpperso.free.fr |
| Login : | kin.calvin |
| Mot de Passe : | xxxxxx |
| Port : | 21 |
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Ces informations sont à fournir au client FTP, voir FileZilla :
http://filezilla-project.org/
Une interface web est aussi accessible à l’adresse suivante :
http://ftpperso.free.fr/
2 / Pour la Base de Donnée (à fournir lors de l’installation de WP) :
| Database Name : | kin.calvin |
| User Name : | kin.calvin |
| Password : | xxxxxx |
| Database Host : | kin.calvin.sql.free.fr |
| Table Prefix : | wp_ |
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Ta base MySQL peut être administré via PhpMyAdmin à cette adresse :
http://sql.free.fr
N’oublie pas d’exporter ta base de temps en temps ! Surtout avant de travailler dessus, tu pourrais bien m’en remercier un jour 
Amuse-toi bien !
BackTrack 3 Final Install (Automatic !) + Dual Boot
Pour de l’aide en Français, tu peux poster un commentaire.
a / Download
b/ Burn to CD, tutorial
c/ Reboot the computer to the Live CD
d/ Begin Step I, II & III :
In this example, we will be working on such a HDD :
Windows a_ : 40go ; system type : HPFS/NTFS ; partition : dev/hda1
Free Space : 120go ;
We are going to use the 120go free space in order to create a 20go partition. We will install BT3F on this new 20go partition.
BackTrack 3 Final Screenshot :
I - Partition and Format
a/ CFDISK
Invoke cfdisk in order to create your 20 go partition :
# cfdisk
Learn about how to use this program here :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cfdisk
http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/IBM7248-HOWTO/cfdisk.html
Now, your hard disk might be so :
Windows__ : 40go_ ; File System : HPFS/NTFS ; partition : dev/hda1
BackTrack _: 20go _; File System : ReiserFS ___(__; partition : dev/hda5
Free Space : 100go ;
After having partitioned your HDD with cfdisk, you might need to reboot your computer to have read/write access over your new partition (here, dev/hda5) ! Indeed, without any reboot, you might be unable to fomat the partition to reiserfs with mkreiserfs.
b/ MKREISERFS
Use mkreiserfs in order to format your new partition into an ReiserFS File System. In this example, we assume that BT3F will be installed on /dev/hda*. Replace * by the letter corresponding to the partition you want to format.
Invoke this command to format /dev/hda* to an ReiserFS File System :
# mkreiserfs /dev/hda*
This screenshot will soon be replaced.
Please do not create an Ext2 file system, but an ReiserFS one.
Installing BackTrack 3 Final on an Ext2 File System will cause a system check at every startup :
/dev/hda* was not cleanly unmounted, check forced.
/dev/hda*: |======= 60.0%
c/ MOUNT
We will create a folder (via mkdir) and mount (via mount) the new partition (/dev/hda*) in this new folder (mnt/backtrack).
In step II, we will use this emplacement to install BackTrack 3 Final on the HDD with the Installer which was provided with BackTrack 3 Beta.
Create your backtrack Folder and mount mnt/hda* in it :
# umount /dev/hda*
# cd /
# mkdir mnt/backtrack
# mount /dev/hda* /mnt/backtrack
II - Installing BackTrack 3 Final
Now that your HDD is partitioned, you can install BT3F manually, see :
http://forums.remote-exploit.org/showthread.php?t=14751
But in this tutorial, we will install BackTrack 3 Final automatically with the Installer which was provided with BackTrack 3 Beta, since BackTrack 3 Final does not come with any installer.
a/ Download the BackTrack Installer here :
http://kin.calvin.free.fr/prgms/BT3.kmdr
b/ Launch the Installer
- Install BackTrack to : /mnt/bactrack
- Select Installation method : Real
- Do not restore Original MBR after lilo
III - Booting BT3F and configurating LILO
Now backtrack is installed on your HDD, reboot and cross your fingers. The LILO Boot menu should show up at startup but you will notice that you will be unable to boot Windows or any other OS than BackTrack.
