Madrock

The problem has been discovered in the Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) introduced in 1993 to support 16-bit applications (real mode applications for 8086). VDM is based on the Virtual 8086 Mode (VM86) in 80386 processors and, among other things, intercepts hardware routines such as BIOS calls. Google security team member Tavis Ormandy has found several vulnerabilities in this implementation that allow an unprivileged 16-bit program to manipulate the kernel stack of each process via a number of tricks. This potentially enables attackers to execute code at system privilege level.

In addition to the unpatched hole in Internet Explorer, a now published hole in Windows allows users with restricted access to escalate their privileges to system level – and this is believed to be possible on all 32-bit versions of Windows from Windows NT 3.1 up to, and including Windows 7. While the vulnerability is likely to affect home users in only a minor way, the administrators of corporate networks will probably have their hands full this week.

The problem is caused by flaws in the Virtual DOS Machine (VDM) introduced in 1993 to support 16-bit applications (real mode applications for 8086). VDM is based on the Virtual 8086 Mode (VM86) in 80386 processors and, among other things, intercepts hardware routines such as BIOS calls. Google security team member Tavis Ormandy has found several vulnerabilities in this implementation that allow an unprivileged 16-bit program to manipulate the kernel stack of each process via a number of tricks. This potentially enables attackers to execute code at system privilege level.

Ormandy has also published a suitable exploit which functions under Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and 2008, Windows Vista and Windows 7. When tested by the The H’s associates at heise Security, the exploit opened a command prompt in the system context, which has the highest privilege level, under Windows XP and Windows 7. No patch has become available, although Ormandy reports that Microsoft was already informed of the hole in mid 2009. The developer decided to publish the information regardless because, in his opinion, there is a simple workaround: to disable the MS-DOS subsystem.

The workaround requires users to start the group policy editor and enable the “Prevent access to 16-bit applications” option in the Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Application Compatibility section. When tested with these settings by the heise Security team, the exploit no longer functioned. The settings reportedly don’t cause any major compatibility problems for most users while no 16-bit applications are being used.

Update – The above option is only available through the group policy editor on Windows 2003 systems. Some versions of Windows do not include a group policy editor. As an alternative, users can also create a registry key under \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AppCompat with a D-Word value of VDMDissallowed = 1. Under Windows XP, to prevent the system from being vulnerable to the exploit, users can place the following text:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AppCompat]

“VDMDisallowed”=dword:00000001

into a file called vdmdisallow.reg and double click the file. Windows will then automatically import the key (admin rights are required to perform this action).

Update 2 - Microsoft has now confirmed the privilege escalation hole in Windows. The company says that it wants to complete its investigation of the vulnerability and will then decide whether, how and when to close it.

See Also:

• Microsoft Windows NT #GP Trap Handler Allows Users to Switch Kernel Stack, security advisory from Travis Ormandy.

REDMOND — When it rains, it pours. Especially in the Seattle area. Tavis Ormandy has published full details on a privilege escalation hack of all versions of Windows including Windows 7.

The exploit takes advantage of a bug in the Windows implementation of the ‘virtual DOS machine’ used to run legacy 16-bit programs. The exploit can be avoided by turning the VDM ‘feature’ off but the danger of course is that enough Windows lusers won’t know about the bug and/or bother turning the ‘feature’ off.

16-bit applications need BIOS support; the Windows kernel supports virtual BIOS interrupts in its ‘Virtual-8086′ mode monitor code. The code is implemented in two stages. The #GP trap handler transitions to the second stage when CS:EIP faults with specific ‘magic’ values.

The transition requires (subsequent to authentication) restoring the context and the call stack from the faulting trap frame. But the authentication process is flawed, relying as it does on three incorrect assumptions.

• Setting up a VDM context requires SeTcbPrivilege.The barrier to getting a VDM context can be subverted by requesting the NT VDM subsystem and then using CreateRemoteThread() to run code in the context of the VDM subsystem. The VDM subsystem already has the necessary flag set.
• Ring 3 (unprivileged) code cannot install arbitrary code segment selectors.Using the two least significant bits of CS/SS to calculate the privilege of a task doesn’t work when it comes to Virtual-8086 mode. The 20-bit addressing (by adding CS << 4 to the 16-bit IP) is also used to map onto the protected linear Virtual-8086 address space. If CS can be set to an arbitrary value, then the privilege calculation can be circumvented.
• Ring 3 (unprivileged) code cannot forge a trap frame.Returns to user mode are through IRET. An invalid context can cause IRET to fail pre-commit, which in turn forges a trap frame. And even with address randomisation it’s trivial to use NtQuerySystemInformation() to obtain the address of the second stage BIOS handler.

Affected Systems

This bug dates back 17 years and affects all systems released since 27 July 1993 – Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows 7. See the links below for further details.

See Also
MITRE: CVE-2010-0232
Windows plagued by 17-year-old privilege escalation bug
NEOPHASIS: Trap Handler Allows Users to Switch Kernel Stack

Recently I have been looking into the vulnerabilities in the TLS negotiation process discovered late last year.

There are a range of experts debating the exploit methods, tools and how it may be fixed (server or client site or both). From what I have seen so far this may prompt a change to the TLS standard to introduce an extension to the protocol to validate sessions (session hand off and certificate validity).

www.ietf.org

isc.sans.org

• The original description (site is suffering from a slashdot effect as I write this)
• The summary by the IETF TLS workgroup, and promises for an amended protocol
• Marsh Ray’s paper
• March Ray’s protocol diagrams

www.win.tue.nl/hashclash/rogue-ca/

www.sslshopper.com/article-ssl-and-tls-renegotiation-vulnerability-discovered.html

I’m also trying to find some tools which may assist in testing for this. It looks like the exploit relies on an ARP poison or similar and then inserting plain text into the negotiation process.

Could be something that can be fixed over time as servers and clients are patched.

I have a Iphone and have been loading Ham applications onto it… Below is a list of some of them.

• Amateur Radio Exam Prep for iPhone – Amateur Radio License exams are composed of questions from a pool. Use this application to practice all possible questions prior to taking your exam
• CallBook for iPhone- CallBook is an Amateur Radio application that allows you to look up call signs via the free WM7D server, the QRZ Online subscription service or the HamCall subscription server and track active APRS stations on www.aprs.fi. Lookup results can be emailed and the QTH can be instantly viewed in the Maps application
• Elmer for iPhone – iPhone Software to practice taking your Ham Radio Exam
• Freq Finder: iPhone Repeater Directory – Freq Finder is an iPhone based Ham Radio Repeater Directory that locates repeaters based on the user location.
• FreqLoader: iPhone companion for the mobile ham- FreqLoader is the perfect iPhone/iPod Touch companion for amateur radio operators, monitoring enthusiasts, shortwave listeners and anyone with an interest in the air waves. Whether you’re an active licensed ham or an avid scanner listener, FreqLoader will allow you to find what you’re looking for, keep track of your stations, maintain complete logs and share your finds with friends, groups and the world.
• hamDXcluster for iPhone – DX Cluster for iPhone application
• iLocator for iPhone – A small application for Apple iPhone that calculate grid locator from gps, wifi or gsm cells by IW2BSQ
• iPhone Ham Radio Callsign Lookup- This webapp provides an iPhone-compatible lookup of Amateur Radio Callsigns. It provides the name, address, and license class (from the FCC’s public records) of any US-Licensed Amateur Radio Operator.
• Morse Key for iPhone – A free simple touchscreen-based CW Morse Code straight key. Practice sending Morse Code on your iPhone.
• IBCNU APRS on the Iphone - The Live IBCNU feed can be found here.
• APRS – how to configure the application can be found at http://www.aprs-is.net/Connecting.aspx. Find Maps  at http://www.openaprs.net/iphone/

UPDATE

EchoLink is finally available for the iPhone and iPod touch. It even allows me to use my Bluetooth car kit to have a QSO.

HAM’s who use EchoLink on the PC and Mac will appreciate the value of this on the iPhone.

Amateur Packet Radio Australian

Aussiewide Packet Radio Network http://www.ampr.org.au/

AAPRA http://members.optusnet.com.au/aapra

Australian Amateur Packet radio directory http://www.wia.org.au/links/Packet Radio Directory 050703.PDF

Data Group Sub Committee WICEN Vic http://datagrp.vic.wicen.org.au/

Queensland APRS Users Group http://www.tech-software.net/

VK2KFJ’s Packet Radio Links page http://www.qsl.net/vk2kfj/pacradio.html

VK3JED http://quest.apana.org.au/~tl/vk3jed/

VK4TTT XROUTER http://xrouter.ampr.org.au/

VK4ZU http://www.users.on.net/~trevorb/

VK5 AX25 Packet Network Map (VK5AH) http://homepages.picknowl.com.au/wavetel/vk5pack.htm

Winlink

Winpack

10GHz data Link http://www.cck.net.au/areg/inside/projects/10ghz/10ghz.htm

International

About Digital Ham Radio http://home.teleport.com/~nb6z/about.htm

Amateur Packet Radio Gateways http://www.ampr-gates.net/frame_e.htm

Amateur Packet Radio, net 44, and AMPR.ORG `http://www.ampr.org/

American Febo Enterprises http://www.febo.com/index.html

ARRL HSMM Links http://www.arrl.org/hsmm/links.html

Athenian TCP/IP http://www.athnet.ampr.org/freeserv.htm

BayCom http://www.baycom.org/

BBS Hierarchical Addressing Protocol http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/Fbbssig.html

Colin’s packet info http://website.lineone.net/~colin_mccord/Radio/packet_radio.htm

CHIFLEY A R CLUB http://hamgate.rpi.net.au/netstat.html

CHIFLEY A R CLUB http://hamgate.rpi.net.au/chifley/packet.html

CX2SA http://cx2sa.net/

digitalhamradio http://www.digitalham.net/

DRSTM (Data Radio Standard Test Methods) http://www.rocler.qc.ca/burt/drstm.html

Flexnet http://dl0td.afthd.tu-darmstadt.de/~flexnet/

FUNET http://www.funet.fi/pub/ham/packet/

FUNET ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/ham/packet/

F4DAY http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jf.fourcadier/index_e.htm

F6FBB http://www.f6fbb.org/

GB7DIP TNOS/PBBS http://www.qsl.net/gb7dip/access.html

GB7IMK http://www.gb7imk.co.uk/

G4JKQ http://www.btinternet.com/~g4jkq/

G4JKQ TCP/IP Telnet listing http://www.qsl.net/g4jkq/tcp.htm

G7JJF TNC Driver Support (WINTNC) http://www.g7jjf.demon.co.uk/

High speed (2 Mbit/s) data signaling project http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jf.fourcadier/haut_debit/projet/projet_e.htm

