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Privacy – Carrier IQ fallout
You are being watched! According to its website, Carrier IQ claims that its software is deployed in more…
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Most prevalent automated web app attacks
Imperva (http://www.imperva.com ) isolated the four most prevalent Web application attacks: 1. Directory traversal = 37% 2. cross…
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Unblocking a host
Is your firewall blocking connection from a host and still you want to unblock the IP address of…
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Block a host
Normally if you want to block all requests to and from an IP address, iptables is an ideal…
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Handy commands
-List files opened by a program listening on a certain port (lsof -i:port) -Benchmark the performance of a…
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Configuring proftpd behind NAT
If your ftp server is behind a NAT router, the regular ftps configuration steps you find in most…
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Changing passphrase of a private key
It is not advisable to use password based login for ssh any more. One of the most secure…
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West African country Cameroon has the riskiest domain
Who would have thought, a country like Cameroon with barely 6 computers per 500 people (1.2 per 100…