To be able to boot Windows, you have to make changes in the etc/lilo.conf file:
# cd /
# nano /etc/lilo.conf
The main changes are indicated in green :
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boot = /dev/hda
prompt
timeout = 1200
change-rules
reset
vga = 773
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = current
label = BackTrack
read-only
#Windows Boot possibility :
other = /dev/hda1
label = Windows
table = /dev/hda
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Do not forget to apply the changes :
# lilo -v
The Dual Boot should now be operational.
You can reboot your computer.
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IV - EXTRA
1/ Drivers
a/ Have read/write rights over NTFS via GNU/Linux
The driver is available here :
http://www.ntfs-3g.org/
b/ Have read/write rights over ext2/ext3 via Windows
The driver in available here :
http://www.fs-driver.org/
2/ FIX for slapt-get
http://download.airdump.net/air/backtrack/fix/bt3-fix.tar.gz
Locate it and decompress it in a folder :
# cd /
# cd root
# mkdir bt3-fix
# mv bt3-fix.tar.gz ./bt3-fix
# tar -zxvf ./bt3-fix/bt3-fix.tar.gz
# cd bt3-fix
Install the softwares :
# installpkg gpgme-1.1.4-i486-1.tgz
# installpkg gnupg-1.4.7-i486-1.tgz
# installpkg libassuan-1.0.1-i486-1.tgz
# installpkg slapt-get-0.9.12c-i386-1.tgz
Update slapt-get to finish proceeding the software’s installation :
slapt-get --update
For more informations about this fix:
http://airdump.net/papers/backtrack-3-slapt-get-correcting
3/ Addons (nothing to do with a Network Security Suite)
Gslapt :
# slapt-get --install gslapt
gFTP :
# slapt-get --install gftp
ImageMagick :
# slapt-get --install imagemagick
Feel free to comment here !
Read more on this blog : http://kin.calvin.free.fr/blog
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Installing Backtrack 2
(THIS ARTICLE IS OUTDATED !
NEW ARTICLE : BackTrack 3 Final Install + Dual Boot)
I have been using Zenwalk since 2 years and finally decided to give a go at Backtrack. Yes, both of these systems belong to the Slackware family …
I guess it is just coincidence
I am far from being involved in distributions battles (like I used to), trolling about which is better than which. Of course I have my views, there are Linux distributions adopting an economical philosophy that I dislike. But it is not a good idea to waist a life acting against the system, we must learn about how it works and how to deal with it, then we may manage to change the current world.
I / Backtrack 2 Installation via Bt Live CD
I will be fast concerning the installation details, you might found out more in this movie.
I use cfdisk to partition my hard disk:
# cfdisk
My hard disk is partitioned this way :
- Windows XP on /dev/hda1 (NTFS - 20go)
- Backtrack 2 on /dev/hda2 (Linux ext2 - 10Go)
- ”Backup Partition” on /dev/hda5 (FAT32 – 10 Go)
I always make sure to have an independent 10 Go partition to put my files in. This way you will not lose any of your datas, even if you reinstall your system.
Once your hard disk is partitionated, the two important steps are to format the partition you are willing to use for backtrack (/dev/hda2 in my case) and to mount /dev/hda2 onto the Live CD (mnt/backtrack folder, previously created) :
# mke2fs /dev/hda2
# mkdir /mnt/backtrack
# mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/backtrack
Then, you can launch the BackTrack Installer.
