http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?disp=comments en-US hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=peggy_is_short_for_margaret&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c1264 2010-02-07T17:17:03Z Ash [Visitor] Fanny is also short for Stephanie! http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=you_global_warming_advocates_look_at_1930&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c1257 2009-10-26T02:44:55Z Mr Truth [Visitor] Anybody who votes to stop the Global Warming BS deserves to have a pie thrown in their face and get put on a one way flight out of this country! And on the dirtiest possible plane to add to the boot. :P
And on the dirtiest possible plane to add to the boot. :P]]> http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=spammer_hammer&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c1252 2009-07-02T08:00:23Z Spielautomat spielen [Visitor] it runs two php scripts when followed first adds the deny from IP to the .ht access that's in the root below all directories {except the directory containing the error pages and php scripts for blacklisting h http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=peggy_is_short_for_margaret&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c1251 2009-06-15T17:54:41Z Harry [Visitor] I used the shortening Sair (as in Hair) for Sarah. http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=peggy_is_short_for_margaret&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c1250 2009-06-08T15:04:54Z John Gannon [Visitor] Jack as "short" for John? Jack is the racy version:cf the poet John/jack Donne http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=peggy_is_short_for_margaret&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c1249 2009-05-07T18:46:21Z Paul Oliver [Member] Misty, Now that is cool. I'll have to do the odds someday of two people living in the same three states and at least one of the same cities. :) Thanks for posting--I had no idea about Bunny being short for Beatrice or Barbara.
Now that is cool. I'll have to do the odds someday of two people living in the same three states and at least one of the same cities. :) Thanks for posting--I had no idea about Bunny being short for Beatrice or Barbara.]]> http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=peggy_is_short_for_margaret&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c1248 2009-05-07T18:05:04Z Misty [Visitor] Hi Paul, first I'll write something post related. I once played Bunny in a play. It's a pet name for Beatrice and Barbara. Not too far off but still strange. So, your post was sent to me in a link because our friend is named Margaret. The funny thing is, I live in Wash. DC but I am from Omaha. I have also lived in CA and SD. The friend who sent the link is from AL and lives in VA. The friend Margaret is from NC and lives in DC. What a small world.
So, your post was sent to me in a link because our friend is named Margaret. The funny thing is, I live in Wash. DC but I am from Omaha. I have also lived in CA and SD. The friend who sent the link is from AL and lives in VA. The friend Margaret is from NC and lives in DC.
What a small world.]]> http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=spammer_hammer&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c1246 2009-05-03T23:51:54Z Alan Doherty [Visitor] sorry for delay drop me an email to organise stuff i can email them over too you http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=20_quick_chuck_norris_facts&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c1242 2007-11-14T03:43:47Z Paul Oliver [Member] Tirdad, thanks for the comment. I hope Chuck Norris sees my page someday and sees your comment. http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=spammer_hammer&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c1241 2007-11-14T03:42:55Z Paul Oliver [Member] Great idea Alan! I'm very interested in seeing the code. http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=20_quick_chuck_norris_facts&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c1240 2007-11-13T21:33:44Z TIRDAD GHARIB [Visitor] Hello dear Chuck Norris you are indeed one of my heros take good care my dear american friend and may god bless you america and our republican party,our us troops , sincerlly yours tirdad usa, http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=spammer_hammer&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c1239 2007-11-12T19:07:43Z Alan Doherty [Visitor] i have a similar system on my server {hosting multiple sites} but it uses hidden links {denied by robots.txt to stop google following them} to catch ip's of harvesters/spammers etc it runs two php scripts when followed first adds the deny from IP to the .htaccess thats in the root below all directories {except the directory containing the error pages and php scripts for blacklisting} and also it then runs a script from projecthoneypot.org that feeds them some tagged addresses and logs the ip to monitor for mail folowing the harvesting of the unique addresses its quite sucessfull and immediatly kills the malicious bots access also in case of accidental listing or innocent user being idssued the ip later the custom 403 page offers a captch based de-list your ip option but the downside i'm seeing is proxies apache seems to have no way of blacklisting ip's except for direct connects {i'd like to be able to have ability to list the ip behind the proxy {for many big public and usefull proxies} rather than all users of the proxy {currently it lists them but dosn't block the proxy {connecting ip} because when i do i have bots getting proxy listed and legit users de-listing it all day would be great if apache offered a setenvif header=(line in file} blocked=yes so i could add blocked ips to file and then just test the headers REMOTE_ADDR = proxy IP/your IP HTTP_VIA = proxy IP/your IP HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR = your IP etc as well as connecting ip but atm to do this it would require making my htaccess many times greater {as i have i think 5 headers to check total atm so would require a 5 times greater file to parse for each request any ideas? btw my malicious spider trapping code and htpd.conf available on request if you want a gander but it uses hidden links {denied by robots.txt to stop google following them} to catch ip's of harvesters/spammers etc
it runs two php scripts when followed first adds the deny from IP to the .htaccess thats in the root below all directories {except the directory containing the error pages and php scripts for blacklisting}
and also it then runs a script from projecthoneypot.org that feeds them some tagged addresses and logs the ip to monitor for mail folowing the harvesting of the unique addresses