High speed packet http://hydra.carleton.ca/articles/hispeed.html

High Speed Packet radio http://www.lmrgroup.com/ke3ht/hspr.html

High-speed Packet Radio http://cacofonix.nt.tuwien.ac.at/~oe1kib/Radio/

KE5FX http://www.qsl.net/ke5fx/

K4ABT (home page) http://www.packetradio.com/

K4ABT (packet radio primer) http://www.packetradio.com/primer.htm

Linux® / Amateur Radio Information http://delbert.matlock.com/linux-radio.htm

Linux projects http://cacofonix.nt.tuwien.ac.at/~oe1kib/Linux/

Linux AX25-HOWTO http://tldp.org/HOWTO/AX25-HOWTO/

MPRG http://www.mprg.ampr.org/index.html

NNA http://www.btinternet.com/~nna/

Netterm http://www.cs.unca.edu/~edmiston/handouts/netterm.html

PA3CGO http://www.qsl.net/pa3gco/

Packet Cluster information http://cpcug.org/user/wfeidt/Misc/pctut.html

Packet  Info and Downloads http://www.packetradio.com/

Packet Links http://www.stack.serpukhov.su/~victor/hamradio/packet/packet.html

Packet Net (VK5 packet map) http://www.packetnet.org/

Packet Net (FBB software) http://www.packetnet.org/fbb.htm

PAcket Digital Amateur Network (PADAN) http://www.weaksignals.com/

PZT Software by G8PZT (Xrouter, PZT BBS) http://www.g8pzt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/software/software.htm

Radio-TNC Wiring Diagrams http://users3.ev1.net/~medcalf/ztx/wire/

RST http://www.qsl.net/on1blu/

Russian Packet http://www.stack.serpukhov.su/~victor/hamradio/packet/packet.html

Slovenian ATV/Packet http://lea.hamradio.si/~s51kq/

Sound Card Packet http://www.qsl.net/soundcardpacket/index.html

TAPR http://www.tapr.org/

TCP/IP Telnet listing http://www.btinternet.com/~g4jkq/tcp.htm

TNC-X http://www.tnc-x.com/

TPK http://www.f6fbb.org/f1ebn/index.htm

TNOS Central http://www.lantz.com/tnos/

TVIPUG http://www.tvipug.org

United Kingdom Internet Protocol http://www.gb7imk.co.uk/ukip/

VHF/UHF/Microwave Radio Propagation: A Primer for Digital Experimenter http://www.tapr.org/tapr/html/ve3jf.dcc97/ve3jf.dcc97.html

WA4DSY 56k RF Modem http://www.wa4dsy.net/

Yet Another 9k6 Modem http://www.microlet.com/yam/

1.2 GHz TRX http://www.ccr.jussieu.fr/physio/f6bvp/txenglish.html

9600 BAUD – A SHOPPERS GUIDE: http://www.g1gyc.demon.co.uk/martin/9600.htm

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Sound Card Packet

ILINKBOARDS.com http://www.ilinkboards.com/

Sound Card Buddy http://www.sparetimegizmos.com/Hardware/SoundBuddy.htm

Soundcard Interfacing http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/interface.html

Sound Card Packet AGWPE (KC2RLM) http://www.patmedia.net/ralphmilnes/soundcardpacket/SV2AGW http://www.elcom.gr/sv2agw/ Sound Card Interface with Tone Keyer (WA8LMF) http://members.aol.com/wa8lmf/ham/tonekeyer.htm

QDG sound card interface

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Winlink

Winlink! 2000 http://winlink.org/

Aussie Winlink http://www.aussiewinlink.org

Pactor Communications Australia http://www.pca.cc/

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Winpack

Winpack home page http://www.peaksys.co.uk/

Winpack info http://www.g4fip.cwc.net/winpack.htm

Winpack info http://www2.tpg.com.au/users/peteglo/winpack.htm

Winpack info http://www.btinternet.com/~gb7omn/winpack.htm

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TNC  information

General

Data Group Sub Committee WICEN Vic http://datagrp.vic.wicen.org.au/

Setting Your TNC’s Audio Drive Level http://www.febo.com/packet/layer-one/transmit.html

TNC and Radio mods http://www.johnmather.free-online.co.uk/tnc.htm

TNC 2 – MFJ 1270 – Tone Calibration Procedure http://datagrp.vic.wicen.org.au/mfjtones.htm

TNC Mods by Warren Stirling VK3XSW http://203.36.211.21/xswmods/

MFJ

Alignment of MFJ-1270B http://www.packetradio.com/1270algn.htm

MFJ-1270 Tone Calibration http://gyld.online.se/mods/misc/MFJ1270

MFJ-1270B mods http://www.mods.dk/mods.php3?radio=tnc&model=mfj-1270&selectid=1073#1073

MFJ 1270B Modifications http://203.36.211.21/xswmods/mfj1270b.htm

MFJ-1270B Electromagnetic Interference http://datagrp.vic.wicen.org.au/mfj_emi.htm

MFJ-1278B Care and maintenance http://www.qsl.net/ke4mob/

AEA

PK-88 Mods http://www.mods.dk/mods.php3?model=pk-88&radio=tnc

PK-88 birdie fix http://732.com/ham/mods/aea/pk88fix.htm

AEA radio and TNC mods http://www.k7on.com/mods/aea/mods/aeamod.txt

Other suppliers

BYONICS http://byonics.com/

Fox Delta http://www.foxdelta.com/

Hal Communications http://www.halcomm.com/AmateurProducts.htm

Kantronics http://www.kantronics.com/

PacComm http://www.paccomm.com/

PKTerm for Windows http://www.cssincorp.com/pkterm/

Small Wonder Labs http://www.smallwonderlabs.com/

The DXZone Digital and Packet Radio http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Manufacturers/Digital_and_Packet_Radio/

Tigertronics http://www.tigertronics.com/

Timewave http://www.timewave.com/amprods.html

TNC-X – The Expandable TNC http://www.tnc-x.com/

YAM Modem http://www.nordlink.org/yam/

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Gateways

Amateur Packet Radio Gateways http://www.ampr-gates.net

G4JKQ http://www.g4jkq.co.uk/

Packet gateways http://www.packetnet.org/packet_gateways.htm

Radio Gateway Project http://www.cisi.unito.it/radiogw/index.html

The Gateways Home Page http://www.ampr-gateways.org/

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High-Speed Digital Networks and Multimedia (Amateur)

N5OOM’s HSMM Projects http://www.n5oom.org/hsmm/

ARRL High-Speed Digital Networks and Multimedia http://www.arrl.org/hsmm/

North Texas High Speed MultiMedia group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ntms-hsmm/

San Antonio 802.11 http://home.satx.rr.com/wdubose/

Also take a look at the wireless LAN pages

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APRS

Aus APRS http://www.radio-active.net.au/vk2_aprs.html

APRS http://www.radio-active.net.au/web/gpsaprs/aprsrept.html

APRS http://aprs.rutgers.edu/

APRS http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/aprs.html

APRS http://www.cave.org/aprs/

APRS http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/aprs.html

APRS in Adelaide http://vk5.aprs.net.au/

APRS+SA Home Page http://www.tapr.org/~kh2z/aprsplus/

APRS maps & stuff http://www.users.cloud9.net/~alan/ham/aprs/

APRS Maps for G4IDEs UI-VIEW http://www.gb7iph.demon.co.uk/APRS_Maps___Links/aprs_maps___links.html

AVR-Microcontroller http://www.qsl.net/dk5jg/aprs_karten/index.html

APRS in the UK http://www.aprsuk.net/

aprsworld http://www.aprsworld.net

APRS.DE http://www.aprs.de/

APRS-Berlin http://www.aprs-berlin.de/

APRS-Frankfurt http://www.aprs-frankfurt.de/

BYONICS (Electronics Projects for Amateur Radio) http://www.byonics.com/

CanAPRS http://www.canaprs.net/

Dansk APRS Gruppe http://www.aprs.dk/

findU.com http://www.findu.com/

France APRS http://www.franceaprs.net/

Kansas City APRS Working Group http://www.kcaprs.org/

KD4RDB http://wes.johnston.net/aprs/

Le Club ARPS France http://aprs.free.fr/

Live Australian APRS data maps http://www.aprs.net.au/japrs_live.html

NIAN http://nian.aprs.org/

N2YGK http://www.users.cloud9.net/~alan/ham/aprs/Ohio APRS NET http://www.ohioaprs.net/

Queensland APRS Users Group http://www.tech-software.net/

Tri-State APRS Working Group http://www.tawg.org/

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Other Digital Modes

General HF-FAX http://www.hffax.de/index.html The Digital Ham Radio Revolution! http://home.teleport.com/~nb6z/about.htm NB6Z http://home.teleport.com/~nb6z/ ZL1BPU http://www.qsl.net/zl1bpu/

Morse Code

CW FACTS AND OPERATING TIPS http://www.magiclink.com/web/shurst/Page2.html

CW Operators’ QRP Club Inc. http://www.users.on.net/~zietz/qrp/club.htm

Fists Down Under http://fistsdownunder.morsekeys.com

FISTS DOWNUNDER http://www.fistsdownunder.org

LEARN MORSE CODE in one minute ! http://www.learnmorsecode.com/

MRX morse code http://www.mrx.com.au/

NZART CW program http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/Exam/morse.html

Not Morse Code, Slow Scan , Packet or APRS

HamDream by HB9TLK (digital radio) http://www.qslnet.de/member/hb9tlk/

JE3HHT, Makoto (Mako) Mori http://www.qsl.net/mmhamsoft/

PSK31 and other PC Magic http://www.psk31.com/

SIMPLE32 http://www.simple32.com/

WSJT ACTIVITY IN AU (follow link) http://www.tased.edu.au/tasonline/vk7wia/

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Amateur Digital Radio

AR Digital Voice Communications http://www.hamradio-dv.org/

ARRL digital voice http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/digivoice.html

ARRL Digital Voice the next new mode? http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/pdf/0201028.pdf

Australian National D-Star http://www.dstar.org.au/

G4GUO (HF digital modems) http://www.chbrain.dircon.co.uk/index.html

Ham Radio digital info http://www.hamradio.com/pdf/dstar.pdf

ICOM America digital http://www.icomamerica.com/amateur/dstar/

TAPR digital http://www.tapr.org/tapr/dv/

Temple University Digital Voice Project http://www.temple.edu/k3tu/digital_voice.htm

Temple University Vocoder Redux http://www.temple.edu/k3tu/VocoderRedux.pdf

WinDRM – HF Digital Radio Mondiale http://n1su.com/windrm/

W2BRI’s Digital Voice Site http://www.standpipe.com/w2bri/fastmodem/fastmodem.htm

