andrew_balls

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andrew_balls22 karma

Tod,

  • What limitations, if any, have you run into with the Metasploit Framework being written in Ruby? If the Framework weren't gi-fucking-gantic would you consider rewriting it in another language?

  • How do you feel about commercial exploitation frameworks like Core Impact that allow users to "natively" run Metasploit modules?

  • WHAT WAS HD THINKING WHEN HE REMOVED AUTOPWN?!!? HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO CONTINUE MY CAREER AS A PENTESTER?

Thomas,

  • One of my favorite features of Aircrack was the airtun-ng utility that allows me to passively decrypt WEP traffic from a monitor mode interface. One of the things that I think is missing from Aircrack is the ability to do that, but with WPA(2) traffic as well. Are there any plans for this feature? How difficult would it be considering the fundamental differences in WEP and WPA?

Keep up the awesome work!

--Andrew

andrew_balls2 karma

My godfather and his wife (Kevin and Julia) have told me about you before. They told me about how they gave you the combination to their door and completely forgot that the lock is very difficult to open even with two functional arms.

Then they came home and you were inside and the door was locked and the key was back in it's place. That blew my mind.

Needless to say I'm extremely impressed and I hope to meet you someday in the future. Thanks for the AMA!

andrew_balls2 karma

Hey Tim,

Just wanted to say thanks for all the great work you've put out there. Tools of Titans was hands-down the leading factor to a much-needed life change for me last year. I had no idea who the fuck you were but I saw some reviews online from people I trust so I bought the kindle book, read a few chapters, and started meditating, making my bed, and journalling at night. Those three things ended up becoming the foundation for a lot of other really positive changes and habits I made in my life to drag me out of a nasty situation. It's crazy how small those things seemed at the time, but how large the impact ended up being.

Tangentially related: some of my good friends and I have pretty regularly attended one of the Tools of Titans meetup groups, and we've gotten a lot of really good shit from there too.

As far as my AMA questions:

  • You spend a lot of time talking about forming positive habits, but not a ton of time about letting go of old habits. Do you have any tips for letting go of those "old friend" habits that feel like such a strong part of your identity?

  • How deeply do you subscribe to interpretation/analysis of dreams?

Thanks for doing this AMA, and thanks for all the great content you've shared with the world.

andrew_balls1 karma

Can you give some more details on the new Feral Human Residential Program? I wasn't able to find anything about it on the website. Thanks!