Twitter account

my Twitter account:

http://twitter.com/Ghost6Shell

Name change

I have changed the name, of this Blog from Nex6, to Ghost6Shell. I also, have a matching twitter account. for now, the URL will

stay the same in nex6.blogspot.com

-Nex6

Argotic Syndication Framework

for Dot NET devs: Argotic Syndication Framework

Damn good RSS framework.

Have not posted in a while

I have not posted in a while, I should be back shortly....

the really random password generator (Powershell)

ok,

 

Here is a powershell script I wrote awhile back. thought Id post it.  its a really random password generator:

 

$pwdlength = [int]
$pwdlength = Read-Host "please provide desired password length"
$bytes = [byte[]][byte]1
$pwd = [string]""
$rng = New-Object System.Security.Cryptography.RNGCryptoServiceProvider
for($i=1;$i -le $pwdlength;$i++)
{
 $rng.getbytes($bytes)
 $rnd = $bytes[0] -as [int]
 $int = ($rnd % 74) + 48
 $chr = $int -as [char]
 $pwd = $pwd + $chr
}
write $pwd

 

 

enjoy.  

 

 

maybe later, I will modify it to control special characters. or if someone wants to figure it out, I will repost the code.

 

 

 

-Nex6

using powershell to reslove a host name to IP

ok,

 

Here is the best part you'll need:

 

$rs = [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses($i)|select-object IPAddressToString -expandproperty  IPAddressToString

 

now, I wrote this and tested it using powershell v2 ctp3, and it should work on the Lower versions but have not tested it.

 

 

with that line, you will have just an IP address in the var, $rs. from there you can do other things and fancy stuff, all aglore.

 

 

the select statement cleans up the output of: [System.Net.Dns]::GetHostAddresses($i) otherwise the output is not really useable as the output is formated in its own colums, with outher propertys. the select-object strips everything out except the IP address.

 

 

-Nex6

Daemon, by Daniel Suarez

This book, Daemon, is really good. its a techo-thriller and if you like

cyber, and techo types of books this book is one for you.

 

-Nex6

basic ruby script

I have been playing with Ruby, thought id post a basic hello world style script....


/code

#!/usr/bin/ruby


print "what do you want to print on screen:  "
str = gets
exit if str.nil? or str.empty?
str.chomp!

print "\n"
print str


/end code


-Nexus6

going forward

Everyone always likes to speculate  on the future of IT and computers / tech in general.  One thing for sure, there will be changes because.  There always is changes, the trick is to stay current and technical enough to have it not matter. weather thats getting a mac, or a linux desktop or if your a mac user getting a windows machine.  using all of the different OS's and at least playing with many of the different languages and other objects / items as yo can will help you in the long run.



-Nex6

 

random bilthering

In the dawn, of the information age indecision and lack of clarity would hamper innovation.  The large guilds, would all vi for power and control of that information. The cyberjockys that can
wield it. All of the large guilds, would have there own cyber warriors, each battling each other across the empty space of the NET.  With, the mundane users and peoples all plugged into this this massive power.

and, unwittingly the mundane become fodder in this new age.


-Nex6