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D-Star

Australian D-Star information http://www.dstar.org.au/

D-Star users http://www.d-starusers.org/

D-Star wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-STAR

ICOM America D-Star Forums http://www.icomamerica.com/en/support/forums/tt.asp?forumid=2

K5TIT http://www.k5tit.org/

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Software Defined Radio

FlexRadio Systems Software Defined Radios http://www.flex-radio.com/

Rocky software for SoftRock-40 hardware http://www.dxatlas.com/rocky/

SDRadio – a Software Defined Radio http://digilander.libero.it/i2phd/sdradio/

SoftRock-40 Software Defined Radio http://www.amqrp.org/kits/softrock40/index.html

The Weaksignals pages og Alberto I2PHD (software) http://www.weaksignals.com/

Winrad software defined radio http://www.winrad.org/winrad/index.html

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Digital Radio

BBC digital Radio http://www.bbc.co.uk/digitalradio/

DABdigital http://www.ukdigitalradio.com/home/default.asp

Digital Audio Broadcasting http://www.digitalradio.ca/

Digital Radio Broadcasting http://happy.emu.id.au/lab/info/digradio/index.html

Digital Radio is the sound of the future http://www.radio.cbc.ca/radio/digital-radio/drri.html

Digital Radio http://www.magi.com/~moted/dr/

Digital radio mondiale http://www.drm.org/indexdeuz.htm

DRDB http://www.drdb.org/

DRM – Digitaler Rundfunk unter 30 MHz http://www.b-kainka.de/drm.htm#dritte

SimplyRadios.com http://www.simplyradios.com/dab/dabhome.htm

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Amateur Radio Direction Finding

Amateur Radio Direction Finding – ARDF http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/ar_info/ardf.html

Amateur Radio Direction Finding and Orienteering http://vkradio.com/ardf.html

Amateur Radio Direction Finding Webring http://www.qsl.net/vk3zpf/webring1.htm

Homing In http://members.aol.com/homingin/

RON GRAHAM ELECTRONICS (ARDF and more) http://users.mackay.net.au/~ron/

Victorian ARDF Group Inc. http://www.ardf.org.au/

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Repeater Linking

There are currently There are 5 internet linking projects that I know of :-

IRLP,  iPHONE, iLINK, eCHOLINK and WIN SYSTEM (May 2005)

EchoLink http://www.echolink.org/

Hamlink (K1RFD) http://www.hamlink.net/

KWARC (live audio) http://www.kwarc.org/listen/

Internet Linking http://www.qsl.net/g3zhi/index2.html

IRLP http://www.irlp.net/

IRLP status http://status.irlp.net

IRLP VK2RBM http://www.bmarc.oz-hams.org/irlp.html

IRLP VK4MTV http://www.throbware.com.au/irlp/

WIN SYSTEM http://www.winsystem.org/

Wires http://www.vxstd.com/en/wiresinfo-en/

iLINK

G4CDY-L Internet Gateway http://www.g4cdy.co.uk/

G7WFM Repeater Linking http://www.g7wfm.co.uk/

iLink http://www.aacnet.net./

VA3TO iLINK INTERFACE http://www.ilinkca.com/

VK2JTP iLINK gateway http://www.qsl.net/vk2jtp/

WB2REM & G4CDY’S  iLINK boards http://www.ilinkboards.com/

WB4FAY http://www.wb4fay.com/ilink_FAQ.html

INTERFACES

ILINKBOARDS.com http://www.ilinkboards.com/

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laser diodes

A Lightwave Communication http://www.n1bug.net/tech/laser/alc_wa6ejo.html

A R Laser Communications http://www.qsl.net/wb9ajz/laser/laser.htm

Australian Optical DX Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Optical_DX/

Driver Enhancements http://www.misty.com/people/don/laserdps.htm#dpsdepm

European Laser Communications http://www.emn.org.uk/laser.htm

Laser Communications http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/laser.html

Laser Communications http://www.gbonline.com/~multiplx/wireless/laser/

Mike’s Electric Stuff http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~wwl/electric.html

Ronja http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~clock/twibright/ronja/

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Amateur Radio Licence

Amateur Regulations Examination Guide http://www.wiavic.org.au/edu/regs.html

Australian  info http://www.wia.org.au/info/gettingstarted.html

radiofun http://www.alphalink.com.au/~parkerp/gateway.htm

Radio and electronics School http://www.radioelectronicschool.com/about_course.html

Worldwide Information on Licensing for Radio Amateurs by OH2MCN http://www.qsl.net/oh2mcn/license.htm

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Amateur Radio Clubs and Organisations

Also see ATV link page

and VHF link page

Australian

Adelaide Hills Amateur Radio Society http://www.qsl.net/vk5bar/

Amateur Radio Victoria http://www.amateurradio.com.au/

APC news http://vk3apc.mdrc.org.au/apcnews/

Barossa Amateur Radio Club VK5BRC http://www.qsl.net/vk5brc/

Bayside and District A R Society http://www.freewebs.com/vk4bar/

Brisbane Amateur Radio Club http://www.qsl.net/vk4ba/index.html

Brisbane VHF Group

Central Coast Amateur Radio Club http://www.ccarc.org.au/

Central Goldfields A R Club http://www.cgfar.com/

CHIFLEY A R CLUB http://chifley.radiocorner.net/

Coffs Harbour & District Amateur Radio Club http://www.qsl.net/vk2ep/index.html

CW Operators’ QRP Club Inc. http://www.users.on.net/~zietz/qrp/club.htm

Darling Downs Radio Club http://www.qslnet.de/member/ddrc/

Eastern and Mountain District Radio Club http://www.emdrc.com.au

Gippsland Gate Radio and Electronics Club http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ggrec/

Gold Coast AR Society http://www.gcars.com.au/

Healesville Amateur Radio Group http://www.harg.org.au/

Historical Wireless Society of South East Queensland http://www.hws.org.au/

Ipswich Metro Radio Group http://imrg.ips-mesh.net/

Ipswich Radio Club http://www.vkradio.org.au/

Lockyer Valley Radio and Electronic Club Inc http://www.qsl.net/vk4wil/

Locan West http://www.loganwest.cableable.com

Manly-Warringah Radio Society http://www.qsl.net/vk2mb/

Mid North Coast Amateur Radio Group http://www.mncarg.org

NWTARIG http://vk7ax.tassie.net.au/nwtarig/

QRP Amateur Radio Club International http://www.qrparci.org/

Queensland APRS Users Group http://www.tech-software.net/

RADAR Club Inc http://radarclub.tripod.com

Radio Amateurs Old Timers Club Australia Inc http://www.raotc.org.au/

Radio Sport http://www.uq.net.au/radiosport/

Radio and Electronics Association of Southern Tasmania http://reast.asn.au/

Redcliffe & Districts Radio Club Inc. http://vk4rc.we.net.au/

Riverland Amateur Radio Club http://www.rrc.org.au/

South Australian Packet User Group Inc. (SAPUG) http://www.sapug.ampr.org/

SERG http://serg.mountgambier.org

South Coast AMATEUR RADIO Club http://www.scarc.org.au/

SOUTHSIDE AMATEUR RADIO SOCIETY http://www.qsl.net/vk4wss/

Summerland Amateur Radio Club Inc http://www.nor.com.au/community/sarc/

Sunshine Coast Amateur Radio Club http://vk4wis.org/Tablelands Radio and Electronics http://www.trec.aussiewide.com Townsville Amateur Radio Club http://vk4zz.no-ip.org/tarc/

Twin Cities Radio & Electronics Club http://members.iinet.net.au/~sargeant644/tcrec/index.html

VK Young Amateur Radio Operator’s Net http://www.geocities.com/vk_ya/

VK3APC http://www.mdrc.org.au/

VK3BEZ (WIA Eastern Zone Amateur Radio Club) http://www.qsl.net/vk3bez/

VK4WIL http://www.qsl.net/vk4wil/

West Australia Repeater Group http://www.warg.org.au

WESTLAKES AR Club http://www.westlakesarc.org.au/

WIA VK4 Qld http://www.wiaq.com/

WIA VK4 QNEWS NEWSROOM http://www.wiaq.com/qnews/upload/qnews.htm

WIA VK3 http://www.wiavic.org.au

WIA http://www.wia.org.au/ WICEN Australia http://www.wicen.org.au/ WIA WICEN Queensland page http://www.wiaq.com/wiaq/wicen.htm

WICEN Brisbane Qld

New Zealand

NZART http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/

NZART Branches http://www.nzart.org.nz/nzart/Branches/

Papakura Radio Club http://www.qsl.net/zl1vk/

Tauranga AR Club http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/chrisle/index.htm

Wanganui Amateur Radio Society Inc. http://www.zl2ja.org.nz/

Wellington VHF Group http://www.vhf.org.nz/

International

American QRP Club http://www.amqrp.org/index.html

ARAC Online http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mikeadams/index.htm

ARRL http://www.arrl.org/

Clear Lake Amateur Radio Club http://www.clarc.org/

FRARS http://www.frars.org.uk/

HKAR http://www.hkra.org/

HRDXA http://www.qsl.net/vr2dxa/

ISSARO http://www.issaro.net

KIDSHAMRADIO http://www.kidshamradio.com/

K2MFF Amateur Radio club http://www-ec.njit.edu/~k2mff/

K9IU Indiana University AR Club http://www.indiana.edu/~k9iu/

North TeXas Repeater Association http://www.ntxra.com/main_page.htm

N0WGE http://www.sckans.edu/~sireland/radio/

Peterlee Radio Club G0KVJ http://www.g0fbw.demon.co.uk/

The Repeater Builders Technical Information Page http://www.repeater-builder.com/rbtip/index.html#main-index

Richardson Wireless Klub http://www.k5rwk.org/

RADARS http://www.mbc.co.uk/RADARS/

RSGB http://www.rsgb.org/

SARL http://www.sarl.org.za/

Submarine Veterans Amateur Radio http://w0oog.50megs.com/

Southgate AR club http://www.southgatearc.org/index.htm

TEARA http://www.teara.org/

The 500 KC Experimental Group for Amateur Radio http://www.500kc.com/

Tucson Amateur Packet Radio http://www.tapr.org/

Winona Amateur Radio Club http://www.jarviscomputer.com/warc/

W6DEK 435 Los Angeles http://www.w6dek.com/

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Amateur Radio

Australian

Amateur  Radio  Australia http://www.amateurradio.org.au/index4alt.htm

Amateur and other Links http://members.ozemail.com.au/~vk2wi/links.html

Australian AR Repeater Map http://vkham.com/australimaps.html

AMATEUR RADIO WIKI http://www.amateur-radio-wiki.net

HAM FAQ http://members.ozemail.com.au/~andrewd/hamradio/hamfaq.html

HAM SHACK COMPUTERS http://www4.tpgi.com.au/users/vk6pg/

Ham Radio in Australia with VK1DA http://members.ozemail.com.au/~andrewd/hamradio/

