Virtualization Adapted

InfoSec Survival Guide: Cracking Cisco Passwords with John

http://infosecsurvivalguide.blogspot.com/2008/11/cracking-cisco-passwords-with-john.html

http://www.openwall.com/john/pro/macosx/

http://www.macshadows.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=8506

John the Ripper 1.7.3.1

http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Security/John-the-Ripper.shtml

John the Ripper 1.7.2 for G4 PowerPC, G5 PowerPC and Intel Macs (Universal Binary) (released 11/30/07)

http://www.macunix.net/JTR/john-1.7.2-macosx-universal.zip

Download the pre-patched (for OS X salted SHA1 hashes too) pre-compiled version of John the Ripper here:

http://www.macunix.net/JTR/

Unzip the archive.

Open Terminal.

Drag the file “john” from the folder “run” from within the unzipped “john-1.7.2-macosx-universal” folder to the Terminal window and let go.

Type a space.

Drag the text file containing your hash ( student:078D486A55E9922772C7F6F46113038E4800D6EDF4D31720 ) to the Terminal window and let go.

Click back in the Terminal window and press the return key.
QUOTE
Loaded 1 password hash (Salt SHA1 [salt-sha1])
barlow (student)

procedure to find port by ip arp mac

Assumptions:
You have an IP address and want to find out what switch port it is on.
There is a core switch with edge switches and Cisco CDP is running.
Example: IP address is 10.1.1.69
- find the MAC address of this IP
open ssh console to core switch and run “sh arp”
coreswitch#sh arp | inc 10.1.1.69
Internet 10.1.7.69 0 0007.1234.cd43 ARPA Vlan5
- find port from MAC address
coreswitch#sh mac-address-table dynamic | inc 0007.1234.cd43
* 5 0007.1234.cd43 dynamic Yes 5 Gi7/12
- find edge switch for port
coreswitch#sh cdp nei gi7/12
Capability Codes: R – Router, T – Trans Bridge, B – Source Route Bridge
S – Switch, H – Host, I – IGMP, r – Repeater, P – Phone
Device ID Local Intrfce Holdtme Capability Platform Port ID
edgeswitch.company.net
Gig 7/12 176 S I WS-C3560G-Gig 0/49
- open ssh console to edge switch and run “sh arp” repeat process

The Cisco Unified Fabric – California – is getting a lot of buzz lately.

This video gives some idea of the implications…

“All your base are belong to us”

Let the debates begin…

Will IBM buy SUN as part of this?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/19/ibm_sun_deal_comment/

Juniper lowers CAPEX and OPEX and ensures flexibility and choice, and customer feedback verifies that we deliver a high-performance network.

http://forums.juniper.net/t5/Architecting-the-Network/California-Dreamin/ba-p/16488

http://virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/2009/03/interesting-dialog-on-the-cisco-ucs-stuff-and-a-bit-of-detail.html

http://www.internetworkexpert.org/2009/01/01/nexus-1000v-with-fcoe-cna-and-vmware-esx-40-deployment-diagram/

http://www.breakingpointsystems.com/community/blog/unified-computing-begets-unified-testing