Useful Thoughts and Actions Taken

U-Boot Commands

base    – print or set address offset
bootm   – boot application image from memory
bootp   – boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
cmp     – memory compare
cp      – memory copy
crc32   – checksum calculation
dhcp    – invoke DHCP client to obtain IP/boot params
dump_hw_info – dump hardware info
erase   – erase FLASH memory
exit    – exit script
flinfo  – print FLASH memory information
format_flash_fs – format flash file system
format_uboot_env – format uboot environment.
go      – start application at address 'addr'
help    – print online help
image_flash     – upgrade image via network using TFTP protocol
image_netboot   – boot image via network using TFTP protocol
loads   – load S-Record file over serial line
md      – memory display
mm      – memory modify (auto-incrementing)
mtest   – ALT RAM test
mw      – memory write (fill)
nm      – memory modify (constant address)
ping    – send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network host
print_bootinfo  – print boot info of device
print_bootparam – print boot parameters of device
printenv- print environment variables
protect – enable or disable FLASH write protection
rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
reset – Perform RESET of the CPU
reset_dummy – Perform RESET of the CPU
run     – run commands in an environment variable
saveenv – save environment variables to persistent storage
set_bootparam   – set boot parameters of device
setenv  – set environment variables
test    – minimal test like /bin/sh
tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
version – print monitor version

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

USB Port on Routers

I have an access point with a USB port on it. It also has a console and ethernet port.   What is the USB port used for?  At first I thought it might be the port used for serial but rechecking using google that is the console port.  It turns out the more modern routers can connect with other peripherals such as external hard disk and printer and even to a 3G dongle.

I think there might be exceptions such as with the Alfa AP121U access point.  When you flash it with Pinneaple router you use the USB port.

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

How the CIA – Deep State took control of our government

How the CIA / Deep State took control of our government.  I am sure it starts before Eisenhower but this is the time aperture I have figured out.

  • Eisenhower – the flight of Gary Powers was sabotaged by our side to prevent negotiations between Nikita Khrushchev
  • Kennedy – Killed because he was not going to take us into Vietnam, threatened the oil depletion allowance, printed 5 billion in United States Notes. Our government was involved.  It was a public execution left as an object lesson for later presidents.
  • Johnson knew about and had his henchmen help assassinate Kennedy.  He and J. Edgar Hoover stymied the investigation.  LBJ was tossed overboard when Vietnam became unpopular.  It also appears he may have succumbed to "MacBeth Syndrome".
  • Nixon – Was at the Hunt compound the night before the Kennedy assassination.  He knew Kennedy was killed by the Deep State.  Watergate burglary is rumored to have been Nixon trying to get proof of Kennedy assassination. Obviously he had to be taken out.  I always thought Watergate was ridiculous given how LBJ obviously was involved in JFK's killing but he got reelected. We as a people need to do better than this.
  • Ford –  Nixon  attempted to placate the Deep State by appointed Ford as vice president.  Ford was on the Warren Commission.  He helped cover up the truth about the JFK assassination and sell the ridiculous results of the Warren Report.  This was Nixon's message the JFK secret was safe with him.  But the JFK thing was just too serious for the Deep State to play.  They killed witnesses and participants after the fact.  Think they were going to let Nixon stay in office? 
  • Carter –  "Lee Harvey" and "Osvaldo" try to assassinate.  Carter understands and sees the parallels. Backs down.  He runs against an attractive populist and loses naturally.  The dogs sometimes balk at eating the Deep State's rather foul dog food.
  • Reagan – Yet another evil vice president wants to be president.   Deep State tries to install  "Ex" CIA member George Bush as president by killing Reagan.  It does not work but Reagan is never the same afterwards.  It tends to put you on your heels when you get shot.  Bush Sr is rumored to be de facto president the rest of Reagan's term.
  • Bush – CIA member elected president – no contention there.  He is one of them.
  • Clinton – CIA member – Well funded by Mena Arkansas drug running operation of the CIA.  Suitcases full of cash delivered regularly to Clinton.  No contention there. He is one of them.
  • Bush Jr. – CIA member – See father.  911 false flag and Irag fight to protect the PetroDollar. No contention there. He is one of them.  However Iraq becomes very unpopular and the people belatedly shut it down more or less.  CIA continues later with CIA mercenary crowd called ISIS.
  • Obama – CIA member.  Mother consorts with Frank Marshall Davis known CIA.  CIA pays too well for someone as lazy as a politician to say no to easy cash.
  • Trump – Likely not CIA given the amount of noise, pushback and dirty tricks on the part of the Deep State.  It makes me wonder what these evil people will do to thwart democracy this time.
By Fudgy McFarlen, ago

Inaccessible WordPress Subdirectories with .htaccess Password Protection

When using WordPress with candied URLs you are using .htaccess files to do URL rewrites to make the more human and google friendly URL version. It turns out that when you try to access a subdirectory that is password protected it returns the web server responds with a “401 Unauthorized” header and an optional error document, then prompts the user for Authentication details. When rewrite rules are in place, the default error document path used by the web server is evaluated using the rewrite rules. If an actual error document does not exist in the default error document path, this is passed on to the CMS for parsing. In this case, since the file is not found, the CMS gets confused and displays a 404 error rather than a 401, causing the web server to not even prompt for authentication.

The fix is to add the following line to your .htaccess file:

     ErrorDocument 401 default

When the code is matched it just does nothing to the URL and exits. 

Research Links

By Fudgy McFarlen, ago