HF Radio Antenna Tuners http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/eagle33/elect/ant_tuner.htm

Queensland AR Repeater listings http://vkham.com/Repeater/vk4map.html

Radioactive Networks: Ham http://www.radio-active.net.au/web/ham/

Tony Hunt VK5AH (Home of Adelaides 10m Repeater) http://homepages.picknowl.com.au/wavetel/default.htm

VK Amateur Radio Page http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bpittman/

VK1DA’s Amateur Radio Web Directory http://members.ozemail.com.au/~andrewd/hamradio/radlink.html

VK1KEP http://www.pcug.org.au/~prellis/amateur/

VK1OD http://www.vk1od.net/

VK2AFL http://www.qsl.net/vk2afl/

VK2BA (AM radio) http://www.macnaughtonart.com/default.htm

VK3PA http://www.vk3pa.com/home.asp

VK3UKF http://members.fortunecity.co.uk/vk3ukf/index.html

VK3XPD http://www.users.bigpond.com/alandevlin/index.html

VK3YE’s Gateway to AR http://www.alphalink.com.au/~parkerp/gateway.htm

VK3ZQB http://members.datafast.net.au/vk3zqb/

VK4CEJ http://www.hfradio.org/vk4cej/hamlinks.html

VK4TEC http://www.tech-software.net/

VK4TUB http://www.vk4tub.org/

VK4ZGB http://members.optusnet.com.au/jamieb/index.html

VK4ZQ http://users.bigpond.net.au/vk4zq/

VK4ZU http://www.users.on.net/~trevorb/

VK5ARD http://www.vk5ard.com/

VK5BR http://users.tpg.com.au/users/ldbutler/

VK5KK http://www.ozemail.com.au/~tecknolt/index.html

VK7AX http://www.vk7ax.tassie.net.au/

VK8JJ http://www.qsl.net/vk8jj/

New Zealand

Micro Controller Projects for Radio Amateurs and Hobbyists http://www.qsl.net/zl1bpu/micro/index.htm

Precision Frequency Transmission and Reception http://www.qsl.net/zl1bpu/micro/Precision/index.htm

ZL2TZE http://zl2tze.ath.cx

ZL3TMB http://www.hamradio.co.nz/

International

AC6V’s AR & DX Reference http://www.ac6v.com/

A DTMF Beacon controller http://ns1.mesh.net/~g4fre/dtmf.htm

Amateur radio with Knoppix http://www.afu-knoppix.de/

Amateur Radio Resources http://hamster.ivey.uwo.ca/~amsoft/amsoft0.htm

Amateur Radio Soundblaster Software Collection http://www.muenster.de/~welp/sb.htm

AM fone.net http://www.amfone.net

AMRAD Low Frequency Web Page http://www.amrad.org/projects/lf/index.html

Colin’s site http://website.lineone.net/~colin_mccord/Radio/index.htm

CX2SA http://cx2sa.net/

DL4YHF http://www.qsl.net/dl4yhf/

Direction finding http://members.aol.com/homingin/

DSP Links http://users.iafrica.com/k/ku/kurient/dsp/links.html

Electric-web.org www.electric-web.org

EI4HQ http://www.4c.ucc.ie/~cjgebruers/index.htm

EI8IC http://www.qsl.net/ei8ic/

EHAM http://www.eham.net/

eQSL (electronic QSL) http://www.eqsl.cc/qslcard/

HamInfoBar http://www.haminfobar.co.uk/

Felix Meyer http://home.datacomm.ch/hb9abx/

ftp list http://ftp.pspt.fi/pub/ham/ftp.ucsd.edu/

FUNET http://www.funet.fi/pub/ham/

F4DAY http://perso.wanadoo.fr/jf.fourcadier/index_e.htm

Gateway to Amateur Radio http://www.alphalink.net.au/~parkerp/gabra.htm

Grid Square Locator http://www.arrl.org/locate/grid.html

G3PTO http://www.qsl.net/g3pto/

G4FGQ’s Software http://www.btinternet.com/~g4fgq.regp/

G4KLX (The [ON/]G4KLX Page) http://www.qslnet.de/member/g4klx/

HAM RADIO EQUIPMENT & ACCESSORIES http://www.area-ham.org/library/equip/equip.htm

Ham-Links http://www.k1dwu.net/ham-links/

HAMUNIVERSE.COM http://www.hamuniverse.com/

Hamview DSP software http://www.qsl.net/k3pgp/Hamview/hamview.htm

Harry’s PDF Library http://hem.passagen.se/sm0vpo/

HA8ET http://www.pollak.sulinet.hu/www/radio.html

Homebrew RF Test Equipment And Software http://www.qsl.net/n9zia/wireless/appendixF.html#10

KA7NOC http://www.magiclink.com/web/shurst/

KB4VOL   link site http://pages.prodigy.com/kb4vol/

KE5FX http://www.qsl.net/ke5fx/

KF6VTA & KG4TBJ http://www.geocities.com/silensiosham/index.html

KU4AY ham radio directory http://www.ku4ay.net/

KU5F Ham tools and links http://www.wtrt.net/~ku5s/

KU9Z AR links http://my.ais.net/~n9bkm/page1.htm

K1DWU http://www.k1dwu.net/

K1TTT http://www.k1ttt.net/

K1TTT Technical Reference http://www.k1ttt.net/technote/techref.html

K3PGP http://www.k3pgp.org/

K3TZ Ham Radio Experimentation http://www.qsl.net/k3tz/

K6XC (links) http://home.earthlink.net/~rluttringer/

Lighthouses (International Lighthouse/ Lightship Weekend) http://illw.net

Links2go http://www.links2go.net/more/www.ampr.org/

Links http://imc23.univ.trieste.it/links.html

Mels AMATEUR RADIO LINK’S http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/melspage/amlinks.htm

Michael Todd Computers & Communications http://www.arcompanion.com/

MoDTS http://www.m0dts.co.uk/

n e o a m a t e u r . o r g http://neoamateur.org/

NT8N http://www.qsl.net/nt8n

NW7US   (Amateur and Shortwave Radio) http://hfradio.org/

N3EYR’s Radio Links http://www.isrv.com/~joel/radio.html

PD0RKC http://www.qsl.net/pd0rkc/

PI6ATV (ATV, Antenna, software, info) http://members.tripod.lycos.nl/PI6ATV/software.htm

QRP and SWL HomeBuilder http://www.qrp.pops.net/

Radio Links http://www.angelfire.com/ri/theboss1/

Radio Corner (forum) http://www.radiocorner.net

Ray Vaughan http://rayvaughan.com/

Reference http://www.panix.com/~clay/ham/

Simplex radio software http://perso.clubinternet.fr/f1orl/simplexg.htm

S-Meter http://www.smeter.net/

streaming radio programs http://live365.com/home/index.live

The DX Zone http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Reference/Radio_Spectrum/

The Elmer HAMlet (information) http://www.qth.com/antenna/index.htm

VE1XYL and VE1ALQ http://www.qsl.net/ve1alq/downloads/tetrode-ps/pwrsup.htm

WB6VUB (links) http://www.mpicomputers.com/ham/

WL7LP http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Castle/3782/wl7lp.html

WA6TWJ http://www.jps.net/nwr/wa6twj.htm

W2XO http://www.w2xo.pgh.pa.us/

XE1BEF  (DX, mods, links and more) http://www.geocities.com/xe1bef/

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Communications Equipment

Australian

Andrews Communication Systems http://www.andrewscom.com.au/

AUSTRALIAN ENTERPRISE INDUSTRIAL http://www.spin.net.au/~aeitower/

BENELEC www.benelec.com.au

Bushcomm www.bushcomm.com.au

connektron www.connektron.com.au

G. & C. COMMUNICATIONS www.gccomm.com.au

Hamak (RM Products Italy) http://www.hamak.com.au/

Hamshack http://www.hamshack.com.au

Jenlex http://home.vicnet.net.au/~jenlex/

KENWOOD Australia http://www.kenwood.com.au/

Kyle Communications http://www.kyle.com.au/

ICOM Australia http://www.icom.net.au

Mini-kits http://www.minikits.com.au/

One Man Towers http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~aeitower/

OZGEAR http://www.ozgear.com.au/

Radio-Data (links) http://www.radio-data.net/

Radio Specialists (equipment connectors and antenna) http://www.radiospecialists.com.au

STRICTLY HAM http://www.strictlyham.com.au/

TET-EMTRON www.tet-emtron.com

Tower communications http://www.tower.visionimage.com.au/

Townsville CB& Communications http://www.vk4tub.org/tcb/tcb.html

TTS Systems http://www.ttssystems.com.au/

VK4-ICE Communications http://www.vk4ice.com

WiNRADiO (PC based receivers) http://www.winradio.com.au

International

MFJ http://www.mfjenterprises.com/index.php

Vertex Standard http://www.vxstd.com/en/index.html

W7FG VINTAGE MANUALS CATALOGUE http://www.w7fg.com/index.html

Z Communications Company (repair of old radio equipment) http://home.comcast.net/~zcomco/

See also Kits and components

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Radio mods, cables, connection info

batlabs (Motorola radio connection, cable info) http://www.batlabs.com/

Philips FM900 information http://members.fortunecity.com/romeo_fox_53/

Hall Electronics http://www.hallelectronics.com/getech/proglink.htm

Radio Mods http://www.mods.dk/

WWW.ham.dmz.ro (mods info and more) http://www.ham.dmz.ro/

W4RP IC-2720H Page http://www.w4rp.com/ic2720/

XE1BEF  (DX, mods, links and more) http://www.geocities.com/xe1bef/

Please also look at manufacture’s sites

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Lightning Protection

ARRL Lightning Protection http://www.arrl.org/tis/info/lightning.html

www.DaStrike.com (video and links) http://www.dastrike.com/

Grounding and Lightning Protection http://www.packetradio.com/grounds.htm

K9WK Amateur Radio http://www.k9wk.com/litenin.html

Lightning Protection Institute http://www.lightning.org/

Marine Grounding Systems http://www.sailmail.com/grounds.htm

Moonraker boat lightning information http://www.moonraker.com.au/techni/lightning-marine.htm

NLSI http://www.lightningsafety.com/nlsi_lhm/effect.html

PolyPhaser http://www.polyphaser.com/

RFI Lightning protection http://www.rfindustries.com.au/rfiproducts/lightning/lightning.htm

