Slackstuff

The Linux Channel that doesn't suck!

Archive for November, 2008

5 tips for wireless security

by usr_local in November 21st, 2008

Topics: Computers, Hardware, How Tos, Internet Tags: Internet, networking, routers, security, wireless

Securing your private wireless network is a really simple thing to do. It should be taken seriously by everyone who has a wireless network. Strangers driving through your neighborhood and you r neighbors could use your wireless access point to gain free access to the internet and to your sensitive information. With these tips, you [...]

Click here to continue reading..

NFS: sharing files in Linux

by usr_local in November 9th, 2008

Topics: Computers, How Tos, Linux, Software Tags: Computers, files, Linux, server, sharing

I have been spending the day re-inventing my file server. I have a Slackware Linux machine that serves as the PDC on my home network and also as my primary fileserver. In order to perform the task of PDC, the system must use Samba. Samba also serves as a file sharing server which can share [...]

Click here to continue reading..

Slackstuff.com is new (sortof)

by usr_local in November 5th, 2008

Topics: Internet, Linux, Web Development Tags: design, Internet, server, site, VPS, web, WP

I recently rented my own VPS(Virtual Private Server) and I think it was one of the wisest choices that I have made recently. I have put slackstuff.com on the new VPS and it appears to be serving wonderfully. I decided to go with Debian as the OS. I am already familiar with Debain as a [...]

Click here to continue reading..

Subscribes

Subscribes via feeds
Subscribes via email

feeds

Be Social

Get Counted!

Archives

ISC Security feed

- Infocon: green
  Energizer Malware […]
- Energizer Malware, (Tue, Mar 9th)
  We received several emails today about the US-CERTanalysis of Trojan horse software found in a ...(more)... […]
- SEO poisoning on TV show, (Mon, Mar 8th)
  An ISCreader, thanks Paul, notified us about a new SEO(Search Engine Optimization) ...(more)... […]
- Microsoft announced two important bulletins (fixing multiple vulns. affecting Windows and Office) for tomorrow: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-mar.mspx, (Mon, Mar 8th)
  ...(more)... […]
- Samurai WTF 0.8, (Mon, Mar 8th)
  A new version of the Samurai WTF (Web Testing Framework) distribution, version 0.8, has been r ...(more)... […]
- Apache releases version 2.2.15 with 5 security fixes including OpenSSL issue., (Sun, Mar 7th)
  ...(more)... […]
- DHS issues Cybersecurity challenge, (Sun, Mar 7th)
  Have some great security awareness ideas? Feel like no one hears your ideas? Then you wi ...(more)... […]
- Integration and the Security of New Technologies, (Sat, Mar 6th)
  The topic of deployment of new technology in an enterprise, and how to prepare to secure that techno ...(more)... […]
- What is your firewall log telling you - responses, (Fri, Mar 5th)
  Responses to our earlier diary entries regarding firewall log parsing (story1 and story2) have been ...(more)... […]
- False scare email proclaiming North Korea nuclear launch against Japan, (Fri, Mar 5th)
  Reader Jim informed us about a scare email tactic that is trying to entice users to open a malicious ...(more)... […]

scr0bbled

Browser wars – Don’t be a casualty

This post was inspired by another recent post that I read. I will be quoting and sourcing it later on. I want t make direct my focus to a play on the original posts title. "Are you a casualty". And, The last paragraph of the post which reads: When you find ....Click here to continue reading

Android code removed from Linux kernel

As published here : Greg Kroah-Hartman, the Novell developer who maintains the staging, USB and driver core for Linux, has announced that the driver code for Google's Android operating system has been removed from the 2.6.33 Linux code base. Kroah-Hartman says that "I love the Android phone platform" but that ....Click here to continue reading

Hilighting a welcome note

In the interest of my good friend, @BIOSShadow and his blog over at Geek Crack, I would like to extend the welcome that he issued in this post. The welcome goes out to @KitsuneDragon from twitter, who is rapidly becoming a true slacker in #slackstuff and, a valued member of ....Click here to continue reading