22:15 <@vord> OK guys if i can have your attention for a sec please
22:15 <@vord> we will have another lecture in approximately 15 minutes
22:15 -!- mode/#hackphreak [-m] by vord
22:15 <@vord> brb toilet


22:19 <@vord> back
22:19 <@vord> ;-)
22:19 -!- vord changed the topic of #hackphreak to: LECTURE -- IN TEN MINUTES MR NEMSTER FROM YAHOO CHAT DEMONSTRATES USAGE OF COMMON NETWORKING UTILITIES FOR ADVANCED PURPOSES


22:25 -!- mode/#hackphreak [+m] by vord
22:25 <@vord> we will begin shortly
22:25 <@vord> ok if anyone has a question just /notice vord and i will voice you
22:25 <@vord> disruption will result in an instant ban
22:27 -!- mode/#hackphreak [+v MrNemster] by vord
22:28 <@vord> thanks for comming tonight MrNemster ;]
22:29 <+MrNemster> No probs ;-)

22:29 [@BlackOps ] [+regulate ] [ Cyrix    ] [ Iano     ] [ sars^    ] [ t3muj1n  ]
22:29 [@diode    ] [ [oo]     ] [ darkange1] [ jrl      ] [ sd       ] [ thn      ]
22:29 [@Electro- ] [ ^sq      ] [ DarkOne  ] [ killamock] [ SeenB0t  ] [ Tohunga  ]
22:29 [@FiberOps ] [ _shadow  ] [ Dawgy    ] [ KuD      ] [ sektie   ] [ Tonyh    ]
22:29 [@hosbn    ] [ acidbass ] [ dcollect ] [ lunatiq  ] [ shammah  ] [ tweek    ]
22:29 [@HybridX  ] [ aginamist] [ di0aD    ] [ manticora] [ shockzor ] [ TzDevilz ]
22:29 [@neonfreon] [ AntiTuX  ] [ diesl0w  ] [ mike890  ] [ shoe     ] [ vac_     ]
22:29 [@RLoxley  ] [ apathy13 ] [ dominatus] [ mortiis  ] [ shriek   ] [ VeNoMouS ]
22:29 [@Rock0    ] [ AsmoCon  ] [ DrunkY   ] [ nice__gir] [ sinthetek] [ wilwisdom]
22:29 [@SysTem-X ] [ atrazine ] [ Dwarry   ] [ oge      ] [ sith     ] [ x509     ]
22:29 [@system_v ] [ BigTymer-] [ effigy   ] [ OneLeg   ] [ sko      ] [ xar      ]
22:29 [@SysTemX  ] [ billeh   ] [ eidetic  ] [ Oron     ] [ SNiFF3   ] [ xum      ]
22:29 [@vord     ] [ BladE^   ] [ enjay    ] [ p0ker    ] [ soite    ] [ yarddog  ]
22:29 [@WeelBot  ] [ Bored-NL ] [ Feenix   ] [ pacopasd ] [ spacey   ] [ yobi     ]
22:29 [@X        ] [ borkee   ] [ frame    ] [ Patrick- ] [ Spikeman ] [ zephon   ]
22:29 [+aempirei ] [ borken-  ] [ gangstuck] [ phj34r   ] [ SpinX    ] [ zm0      ]
22:29 [+DigiEbola] [ b|ueberry] [ Garrett  ] [ phr34k   ] [ sploit   ] 
22:29 [+flatus   ] [ capoeira ] [ GeeRtex  ] [ ramm     ] [ Starfury^]
22:29 [+jdredd   ] [ cartel_  ] [ gnomezero] [ reaxt_   ] [ static   ]
22:29 [+jennicide] [ clocker  ] [ havoxie  ] [ rootuddha] [ struct   ]
22:29 [+mikecc   ] [ Cyber0id ] [ hbuu     ] [ s1gn     ] [ sureal   ]
22:29 -!- Irssi: #hackphreak: Total of 121 nicks [15 ops, 0 halfops, 7 voices, 99 normal]
22:30 <+MrNemster> Ok guys, if anyone has any questions, don't hesitate to ask ;)
22:30 <+MrNemster> Here we go.
