OS X for Hackers at Heart

By: Bruce Potter, Chris Hurley, Johnny Long, Tom Owad, Russ Rogers

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Paperback | 5 November 2005

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The sexy, elegant design of the Apple PowerBook combined with the Unix-like OS X operating system based on FreeBSD, have once again made OS X the Apple of every hacker's eye. In this unique and engaging book covering the brand new OS X 10.4 Tiger, the world's foremost "true hackers" unleash the power of OS X for everything form cutting edge research and development to just plain old fun.

OS X 10.4 Tiger is a major upgrade for Mac OS X for running Apple's Macintosh computers and laptops. This book is not a reference to every feature and menu item for OS X. Rather, it teaches hackers of all types from software developers to security professionals to hobbyists, how to use the most powerful (and often obscure) features of OS X for wireless networking, WarDriving, software development, penetration testing, scripting administrative tasks, and much more.

* Analyst reports indicate that OS X sales will double in 2005. OS X Tiger is currently the #1 selling software product on Amazon and the 12-inch PowerBook is the #1 selling laptop

* Only book on the market directly appealing to groundswell of hackers migrating to OS X

* Each chapter written by hacker most commonly associated with that topic, such as Chris Hurley (Roamer) organizer of the World Wide War Drive

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Non-Fiction Computing & I.T.Operating Systems Microsoft (Windows) Operating Systems Computer Security Data Encryption Engineering & Technology Technology in General

