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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
While talking to my friend stan I was quite surprised to see his non-tech ways of hiding p0rn from his girlfriend in his windows box. Which he thinks is a genius method. What he basically does is make a bunch of folders with different, confusing, not-so-interesting names and hide his stash deep deep inside the [...]
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2007
Automatic Password Generator application (APG)
The default behavior of APG is to prompt for random data from standard input and upon pressing enter, display six strong “pronounceable” passwords. They are referred to as “pronounceable” because the passwords may actually be pronounced like regular words. In fact, APG includes the pronunciation in parentheses () to the right [...]
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
Tripwire is designed to detect modifications to files and directories and to alert you of any changes. Even though quiet a large amount of effort is needed to configure and run this program, it is very essential for high-profile systems that are exposed directly to the internet.
Tripwire works by storing important information about system directories [...]
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
These are some of the few things you can do if your system gets compromised by an intruder to the point that they have root access and have installed root kit in your system.
Disconnect your system from the network. Remove your system from the Internet and from your local network. You should literally unplug the [...]
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