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Tripwire Tutorial: Linux Host Based Intrusion Detection System

Ramesh Natarajan — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:01:25 +0000

Photo courtesy of judepics Tripwire is a host based Intrusion detection system for Linux. Tripwire monitors Linux system to detect and report any unauthorized changes to the files and directories. Once a baseline is created, tripwire monitors and detects, which file is added, which file is changed, what is changed, who changed it, and when [...]

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10 Tips to Use Your Hardware and Software Vendor Support Effectively

Ramesh Natarajan — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:01:52 +0000

Photo courtesy of wraithtdk Companies purchase support for most of their enterprise hardwares (servers, switches, routers, firewalls etc.,) and softwares (databases, OS, applications, frameworks etc.,). They spend lot of cash on support mainly for two reasons: 1) To get help from vendors to fix critical production issues 2) To keep up-to-date with the latest version [...]

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Firefox Add-On: Hire 7 Personal Bodyguards to Browse Internet Securely

Ramesh Natarajan — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:55:02 +0000

Photo courtesy of markstrange We see celebrities, politicians and famous people cruise around with bodyguards to protect themselves and their possessions from various threats. While most of us cannot afford such kind of protection when we cruise the streets, we can at least have that kind of protection when we cruise the internet. I have [...]

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6 Steps to Secure Your Home Wireless Network

Ramesh Natarajan — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:01:39 +0000

Most of you might have enabled wireless encryption, which is only one of the 6 steps mentioned in this article to make your wireless network safe and secure from hackers. The screenshots mentioned below are from Linksys wireless router. But, you’ll find similar options for all the 6 steps mentioned below in wireless routers from [...]

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The Ultimate Guide for Creating Strong Passwords

Ramesh Natarajan — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:54:45 +0000

“Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don’t let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months” – Clifford Stoll When you create an account on a website, you may have the “password dilemma” for a second. The dilemma is whether you should provide a weak password that is easy [...]

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