Code Snippets

Script to Find All IP Addresses on a Internal Network

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I was working on a presentation this morning and as I was writing I realized I did not have a quick fast way to make a list of all the internal Ips on a LAN (Local Area network). Many of the tools I use including nmap, nessus and nexpose will accept a list of ips so  I decided to whip up a quick dirty shell script to get the job done.  I may clean it up in the future but for now it does its job. This is meant to work on Backtrack 4 but in its current state it will work on any Debian based distro. As always with any code found on the internet you use this at your own risk. Also I am sure this can be done better but like I said it was a 10 minute fix.

Technology Insights

Enable JavaScript In IE8, Enable Internet Explorer 8 JavaScript

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A client of mine was trying to visit a web site they use for medical research in Internet Explorer 8 and was obtaining an error from the web site. The site noted that cookies and JavaScript must be enabled to use the site which according to the client were both enabled. Below are instructions on how to enable JavaScript in IE8 as well as how to verify that cookies are enabled in IE8 as well.

Technology Errors

iTunes Could Not Back Up The iPhone Because The Backup Was Corrupt

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Earlier when I plugged my iPhone into my laptop via USB to charge it I got a pop up error message stating that the sync process with iTunes could not take place because the iPhone backup was corrupted. I believe yesterday in the middle of syncing with iTunes I had to unplug my iPhone and it must have corrupted the backup that was in process. Fixing this problem is easily accomplished by deleting the backup file that iTunes stores. Below I have more details about the error itself as well as steps on how to resolve the issue.

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How to Edit the Path Environment Variable on Mac OSX

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I was installing some tools on my mac today which I wanted to have in the path. Specifically I was installing the Android-SDK tools. I wanted to have the adb shell come up no matter which directory I was in. Being a Linux guy I check out /etc/profile but discovered that mac does it just a tiny bit different . Below I will show you two ways to edit your path in mac OSX. One is permanent and one only lasts until reboot.

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How to Downgrade Skype to Work on a MacBook Pro

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The day I got my new Macbook pro I was searching around and installing the mac versions of all my favorite software. When I got to Skype I of course, downloaded the most current version. The program installed fine but when I entered my credentials and hit connect Skype just hung there for about ten minutes and then said it was unable to connect. This was pretty unusual since Skype has always been a great program so I decided to get to the bottom of the problem so I could hopefully help the next person who has this problem.