*Open Source Typical Mac User Live

 

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Welcome to the Typical Mac User Live show. My name is Victor Cajiao and I am your host this evening. My regular Podcast Typical Mac User Podcast can be found at www.typicalmacuser.com and that shows is released weekly on Tuesday nights.

 

 

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Well tonight I have some very special guests and it's going to get geeky. I'll be right back after a word from Audible.

 

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Show Outline

 

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Introduce Larry and Paul : Well tonight I have two special guests. First there is Larry Pesce who is the author of the new Syngress press book Linksys WRT54GG Ultimate Hacking and of Paul Dot com security Weekly podcast at pauldotcom.com. Tthis is going to be one of those books that becomes the "bible" of WRT54G hacking. Paul Asadoorian the other author was boing to join us but had a last minute conflict. Welcome Larry.

 

My other gest is a regular associate editor and contributor to this show and has his own show In The Treches. podcast at kevindevin.com. George is my go to person personally when I have any networking or security questions that i need answers to in laymens tersm as I can be honest with him about what a hack I am in these areas. George was nice enought to say he would join us last minute, welcome George.

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Of course both of these guys and their shows are members for Friends In Tech over at www.friendsintech.com and if you aren't participating in that community this will givey you a hint at what you are missing.

 

 

 

Ask Larry to talk about hisr background

 

Ask George to do the same.

 

 

 

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Give an overview of the Book

Linksys WRT54GG Ultimate Hacking

 

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What is a WRT54?

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Why do Mac Users Care?

George - I use two of them to provide 802.11G WPA2 coverage for my powerbook.

George - My Airport Extreme is busy providing 802.11N 5Ghz WPA2 coverage.

 

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Talk in general about hacking the WRT54G

 

• Different types of WRT's etc

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Different Firmwares

Questions from the Audience

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Talk in General about Mac OS X security and what the state of it is today

 

 

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Talk about SSH and why we need to use it.

Talk about key pairs and how we make them implement them.

public vs private key

command line ssh-keygen -t rsa (by default on OSX current versions you can leave off the -t rsa)

cd .ssh then cat id_rsa.pub > authorized_keys

there is more you have to do to lock ssh on the mac down to keys only so passwords cannot be used. will try and find a good link on changing the sshd_config

 

 

Questions from the Audience

 

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Talk about misconceptions with mac os X security and what we must do to be secure

Like any software you need to perform patches. Keep updates on automatic. At least weekly.

Any network software can result in remotely exploitable vulnerabilities. If you leave it on when you connect to a public network like a hotspot you can be at risk.

What if you left SSH on port 22 and a vulnerability was found? Someone coud find it and take over your mac directly.

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Questions from the Audience

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SHOW ENDING:

 

 

Well I want to thank Larry Pecse from the new Syngress press book Linksys WRT54GG Ultimate Hacking. Where can we pick it up Larry?

 

I also want to thank George Starcher from the IN the Trenches Podcast for joinin us.

 

 

 

 

 

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For now this is your Host Victor Cajiao saying, enjoy the rest of your Sunday