WIND&SUN http://www.windsun.com/Lightning_Protection.htm

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Amateur Spread Spectrum

Spread Spectrum Scene http://www.sss-mag.com/map.html

Spread spectrum http://www.amrad.org/projects/ss/

Spread Spectrum (TAPR) http://www.tapr.org/ss/

SS Info http://www.ictp.trieste.it/~radionet/1997_workshop/wireless/notes/index.htm

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Call-sign finders

The DX Notebook http://www.dxer.org/callbook.html

QRZ http://www.qrz.com/

QSL.NET http://www.qsl.net/

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LIPD Information

AREG http://www.cck.net.au/areg/radio/lipd/lipd.html

VK3YNG http://users.bigpond.net.au/vk3yng/lipd/

Barry’s LIPD information http://members.optusnet.com.au/~barryog/freqs/mlipd.html

ACA class licensing http://www.austel.gov.au/publications/info/lipd.htm

Equipment suppliers and manufacturers

Easy-radio (your DNS server may have problems finding this site) http://www.easy-radio.co.uk/

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Kits and Components

Australian and selected international suppliers

ACRES ELECTRONICS http://www.acreselectronics.co.nz/product.htm

Allthings http://www.allthings.com.au/

Altronics http://www.altronics.com.au/

Antique Electronic Supply http://www.tubesandmore.com/

Antenna Systems and Supplies Inc. (sm) http://www.antennasystems.com/

Av-COMM http://www.avcomm.com.au/

BYONICS http://www.byonics.com/

Chassis Kits & Custom Enclosures http://home.flash.net/~k3iwk/

Clarke & Severn Electronics http://www.clarke.com.au

Cliff Electronics (Aus) Pty. Ltd http://www.cliff.com.au/

Computronics http://www.computronics.com.au/tools/

David Hall Electronics http://www.dhe.com.au

Dick Smith Electronics http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront

Digi-Key http://www.digikey.com/

Dominion Electronics http://www.dominion.net.au/

DOWN EAST MICROWAVE www.downeastmicrowave.com

Electronics http://www.michelletroutman.com/index.htm

Elliott Sound Products http://sound.westhost.com/index2.html

Farnell http://www.farnell.com/

Fox Delta http://www.foxdelta.com/

G1MFG.com (ATV and more) http://www.g1mfg.com/index.html

Hammond Mfg http://www.hammondmfg.com/

Hy-Q International http://www.hy-q.com.au

IRH Components http://www.irh.com.au/index.htm

Jackson Brothers http://www.jacksonbrothers.com.au

Jaycar http://www.jaycar.com.au/

Kuhne electronic GmbH http://www.kuhne-electronic.de/english/frameset.htm

Microwave Dynamics http://www.microwave-dynamics.com/

MicroZed Computers http://www.microzed.com.au/

Mini-Circuits http://www.minicircuits.com/

Mini-kits http://www.minikits.com.au/

Mouser Electronics http://www.mouser.com/

NEWTEK ELECTRONICS http://www.newtek.com.au/

Oatley electronics http://www.oatleyelectronics.com/

Ocean State Electronics http://www.oselectronics.com/

Ozitronics http://www.ozitronics.com/

pacific DATACOM http://www.pacificdatacom.com.au

Phil Rice’s Home Page (frequency meter and other projects) http://ironbark.bendigo.latrobe.edu.au/~rice/

Picaxe http://www.Picaxe.com.au

Prime Electronics http://www.prime-electronics.com.au/

Radio Parts http://www.radioparts.com.au/

Raedale Pty Ltd http://www.raedale.com.au/products.htm

R.C.S. Radio (circuit boards) http://www.rcsradio.com.au/

RF Modules Australia (ZigBee) http:\\www.rfmodules.com.au

RFShop (Brisbane) http://www.rfshop.com.au/

Rockby Electronics and Computers http://www.rockby.com.au/

Rojone (antenna, cables and connectors) http://www.rojone.com.au/index.html

RS Components http://www.rsaustralia.com/

Semtronics http://www.semtronics.com.au/

Sicom http://www.sircom.co.nz

Silvertone Electronics http://www.silvertone.com.au/

South Island Component Centre (New Zealand) http://www.sicom.co.nz/

Surplus Sales of Nebraska http://www.surplussales.com/

Surplustronics (New Zealand) http://www.surplustronics.co.nz/

Tandy (Australia) http://www.tandy.com.au/

Teckics http://www.techniks.com/

TTS Systems http://www.ttssystems.com.au/

VK2XGL (Microwave and RF Modules) http://www.users.bigpond.com/graham.lewis/Module Man.htm

VK3TFH Designs http://www.users.bigpond.com/vk3tfh/

WB9ANQ’s Surplus Store http://www.qsl.net/wb9anq/

Wiltronics http://www.wiltronics.com.au/

Worldwide Electronic Components http:/www.iinet.net.au/~worcom

13cm.co.uk http://www.13cm.co.uk/

Also look at the ATV links

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PCB layout and schematic programs baas electronics LAYo1 PCB http://www.baas.nl/layo1pcb/uk/index.html circuitsonline http://www.circuitsonline.net/ Easytrax http://www.cia.com.au/rcsradio/

Electronics WORKBENCH http://www.ewbeurope.com/Franklin Industries http://www.franklin-industries.com/Eagle/starteagle.html McCAD http://www.mccad.com/ OrCAD http://www.orcad.com/downloads.aspx TARGET 3001! http://www.ibfriedrich.com/english/engl_vordownload.htm Tech5 http://www.tech5.nl/eda/pcblayout TinyCAD http://tinycad.sourceforge.net/ VEGO ABACOM http://www.vego.nl/abacom/download/download.htm

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Amateur Satellites and space

AMSAT http://www.amsat.org/

AMSAT Australia http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~ptitze/amsatvk/index2.html

AMSAT-DL http://www.amsat-dl.org/

AMSAT-ZL (kiwisat) http://www.amsat-zl.org.nz/

Australian Space Research Institute http://www.asri.org.au/ASRI/index.xml

bluesat project http://www.bluesat.unsw.edu.au/

CSXT Civilian Space eXploration Team http://www.civilianspace.com/

electric-web.org http://www.electric-web.org

esa http://www.esa.int/esaCP

Heavens-above http://www.heavens-above.com/

International Space Station (ARISS) http://ariss.gsfc.nasa.gov/

JAESAT http://www.asri.org.au/ASRI/research/satellite/JAESAT/index.xml

liftoff http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov:80/RealTime/JTrack/Spacecraft.html

ISS fan club http://www.issfanclub.com

PCsat http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/pcsat.html

PCSAT2 Operations http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/pec/pc2ops.html

Sarex http://sarex.gsfc.nasa.gov/

SATSCAPE   (free satellite tracking program) http://www.satscape.co.uk/

Satellite tracking software http://perso.club-internet.fr/f1orl/index.html

Satsignal http://www.satsignal.net/

Space.com http://www.space.com/

UHF-Satcom.com http://www.uhf-satcom.com

Viktor Kudielka http://cacofonix.nt.tuwien.ac.at/~oe1vkw/

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Propagation

NOAA http://www.sec.noaa.gov/

IPS Radio and Space Services http://www.ips.gov.au/

IPS prediction services http://www.ips.gov.au/asfc/current/predsvs.html

ITS http://www.its.bldrdoc.gov/

Near-Real-Time MUF Map http://www.spacew.com/www/realtime.php

Radio Mobile (path prediction) http://www.cplus.org/rmw/english1.html

Tropospheric Ducting Forecast http://iprimus.ca/~hepburnw/tropo_aus.html

VK2KRR sporadic E study http://www.users.bigpond.com/vk2krr/sporadic_e_study.htm

VK4ZU (Propagation) http://www.users.on.net/~trevorb/

W1AW propagation bulletins http://www.arrl.org/w1aw/prop/

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Satellite TV

AV-COMM http://www.avcomm.com.au/

Dalsat http://www.dalsat.com.au/

John’s Electronics http://www.johnselectronics.com.au/index.html

KANSAT http://www.kansat.com.au/

KRISTAL electronics http://www.kristal.com.au/index.html

Lyngsat http://lyngsat.com/

Nationwide Antenna Systems http://www.uq.net.au/~zznation/index.html

Satcomm20 http://www.satcomm20.co.uk/

Satcure http://www.satcure.com/

SatcoDX1 http://www.satcodx1.com/

SAT TV http://www.sattv.com.au/

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Radio Education

Radio and Electronics School http://www.radioelectronicschool.com/

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Radio and Scanning

Australian

Australian Airport Frequencies http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~wombatt/

Australian Scanning Encyclopaedia http://www.scanaustralia.bigpondhosting.com/

Brisbane Radio Scanner http://www.angelfire.com/id/samjohnson/

Extreme Worldwide Scanner Radio http://members.optushome.com.au/extremescan/scanning.html

FM broadcast maps http://welcome.to/pacificfm

Gold Coast Radio Scanner Frequencies http://users.ion.com.au/~young/index.html

Kev’s Scanner Page http://members.dodo.com.au/~kevcat/kevs_scan_page.htm

Newcastle Area Radio Frequency Guide http://scanhunter.tripod.com/index.html

RADIO FREQUENCIES AND INFORMATION http://www.qsl.net/vk1zmc/information.html

Scanner Fanatics http://www.scannerfanatics.au.tt/

Scanner Monitoring in South Australia http://users.chariot.net.au/~mattb/scan/scanner.htm

Scan Victoria http://www.scanvictoria.com/

New Zealand

Kiwi Radio http://kiwiradio.blakjak.net/

NZscanners http://www.nzscanners.org.nz/

Wellington Scanner Frequencies http://wsf2003.tripod.com/

ZLScanner http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/lovegrov/

ZL3TMB (Christchurch NZ) http://www.hamradio.co.nz/

International

Frequency guide http://www.panix.com/~clay/scanning/

Incident Broadcast Network (including Australian feeds) http://www.incidentbroadcast.com

Radio H.F.  (some ham stuff) http://www3.sympatico.ca/radiohf/

RadioReference.com http://www.radioreference.com/index.php

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Amateur Radio DX and Contest

DX Cluster

AA1V’s DX Info-Page http://www.goldtel.net/aa1v/

AC6V’s AR & DX Reference http://www.ac6v.com/

Announced DX Operations http://cpcug.org/user/wfeidt/Misc/adxo.html

ARRL DXCC Countries List http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/listmain.html

ARRL DXCC rules http://www.arrl.org/awards/dxcc/rules.html#si

Australian contesting http://www.vkham.com/index.html

Buckmaster callsign database http://www.buck.com/cgi-bin/do_hamcall

DX CENTRAL http://www.dx-central.com/

DX Greyline http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Earth/action?opt=-p

