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by Rom Feria on March 31, 2008
© abardwell At the recent CanSecWest Applied Security Conference that was held in Canada, three computers running Mac OS X, Vista and Ubuntu Linux respectively were offered for hacking. None of the...
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by Rom Feria on February 16, 2008
I have talked about firewalls and how it is configured to secure your computer from malicious access but it seems that I have failed to even mention the one that comes bundled with Ubuntu,...
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by Rom Feria on February 16, 2008
Remote access are enabled by using SSH. Whilst this surely makes it more secure than telnet, there are times when you want to have finer-grained control over what SSH commands can be executed from...
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by Rom Feria on January 26, 2008
It is common knowledge that we use ssh for remote access as well as the underlying transport for some other services, e.g., VNC over SSH, FTP over SSH, etc. One you have SSH installed, you can also...
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by Rom Feria on December 22, 2007
If only we can have a huge wall like China's Great Wall to protect us from security breaches, then we'd all be sleeping soundly every night. Unfortunately, there isn't one available but...
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by Rom Feria on December 08, 2007
Not too long ago, I wrote about TrueCrypt, an open source disk encryption software. To some, it may be cryptic to get TrueCrypt to use, much more integrate into your daily workflow. To make it easier,...
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by Rom Feria on August 23, 2007
In another one of those Microsoft TechNet hosted blog entries, Jeff Jones wrote about the "July 2007 OS Vulnerability Scorecard", which definitely puts Microsoft OS as superior compared to...
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by Rom Feria on August 11, 2007
I admit that this is the first time I have heard of Server Name Indication, or SNI, for securing virtual hosts. I am glad to have found a tutorial on how to use SNI with Apache via mod_gnutls...
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by Rom Feria on July 30, 2007
Even if we secure our computer systems from remote intrusions, hackers will never stop at testing your defenses. Whilst having a sufficiently secure system may be sufficient, the fact that these...
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by Rom Feria on July 28, 2007
Short of creating my own do-it-yourself guide to Ubuntu security, Ubuntu forum Master Roaster, bodhi.zazen, wrote one already. The Ubuntu Security forum entry includes information about password...
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by Rom Feria on July 06, 2007
I have been trying to find ways to maximize the use of webcams on computers and this tutorial on setting up webcams as security monitoring tool is excellent. Just make sure that you have the proper...
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by Rom Feria on June 25, 2007
Next to the BIOS-level password security, the boot loader is the next level of protection one gets. Linux's popular boot loader, GRUB, provides a built-in feature that prompts you to enter a...
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by Rom Feria on June 23, 2007
I wrote about Snort on Ubuntu last month, this month, I found another how-to on installing and configuring Snort but on Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 5. Whilst the basics are identical, there are...
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by Rom Feria on June 16, 2007
RedHat Magazine published a full tutorial on how to enable a two password encryption scheme for its encrypted file system, EncFS. The tutorial even includes some tips and tricks on securing your...
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by Rom Feria on May 27, 2007
Nicholas Petreley (no relation to Peter and Nathan Petreli, our favorite Heroes) of The Register, UK, published an analysis comparing "Microsoft's Windows is more secure" claim and what...
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by Rom Feria on May 26, 2007
TrueCrypt is "a free open-source disk encryption software for Windows Vista/XP/2000 and Linux." The main features are as follows: 1. Creates a virtual encrypted disk within a file and...
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by Rom Feria on May 21, 2007
Snort is an open-source intrusion detection system (IDS) created by Sourcefire. It is also one of the most widely deployed open source security tool, with more than 3,000,000 downloads to date....
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by Rom Feria on April 28, 2007
Whilst this one speaks about the Mac OS X and compares it with Microsoft's Vista security features, the same can be said of Linux vs Vista's security. Mac OS X and Linux, both coming from a...
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by Rom Feria on April 24, 2007
Whilst it is ideal to have those who hack into your machine to be put in a cell, what good will it give you if s/he has done significant damage already, right? Prevention is the first thing to do,......
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by Rom Feria on April 18, 2007
Whilst this may sound like a marketing blurb coming from Mark Cox, the Director of the Red Hat Security Response Team, but it sure would encourage you try it out yourself. A default installation of...
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by Rom Feria on April 18, 2007
WebDAV is probably one of the least used utilities available to developers and content managers. Personally, I got familiar with WebDAV only thru Apple's Mac OS X. Anyway, it is far easier and...
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by Rom Feria on March 23, 2007
You may belong to a majority of netizens who have problems keeping tab of secure passwords for different on-line services, may it be web-based email, forum, blog, or whatever that requires you to...
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