STEALING the NETWORK How to Own a Shadow

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KEY SERIAL NUMBER 001 HJIRTCV764 002 PO9873D5FG 003 829KM8NJH2 004 YRT43998KL 005 CVPLQ6WQ23 006 VBP965T5T5 007 HJJJ863WD3E 008 2987GVTWMK 009 629MP5SDJT 010 IMWQ295T6T PUBLISHED BY Syngress Publishing, Inc. 800 Hingham Street Rockland, MA 02370 Stealing the Network: How to Own a Shadow Copyright © 2007 by Elsevier, Inc.All rights reserved. Except as permitted under the Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the publisher, with the exception that the program listings may be entered, stored, and executed in a computer system, but they may not be reproduced for publication. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ISBN-10: 1-59749-081-4 ISBN-13: 978-1-59749-081-8 Publisher:Andrew Williams Page Layout and Art: Patricia Lupien Editor: D. Scott Pinzon Copy Editor: Christina LaPrue For information on rights, translations, and bulk sales, contact Matt Pedersen, Director of Sales and Rights, email [email protected]. 384_STS_FM.qxd 1/3/07 10:04 AM Page v Acknowledgments Syngress would like to acknowledge the following people for their kindness and support in making this book possible. A special thank you to all of the authors and editors who worked on the first three books in the “Stealing” series, each of whom is listed individually later in this front matter. To Jeff Moss and Ping Look of Black Hat, Inc. who have been great friends and supporters of the Syngress publishing program over the years.The Black Hat Briefings have provided the perfect setting for many Stealing brainstorming sessions. v 384_STS_FM.qxd 1/3/07 10:04 AM Page vi 384_STS_FM.qxd 1/3/07 10:04 AM Page vii Authors Johnny Long: Author, Technical Edit, Primary Stealing Character: Pawn Who’s Johnny Long? Johnny is a Christian by grace, a family guy by choice, a professional hacker by trade, a pirate by blood, a ninja in training, a security researcher and author. My home on the web is http://johnny.ihackstuff.com. This page can support only fraction of all I am thankful for.Thanks first to Christ without whom I am nothing.Thanks to Jen, Makenna,Trevor and Declan.You guys pay the price when deadlines hit, and this book in partic- ular has taken me away from you for far too long.Thanks for understanding and supporting me.You have my love, always. Thanks to Andrew and Christina (awesome tech edit) and the rest of my Syngress family.Thanks to Ryan Russell (Blue Boar) for your contributions over the years and for Knuth.What a great character! Thanks to Tim “Thor” Mullen.We work so well together, and your great ideas and collaborative contributions aside, you are a great friend. Thanks to Scott Pinzon for the guidance and the editorial work.Your contribution to this project has literally transformed my writing. Thanks to Pawn. If I have my say, we’ll meet again. Thanks to the johnny.ihackstuff.com mods (Murf, Jimmy Neutron, JBrashars, CP Klouw, Sanguis,ThePsyko,Wolveso) and members for your help and support.Thanks to RFIDeas for the support, and to Pablos for the RFID gear.Thanks to Roelof and Sensepost for BiDiBLAH, to NGS for the great docs, to nummish and xeron for Absinthe. Thanks to everyone at the real Mitsuboshi dojo, including Shidoshi and Mrs.Thompson, Mr.Thompson, Mr. Stewart, Mrs. Mccarron, Mrs. Simmons, Mr. Parsons, Mr. Birger, Mr. Barnett, Ms. Simmons, Mr. Street, Mrs. Hebert, Mrs. Kos, Mrs.Wagner and all those not listed on the official instructor sheet. vii 384_STS_FM.qxd 1/3/07 10:04 AM Page viii Shouts: Nathan “Whatever” Bowers, Stephen S, Mike “Sid A. Biggs”, John Lindner, Chaney, Jenny Yang, SecurityTribe, the Shmoo Group, Sensepost, Blackhat, Defcon, Neal Stephenson (Baroque), Stephen King (On Writing),Ted Dekker (Thr3e), Project86, Shadowvex, Green Sector, Matisyahu,Thousand Foot Krutch, KJ-52 (Slim Part 2).To Jason Russell, Bobby Bailey and Laren Poole for the Invisible Children movement (http://www.invisiblechildren.com). Timothy (Thor) Mullen: Created concept for this book, Author, Technical Edit, Primary Stealing Character: Gayle Thor has been educating and training users in the technology sector since 1983 when he began teaching BASIC and COBOL through a special educational program at the Medical University of South Carolina (while still a high school senior). He then launched his professional career in application development and network integration in 1984. Timothy is now CIO and Chief Software Architect for Anchor Sign, one of the 10 largest sign-system manufacturers in America. He has developed and implemented Microsoft networking security solutions for institutions like the US Air Force, Microsoft, the US Federal Courts, regional power plants, and international banking/financial institutions. He has developed applications ranging from military aircraft statistics interfaces and biological aqua-culture management to nuclear power-plant effects monitoring for private, government, and military entities.Timothy is currently being granted a patent for the unique architecture of his payroll processing engine used in the AnchorIS accounting solutions suite. Timothy has been a columnist for Security Focus’ Microsoft section, and is a regular contributor of InFocus technical articles. Also known as “Thor,” he is the founder of the “Hammer of God” security co-op group. His writings appear in multiple publications such as Hacker’s Challenge, the Stealing the Network series, and in Windows XP Security. His security tools, techniques and processes viii 384_STS_FM.qxd 1/3/07 10:04 AM Page ix have been featured in Hacking Exposed and New Scientist Magazine, as well as in national television newscasts and technology broadcasts. His pioneering research in “strikeback” technology has been cited in multiple law enforcement and legal forums, including the International Journal of Communications Law and Policy. Timothy holds MCSE certifications in all recent Microsoft operating systems, has completed all Microsoft Certified Trainer cur- riculums and is a Microsoft Certified Partner. He is a member of American Mensa, and has recently been awarded the Microsoft “Most Valuable Professional” (MVP) award in Windows Security for the second straight year.

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