II/ LILO Modifications
Now backtrack is installed, you will notice that you are unable to boot Windows XP. To be able to boot Windows XP, you have to make changes in the etc/lilo.conf file, changes are indicated in bold:
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boot = /dev/hda
prompt
timeout = 50
#Passport protection (facultative) :
passport=yourpassport
bitmap=/boot/splash.bmp
change-rules
reset
vga = 792
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = current
initrd = /boot/splash.initrd
label = bt
read-only
#Windows Boot possibility :
other = /dev/hda1
label = Windows
table = /dev/hda
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Do not forget to apply the changes :
# lilo -v
If you want to get rid of the graphical menu, take off :
bitmap=/boot/splash.bmp and remplace it by :
message = /boot/boot_msg.txt
Do not forget to create your text file in /boot
LILO WARNING:
If you are living in a country using azerty keyboards (like me, we are not using qwerty in France unfortunately), please notice that the password at boot will be typed as if you were using a qwerty keyboard. So be aware that your a,q,z,w,m keys (and many others) are going to be mixed up when typing your password
I am a hacker, so I use Linux
Before letting you read this article, I first would like to point 2 things :
1 - This article is a translation from French to English, the original is here.
2 - This is a humorous article (french humor ?! let me know)
I am a Zenwalk Linux user, all my respects to GNU/Linux 
If you want to be a hacker, you will have to use Linux.
Here are 2 solutions :
– You are a capitalistic bourgeois and you buy it at Fry’s for $150.
– You are an asshole, and then you download it on the net.
Of course you belong to the second category, so you have to use your FTP client and wait a few hours while your are downloading a Slack or a Debian. Try not to use Mandriva, this is for the public. You must not forget that you are an uNdERgrOuNd guy now, it’s normal, you’re a Hacker.
O.K, now you have got Linux, you can forget it. You do not need to lose your time learning how this new Operating System works and that you will never use because Xwing vs Tie Fighter doesn’t run on it. The best way is to delete lilo, like that you will be sure to boot on Windows Vista. This elegant solution is practiced by many guys like you. The easiest way is to invoke fdisk /mbr in a DOS session, it will delete lilo which was installed on your hard drive’s MBR. Good, you do not need to care about Linux anymore.
The goal is to have it, not to know how using it
“Okay, but then how can I show to everybody that I have Linux and that I am a rebel ?”. That is a natural issue. Hopefully, I thought about you little looser, here comes sentences that you have to tell everybody about Linux :
“Linux is really powerful, you are free to do what ever you want with it compare to these fascists systems like Winblows. Anyway, MS is to crappy.”
“Well, if you are a beginner, you better not use Linux, this thing is for eLiteS. You, you are better using WinFuck.”
“Hey ! Where could I find the libc5.4.36 ? Because the 5.4.35 is not compatible with the modifications have done on my kernel.”
“Netscape sucks, it creates core dumps over 50 mo when it launches !
I prefer using Lynx, text mode is much easier.”
“Wooooww what a fool ! He installed a Mandriva !! Only Debian is good, at least you know that you are the master of your system. No really, Mandriva is really to crappy.”
With these sentences, you will quickly belong to the “okay, he’s an asshole, but an asshole using Linux” category, this is the first step to become a real hacker. Now everybody knows you have Linux, you must move to the next stage, become the guy who knows everything about networks, who masters ICMP like a god. This is the second step of your long journey.
I am just thirsty for knowledge
Now, you have to put your hands on the money. Go to Fry’s and buy any books about Unix and networks. The main thing is a complicated title. A “rlogin protocol on ethernet sub-address” would have the best effect. Buy them even if you do not understand the titles, you just need to have impressive books : You are not suppose to read them, it is just to impress your friends, whom are assholes just like you.
The best way is to buy a book like “TCP/IP Volume 43” and learn by heart random words: socket, sub-address, FDDI, telnet, for example. Then you will use them in your sentences, even out of context, nobody will check what you are saying. For example, for feel to swing sentences like : “How many packets over FDDI networks does a telnet transmits ?”. God, I swear it on a good cowboy channel, that will always impress and nobody will tell you that what you have just said has no meaning. Don’t worry.
