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Q&A: DMZ In Consumer Routers
My Linksys router has the option to set up a DMZ, is there any thing I should know before making use of it?
Excerpt from Wikipedia
The purpose of a DMZ is to add an additional layer of security to an organization's Local Area Network (LAN); an external attacker only has access to...
Read More Using Hashdeep To Ensure Data Integrity
On a previous post I discussed the value of md5deep, now I am going to show you another tool by the name of hashdeep. As expected with hashdeep you can: recurse entire directories, perform matching, audit known hashes. Hashdeep grants auditing capabilities to the administrator.
Official Hashdeep description
Computes multiple hashes, or...
Read More Zenmap: Nmap offical GUI
Who hasn't heard of Nmap the open source network scanner of choice for many IT professionals, there is a reason why its so popular and some cases mandate it. By Nmap nature is a command line scanner which means users are required to learn a few things before using it.
Meet...
Read More Nuke a hard drive with DBAN
No!, we are not going to blow up a hard drive, but instead render any data in it un-recoverable by using a free and open source utility called DBAN. DBAN is both trusted by government agencies and easy to use. DBAN can boot from a floppy disk, CD, DVD, or...
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