Computer Security
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Sunday, March 16th, 2008The other day, an associate of mine was explaining how they were automating the backing up of MySQL databases to a back up server via an automated FTP script. For those not familiar, in order to backup MySQL databases the tables MySQL need to be locked otherwise you risk corrupting the backup version.
TCP Wrappers - It’s Not So Hard
Sunday, March 16th, 2008Back in the “olden days,” before TCP Wrappers were ever thought of, the Eindhoven University of Technology in The Netherlands was experiencing some major instrusion problems on their systems. Somehow, a cracker was gaining access to their systems and for whatever reason, deleting the entire file system of the servers they managed to access.
Counter Hack - Book Review
Sunday, March 16th, 2008So you want to learn more about computer security but don’t know where to start? Even though Ed Skoudis’ book, Counter Hack - A Step-by Step Guide to Computer Attacks and Effective Defences was published in 2002, this book should be on top of your reading list.
4 Minutes And Counting
Sunday, March 16th, 2008An interesting report from TechWeb, regarding a test by AvanteGarde, a marketing-communications firm. Seems AvanteGarde wanted to test the security of “out of the box” operating systems to see how soon they would be compromised. Included in the test were machines “equipped with Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 1 […]
Excellent Security Tip With A Twist
Sunday, March 16th, 2008I’m not sure who to credit this to exactly, but I discovered this tip on the Hsphere Control Panel message board. The person who posted the tip goes by the nickname of “WebDude.”
It was one of those, “Why didn’t I think of that?!?” moments when I read this tip, involving the command ‘chattr’ that comes […]
Hunting Out Rootkits
Sunday, March 16th, 2008For a long time, I have been using a tool called chkrootkit that I use on a daily basis for checking my servers and linux PC’s for the possibility of a root kit being installed. Obviously, this is just one tool in a whole security system.
Recently I was made aware of another similar tool that […]