22:30 <+MrNemster> First of all we will need to get ourselves familiar with the DOS prompt.
22:30 <+MrNemster> Go to START, then to RUN, then type in COMMAND and press the ENTER key.
22:30 <+MrNemster> Then a ugly black box will come up, and BinGo! You got DOS!
22:30 <+MrNemster> Or you can go to START, PROGRAMS, ACCESSORIES and you should see a MS-DOS prompt waiting for you;  or you can drag and drop MS-DOS on your task bar for faster access, but for this tutorial I'll be using the RUN command so... 
22:30 <+MrNemster> Now to get ourselves familiar with PING..
22:31 <+MrNemster> Ping is a tool that comes with your box that allows you to send some packets to a host.
22:31 <+MrNemster> A packet is basically a piece of useless information that is meant to just verify that a host exists
22:31 <+MrNemster> but anyhow, it's useful for determining to see if a computer is still active on the net. 
22:31 <+MrNemster> So what you do is you ping an IPA "Internet Protocol Address" or website to see if it's active. 
22:31 <+MrNemster> Go to START, RUN, then type in COMMAND without the quotes.
22:32 <+MrNemster> Then press ENTER: ping 214.53.67.54
22:32 <+MrNemster> And then hit ENTER, and watch your response. 
22:32 <+MrNemster> If you begin receiving information, that means that a computer is actively connected to the internet.
22:32 <+MrNemster> If you get "Destination Host Unreachable" , it means that the computer is no longer online and/or unable to accept network packets or YOU just ran into a firewall. 
22:33 <+MrNemster> Now its time for tracert ;)
22:33 <+MrNemster> Tracert is another tool that comes with your computer that allows you to find out how many computer's that are between you and other computer's on the internet. 
22:33 <+MrNemster> Go an start DOS prompt, type in:
22:33 <+MrNemster> tracert ipaddress or tracert hostname.com
22:34 <+MrNemster> A list of computers and their IPA will come up until you reach your point of destination. 
22:34 <+MrNemster> Netstat is another tool that comes with your computer that allow's you to see who is connected too your computer and on which port's.
22:34 <+MrNemster> There are different argument's to netstat.
22:34 <+MrNemster> "Argument's are commands for netstat like -a, -n, -e. Netstat argument's are:
22:34 <+MrNemster> netstat -a = this displays all open ports on your computer.
22:35 <+MrNemster> netstat -e = this one displays all ethernet information on your computer.
22:35 <+MrNemster> netstat -n = this one displays all the IP's of all computers connected to you.
22:35 <+MrNemster> netstat -r = displays routing information.
22:35 <+MrNemster> netstat -s = displays statistics about TCP/UDP on local computer.
22:35 <+MrNemster> Go an start DOS prompt, type in:
22:35 <+MrNemster> netstat -n, "there is a space in between netstat and -n"
22:36 <+MrNemster> Your IPA is on the left and whoever is connected to you is on the right.
22:36 <+MrNemster> Now time for Ports. What exactly are they?
22:36 <+MrNemster> Ports are open internet sockets "holes" on your computer.
22:36 <+MrNemster> Some of them are closed, and some of them are open. 
22:36 <+MrNemster> The more port's open, the more vulnerable you are because of a service running on it.
22:36 <+MrNemster> Sometime's the service that is running on your computer is exploitable by hacker's to access your computer.
22:37 <+MrNemster> Example of Ports are: 7, 11, 13, 15, 21, 23, 25, 37, 39, 43, 53, 79, 80, 110, 119, 443, 512, 513, 514 and so on. 
22:37 <+MrNemster> Now onto netBIOS ;)
22:37 <+MrNemster> NetBios is the name of the protocol that Window's OS use's to share information between two computer's.
22:37 <+MrNemster> Under NetBIOS there is File and Print Sharing is usually turned on unless the person has disabled this feature
22:37 <+MrNemster> and if they haven't guess what; easy target! 