DX Summit http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/

DX 425 News http://www.425dxn.org/

EHAM http://www.eham.net/

EI8IC Global Overlay Mapper http://www.mapability.com/ei8ic/

eQSL (electronic QSL) http://www.eqsl.cc/qslcard/

German DX Foundation-GDXF http://www.gdxf.de/

GlobalTuners (provides access to remotely controlled radio receivers all over the world) http://www.globaltuners.com/

Ham Atlas by SP6NVK http://www.hamatlas.eu/

Ham FTP email database http://members.eunet.at/hagenbu/ftp.htm

Kiwi DX List http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kiwidxlist/

Oceania Amateur Radio DX Group Incorporated http://odxg.org/

Oceania DX Contest http://www.oceaniadxcontest.com/

QRZ.COM http://www.qrz.com/site.html

The AM Window http://www.amwindow.org/index.htm

The Daily DX http://www.dailydx.com

The DX Zone http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Reference/Radio_Spectrum/

IARU QSL Bureaus http://www.iaru.org/iaruqsl.html

International DX Association http://www.indexa.org/

Internet Ham Atlas http://www.hamatlas.eu/

IOTA http://www.425dxn.org/iota/

IOTA groups and Reference http://www.logiciel.co.uk/iota/shtlist.html

IOTA RSGB http://rsgbiota.org

IOTA 425 http://www.425dxn.org/iota

Island Radio Expedition Fondation http://www.islandradio.org/

Islands on the air Japan http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~iota/

LA9HW HF Contest page http://home.online.no/~janalme/hammain.html

NG3K Contest/DX Page http://www.cpcug.org/user/wfeidt/

Northern California DX Foundation http://www.ncdxf.org

Simple phrases in European Languages http://web.onetel.com/~stephenseabrook/

SUMMITS on the AIR http://www.sota.org.uk/

Telnet Access to DX Packet Clusters http://cpcug.org/user/wfeidt/Misc/cluster.html

The DX Notebook http://www.dxer.org/

VE6OA’s DX Links http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/agirard/dxlinks.htmVK Contest Club http://www.vkcc.com

World of DK4KQ http://www.dl4kq.de/

XE1BEF  DX and links http://www.geocities.com/xe1bef/

Logging Software

RD logging program http://vk5dj.mountgambier.org/Amateur_radio.html VK Contest Log (VKCL) http://web.aanet.com.au/mnds/ VK/ZL Logger http://www.vklogger.com

WinRD+ logging program http://www.rjmb.net/rd/index.htm

Cluster

AR-Technology AB5K.net http://www.ab5k.net/Home.aspx

Clusse http://he.fi/clusse/

Clusse download page http://www.euronet.nl/~icu13524/download/clusse.html

CLX Home page http://clx.muc.de/

DX CLUSTER programs http://pages.cthome.net/n1mm/html/English/DXClusters.htm

DXCluster http://www.dxcluster.org/

DXCluster.Info http://www.dxcluster.info/

DxNet http://www.dxnet.free.fr/

DX PacketCluster Sites on the Internet http://www.n4gn.com/cluster.html

DXSpider – DX cluster system is written in perl http://linux.maruhn.com/sec/dxspider.html

Packet Cluster user manual http://www.yccc.org/Resources/ysa/manual/

The DXSpider User Manual http://www.dxcluster.org/main/usermanual_en.html

VE7CC-1 Dx Spider Cluster http://www.ve7cc.net/

WinCluster http://kh2d.net/software/wc/index.cfm

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Short Wave DX

Australian Broadcasting http://www.aba.gov.au/broadcasters/

AUSTRALIAN RADIO DX CLUB http://www.ardxc.info/

Australian MW Group http://members.optushome.com.au/onleydw/mwoz/

Electronic DX Press (HF, MW and VHF) http://members.tripod.com/~bpadula/edxp.html

Contesting.com http://www.contesting.com/

CQ World Wide DX Contest http://www.cqww.com/

Glenn Hauser’s DX Listening Digest http://www.dxing.com/dxr/dxld2196.htm

K3SA http://www.affcom.com/cqcontest/

K6XX http://www.k6xx.com/

Longwave Club of America (also Ham) http://www.lwca.org

NIST time stations http://www.boulder.nist.gov/timefreq/stations/wwvb.htm

OK1RR DX & Contesting Page http://www.qsl.net/ok1rr/

Prime Time Shortwave http://www.primetimeshortwave.com/

Radio Interval Signals http://www.intervalsignals.org/

shortWWWave http://swww.dwerryhouse.com.au/

SM3CER Contest Service http://www.sk3bg.se/contest/index.htm

The British DX Club http://www.bdxc.org.uk/

The DX Zone http://www.dxzone.com/catalog/Reference/Radio_Spectrum/

The OZ Radio DX Club www.ardxc.fl.net.au

Yankee Clipper Contest Club http://www.yccc.org/

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Radio Scouting

Jota /JOTI   Queensland http://jota.scouting.net.au/

Scouts Australia JOTA/JOTI http://www.international.scouts.com.au/main.asp?iMenuID=9071085

The history of the Jamboree On The Air http://home.tiscali.nl/worldscout/Jota/jota history.htm

World Organization of the Scout Movement http://www.scout.org/jota/

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Australian Regulator

ACMA http://www.acma.gov.au/

International Regulator

ITU http://www.itu.int/home/index.html

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Electronic Information and technical reference

AC6V’s Technical Reference http://www.ac6v.com/techref.htm

Bowden’s Hobby Circuits http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Bill_Bowden/homepage.htm#menu

Chip directory http://www.embeddedlinks.com/chipdir/abc/s.htm#simm

Circuit Sage http://www.circuitsage.com/

COAX calculator http://www.ocarc.ca/coax.htm

CommLinx Solutions Pty Ltd http://www.commlinx.com.au/default.htm

Computer Power Supply Mods http://www.qsl.net/vk4ba/projects/index.html

Data Sheets http://www.techstuff.co.uk/electronics/datasheets.htm

Dictionary of Electronic Components http://www.jfk.herts.sch.uk/class/technology/ks4/electronics/glossary/electro.htm

Discover Circuits http://www.discovercircuits.com/

Electronic Information http://www.beyondlogic.org/

Electronics Links and Resources http://yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au/~pleelave/electronics1.html

electronic calculators http://www.radioelectronicschool.com/elecal.html

Epanorama (lots of links) http://www.epanorama.net/

Electronics Tutorials http://www.electronics-tutorials.com/

Electronic Theory http://www.electronicstheory.com/

Fox Delta http://www.foxdelta.com/

GREG’S DOWNLOAD PAGE http://www.rfcascade.com/index.html

GridSquare Conversion http://www.amsat.org/cgi-bin/gridconv

Hobby Projects (electronic resource) http://www.hobbyprojects.com/tutorial.html

Hittite http://www.hittite.com

Information site http://www.epanorama.net/

ISO Date / Time http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/iso.htm

Latitude/Longitude Conversion utility – 3 formats http://www.directionsmag.com/latlong.php

latrobe Electronic Engineering Links http://www.ee.latrobe.edu.au/internal/links.html

Mark Gentiles http://www.ee.latrobe.edu.au/~mg/

Mike’s Electric Stuff http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~wwl/electric.html

New Wave Instruments (check out SS Resources) http://www.newwaveinstruments.com/index.htm

Paul Falstad (how electronic circuits work) http://www.falstad.com/circuit/

PINOUTS.RU (Handbook of hardware pinouts) http://pinouts.ru/

PUFF http://www.cco.caltech.edu/~mmic/puffindex/puffE/puffE.htm

RadioReference http://www.radioreference.com/

RF Cafe http://www.rfcafe.com/

RF Circuits http://www.mitedu.freeserve.co.uk/Circuits/RF/rf.html

RF Globalnet http://www.rfglobalnet.com

RHR Laboratories http://www.rhrlaboratories.com/#Software

rfshop http://www.rfshop.com.au/page7.htm

RS232 Connections, and wiring up serial devices http://www.airborn.com.au/rs232.html

RF Power Table

SCHEMATICS http://www.mitedu.freeserve.co.uk/schematics.htm

Science Lobby (electronic links) http://www.sciencelobby.com/

Tech FAQ http://www.tech-faq.com/

The Electronics Calculator Website http://www.cvs1.uklinux.net/calculators/

the12volt.com (technical information for mobile electronics installers) http://www.the12volt.com/

101science.com http://www.101science.com/

Electronic service

Repair of TV Sets http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/tvfaq.htm

Sci.Electrinic.Repair FAQ http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/tvfaq.htm

Service engineers Forum http://www.e-repair.co.uk/index.htm

Television Repair Answered http://www.mgh.jeeran.com/televisionrepair1.htm

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Cable Data

Andrews http://www.andrew.com/default.aspx

Belden http://www.belden.com/

CDi2 http://www.cdi2.com/build_it/coaxloss.htm

CO-AX CABLE DATA http://www.electric-web.org/coax.htm

Coaxial cable data http://www.qsl.net/kc6uut/coax.html

Coaxial Cable Page http://www.cdi2.com/build_it/coaxloss.htm

HB9ABX http://home.datacomm.ch/hb9abx/coaxdat.htm

HB9HD http://www.hb9hd.ch/PDF/coaxcable.pdf

KC6UUT http://www.qsl.net/kc6uut/coax.html

NESS Engineering http://www.nessengr.com/techdata/coaxdata.html

RF Industries cables http://www.rfindustries.com.au/rfiproducts/cablesConnectors/coaxialCables.htm

Selected Coaxial Cable Data http://www.vhfdx.oz-hams.org/CoaxCable.html

THERFC http://www.therfc.com/coax.htm

Times Microwave http://www.timesmicrowave.com/

VK3KHB http://www.gak.net.au/vk3khb/atv/coaxchrt.html

W4ZT http://w4zt.com/coax.html

X.net Antenna cable chart http://www.x.net.au/antenna_cable.html

50 W Coaxial Cable Information http://www.dma.org/~millersg/coax50.html

75 W Coaxial Cable Information http://www.dma.org/~millersg/coax75.html

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Antique Radio

Antique Electronic Supply http://www.tubesandmore.com/

Alan Lord http://www.dundeecoll.ac.uk/sections/cs/staff/al_radio/

Antique Radio http://antiqueradios.com/

Apex Jr http://www.apexjr.com/

Archives of Boatanchors http://www.tempe.gov/archives/boatanchors.html

Australian Vintage Radio MK II http://www.southcom.com.au/~pauledgr/

Australian Wireless (OZ-Wireless) Email List http://www.clarion.org.au/wireless/

AWA and Fisk Radiola http://203.44.53.131/Radiola/AWA1b.htm

Crystal Radio http://www.crystalradio.net/

Glowbugs http://www.mines.uidaho.edu/~glowbugs/

Hammond Museum of Radio http://www.hammondmuseumofradio.org/

Historical Radio Society of Australia Inc. http://www.hrsa.asn.au/

JMH’s Virtual Valve Museum http://www.tubecollector.org/numbers.htm

John Rose’s Vintage Radio Home http://personal.nbnet.nb.ca/jrose/radios/radiomain.htm

