- had to build a network mapping/auditing tool recently. You can download it here:
- details are as follows:
# Ever entered a new network and you didn't quite know what was available,
# wanted to do an inventory check/audit, or you want to run a set of
# simple tests to see what sort of security profile your network is
# currently at? That's the purpose of this script.
#
# I had intended for it to be more customised but found that nmap
# contained much of the functionality that I wanted so I basically stuck
# with that. It can be slowish but it's still much faster then
# a lot of network auditing, mapping, and vulnerability checkers out there.
#
# Obviously, it can be used for attack as well as defense purposes.
# Read through for a better understanding. Ideally, you'll be running
# this against your own network. Turn off security detection systems
# prior to running this so as not to set off spurious alerts.
#
# Integration of this into your existing network will give you
# micro-SIEM capability (use in combination with something like fail2ban
# and/or RRD type databases. This will give you better data on where
# attacks are coming from).
#
# Usage is as follows. You can just fill in the network variable in
# this script with what you want and then run it, you can fill in
# target hosts in the 'scan_hosts.txt' and then run it, or you can
# run it in combination with hosts from the command line itself.
#
# Usage Examples:
# ./network_mapper.sh
# ./network_mapper.sh 127.0.0.1/32
# ./network_mapper.sh 192.168.0.1/32
# ./network_mapper.sh 192.168.0.0/24
# ./network_mapper.sh www.microsoft.com
# ./network_mapper.sh www.car.com www.dog.com
#
# Go through the following if you want to add more functionality...
# detect common vulnerabilities nmap
#
# Note, if you aren't great with CIDR format there are plenty of tools
# out there to help you with this:
# network range to cidr format converter
#
# As this is the very first version of the program it may be VERY buggy.
# Please test prior to deployment in a production environment.
#
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WASHINGTON — As the production rate of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 joint strike fighter goes up, the company is wrestling with quality escapes involving the jet’s low observability features, which now amount to about half of all defects on the aircraft, the company’s vice president of the program revealed Monday.
Last week, Vice Adm. Mat Winter, the head of the government’s F-35 Joint Program Office, slammed Lockheed for what he sees as its too-slow progress on eliminating so-called “quality escapes”— errors made by Lockheed’s workforce that could include drilling holes that are too big or installing a dinged part.
While those errors are minor, the rework done to bring the plane up to requirements is driving up the amount of money and time spent producing an airplane, Winter said.
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The answer to that is that the rate of child-bearing will have to go way down in compensation, in order to ensure a stable global population. If LEV becomes a reality, then as a percentage of the population, children will become rare.
The other question is: Is human civilization going to accept the emergence of a caste of immortal super-rich aristocrats? Or will humanity impose an upper limit on the aggregation and hoarding of personal wealth and ownership titles?
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