22:37 [Users #hackphreak]
22:37 [@BlackOps ] [+regulate ] [ Cyrix    ] [ Iano     ] [ sars^    ] [ t3muj1n  ]
22:37 [@diode    ] [ [oo]     ] [ darkange1] [ jrl      ] [ sd       ] [ thn      ]
22:37 [@Electro- ] [ ^sq      ] [ DarkOne  ] [ killamock] [ SeenB0t  ] [ Tohunga  ]
22:37 [@FiberOps ] [ _shadow  ] [ Dawgy    ] [ KuD      ] [ sektie   ] [ Tonyh    ]
22:37 [@hosbn    ] [ acidbass ] [ dcollect ] [ lunatiq  ] [ shammah  ] [ tweek    ]
22:37 [@HybridX  ] [ aginamist] [ di0aD    ] [ manticora] [ shockzor ] [ TzDevilz ]
22:37 [@neonfreon] [ AntiTuX  ] [ diesl0w  ] [ mike890  ] [ shoe     ] [ vac_     ]
22:37 [@RLoxley  ] [ apathy13 ] [ dominatus] [ mortiis  ] [ shriek   ] [ VeNoMouS ]
22:37 [@Rock0    ] [ AsmoCon  ] [ DrunkY   ] [ nice__gir] [ sinthetek] [ wilwisdom]
22:37 [@SysTem-X ] [ atrazine ] [ Dwarry   ] [ oge      ] [ sith     ] [ x509     ]
22:37 [@system_v ] [ BigTymer-] [ effigy   ] [ OneLeg   ] [ sko      ] [ xar      ]
22:37 [@SysTemX  ] [ billeh   ] [ eidetic  ] [ Oron     ] [ SNiFF3   ] [ xum      ]
22:37 [@vord     ] [ BladE^   ] [ enjay    ] [ p0ker    ] [ soite    ] [ yarddog  ]
22:37 [@WeelBot  ] [ Bored-NL ] [ Feenix   ] [ pacopasd ] [ spacey   ] [ yobi     ]
22:37 [@X        ] [ borkee   ] [ frame    ] [ Patrick- ] [ Spikeman ] [ z0mb1e   ]
22:37 [+aempirei ] [ borken-  ] [ gangstuck] [ phj34r   ] [ SpinX    ] [ zephon   ]
22:37 [+DigiEbola] [ b|ueberry] [ Garrett  ] [ phr34k   ] [ sploit   ] [ zm0      ]
22:37 [+flatus   ] [ capoeira ] [ GeeRtex  ] [ ramm     ] [ Starfury^] 
22:37 [+jdredd   ] [ cartel_  ] [ gnomezero] [ reaxt_   ] [ static   ]
22:37 [+jennicide] [ clocker  ] [ havoxie  ] [ rootuddha] [ struct   ]
22:37 [+mikecc   ] [ Cyber0id ] [ hbuu     ] [ s1gn     ] [ sureal   ]
22:37 -!- Irssi: #hackphreak: Total of 122 nicks [15 ops, 0 halfops, 7 voices, 100 normal]
22:38 <+MrNemster> I bet you guys are wondering how to get ip's over instant messengers.
22:38 <+MrNemster> Send them a big file or picture. 
22:38 <+MrNemster>  While you are sending them a file, just open up DOS and type in "netstat -n" a list of connections to your computer is displayed.
22:38 <+MrNemster> Oh, and by the way if your running more than one messenger service and your kind of new to this, 
22:38 <+MrNemster> its better to turn the stuff off, that way you don't get all confused. 
22:38 <+MrNemster> Onto our last bit of info for today, 
22:39 <+MrNemster> Built into  98, 98SE, ME, and XP is a special tool called the "Microsoft System Configuration Utility" or simply "MSCONFIG".
22:39 <+MrNemster> MSCONFIG can also be used to boot up your computer or shut down programs that doesn't need to run every time it starts up.
22:39 <+MrNemster> Most people know that the more programs you have running on your computer at once, the more likely it is that your computer will either run slowly or even crash.
