OS X for Hackers at Heart

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910993889503321
• Autore: Potter Bruce
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Burlington, : Elsevier Science, 2005
• ISBN: 9786611035624; 9780080489483; 0080489486; 9781597499873; 1597499870; 9781281035622; 1281035629
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (464 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HurleyChris; LongJohnny; OwadTom; RogersRuss
• Disciplina: 005.446
• Soggetti: Mac OS; Social media - Security measures; Online social networks - Security measures; Risk management - Social aspects; Computer security
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Chapter 1 A Network Admin's Guide to Using Mac OS X; Running a Headless Mac; Adding Interfaces to the Mac; The Macintosh as a Router; Mac OS X as a RADIUS server; Chapter 2 Automation; Using Automator; Understanding AppleScript; Bash Scripting; Using Bash, AppleScript, and Automator Together!; Chapter 3 OS X in a Microsoft Environment; Accessing Network File Systems; NTLM Authentication; Connecting to a Windows PPTP Server; Zen of Running Windows Boxes from a Mac; Chapter 4 WarDriving and Wireless Penetration Testing with OS X; WarDriving with KisMAC; Penetration Testing with OS XOther OS X Tools for WarDriving and WLAN Testing; Chapter 5 Mac OS X for Pen Testers; The OS X Command Shell; Compiling and Porting Open Source Software; Using The "Top 75 Security Tools" List; Installing and Using The "Big" Tools; Other OS X "Must Haves"; Chapter 6 Mac Tricks (Stupid Powerbook Stunts That Make You Look Like a God); Desktop Console; Screen Savers; Widgets; Apple Motion Sensor; VNC with Apple Remote Desktop; Gestures; Sogudi; GUI Scripts; Chapter 7 OS X For the Road Warrior; Safe and Secure E-mail; Battery Management; Appendix A Hacking the iPod; Opening Your iPodReplacing the iPod Battery; Upgrading a 5GB iPod's Hard Drive; From Mac to Windows and Back Again; iPod Diagnostic Mode; Additional iPod Hacks; iPod Resources on the Web
• Sommario/riassunto: The sexy, elegant design of the Apple PowerBook combined with the Unix-like OS X operating system based on FreeBSD, have once again made OS X the Apple of every hacker's eye. In this unique and engaging book covering the brand new OS X 10.4 Tiger, the world's foremost "true hackers? unleash the power of OS X for everything form cutting edge research and development to just plain old fun.OS X 10.4 Tiger is a major upgrade for Mac OS X for running Apple's Macintosh computers and laptops. This book is not a reference to every feature and menu item for OS X. Rather, it teaches hackers of a