KALI Raspberry PI

I have a raspberry Pi that has been sitting around my house gathering dust. Recently I saw the Kali Linux has a version for ARM architecture.

I set out to install Kali (a new BackTrack) on the device. In an attempt to have a box I can always access.  The Kali Pi plugs into the back of a ASUS (DD-WRT) RTN-16 router. I have NOT tried to power the Pi from the USB port attached on the router.

While attempting to write this article (get the Kali PI up and running) I have started over from scratch more times then I would like to admit (about 5). I do not view these as failed attempts, but as a refresher Linux course. I have not had direct usage of a Linux based system in almost 4 years and make of my skills are rusty (or non existent). Also I'm pretty lazy.

1.) Follow these instructions
    Use image for PI located here "http://cdimage.kali.org/"
    Use WinRAR to extract folder "kali-linux-1.0-armel-raspberrypi.img" > Open folder
    Using Fedora ARM "http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_ARM_Installer#Download_.26_Install_-_1.1.1-8"
        Select "kali-custom-rpi.img" and proceed to flash your card.



At this point your SD card will have used about 4 GB of space. It's important to notice that since we flashed the SC CARD your card will only be as large as the size of the file you flashed from. In other words, that 15GB SD card is going to have about 10 GB of unallocated space.  DON'T GO INSTALLING EVERYTHING JUST YET!

2.) Hook up a keyboard to your PI and Boot the device (plug in the USB power). At this point we want to just start the SSH Server. Additionally this step requires some form of a Network Scanner. I suggest NMap just make a quick scan of your local network ("nmap -T4 -F 192.168.1.1/24")

    root     <WAIT>
    toor     <WAIT>
    service ssh start
    <Run your NMap Scan to locate the IP of your Kali PI> 
 
You can now remove the keyboard attached to your PI. The only things plug into the little box should be Ethernet Cable, USB Power, and SD CARD.
   
3.) Installing 'raspi-config' (Access box using KiTTY or PuTTY)
Thank you internet!

[-- COPY THIS INTO YOUR TERMINAL-->
wget http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian/pool/main/r/raspi-config/raspi-config_20121028_all.deb
wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/lua5.1/lua5.1_5.1.5-4_armel.deb
wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/t/triggerhappy/triggerhappy_0.3.4-2_armel.deb
dpkg -i triggerhappy_0.3.4-2_armel.deb
dpkg -i lua5.1_5.1.5-4_armel.deb
dpkg -i raspi-config_20121028_all.deb
<--    END    --]


Enter the following Commands:

    raspi-config
       Select 'expand_rootfs'      <~ Fill that card
       Select 'ssh'                <~ Enable ssh on startup
    reboot 

4.) Install xRDP
Scan your network for Kali Pi
    apt-get install xrdp  <~ Will need to do this from remote terminal
    service xrdp start           
    reboot
 
Now all you do is need to connect to the box from your windows computer. 

NOTES:
    At this point in the the PI does not have a STATIC IP.
    'service xrdp start' has not been configured to start on startup.

Acrobat failed to load its Core DLL

After three emails from my parents I decided to look into their Adobe issue.

The issue just started earlier in the week, I believe Windows automatically patched, and adobe started producing the error message of  "...failed to load its Core DLL" 


There are  bunch of Adobe forums that attempt to resolve the issues with no clear fix.

Here's how I fixed it....

http://forums.adobe.com/message/5201386

"Copy all the FILES, not folders, from C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader x.x\reader to C:\"
 ~NeemobeerX


On the back end it might not be the cleanest way to fix the issues.

But it resolves all their issues! 

Provisioning (RingCentral) Polycom on GetJive

Moving a Polycom IP phone from RingCentral to GetJive

 

 

 

Here at the office, we stopped pushing RingCentral and switched over to GetJive.

 

I have 5 hours to learn how to provision Polycom Phones and switch them over to our clients GetJive account. I've only been working with VoIP for a year, and all my previous experience is with Cisco phones. Here's what I learned today:

 

 

 

Polycom provisioning instructions:

• Plug the phone into the internet, and the power

•It will say loading application – during that, press cancel press "setup"

• Enter the password ‘456’, then hit ok

• Scroll down to and select ‘Server Menu’ (Prov.Server/Provisioning)

• Set ‘Server Type’ to HTTP (NOT https)

• Set Server Address to (ADD PBX DOMAIN).onjive.com/p  (note: this MUST be lower-case)

• for (.) press *

• for (/) press # three times

• Remove everything from the Server User and Password Fields

• Press exit a few times, choosing to save and reboot when prompted.

If you need to Factory Reset, follow these instructions.

Polycom provisioning instructions:

• Reboot the phone

• During the Count down hold (1 3 5 7 for the 3xx and 4xx model OR 4 6 8 * for the 5xx and 6xx model) until prompted for a password 

The previous VOIP provider may have had a different password, so either call them and get it or try entering just the MAC address as the password.

• Follow the steps above

456 is the password for a phone that is not provisioned to Jive or is factory reset

8647 (voip) is the password for a  phone that is provisioned to Jive

Because RingCentral locks down phones they sell you, it's essential to DISCONNECT the phone from the network until after you have applied the new provisioning URL.