[ANN] bellhop 1.0.0 released

[Gregory Brown]

Hi folks,

It is my great pleasure to release this new wonderful tool.

http://gemcutter.org/gems/bellhop

== Usage:

First fire up an unpatched webrick somewhere, say, localhost:8080,
ideally from within an xterm.

Then:
$ bellhop http://localhost:8080

== Documentation

http://tinyurl.com/ycycb7q

== Need Help?

Just ring my bell. Or your friend's bell. Or even your own.

Enjoy!

-greg

 

[sasa]

And what is it?

 

[Gregory Brown]

And what is it?

Unpack the gem and read the source.

-greg

 

[Iñaki Baz Castillo]

El Martes, 12 de Enero de 2010, Gregory Brown escribi=F3:

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Unpack the gem and read the source.

A brief description could invite the people to install and try the gem

=2D-=20
I=F1aki Baz Castillo <[email protected]>

 

[Justin Collins]

El Martes, 12 de Enero de 2010, Gregory Brown escribió:


A brief description could invite the people to install and try the gem

I believe the idea is that it is a surprise.

-Justin

 

[Gregory Brown]

El Martes, 12 de Enero de 2010, Gregory Brown escribi=F3:

A brief description could invite the people to install and try the gem

It is just a fun little exploit based on the recently announced
security vulnerability in Webrick. It is mostly harmless, and was
written for entertainment value.
Read the source to know exactly what it does before running it, or
just fire up webrick in an xterm and point it at it if you trust me.

-greg

 

[James Britt]

El Martes, 12 de Enero de 2010, Gregory Brown escribió:

A brief description could invite the people to install and try the gem

When I saw it was from Greg I just went and installed it.

Then I looked at the source ...


Yeah, there's a WTF? thing going on.

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[Gregory Brown]

Hi folks,

It is my great pleasure to release this new wonderful tool.

http://gemcutter.org/gems/bellhop

For the less adventurous, here are some instructions on how to get
bellhop running:

http://pastie.org/775230

-greg

 

[Iñaki Baz Castillo]

El Martes, 12 de Enero de 2010, Gregory Brown escribi=F3:

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For the less adventurous, here are some instructions on how to get
bellhop running:
=20
http://pastie.org/775230

I get this error:

[2010-01-12 20:00:42] ERROR `/' not found.
localhost - - [12/Jan/2010:20:00:42 CET] "GET /%07 HTTP/1.1" 404 271
=2D -> /%07
[2010-01-12 20:00:42] ERROR `/' not found.
localhost - - [12/Jan/2010:20:00:42 CET] "GET /%07 HTTP/1.1" 404 271
=2D -> /%07
[2010-01-12 20:00:42] ERROR `/' not found.
localhost - - [12/Jan/2010:20:00:42 CET] "GET /%07 HTTP/1.1" 404 271
=2D -> /%07
[2010-01-12 20:00:42] ERROR `/' not found.
localhost - - [12/Jan/2010:20:00:42 CET] "GET /%07 HTTP/1.1" 404 271
=2D -> /%07
[2010-01-12 20:00:42] ERROR `/' not found.
localhost - - [12/Jan/2010:20:00:42 CET] "GET /%07 HTTP/1.1" 404 271
=2D -> /%07
[2010-01-12 20:00:42] ERROR `/' not found.
localhost - - [12/Jan/2010:20:00:42 CET] "GET /%07 HTTP/1.1" 404 271
=2D -> /%07
[2010-01-12 20:00:42] ERROR `/' not found.
localhost - - [12/Jan/2010:20:00:42 CET] "GET /%07 HTTP/1.1" 404 271
=2D -> /%07


Tested with "old" ruby 1.8.7 and 1.9.1.


=2D-=20
I=F1aki Baz Castillo <[email protected]>

 

[Gregory Brown]

I get this error:

[2010-01-12 20:00:42] ERROR `/' not found.
localhost - - [12/Jan/2010:20:00:42 CET] "GET /%07 HTTP/1.1" 404 271
- -> /%07


Tested with "old" ruby 1.8.7 and 1.9.1.

That's expected. There isn't a / route. Do you have your system
bell turned on? If you do, you should be having a very annoying
experience right now.

I tested this in xterm on linux and Terminal on OS X. Not sure where
else it'd work.

 

[Iñaki Baz Castillo]

El Martes, 12 de Enero de 2010, Gregory Brown escribi=F3:

I get this error:

[2010-01-12 20:00:42] ERROR `/' not found.
localhost - - [12/Jan/2010:20:00:42 CET] "GET /%07 HTTP/1.1" 404 271
- -> /%07


Tested with "old" ruby 1.8.7 and 1.9.1.

=20
That's expected. There isn't a / route. Do you have your system
bell turned on? If you do, you should be having a very annoying
experience right now.
=20
I tested this in xterm on linux and Terminal on OS X. Not sure where
else it'd work.

I think my laptop has no system bell or I dissabled it long time ago =20


=2D-=20
I=F1aki Baz Castillo <[email protected]>

 

[Gregory Brown]

El Martes, 12 de Enero de 2010, Gregory Brown escribi=F3:

I think my laptop has no system bell or I dissabled it long time ago

That would explain it.

I guess I'm in the weird minority that likes to feel old school by
making my actual machine beep.

-greg