Then, put these books in your bedroom, the most complicated titles in the most visible areas. Damage a few pages’ corners to make it credible. Take some paper and draw network diagrams, or add things like 123.44.5.34 root / lydia to make others believe you spend your days cracking passwords like a mad. Do not hesitated scanning Mitnick’s photos and hang them above your bed, or put stickers of skulls on your computer to show that now, you are a thug, a dangerous guy.
To complete your new identity and truly become a hacker, you mustn’t hesitate to say great things like : “I am thirsty for knowledge”. Okay, you are in high school since 10 ten years, but it does not matter, you love learning anyway, hacking is a passion and you have a lot of willpower. Specify that you never do any damages to all the computers you hack into. Say you are doing that for “Intellectual Challenge”. Yes, this time, you will have to force yourself not to laugh hard, so train yourself in front of the mirror before.
The $1 hacking community
When people are dangerous like you, they must meet with other crooks in order to jeopardize the State’s security. For this, there is THE thugs’ rendez-vous, called the Meet 2600. Every month, you will go to a MacDo in Paris, place of Italy, and there you will meet very important guys, who rebooted the entire Internet with a Visual Basic program and have special hair cuts like rebels of the society.
Okay, you will not learn much in this meetings, losers who go over there masturbate each other thinking “Yeah, we are hAcKeRz, we are ruthless, real men. Oh shit, it is already 6 pm, I have to go home otherwise my mum will kill me.” But you will still feel real thrill thinking that the MacDo is full of cameras and microphones, and that the employees are agents from the DST who are listening to dangerous conversations such as :
- Asshole1 : How much is the Whooper ?
- Asshole2 : Uh, MacDo does Whoopers now ?
- Asshole1 : I thought they always did, no ?
The hAcKeRz’ community also goes to raves. It is a part of the message “rebel no future fuck da society, we take ecstasy and listen to rubbish but we don’t care, it is great because it is prohibited”. Feel free to go in these places, it’s a part of the lost culture to go in these hot parties.
I am in Weekly-Hack’s greets !! Awesoooooome !!
You, you are a real hacker and you hear well to spread your knowledge in order to educate others like you. For this reason, there is e-zines. They include the best known as NoWay or NoRoute where the worse alongside the best (which is unfortunate for the best …) but there is also big shits who deserve to be more famous like the excellent Core-Dump who talks in an English that even my cat understands better than me.
Obviously, you have never read any books about Unix, you never hacked a machine in your life so you do not know what to write. Don’t worry, you are not the only one to be in such a situation. The best thing to do is to write a rap article talking about your last rave or plunder anarchist magazines without understanding what you are talking about. If you decide plunder Phrack, do not hesitate to correct the guy or add more complicated stuff, nobody will check. Come on, free yourself, you are thirsty for knowledge, do not forget.
YEAH ! I am a hacker, a telnet offender
Now, for sure, you have truly become a hacker, a IRC rabble, an Internet thug, you are scaring government agencies and IBM wants to hire you to secure their network because this stupid Henry created a new Internet virus. So, you will have to, on daily basis, behave like a hacker, a real, a true, which means having a hacker’s spirit and talking like a hacker.
A hacker primarily lives on IRC. Once your friends and your family will notice that you have changed, that you are not the same man anymore, you will have to spread the news on IRC in order to make new friends whom are assholes like you. Say goodbye to either #flours nor #friendship, now you will go down to the bottom of the IRC, the cyber-bronx, nuke-city, where only the real bruisers can be respected in this world of violence. To succeed, you will have to go from the asshole hacker status to an asshole on IRC who pretends being Mitnick, I mean a c0wb0y.
Feel free to comment here !
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LXer : Thank You !
It is the first time I submit an article of mine on LXer.
I did not expect such a result on this blog :
243 visitors and 319 loaded pages in one day !
Something is a kind of funny..
The article deals about humanity, but 99% of the readers are from the United Stated and Europe. Internet Access & Language barrier thought !
