Monthly Archives: July 2005
Alternative Knoppix Bootable CD Distros
Some lesser known knoppix bootable linux cds. Give them a try! Auditor WarLinux Knoppix MAME Elive Are all listed and described. Also try WHAX/Whoppix read more | digg story
How to pick a lock
ever wondered how to pick a lock…well now you can know. i have tried the pin column lock explanation they gave and it was open with no problem read more | digg story
U.S. Patriot Act Extended
Your lack of privacy has been extended: “In the wake of today's London bombings.. this revision includes 10 year extensions to two other provisions set to expire on December 31, one allowing roving wiretaps and another allowing searches of library … Continue reading
Official Longhorn Name is Windows Vista
The official new name for the Longhorn operating system is Microsoft Windows Vista. I'm excited about Vista inspite of myself. I'm not fond of Microsoft's relentless business practices, but I think they've got pretty solid products (excluding Windows ME and … Continue reading
Store Passwords in a Secure Password Safe
KeePass is a free/open-source password manager or safe to help you manage your passwords in a secure way. Put all your passwords in one database, which is locked with one master key or a key-disk. The databases are encrypted using … Continue reading
Is The Security+ Still Worth It?
I took the Security+ test a few weeks ago. I think the process of learning all of the security nuaces in preparation for the test is a really good start of begining security professionals and IT folks wanting to round … Continue reading
My Top 10 Tips For Preparing and Passing the CISSP Exam
Compared with most other technical certification exams, the CISSP exam is quite long. Passing the test requires not only the prerequisite knowledge to answer the questions correctly, but the stamina and mental fortitude to get through the six-hour, 250-question paper-based … Continue reading
Using VNC & SSH
How to use VNC along with SSH to remotely and securely access your computer desktop by way of tunneling. VNC is a huge vulnerability on a network without encryption. Particularly on medium to large networks with lots of users. I … Continue reading
Use Google To Find Passwords
Google hackers have been doing this for a while now. Here is a tutorial on finding passwords using google. This could be used to secure your own web server. Security Professionals charged with protecting IT infrastrutures would do well to … Continue reading
Top 75 Security tools
Like the title says; Insecure.org's top seventy five security tools. All the usual suspects (Nmap, Nessus, Ethereal, Snort, etc.) plus some nice ones that never came up on my radar before. Though Yl33tMMV Many of these tools can be found … Continue reading