22:39 <+MrNemster> What most people don't know is that every time you boot your computer a whole mess of "hidden" programs load in the background.
22:39 <+MrNemster> Some of these hidden programs are essential, but most aren't.
22:39 <+MrNemster> Turning off some of these hidden programs can significantly increase your computer's performance and reliability. 
22:39 <+MrNemster> Too use MSCONFIG on 98, 98SE, ME, and XP to disable some of the unnecessary programs that automatically load on start-up.
22:39 <+MrNemster> 1. Go to START / RUN
22:40 <+MrNemster> 2. Type MSCONFIG
22:40 <+MrNemster> 3. Click on the STARTUP tab. 
22:40 <+MrNemster> This takes you to a page with a list of "startup items." 
22:40 <+MrNemster> Startup items are programs that are automatically loaded every time you turn on your computer. 
22:40 <+MrNemster> Some startup programs are absolutely necessary, others are simply a waste of RAM. 
22:40 <+MrNemster> The only startup items you absolutely need are: 
22:40 <+MrNemster> ScanRegistry, TaskMonitor, SystemTray, LoadPowerProfile, AV "AntiVirus" program and a Firewall if your running one
22:41 <+MrNemster> Since you need these startup items to be running all the time in order for your computer to work properly,
22:41 <+MrNemster> make sure there is always a check mark next to all of these startup items.
22:41 <+MrNemster> If you don't see one or two these items in your list of startup items, that's okay. 
22:41 <+MrNemster> For example, some people may not have a LoadPowerProfile while others may have two. 
22:42 <+MrNemster> The big thing to remember is that you don't want to uncheck any of these files if you have them.
22:42 <+MrNemster> The rest of the startup items are completely up to you; it's up to you how you want to run your computer.
22:42 <+MrNemster> The number #1rule is to disable only those programs that you recognize and don't need to have running all the time.
22:42 <+MrNemster> *REMEMBER!*
22:42 <+MrNemster> Disable only those programs that you recognize and don't need to have running all the time. When in doubt, CHECK it on. 
22:42 <+MrNemster> In XP, all of Windows essential programs are loaded through something called "Windows Services." 
22:43 <+MrNemster> This means that most of the startup items you see in XP are completely optional and can be turned off.
22:43 <+MrNemster> Still, the #1rule is:
22:43 <+MrNemster> Disable only those programs that you recognize and don't need to have running all the time. 
22:43 <+MrNemster> 4. Click on the OK button.
22:43 <+MrNemster> 5. A message will pop up telling you that you must restart your computer before these changes will take effect.
22:43 <+MrNemster> Click on YES, and your computer will automatically reboot.  
22:44 <+MrNemster> Now what about 95, NT, and 2000?
22:44 <+MrNemster> Well I have found a few simple little tricks that really work's. 
22:44 <+MrNemster> You can grab MSCONFIG off of another OS "Operating System". 
22:44 <+MrNemster> What I mean is the next time you re-install a OS, just grab a floppy disk and COPY & PASTE; MSCONFIG on to it.
22:44 <+MrNemster> Now you have a future copy to add to that OS, that doesn't have MSCONFIG or you can go too Pc Magazine and download Startup Cop. 
22:44 <+MrNemster> Well thats about it for this lecture ;)
22:44 -!- mode/#hackphreak [-m] by vord
       * Rloxley claps
22:44 <@vord> nice nemster, hopefully it will clear up some of the questions that get asked in here so often
22:45 <+MrNemster> thanks vord ;)
22:45 < b|ueberry> MrNemster not bad but I think you should have talked a bit more about the ping command. 
22:45 <@Electro-> good nemster, i liked the MSCONFIG part, very detailed
22:45 <+MrNemster> b|uebeery, hmm, yeah your right, thanks for the suggestion ;)
22:45 <+MrNemster> Thanks Electro- ;-)
22:46 <+MrNemster> Well it was my first lecture guys, some things probably needed improvement, but its just a quicky ;)


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