its quite sucessfull and immediatly kills the malicious bots access
also in case of accidental listing or innocent user being idssued the ip later the custom 403 page offers a captch based de-list your ip option

but the downside i'm seeing is proxies
apache seems to have no way of blacklisting ip's except for direct connects {i'd like to be able to have ability to list the ip behind the proxy {for many big public and usefull proxies} rather than all users of the proxy
{currently it lists them but dosn't block the proxy {connecting ip} because when i do i have bots getting proxy listed and legit users de-listing it all day

would be great if apache offered a
setenvif header=(line in file} blocked=yes

so i could add blocked ips to file and then just test the headers
REMOTE_ADDR = proxy IP/your IP
HTTP_VIA = proxy IP/your IP
HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR = your IP

etc as well as connecting ip

but atm to do this it would require making my htaccess many times greater {as i have i think 5 headers to check total atm so would require a 5 times greater file to parse for each request

any ideas?

btw my malicious spider trapping code and htpd.conf available on request if you want a gander]]> http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=peggy_is_short_for_margaret&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c1237 2007-10-12T21:49:14Z Amy [Visitor] Polly can also be short for Mary Ann http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=peggy_is_short_for_margaret&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c1236 2007-09-20T18:01:56Z Mélissa [Visitor] Alfonce, usually spelled Alphonse, is a French name. http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=peggy_is_short_for_margaret&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c1229 2007-08-20T00:12:19Z Art [Visitor] Arthur also get Al from Alfonce don't ask where Alfonce came from but was common knickname for Arthur in the 1940s http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=peggy_is_short_for_margaret&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c1228 2007-08-14T15:32:09Z Cassie [Visitor] Cassie is short for Kathryn but you wouldn't believe how often I am asked how you get Cassie from Kathryn, and how many people think that I'm saying Cathy when I saw my name. I sign everything as Kathryn but I prefer my shortened name my parents gave me but sometimes I wish that I would decide on one or the other because it's such as hassle. By the way, my mother is Margaret but her given nick name is Peggy. She says it's an Irish thing! wouldn't believe how often I am asked
how you get Cassie from Kathryn, and
how many people think that I'm saying
Cathy when I saw my name. I sign
everything as Kathryn but I prefer my
shortened name my parents gave me but
sometimes I wish that I would decide on
one or the other because it's such as
hassle. By the way, my mother is
Margaret but her given nick name is
Peggy. She says it's an Irish thing!]]> http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=peggy_is_short_for_margaret&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c981 2007-06-24T12:24:34Z Morgan Harker [Visitor] An afterthought: Paddy is short for Patrick (from Padraig, the Gaelic version of the name). Common in GB, but a source of embarrasment to many a Patrick on these shores who think they're being called "Patty".
Paddy is short for Patrick (from Padraig, the Gaelic version of the name). Common in GB, but a source of embarrasment to many a Patrick on these shores who think they're being called "Patty".]]> http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=peggy_is_short_for_margaret&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c980 2007-06-24T12:16:05Z Morgan Harker [Visitor] I made this bit of doggerel up for my niece whose older brothers teased her with every nickname they could think of. Elly, Ella, Liza, Bets Lisa, Eliza, Lizza, Beth Bitsy, Bessie, Betsy, Bess Lissa, Lizzy, Lizard-breath Fine nicknames all, I do confess But my name, thank-you, is Elizabeth