Klausmobile Russian Tube Directory http://klausmobile.narod.ru/td/indexe.htm

KK7TV http://www.kk7tv.com/kk7tv.html

Kurrajong Radio Museum http://www.vk2bv.org/museum/

Links to Vintage Radios (Amateur) http://www.qsl.net/ka4pnv/vrlinks.htm

Mike’s Electric Stuff http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~wwl/electric.html

Nostalgiar Air http://www.nostalgiaair.org/

Phil’s Old Radios http://antiqueradio.org/

Radio A’s Vintage Radio Page http://www.mnsi.net/~radioa/radioa.htm

Radio Era http://www.radioera.com/

Rap ‘n Tap http://www.midnightscience.com/rapntap/

Replacing Capacitors http://antiqueradio.org/recap.htm

Savoy Hill Publications http://www.valvesunlimited.demon.co.uk/Noframes/savoy_hill_publications.htm

South East Qld Group of the HRSA http://seqg.tripod.com

SEQG of the HRSA Crystal comp http://www.clarion.org.au/crystalset/

SEQG One Tube Radio comp http://seqg.tripod.com/onetube/onetube.html

TEARA’S VINTAGE RADIO LINK PAGE http://www.ipass.net/~teara/vin.html

The Vintage Radio Emporium http://www.vintageradio.info/

The Wireless Works http://www.wirelessworks.co.uk/

Triode Tube Data http://www.triodeel.com/tubedata.htm Tubesworld  (Valve Audio and Valve data) http://www.tubesworld.com/

Vintage Radio http://www.vintage-radio.com/index.shtml

Vintage Radio Times http://www.vintageradiotimes.com/Page_1x.html

Vintage Radios and programs http://www.compusmart.ab.ca/agirard/VINTAGE.HTM

Vintage Radios UK http://www.valve.demon.co.uk/

Vintage Radio and Test Equipment Site http://www.geocities.com/eb5agv/

Vintage Radio World http://www.burdaleclose.freeserve.co.uk/

Vintage Radio and Audio Pages http://www.mcallister.simplenet.com/

VMARS http://www.vmars.org.uk/

W7FG VINTAGE MANUALS CATALOGUE http://www.w7fg.com/index.html

Ye Olde Hurdy Gurdy Museum of Vintage Radio http://ei5em.110mb.com/museum.html

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Valve Audio and Valve data Ake’e Tube Data http://w1.871.telia.com/~u87127076/index.htm CVC http://www.chelmervalve.com/index.html

Data Sheet Locator http://www.duncanamps.co.uk/cgi-bin/tdsl3.exe/

Eimac http://www.cpii.com/eimac/index.html

Frank’s Electron tube Pages http://home.wxs.nl/~frank.philipse/frank/frank.html

Hammond  Manufacturing http://www.hammondmfg.com/

House of Tubes http://www.house-of-tubes.com/home/Library.asp

High Voltage Tube Archive http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/electrical/tesla/tubes/

Kiewavly http://home.mira.net/~kiewavly/audio1.html

Industrial Valve Data http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~wwl/data.html

Machmat http://www.machmat.com/

NJ7P Tube Data Search http://hereford.ampr.org/cgi-bin/tube?index=1

RCA-R10 Data http://www.nmr.mgh.harvard.edu/~reese/RC10/

SAS Audio Labs http://www.sasaudiolabs.com/

Sowter Audio Transformers http://www.sowter.co.uk/

Spice Valves http://www.duncanamps.com/spicevalves.html

Tubetec http://www.tubetec.freeserve.co.uk/

TUBEWORLD INC. http://www.tubeworld.com/

Tube datasheets http://www.wps.com/archives/tube-datasheets/index.html

Vacuum Tube Links http://www.michelletroutman.com/tubes.htm

Valves and Tubes http://www.euramcom.freeserve.co.uk/tubes.html

Valve Data Links http://www.thevalvepage.com/links/valvdata.htm

Valve Data http://www.arrakis.es/~igapop/referenc.htm

Valves Unlimited http://www.valvesunlimited.demon.co.uk/Noframes/links.htm

Valve and Tube Supplies http://www.valves.uk.com/

Valveamps.com http://www.valveamps.com/

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Audio

Audio Calculators and Links http://www.audioscientific.com/Audio Calculators & References Links.htm

BKC GROUP http://www.bkcgroup.fsnet.co.uk/

Car Audio Australia http://www.caraudioaustralia.com/

DIY Audio http://www.diyaudio.com/

Duncan’s Amp Pages http://www.duncanamps.com/

Elliott Sound Products http://sound.westhost.com/audiolink.htm

GM ARTS http://users.chariot.net.au/~gmarts/

Norman Koren http://www.normankoren.com/Audio/

Rane http://www.rane.com/

The Self Site http://www.dself.demon.co.uk/

The Class-A Amplifier Site http://www.gmweb.btinternet.co.uk/

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Magazines

DUBUS (VHF magazine) http://www.dubus.org/

Elektor Electronics http://www.elektor-electronics.co.uk/

Harlan Technologies (Amateur Television Quarterly) http://www.hampubs.com/

Radio & Communications Monitoring Monthly http://www.monitoringmonthly.co.uk/

SILICON CHIP http://www.siliconchip.com.au/

VHF Communications Mag http://www.vhfcomm.co.uk/

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SETI

SETI http://www.setileague.org/homepg.htm

SETI Australia http://www.seti.org.au/

Some Nmap examples I thought I would post.

Scanning past Watchguard Firewalls: nmap -sS -iL targetlist.txt -P0 -sV -T4

Verbose Scan: nmap -v <target IP>

This option scans all reserved TCP ports on the target machine. The -v option enables verbose mode.

nmap -sS -O <target IP>/24

Launches a stealth SYN scan against each machine that is up out of the 256 IPs on “class C” sized network where Scanme resides. It also tries to determine what operating system is running on each host that is up and running. This requires root privileges because of the SYN scan and OS detection.

nmap -sV -p 22,53,110,143,4564 198.116.0-255.1-127

Launches host enumeration and a TCP scan at the first half of each of the 255 possible eight-bit subnets in the 198.116 class B address space. This tests whether the systems run SSH, DNS, POP3, or IMAP on their standard ports, or anything on port 4564. For any of these ports found open, version detection is used to determine what application is running.

nmap -v -iR 100000 -PN -p 80

Asks Nmap to choose 100,000 hosts at random and scan them for web servers (port 80). Host enumeration is disabled with -PN since first sending a couple probes to determine whether a host is up is wasteful when you are only probing one port on each target host anyway.

nmap -PN -p80 -oX logs/pb-port80scan.xml -oG logs/pb-port80scan.gnmap 216.163.128.20/20

This scans 4096 IPs for any web servers (without pinging them) and saves the output in grepable and XML formats.

Instead of limiting ourselves to scanning just one target., let’s broaden our horizon’s to bigger and better things. In example 2 we used our IP address to base a scan against. Using that address again we can get a look at numerous targets in our “community”. At the command line type the following (substituting a valid address of your choice of course):

nmap -sT -O 206.212.15.0-50

What this does is instruct nmap to scan every host between the IP addresses of 206.212.15.0 and 206.212.15.50. If you happen to find many interesting feedback results from this or a larger scale scan then you can always pipe the output into your choice of a human readable file or a machine parsable file for future reference by issuing the following option:

To create a human readable output file issue the -oN<textfile name> command into your nmap string so that it would look similar to this:

nmap -sT -O -oN sample.txt 206.212.15.0-50

Rather have a machine parsable file? Enter the -oM <textfile name> to pipe the output into a machine parsable file:

nmap -sT -O -oM sample.txt 206.212.15.0-50

*Back when I was becoming aquatinted with all the nmap options, I ran my first large scale scan against 250 consecutive machines using an arbitrary number (nmap -sX -O -oN sample.txt XXX.XXX.XXX.0-250).To my great surprise I was confronted with 250 up and running virgin Linux machines. Another reason why Linux enthusiasts should NEVER become bored.

-I This is a handy little call that activates nmap’s TCP reverse ident scanning option. This divulges information that gives the username that owns available processes. Let’s take a look (Note that the host has to be running ident). At the command line issue this command against your target, in this case our default Eve running Linux:

-iR Use this command to instruct nmap to scan random hosts for you.

-p Port range option allows you to pick what port or ports you wish nmap to scan against.

-v Use verbosity to display more output data. Use twice (-v -v) for maximum verbosity.

-h Displays a quick reference of nmap’s calls

Now that we have looked at nmap’s three basic usage types and some of it’s other options, let’s mix and match them.

nmap -v -v -sS -O 209.212.53.50-100

This instructs nmap to use a maximum amount of verbosity to run a stealth scan and OS detection against all machines between IP addresses 209.212.53.50 and 209.212.53.100. This command will also require root privileges due to both the -sS and -O calls. Of course this will display a very overwhelming amount of data so let’s log our results into a human readable file for future reference:

nmap -v -v -sS -O -oN sample.txt 209.212.53.50-100

Now let’s make nmap run a stealth scan and instruct it to look only for machines offering http and ftp services between the addresses of 209.212.53.50 and 209.212.53.100. Once again we will log the output (I’m a log junkie) for future reference into a human readable file called ftphttpscan.txt:

nmap -sS -p 23,80 -oN ftphttpscan.txt 209.212.53.50-100

Remember the -iR option mentioned previously? Let’s use it to take a random sampling of Internet web servers using the verbatim example from nmap’s man page:

nmap -sS -iR -p 80

Last but certainly not least, while gleaning information, don’t forget to nmap yourself. Just type at the command line: nmap 127.0.0.1 This is especially useful and recommended if you’re a newcomer to Linux and connected to the Internet via DSL or cable modem.

