[nfbcs] Grub Question:

Tue Aug 18 13:29:51 UTC 2015

I've never heard of backtrack and there's no package with that name 
available for ubuntu linux. It could be an open source project out there 
somewhere. In that case, it would have to be downloaded from their web 
site and compiled.

I took an ethical hacking course a few years ago. All the tools were 
Windows tools. But I got the instructor to allow me to find and use the 
linux equivalents. In fact, he was glad I did that so he could use some 
of my ideas in the future. I think if you get an open minded instructor, 
you can get him to give you a lot of leeway.

In my class, I leared how to do things like be the man-in-the-middle to 
steal passwords and to chage the root password on a server after booting 
from a live CD. All that stuff is done better/easier with linux than 
Windows.

On 08/17/2015 08:20 PM, Charles E. Black via nfbcs wrote:
> Has anyone heard of BackTrack? This is the system that I am supposed to use
> to infiltrate systems. I believe there are a couple of hurdles I will have
> to jump. First, there is the Grub. Then there is the BackTrack system.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Christopher
> Chaltain via nfbcs
> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 8:30 PM
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> Cc: Christopher Chaltain <chaltain at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Grub Question:
>
> Almost everything i use is covered here, but I'd order things a bit
> differently.
>
> 1) Orca on the desktop with Unity, Gnome or Mate
>
> 2) Emacspeak with Emacs
>
> 3) Speakup in the console
>
> 4) ChromeVox with Chrome
>
> Vinux and Sonar are distributions configured especially for the blind.
> The boot media should come up talking and they'll come with accessible
> applications on the live CD and the install media. Vinux is based on Ubuntu
> which is based on Debian, while Sonar is based on Manjaro which is based on
> Arch.
>
> I personally use Vinux with Orca, Emacspeak, Speakup and ChromeVox. This is
> my every day system at home, and used to be the system I used at my previous
> job. Pretty much the only time I boot Windows is to run iTunes.
>
> On 08/17/2015 06:21 PM, Brian Buhrow via nfbcs wrote:
>> 	Hello.   Option  5 is to install Linux with Speakup and use that
> from
>> the Linux console.
>>
>> -thanks
>> -Brian
>>
>> On Aug 17,  4:07pm, Jim Barbour via nfbcs wrote:
>> } Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Grub Question:
>> } If you need to interact with grub while your machine is booting,
>> which } is likely if you're hacking it, then you're only option is to
>> } configure grub so it will display it's output to a USB port, rather
>> } than a graphics display.
>> }
>> } I'm afraid I don't have the exact instructions for doing this, just a
> strong belief that it can be done.
>> }
>> } As for Linux screen reader access, you have three choices.  They are
>> } ranked according to my preference.  I'm hoping others will chime in
>> } with theirs..
>> }
>> } 1. Configure LInux so you can use ssh to connect to it via the
> networking from a mac or windows machine running a screen reader.
>> }
>> } 2. Install yasr, which is a screen reader which only works inside a
> linux terminal.
>> }
>> } 3. Install emacspeak, which is a text based, talking environment for
> interacting with LInux.  It's a nice environment, but might be a lot for you
> to learn.
>> }
>> } 4. install orca, which is a full GUI screen reader.  Others on this list
> like it more than I do.
>> }
>> } Hope this gets you started googling <grin> } } Jim } } On Mon, Aug
>> 17, 2015 at 05:24:05PM -0400, Charles E. Black via nfbcs wrote:
>> } > Greetings:
>> } >
>> } >
>> } >
>> } > I am attending a Master's class on Ethical Hacking. They gave me a
>> Linux } > disk with the Grub distro. This disk contains different
>> hacking tools I will } > be using throughout the class. Is there a way
>> to make the Grub distro use } > speech? Beyond, once I determine what
>> tools there are, is there a way to } > attack the linux problem? I
>> know what linux is and I have looked at Ubuntu, } > a little. Now, I need
> to be more than a little familiar with linux.
>> } > Education will happen quickly. But, it will never happen if I
>> don't have a } > functional verssion of linux. Can some make any
> suggestions?
>> } >
>> } >
>> } >
>> } > Charles Black
>> } >
>> } > charleseblack at att.net
>> } >
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