Sed Find and Replace

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While hunting through 15,000 lines of CSS, I wanted to find and replace some text.  I thought it was going to be a simple task but there were numerous references and using 'find next' was getting tedious.  I dropped to a command line and used sed to complete the task.  Sed is a stream editor and the syntax is simple:

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Nikto User Agent Change

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Nikto is a great tool for scanning web servers for vulnerabilities but if you look at the logs, you can see its footprint:

"Mozilla/5.00 (Nikto/2.1.6) (Evasions:None) (Test:Port Check)"

...which makes it simple to block. To change Nikto's user agent, we open the configuration file found in /etc/nikto.conf

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Internet of Things -- D-Link DCS-930L

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With the recent talk about hijacking IP cameras for the purposes of creating a bot army, I decided to order a camera.   I'd seen this model or one like it in my local lunch place and I ordered one from Amazon.  Two days later, I got my target, a "D-Link DCS-930L Wi-Fi Camera with Remote Viewing".  Nothing fancy really.  Just a $30 camera that can be used wired or wirelessly, but apparently only good for "day use".  It will serve my purpose though.  Army of one.

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