The below lines can be placed into Google to find hidden cams on the net.

inurl:”ViewerFrame?Mode=
intitle:Axis 2400 video server
inurl:/view.shtml
intitle:”Live View / – AXIS” | inurl:view/view.shtml^
inurl:ViewerFrame?Mode=
inurl:ViewerFrame?Mode=Refresh
inurl:axis-cgi/jpg
inurl:axis-cgi/mjpg (motion-JPEG)
inurl:view/indexFrame.shtml
inurl:view/index.shtml
inurl:view/view.shtml
liveapplet
intitle:”live view” intitle:axis
intitle:liveapplet
allintitle:”Network Camera NetworkCamera”
intitle:axis intitle:”video server”
intitle:liveapplet inurl:LvAppl
intitle:”EvoCam” inurl:”webcam.html”
intitle:”Live NetSnap Cam-Server feed”
intitle:”Live View / – AXIS”
intitle:”Live View / – AXIS 206M”
intitle:”Live View / – AXIS 206W”
intitle:”Live View / – AXIS 210″
inurl:indexFrame.shtml Axis
inurl:”MultiCameraFrame?Mode=Motion”
intitle:start inurl:cgistart
intitle:”WJ-NT104 Main Page”
intext:”MOBOTIX M1″ intext:”Open Menu”
intext:”MOBOTIX M10″ intext:”Open Menu”
intext:”MOBOTIX D10″ intext:”Open Menu”
intitle:snc-z20 inurl:home/
intitle:snc-cs3 inurl:home/
intitle:snc-rz30 inurl:home/
intitle:”sony network camera snc-p1″
intitle:”sony network camera snc-m1″
site:.viewnetcam.com -www.viewnetcam.com
intitle:”Toshiba Network Camera” user login
intitle:”netcam live image”
intitle:”i-Catcher Console – Web Monitor”
inurl:viewerframe?mode= changing room
inurl:view index/shtml/home
nurl-’your frame?mode=motion’
inurl.”viewframe?mode=refresh”
sex inurl:/view/shtml
inural:view
inurl:viewerframe?mode=home
axis hacks
“inurl:”view from?mode=refresh”
/view/index.shtml.msn
”nurl:viewerframe?mode=refresh”
inurl:”viewerframe?mode=” naked
inurl:/view.index.shtml adult
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Hi,

Recently I a questing was asked on another post relating to DUKPT. Given I have lots of material on the subject I thought I would create this thread. Link

I will come back at some stage and expand on this when I get time.

Transaction Process narrative:

The diagram describes a mobile terminal/ATM is described using the a AS2805 (‘2805′) message type and 3DES DUKPT and dual direction auth SSL from the terminal to the aquirer (transaction switch).

A good explanation of DUKPT can also be found at Wikipedia.

Diagram of the flow

Background notes:

• The terminal or ATM firstly encrypts the user entered pin (may be a unique DUKPT key or static, depending on the design and banks involved) prior to incorporating it into the AS 2805 transaction message.
• the message is then encrypted again using the DUKPT key which has been established through the merchant logon process within the aquirer Host Security Module (HSM) i.e. the user entered pin is encrypted separately and encapsulated within the DUKPT encrypted 2805 message to provide full message encryption.
• In the diagram a separate dual authenticating SSL session is also used between the terminal/ATM and the aquirers infrastructure. This allowing the transaction including the pin to traverse the external Wired/GPRS/LAN within 2 primary independent layers of encryption, with a 3^rd protecting the PIN.
• When the transaction enters the aquirer environment the message encapsulation layer provided by SSL is removed.  This leaving the DUKPT’ed 2805 message which also encapsulates the separately encrypted PIN.
• This encrypted message is passed to the aquirer switch engine through to the aquirer’s HSM for decryption of the 2805 message excluding the user entered pin.
• This is when transactional information necessary for aquirer’s merchant reporting (truncated card number, transaction amount, transaction type, etc.) and fraud management data is collected.
• The aquirer switch then passes the encrypted PIN to the aquirer HSM requesting that the PIN be decrypted using the aquirer’s PIN encryption and translated to the next banks (Bank 1)  PIN Encryption Key (Pin translation only occurs within the aquirer HSM) This is then sent back to the aquirer Switch engine as the Bank 1 encrypted PIN.
• The aquirer switch engine then send the decrypted 2805 message with the newly encrypted PIN back to aquirer HSM to be encrypted with the Bank 1 MAC key.
• The resultant Bank 1 key encrypted message is then sent to Bank 1 for processing and/or passing to the card issuer (using a similar process as described above).
• When the result is received back from the issuing bank it is encrypted with the Bank 1 MAC key (the pin will not be present in the result message).
• This is then decrypted by the aquirer HSM, the transaction fate result stored into the aquirer merchant reporting system and the transaction fate re-encrypted with the original aquirer DUKPT key (should be different per terminal/merchant instance) and the result sent back to the terminal through the original established SSL encrypted terminal connection.

The aquirer may terminate the the SSL connection on a hardware device such as a CISCO Content Service Switch (CSS), or equivalent instead of the design described in the diagram which terminates onto a SSL session server/gateway (Possibly including a Certificate Authority) or on the aquirer transaction switch.

When PIN blocks are received by the aquirer processing centre, the PIN encryption is translated from the terminal key to the Local Master Key (LMK) by the Host Security Modules (HSM).

When the message is sent on the upstream bank interchange link to the issuer or gateway , the aquirer HSM translates the encrypted PIN block from the LMK to the Zone Master Key (ZMK) of the aquirer interchange link. The PIN block is always encrypted using DEA3 (3DES) whenever outside of the Terminal or ATM.

HSM-8000-User Guide V2.2

I’m looking at the Microsoft OCS server and other SIP integration environments. So I thought I would put the links here for others who were interested. I am also considering the issues associated with Mitel VoIP and OCS integration.

It would be interesting if the Microsoft OCS could seamlessly allow the use of soft phones and the Mitel VoIP system. I assume a trunk needs to be setup between the two… Anyway something to look at.

http://communicationsserverteam.com/archive/2008/05/23/196.aspx

Office Communications Server 2007 VoIP Test Set

OCS Testing Tool

Connect Mitel and OCS2007

Mitel 3300 & OCS – Ring on deskphone and softphone

Connecting Mitel 3300cx and OCS

VOIP – MITEL 3300 SIP TRUNK TO OCS 2007

OCS 2007 Best Practices Analyzer

Hi,

I have been putting some secure application development documents together recently and have found some good general tutorials and guidelines which I thought I would post here.

Best Practices

• The Ten Most Critical Web Application Security Vulnerabilities, 2004 Update, The Open Web Application Security Project. URL: http://www.owasp.org/documentation/topten
• A Guide to Building Secure Web Applications, The Open Web Application Security Project. URL: http://www.owasp.org/documentation/guide
• Improving Web Application Security: Threats and Countermeasures, Microsoft MSDN. URL: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/enus/dnnetsec/html/ThreatCounter.asp
• Authentication in ASP.NET: .NET Security Guidance, Microsoft MSDN. URL: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/enus/dnbda/html/authaspdotnet.asp
• Session Fixation Vulnerability in Web-Based Applications, ACROS Security. http://www.acros.si/papers/session_fixation.pdf
• Writing Secure Code, Michael Howard and David LeBlanc, Microsoft Press.
• Threat Modelling, Window Snyder, Microsoft Press.
• 10 Things You Shouldn’t Do with SQL Server (Data Access Developer “Don’ts”) http://www.dotnetjunkies.ddj.com/Article/86F0988E-FED4-414F-BA2E-D01D953C11BE.dcik
• Ten dos and don’ts for secure coding http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid14_gci1172049,00.html
• Cross Site Scripting http://www.cert.org/archive/pdf/cross_site_scripting.pdf http://www.acunetix.com/websitesecurity/cross-site-scripting.htm
• The Cross Site Scripting (XSS) FAQ http://www.cgisecurity.com/articles/xss-faq.shtml
• XSS (Cross Site Scripting) Cheat Sheet http://ha.ckers.org/xss.html
• SQL Injection Cheat Sheet http://ha.ckers.org/blog/20070315/sql-injection-cheat-sheet/

Other Resources

• AusCERT is the national Computer Emergency Response Team for Australia http://www.auscert.org.au/
• SANS Institute http://www.sans.org/free_resources.php

EFT devices and systems differ depending on hardware vendor, country and bank / payment aggregator.
Below is a list of things you may like to consider. This list is off the top of my head so it is probably not complete.

Looking at the products and relationships us usually a good start.

Things to consider:

• Card skimming methods
• Some EFT POS devices restrict the connection of a skimmer
• Review levels of associated fraud
• Review devices and EFT methods
• Review terminal identification (merchant and customer)
• Manual processing. (internal and external)
• eCommerce products
• PC based software
• Dedicated server services (Nobil, etc.)
• Web based engine (Custom objects, Web pop-ups, etc)
• Authorisation / identification methods (Merchant and customer)
• TCPIP session hijacking / session spoofing
• Direct Debit as well as Credit Cards.
• Swift (methods and controls)
• Telegraphic transfer (methods and controls)
• Payment aggregator relationships (eg. Payment Tech, manual processing, cheque scanning, etc.)
• Internet banking facilities (attack / penetration,  Certificate registration / management, ISP SLA’s, etc.)
• Implementation of Smart Card and / or alternative customer recognition devices.
• Outsourcing and associated risks / service level agreements
• Payment processing
• Payment clearance
• Payment switching
• Reporting (segregation of merchant / customers / aggregators / partners / local / international)
• Fraud detection and reporting
• 3rd party acquiring risks
• Single merchant ID many businesses
• Allows moneys to be laundered if the payment aggregator does not place appropriate controls on the merchant.
• Encryption used
• Internet / trusted partner / inter-bank / extranet
• Private and / or public certificates
• Single use certificates
• Client side certificates
• Remittance advice processes and controls.
• EFT disaster recovery and manual fall back procedures (associated security and reconciliation risks)
• Trusted partner relationships, SLA’s, liabilities and risks.
• EFT regulatory / legal requirements (inter-bank and government)
• Refund processing / authorisation. (policies, procedures, controls, etc.)
• CVV, CVV-2 / CVC-2 processing and management. (http://www.atlanticpayment.com/CVV.htm)
• Fraud detection mechanism (neural networks, inter-bank / department customer checks, etc)
• Supported card schemes (AMEX/Visa/Mastercard/Discover/etc )
• Review EFT floor limits (corporate and SME merchants)
• Review the ability to withhold merchant settlement until the presence of fraud has been determined.
• Review customer identification details. Such as (This varies around the world depending on local regulations / privacy laws)
• Review real-time and batched processing methods and controls (sequence numbers, access to raw data, etc.)
• Review processing with and without expiry dates. (exception controls and policies)
• Review exception / fraud reports.
• Review payment store and forward policies and procedures.
• Review Pre-Auth and Completion controls.
• Token based payment (eCash, etc)
• Merchant reconciliation, reporting methods and controls (paper, Internet, email, PDF, Fax, etc.) and associated security.
• Real time gross settlement policies, procedures and controls. (IT and amounts)
• Card issuing policies and procedures. (customer ID checks, etc)
• Banking infrastructure (ingress / egress) controls and security. (Web, partner, payment switches, outsourced infrastructure, monitoring / reporting.)
• Use of Internet technologies for inter-bank transfers and remote equipment.
• Physical security and controls of devices, ATM,s, line encryptors, etc.