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- New shield foiled attack on Internet's backbone
- http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/cnet/2007-03-11-net-attack_N.htmOk, that's basically asking for the dns servers to be attacked again by acknowledging that there is a defense in place that was planned specifically for such an attack.My per
- Tags: security, dns, e-mail, backbone, droolin, Internet
- Discussion threads 2007-03-11
- Men removed or tried to remove PIN pads from at least six stores
- 4 arrested in Stop & Shop data theftsMen removed or tried to remove PIN pads from at least six stores http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17366127/[i]COVENTRY, R.I. - Four California men were arrested in what police said was a scheme to switch checkout-lane credit card readers at Stop & Shop supermarkets as a way to...
- Tags: credit card, droolin, credit information, security, hardware, networking, Stop & Shop
- Discussion threads 2007-02-28
- "Government Access to Phone Calling Activity and Related Records:
- http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/intel/RL33424.pdfOk, I've tried to read this and I will probably spend another week trying to read this. [i]The statutes that enable the government to gain legal access to telephone records, whether for law enforcement or intelligence purposes, are examined in a newly updated report from the Congressional Research Service.The...
- Tags: droolin, security, off-topic, nsa, telephone
- Discussion threads 2007-02-22
- Hack lets intruders sneak into home routers
- http://news.com.com/Hack+lets+intruders+sneak+into+home+routers/2100-7349_3-6159938.html?tag=nefd.topChange the default password, christ. I can't beleive people still don't do that.Dan does a benny hill slap on the head of every person that does not change default passwords.DanHere's how I setup access points;1. Give the device a static IP and move it near the top (above...
- Tags: droolin, password, windows, security, hardware, hacks, routers, home user, Dan, router
- Discussion threads 2007-02-16
- SSH sessions without a password
- I wish you wouldn't have offered ssh1 in that demoIt's insecure... There is no reason not to go with ssh2. I liked the article though... I use keys for logging into all the servers I have access to. One, its just plane safer. Two, it makes...
- Tags: droolin, password, security, networking, SSH
- Discussion threads 2007-02-12
- Wakeup call for Solaris admins: SHUT TELNET!
- I have never understood why companies never moved away from telnetI worked for the state of Pennsylvania, they used telnet on their local lans. Yea, well... Geese what, I could have sniffed anyone's password and had access basically to anything.here where I work now... never mind.It's not just sun,...
- Tags: droolin, Telnet, security, networking, george ou, Sun Solaris
- Discussion threads 2007-02-12
- Hackers attack every 39 second
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17034719/Good god, thats depressing. Every 39 seconds. Oi.The crutz of this article basicatly says they run automated scripts looking for potentional computers to break into, then run brute force scripts. Hell, I can attest to that just looking at my logs. But, every 39 seconds... Sh*ttttttttttttt. ...
- Tags: droolin, security, hacking, operating system
- Discussion threads 2007-02-08
- Providing remote access to private healthcare data
- No online access because of security, but data entry done through outsourceI don't know, I can understand the health care industry's reluctance to make this information available online due to security concerns. But, then I think about the fact that you have no idea how your information is getting...
- Tags: droolin, data entry, HIPAA, security, healthcare, health care, remote access
- Discussion threads 2007-02-06
- Dutch man fined for 9 billion spam
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16944967/from/RS.1/[i]OPTA said it considered several factors, including the sheer volume of the messages, saying the 9 billion was a "minimum" estimate.[/i]This guy was only fined 97,000? Ummmm, how much damage was caused to infected machines he used to spew his spam???[i]Another aggravating factor was that this person used hundreds...
- Tags: droolin, OPTA
- Discussion threads 2007-02-02
- 25% of all computers on botnets
- A lot of these bot nets use to be started on IRCWhat happened over a period of time was that because these bot nets were used to attack various irc networks, the network's got together and formed a security group. This security group pass's information to each other, and...
- Tags: bot, bot net, botnets, computer, droolin, IRC, networking, security
- Discussion threads 2007-01-29
- High volume attackers to be exposed
- Hell, anyone want the ip address's of ssh brute force attacks alsoI like this idea. Publish the ip's, names, and address's of these twits. I have a list of ip's that I can contribute from my file server firewall.Actually, I like this idea even more. I think...
- Tags: IP, droolin
- Discussion threads 2007-01-29
- bind and sendmail help please
- Actually, I'm not really asking for help as much as I'm asking for some links to some good tutorials. I would rather have that, so I can reference it.bind is already set up, but it is very generic(thus, why I have all ports blocked). I am leasing this...
- Tags: domain, DNS server, server, droolin, DNS
- Discussion threads 2007-01-26
- grey listing to fight spam
- Has anyone ever heard of greylisting as a defense to combat spam? I just read an article on this, which I plan on re-reading.... http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2007/01/18/greylisting-with-pf.htmlBut, from what I understand of it.... You work with 3 lists...[i]This makes three lists of clients: * Whitelist: known good clients....
- Tags: bsd, Dan, droolin, e-mail, greylisting, linux, networking, security, spam, spammer
- Discussion threads 2007-01-23
- pfctl firewall question on FreeBSD server question
- I will soon be in the position where I will be the proud lease owner of a serverFreeBSD that will be used for hosting a number of different accounts(irc, web site, and Internet radio). Please don't bust my chops cause I still do irc, met my current wife to...
- Tags: droolin, proto tcp, TCP, pfctl, security, networking, bsd, FreeBSD, firewall, FTP, IP, server
- Discussion threads 2007-01-15
- Automate configuration backups with subversion
- Heck of an idea, wish I would have thought about it.I can already see its potential.Dan
- Tags: droolin, security, linux, networking, cvs, config file history, restoration of config files, backup
- Discussion threads 2006-12-14
- Whois registrants showing different information?
- I have about 200 ip's that have been firewalled because of various factors(ssh brute force attempts, ftp brute force attempts, attempted ssh access from linux). I got a bug up my butt and decided to build a database so that I could track how often
- Tags: Network technology, NETWORKING, droolin, IP
- Discussion threads 2006-11-15
- sys utilities written in Perl versus shell scripts, which is better?
- I've been putting together some system scripts for where I'm working right now on an OS X 10 system. They were specific in the request, but I coded them in a way to allow them to be general purpose. In other words, I wrote them to use config...
- Tags: C, droolin, linux, networking, Perl, programming, security, shell, shell script, software, utilities
- Discussion threads 2006-10-25
- Perl: My Secret Weapon
- I once used Perl...... to dynamically generate and deploy configurations to over ten thousand routers, test the configuration, double check connectivity, and flag routers where the configuration change failed or (worse!) the router didn't respond after the update.Sure, I could have cobbled it together in csh with grep, sed, tee,...
- Tags: backup, droolin, feedback, linux, Perl, programming, programming and development, security, software, windows
- Discussion threads 2006-10-20
- Privacy under attack, but does anybody care?
- [url]http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15221095/[/url]This is an excellent article, even if it appears on www.msnbc.com. Lol, this article highlights how many ways the privacy of Americans has been lost and how much we are willing to give it up for a fe
- Tags: SECURITY, droolin, privacy, telephone
- Discussion threads 2006-10-16
- Countries that most activly probe your network?
- Ok, this post is purely based on a home machine that runs the pfctl firewall on a FreeBSD 6.1 system. This machine runs ftp, ssh, and Apache which all can be accessed by the Internet.When I set up my original machine, a 5.3 FreeBSD system. I noti
- Tags: ssh brute force, droolin, home machine, cidr, networking, security, attack, firewall, network, FTP, SSH
- Discussion threads 2006-10-15
