I have been using ccrypt for my encryption needs for quite a while now. I have mainly used it on my desktop but recently I wanted to install it on my lappy. The README that comes with the package can walk you through the steps pretty well but I did have to do some investigating to get it installed. After unpacking the latest version of ccrypt for OS X open terminal and type “echo $PATH” to determine where OS X will be looking for executables. This is my output on 10.4 “/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin” . I then copied the ccrypt executable to /usr/bin and while in that directory made a couple of symlinks by typing these three separate commands
sudo ln -s ccrypt ccencrypt
sudo ln -s ccrypt ccdecrypt
sudo ln -s ccrypt ccat
I then wanted to install my man page for ccrypt. You can find your man page path by typing “manpath“. This is my output: “/usr/share/man:/usr/local/share/man:/usr/X11R6/man”
I then copied “ccrypt.1” to “/usr/share/man/man1” so that now when I type “man ccrypt” in terminal it will output the man page. Now you are ready to encrypt some files!! Make sure you remember your encryption key because there is no way to recover a encrypted file with out the encryption key. This is why you encrypted them in the first place.
Archive for January, 2006
Encryption Software
E815 Hacks
Not so Secret Codes
Most of the codes below require somewhat rapid entry in order to work. If you can’t get one working, just try typing it in a bit faster.
Enable DUN: ##DIALUP
Programming Menu: Menu + 0 + 73887 + * (Security Code: 000000)
Enable Test Mode: Menu + 00 + ** + T E S T M O D E + *
Disable Test Mode: Menu + 00 + ** + T E S T O F F + *
Enter/Exit Text Mode: Menu + LeftOpt
Enter Operator Codes: Menu + 048263 + *
NAM Programming Menu: P H O N E (7 4 6 6 3) + # + Menu + Menu
Vocoder Menu: ## + VOCODER (8 6 2 6 3 3 7)
Operator Codes
Motorola phones support the use of operator codes to set miscellaneous options. I don’t have access (yet) to the v710 level 3 manuals, but many of the opcodes from previous models still work – I used this to boost the earpiece volume somewhat (although it’s still too quiet).
First, to enter the opcode screen, press Menu + 048263 + *. You’ll have to do this rather quickly. This will bring you to a box prompting you for an opcode. Before you can enter any codes, it will be necessary to suspend the phone. To do this, enter 54* and press OK. The display will go black and the phone will be suspended. Press the camera button on the outside of your phone to turn the backlight back on. You should see “SUCCESS” on the screen. Go back and then you can enter whatever opcodes you like. So far these are the ones I have that work – feel free to send more if you got them. About the only useful one is the audio level. I know there are more, but I can’t find documentation anywhere.
Motorola E815
I just received my BRAND NEW cell phone today in the mail. It looks the same as a V710 but has an upgraded 
camera and a different shell. A neat feature with this phone is the ability to sync with my Powerbook and backup the contacts and calendar events. I tried to sync with my V710 and didn’t have any luck. My next step is to get all my contacts off my V710 and put them on my E815. I may go to Verizon and have them do the transfer but depending on who you get to do it they sometimes charge $10 for the process. After I get everything copied I will probably give the phone to my fiance’ since her phone is giving her problems. Now I’m off to hack the firmware!! Here are some links for help with getting your bluetooth to work with Mac OS X.
French Military Victories
This is for all of you that enjoy making fun of the “Frenchies”!
A screen capture showing what you find when you go to Google, type in “french military victories,” and click the “I’m feeling lucky” button
Glock Armorer’s Manual 2002
Ever since I bought my GLOCK 27 I have been looking for an Armorer’s Manual for it in PDF. The closest thing I have found is the 1992 version which does not include the most recently released GLOCK versions. I did however find a hard copy on eBaY. It is being shipped to me as we speak, and I should receive it Saturday. I plan on scanning the 70 page document by hand into a pdf version. For all of you who are wondering what the hell I am talking about here is a link to the 1992 version.
QEMU Mac OS X
For my Operating Systems class this semester I get the wonderful privilage of implementing different aspects in an OS. We are working with an OS called MINIX, which is an extremely small and based largely on UNIX. To help start us on our project we were given Knoppix 3.7 with a MINIX package. Knoppix is a bootable live system cd that is also based on UNIX. In class we were given a walk thru of how to boot up MINIX in Knoppix using QEMU. My problem was that the given Knoppix cd will only run on PC. So I had to looked for a version of QEMU that would run under OS X. The program that I liked the best is called QemuX. The initial download is just a small app that will download and install the latest and greatest QEMU. Here are some others that I have found.
QEMU OS X Binaries
QEMU Darwin Port OS X
and here is an archive of the MINIX folder that was included on our knoppix cd by our professor. It includes a.img which is a logical floppy image and linux-dist.tar.gz which holds the b30m disk image to boot minix.