Foreword	p. xxi
A Network Admin's Guide to Using Mac OS X	p. 1
Introduction	p. 2
Running a Headless Mac	p. 3
Apple Remote Desktop	p. 4
VNC	p. 5
SSH	p. 8
Serial Console	p. 9
Adding Interfaces to the Mac	p. 19
Physical Interfaces	p. 20
Interface Aliases	p. 21
The Macintosh as a Router	p. 25
Basic Host Routing	p. 26
Basic Static Routing	p. 29
Basic Dynamic Network Routing	p. 30
"Real" Routing with Zebra	p. 32
Mac OS X as a RADIUS server	p. 42
FreeRADIUS	p. 44
Summary	p. 50
Solutions Fast Track	p. 50
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 51
Automation	p. 53
Introduction	p. 54
Using Automator	p. 55
Creating a One-shot Automation	p. 58
Creating a More Versatile Automation	p. 61
Saving Automations as Applications and Workflows	p. 62
Saving Automations as Plug-ins	p. 64
Hacker-friendly Automator Actions	p. 69
Understanding AppleScript	p. 81
Introducing the Script Editor	p. 81
Hello, World!	p. 83
Recording Actions	p. 84
AppleScript Save Options	p. 86
Script Assistant	p. 87
AppleScript Dictionary	p. 88
Not Quite An AppleScript Language Guide	p. 89
Learning By Example: Interactive Dialogs	p. 95
Interactive Dialog Boxes	p. 95
Bash Scripting	p. 100
Foundations of Shell Scripting	p. 101
Harnessing Mac's UNIX Commands	p. 119
Sed	p. 122
Awk	p. 124
Pulling It Together: A bash Mini-project	p. 126
Curl	p. 134
Lynx	p. 135
Bridging the Gap From bash to AppleScript	p. 138
Using Bash, AppleScript, and Automator Together!	p. 139
Overcoming Automator's Lame Display Dialogs	p. 140
Exchanging Data With AppleScript	p. 141
Exchanging Data With Bash	p. 143
Ethereal Auto-Launcher	p. 144
Password-protected Zip and Unzip	p. 146
Basic nmap Front-end	p. 153
Summary	p. 156
Solutions Fast Track	p. 156
Links to Sites	p. 157
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 158
OS X in a Microsoft Environment	p. 159
Introduction	p. 160
Who Should Read this Chapter?	p. 160
Windows Terms You Should Know	p. 161
Accessing Network File Systems	p. 163
Mounting Network File Systems via AppleScript	p. 166
Mounting Network File Systems via Terminal	p. 168
Microsoft Distributed File System	p. 171
NTLM Authentication	p. 172
Accessing NTLM-Protected Web Servers via the Command Line	p. 173
Using an NTLM-Protected Proxy from the Command Line	p. 174
Using a Local Proxy to Handle NTLM Authentication	p. 175
Connecting to a Windows PPTP Server	p. 180
Split Tunneling	p. 182
Routing DNS Requests	p. 184
Zen of Running Windows Boxes from a Mac	p. 185
MS Remote Desktop Client	p. 185
Rdesktop-The Open Source Remote Desktop Client	p. 191
Virtual Network Computing	p. 197
Synergy-Using a Mac and PC from one Keyboard/Mouse	p. 202
Installing and Configuring Synergy	p. 203
Talking to Windows From the Terminal	p. 207
Summary	p. 218
Solutions Fast Track	p. 219
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 221
WarDriving and Wireless Penetration Testing with OS X	p. 223
Introduction	p. 224
WarDriving with KisMAC	p. 224
KisMAC Startup and Initial Configuration	p. 225
Configuring the KisMAC Preferences	p. 226
Mapping WarDrives with KisMAC	p. 233
Practicing WarDriving with KisMAC	p. 239
Penetration Testing with OS X	p. 244
Attacking WLAN Encryption with KisMAC	p. 244
Attacking WPA with KisMAC	p. 248
Other Attacks	p. 249
Other OS X Tools for WarDriving and WLAN Testing	p. 250
Summary	p. 253
Solutions Fast Track	p. 253
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 255
Mac OS X for Pen Testers	p. 257
Introduction	p. 258
The OS X Command Shell	p. 260
Compiling and Porting Open Source Software	p. 264
OS X Developer Tools	p. 264
Perl	p. 266
Installing XWindows	p. 273
Compiling Programs on Mac OS X	p. 275
Compiling Versus Porting	p. 276
Installing Ported Software on Mac OS X	p. 277
Using The "Top 75 Security Tools" List	p. 288
Category: Attack (Network)	p. 289
Category: Attack (Scanner)	p. 290
Category: Attack (Web)	p. 290
Category: Crypto	p. 291
Category: Defense	p. 292
Category: Defense / Forensics	p. 294
Category: Evasion	p. 294
Category: Footprinting	p. 294
Category: Monitor (Sniffing)	p. 295
Category: Multipurpose	p. 298
Category: Password Cracking	p. 298
Category: Password Cracking (Remote)	p. 299
Category: Programming	p. 300
Category: Scanning	p. 300
Installing and Using The "Big" Tools	p. 301
Ethereal	p. 301
Nessus	p. 303
Other OS X "Must Haves"	p. 306
Running CD-based Linux Distributions	p. 308
Summary	p. 312
Solutions Fast Track	p. 312
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 315
Mac Tricks (Stupid Powerbook Stunts That Make You Look Like a God)	p. 317
Introduction	p. 318
Desktop Console	p. 318
Screen Savers	p. 320
Widgets	p. 322
System	p. 322
Internet	p. 323
Calculators and Converters	p. 326
Fun	p. 327
Apple Motion Sensor	p. 328
VNC with Apple Remote Desktop	p. 331
Gestures	p. 334
Sogudi	p. 337
GUI Scripts	p. 339
Summary	p. 343
Solutions Fast Track	p. 343
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 345
OS X For the Road Warrior	p. 347
Introduction	p. 348
Safe and Secure E-mail	p. 348
IMAP SSL	p. 350
STARTTLS	p. 352
GnuPG	p. 353
Connecting From Anywhere (Almost)	p. 354
GPRS Example	p. 355
Firewalling Your Mac	p. 359
Battery Management	p. 361
Conservation Tips	p. 361
Calibration and Total Discharge	p. 363
Resetting the Power Manager	p. 364
Summary	p. 365
Solutions Fast Track	p. 365
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 366
Hacking the iPod	p. 369
Introduction	p. 370
Opening Your iPod	p. 374
Preparing for the Hack	p. 375
First Generation iPods	p. 376
Second and Third-Generation iPods	p. 379
Replacing the iPod Battery	p. 382
Preparing for the Hack	p. 383
Battery Replacement: First and Second-Generation iPods	p. 385
Battery Replacement: Third-Generation iPods	p. 390
Upgrading a 5GB iPod's Hard Drive	p. 397
Preparing for the Hack	p. 398
Performing the Hack	p. 399
From Mac to Windows and Back Again	p. 409
Preparing for the Hack	p. 409
Going from Windows to Macintosh	p. 410
Going from Macintosh to Windows	p. 411
iPod Diagnostic Mode	p. 413
The Diagnostic Menu	p. 413
Disk Check	p. 416
Additional iPod Hacks	p. 418
Installing Linux on an iPod	p. 418
Repairing the FireWire Port	p. 418
Scroll Wheel Fix	p. 419
iPod Resources on the Web	p. 420
Index	p. 423
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