Setting up Motion for Fedora 13

Here's a quick and dirty for getting Motion setup with an old AipTek Pen Cam on Fedora 13.

Don't use the RPM, install from source:

Go here: http://www.lavrsen.dk/foswiki/bin/view/Motion/WebHome and download latest version.

Then:

cd /usr/local


tar -xvzf /path/to/motion-3.2.x.tar.gz


cd motion-3.2.x


sed -ie 's/ret = 2/ret = 0/g' video_common.c


./configure


make


make install


cp /usr/local/etc/motion-dist.conf /usr/local/etc/motion.conf


vi motion.conf

Look for webcam_localhost and change it to: off

save motion.conf

motion -n (to run in non daemon mode to test)

Use your web browser locally first and check http://yourip:8081

You should now see live stream of your video.

kill motion (Ctrl-C)

Run it again in daemon mode and test again.

Keylogging 'nix & Phrack

Checking out this: http://freeworld.thc.org/papers/writing-linux-kernel-keylogger.txt I feel dirty reading Phrack from outside of Phrack.org. It seems that Phrack isn't what it used to be. If you try looking for this article, you get whacked out results when clicking on the link, an article on OpenSSH. Same thing will happen if you drill down and connect from the issue number. Whack Phrack. Anyways...so another project I'm working on is how to compile the kernel keylogger..I'll let you know how it goes.

Old Hoax about Dells and Keyloggers

I ran into this interesting article. http://virus.org.ua/unix/keylog/klog.htm I don't know if it's true or not, but I'll be keeping an eye on this on some laptops that fall within this date range. According to here: http://virus.org.ua/unix/keylog/klog_files/ It looks like the pics were uploaded in '05, but the article was written in '07. So, I'm skeptical about it, but doing a little more digging I found this: http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/16/the-dell-keylogger-conspiracy-hoax/ So it looks like a hoax, but interesting. I thought I 'd share it. PS: Note the zipties on the HW Keylogger, think that'd be in a laptop?

Mac OS X - Dashboard, Widgets & 2600

I read an interesting article in 2600 about widgets in the Dashboard of Tiger/Leopard. Anywho, got me to thinking about something. I think I might make a lil something something. I'll let you know how it goes.