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		<title>Spawning A CMD Prompt From MS Word or Excel</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisbrenton.org/2009/10/spawning-a-cmd-prompt-from-ms-word-or-excel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[4-notice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is an old trick, but I still see a number of Administrators that think they have locked users out of the command prompt by simply removing the icon from the menu and disabling the Start&#8211;&#62; Run option. In this post I’ll discuss how to create a command prompt with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ubergeek Your Laptop For SANS Labs</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisbrenton.org/2009/09/ubergeek-your-laptop-for-sans-labs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:38:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I&#8217;m in San Diego giving a talk on how to work more effectively at the Window&#8217;s command line. Here&#8217;s a PDF version of the presentation for anyone that is interested: uber-geek-laptop-R3.pdf]]></description>
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		<title>Hiding A Backdoor Behind An Active Windows Listening Port</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisbrenton.org/2009/09/hiding-a-backdoor-behind-an-active-windows-listening-port/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2-alert]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[listening ports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[netcat]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chrisbrenton.org/?p=518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Its a common technique. You suspect one of your systems has been compromised, so you run a port scanner against the system. The hope is that if the system is backdoored you will identify an undocumented listening port. But what if a clever attacker hides the backdoor in plain site? What if they hide the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spoofing Your IP Address During A Port Scan – Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisbrenton.org/2009/08/spoofing-your-ip-address-during-a-port-scan-%e2%80%93-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3-err]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Network Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[firewall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ip spoofing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[network security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[perimeter security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[port scanning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I love debunking myths, one of my favorites is “a port scanner must reveal his true source IP address”. In this series I’ll show you how to perform a port scan while hiding your source IP address from the host being scanned. I’ll also tell you how you can detect the technique when it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Use Windows Auto-Complete And Command Line History</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisbrenton.org/2009/08/how-to-use-windows-auto-complete-and-command-history/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisbrenton.org/2009/08/how-to-use-windows-auto-complete-and-command-history/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 10:02:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[4-notice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windows command line]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chrisbrenton.org/?p=422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ran into this issue at a client site today so I thought I would post some info on it. I see a lot of Windows administrators that don’t know how to fully leverage the Windows auto-complete functionality as well as the command line history. I also see Linux and UNIX administrators who get confused because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leveraging the Windows “runas” command</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisbrenton.org/2009/07/leveraging-the-windows-%e2%80%9crunas%e2%80%9d-command/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3-err]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes we can be our own worst enemy. I’ve written a bit about Malware and how infection rates are through the roof. If you look at the one thing you can do to make a Malware author’s life easier, its logon to your Windows system as an Administrator equivalent. This problem was solved long ago [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Access To Windows Admin Tools</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisbrenton.org/2009/07/quick-access-to-windows-admin-tools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisbrenton.org/2009/07/quick-access-to-windows-admin-tools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[4-notice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windows admin tools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last post I talked about how using the Windows GUI can at times be cumbersome. If you administer a Windows network, you are frequently leveraging the Windows admin tools. Here are some tips to make that task a bit easier. List of Tools Here’s a list of the most commonly used Window’s admin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helpful Shortcuts For The Windows IP Geek</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisbrenton.org/2009/07/helpful-shortcuts-for-the-windows-ip-geek/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisbrenton.org/2009/07/helpful-shortcuts-for-the-windows-ip-geek/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[4-notice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windows batch files]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windows firewall]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chrisbrenton.org/?p=249</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of us do testing with our Windows systems which inevitably require us to change firewall settings and IP info. While Windows has given us a pretty GUI for performing these tasks, it can be cumbersome to navigate the menu options. In this post I'll show you how creating a few icons can help you take better control of this problem.]]></description>
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		<title>Dealing With Malware On Windows (Part 2) – Long Live Application Control</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisbrenton.org/2009/07/dealing-with-malware-on-windows-part-2-%e2%80%93-long-live-application-control/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisbrenton.org/2009/07/dealing-with-malware-on-windows-part-2-%e2%80%93-long-live-application-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3-err]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti-virus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[application control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[application whitelisting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[attack mitigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[host security]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post discusses why application control is better suited for controlling Malware than anti-virus software.
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		<title>Uber Geek Your Windows Laptop</title>
		<link>http://www.chrisbrenton.org/2009/07/uber-geek-your-windows-laptop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chrisbrenton.org/2009/07/uber-geek-your-windows-laptop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[4-notice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[batch files]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[common tasks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[error codes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windows command line]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thought some folks might find this useful. I&#8217;ve noticed that over the last few years working with the Windows command line has become a bit of a lost art. This is too bad as you can do some really cool stuff. This instructional is geared towards those folks that do not know the power of [...]]]></description>
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