Elly, Ella, Liza, Bets
Lisa, Eliza, Lizza, Beth
Bitsy, Bessie, Betsy, Bess
Lissa, Lizzy, Lizard-breath
Fine nicknames all, I do confess
But my name, thank-you, is Elizabeth
]]> http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=20_quick_chuck_norris_facts&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c738 2007-05-10T12:29:12Z Ricky [Visitor] Chuck Norris has two speeds walk, and kill. http://www.paultastic.com/blogs/index.php?title=freebsd_rescue_cd&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#c735 2007-03-16T19:31:03Z Derek Johnstone [Visitor] How I recovered a lost root password in FreeBSD This was on a CyberGuard LX firewall, running version 4.2 BSD Luckily I did know one user name and it had no password. cgadmin Using the boot CD, pick option 4 for single use mode going through the country and keyboard going to the repair mode with CDROM/DVD option off the install menu, using the "live" CDROM filesystem gave me a root prompt Fixit# now mounting the hard drive, in my case /dev/ad0s3a mount /dev/ad0s3a /mnt now edit the master password file vi /mnt/etc/master.passwd on the root line, delete all characters between the first two :: to remove the root password altogether. hence ending up with root::0:0::00:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh or something similar save the file now change permissions, but look at them first, make a note so you can put them back to the correct setting later chmod 777 /mnt/etc chmod 666 /mnt/etc/master.passwd reboot remove the CD and reboot the original system. For some reason my older FreeBSD version 4.3 filesystem did not like being mounted onto a FreeBSD 6.1 install CD Hence on reboot it made me do a manual fsck Then another reboot Now login as a user, cgadmin in my case get a prompt and run pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd This rebuilds the secure password database Now get another getty - say Alt-F4 and login as root Amazing!!!! Reboot if you like, set yourself a new root password and write it down this time I prefer a label on the bottom of the box, because if you have got this access, you can crack the password. Now don't forget to set the file security back to where it was chmod 755 /etc chmod 600 /etc/master.passwd Hope you enjoyed the day. Derek
This was on a CyberGuard LX firewall, running version 4.2 BSD

Luckily I did know one user name and it had no password.
cgadmin

Using the boot CD, pick option 4 for single use mode
going through the country and keyboard

going to the repair mode with CDROM/DVD option off the install menu,
using the "live" CDROM filesystem gave me a root prompt Fixit#

now mounting the hard drive, in my case /dev/ad0s3a

mount /dev/ad0s3a /mnt

now edit the master password file

vi /mnt/etc/master.passwd

on the root line, delete all characters between the first two :: to remove the root password altogether.
hence ending up with
root::0:0::00:Charlie &:/root:/bin/csh or something similar

save the file

now change permissions, but look at them first, make a note so you can put them back to the correct setting later
chmod 777 /mnt/etc
chmod 666 /mnt/etc/master.passwd

reboot

remove the CD and reboot the original system.
For some reason my older FreeBSD version 4.3 filesystem did not like being mounted onto a FreeBSD 6.1 install CD
Hence on reboot it made me do a manual fsck
Then another reboot

Now login as a user, cgadmin in my case
get a prompt and run

pwd_mkdb /etc/master.passwd

This rebuilds the secure password database

Now get another getty - say Alt-F4 and login as root
Amazing!!!!

Reboot if you like, set yourself a new root password and write it down this time
I prefer a label on the bottom of the box, because if you have got this access, you can crack the password.

Now don't forget to set the file security back to where it was
chmod 755 /etc
chmod 600 /etc/master.passwd

Hope you enjoyed the day.

Derek
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