These days security is on everyone’s mind. What if I told you there is a disgustingly simple way of spoofing real web-sites in order to steal your information? This technique has gotten little attention compared to OS exploits in the media, but is far more powerful of a technique than OS holes. [...]
It used to be that only geek conspiracy theorists would worry about securely deleting their info. But nowadays almost everybody has put on an aluminum hat and is worried about their personal data falling into the wrong hands. For you aluminum hat junkies there is a nice utility on most Linux ditros to securely delete your files. [...]
Many people pull their hair out with firewalls, and trying to find open ports and what is using that port. How can you quickly find all the listening or open ports on your computer? The easiest way to find the open ports on your computer is from using a GUI Tool that displays all the open ports and what is listening on them. Here is a brief listing of some of the best and easiest to use utilities with links on where to download them. [...]
If you are worried about sensitive or confidential data in your Microsoft Word document you can both encrypt and password protect the document to keep it secure. This feature is very useful if you have to store your documents in a shared location, such as a network folder or home computer. [...]
Nessus is vulnerability scanner and tester, which takes an IP address and scans every possible security hole. For systems administrators, this is a very powerful tool. As anyone who has seen the logs of a live Internet server will know, hackers are hitting your server all the time. You can put your mind to rest with Nessus. [...]
Want to have a little more anonymity while you work. When you have a Windows 2003, XP, and 2000 computer (particularly when joined to a domain) the username of the last person who logged in will always be displayed in the User name field. Here is how to blank that feature out. [...]
When Windows Firewall blocks traffic, it doesn’t display an (annoying) on-screen alert as some third-party personal firewalls do. However, you can configure Windows Firewall to store a record of its activity in a log file. To enable logging, follow these steps: [...]
If you hate logging in every time you reboot your computer, you can configure Suse to automatically a user in when you start your computer quickly and easily. You can even select which user to log in with. [...]
There are times when you may have forgotten your debian system root password and want to reset this password. Here you will find the options available to you to recover your system. There are various methods available for resetting a root password. [...]
Glubble is a Firefox plugin (3.8 MB) that allows parents to control a white list of which domains their kids can visit. What makes Glubble unique is that their engine is based on a collective social process whereby parents who use Glubble can approve sites for viewing for their children and then pass on their recommendation to other parents. [...]