Why does Humanity need Free Software ?
Free as freedom, not free beer.
Animals fight for domination, despite humans are fighting for their rights.
Open source and closed source software are different in the shape, because in the first case, users have access to the code, which means control, and this is not the case for proprietary software. Microsoft’s analysis of Linux in the Halloween Documents (back to 10 years ago !), and it’s Shared Source Initiative are perfect evidences of it’s fear towards open source. I must admit the Open Source Initiative has been, and is, economically valuable and did a good job for concurrence in the software market. Since open and closed source have to cohabit, all the lights are know focusing on compatibility and interoperability between the two protagonists: Windows and what is known as FOSS/Linux or GNU/Linux.
In the background, open source Linux distributions such as SuSE and Mandriva are more and more Windows-like. Indeed, theses distributions include and promote non-free (proprietary) packages as a feature, which is an aberration. Because open source philosophy often means including proprietary softwares in it’s systems, we are now facing sucking OS hybrids, mixing up free and proprietary softs in the same soup. Consequently, free/libre software must deal with two issues, not only proprietary software, but also its nearest brother: open source.
For many people, open source and free software are the same because both of them give access to the code. Also, some proprietary and open source companies play with the possible misunderstanding of the English term “free software”. Indeed, Microsoft redefined free software while promoting his softwares and tends to give itself a FOSS-like image.
More over, when selecting “Free Software” in Linspire’s software distribution service (CNR, is opensource), most of the listed softwares ARE NOT FREE/libre softwares, BUT are no-payment proprietary software downloads : In one word, THEY ARE FREEWARES ! (not free software).
Gnu, where are you ?
In reality, open source and free software are two movements which act following two different philosophies. Open source is purely economic while free software, which inspired the Free Culture Movement, cares about ethical principles.
Using open source, like free software, gives you the liberty to control your softwares by code access, but open source uses programmers’ knowledge only as a business while free software wants to spread knowledge for a human cause. Human knowledge should bring us to a better living without threatening our rights and freedom, and that’s why a free system would never use non-free (proprietary) packages.
While open source and proprietary software fight for economic domination, free software fights for a free society, free culture and for our rights.
More than about economy, free projects as Wikipedia are truly connecting people together. It harness human knowledge for the good of humanity through giving free worldwide access to culture. It is a democratic breath which blows beyond the frontiers. Indeed, each century had its own improvements and troubles. Women’s rights, black’s rights, these Human’s rights are not gifts, they are the results of intense fight. That’s why knowledge must be spread in order to save what has been earned.
These projects are directly bound to social movements which cares about individuals integrity and world peace. Open source does not care about politics and your rights. The actual capitalism system tends to harm life, liberty and freedom. Don’t take me wrong, I am not talking against capitalism as long as it doesn’t walk on the democracy’s feet. But an economical system which threaten human life, is a system which has to be improved, and that’s what free software tends to do by spreading social values.
Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of the right choice.
Current discussion about this article: Page 1 & 2 - in Greek/English !
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Download Dotclear Theme
The GNU/Linux Way is the template I had created and that I used to use with Dotclear. It is now being shared under GNU General Public Licence
Here are the links for you to preview and download it !
Preview: http://crizee.free.fr/dotclear/
Package File : .pkg.gz
Archive: .zip
Licence: GNU GPL
I must warn you, you will find ugly code time to time … but the visitors are not suppose to know that :). Anyhow, I may do some cleaning in it, because I have put some code in the template.php file which should be in the style sheet …
Once code cleaned, this Theme will be available on Dotclear’s wiki.
Check it out !
By the way, for the people who wonder how to package a Dotclear’s theme, it is very easy to explain and to do (I see many persons asking it, and I did not know how to package a theme either) :
- First, you must be running Dotclear 1.2.7 minimum.
- Then you just need to install and use the Packager plugin:
Packaged file: .pkg.gz
Archive: .tar.gz
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