Conventional encryption is where there are no keys involved. This can be done with the -c option on GnuPG. When you use this option you will be asked for a passphrase. To decrypt the file the same passphrase is needed. This is ideal for password lists, where you have the ability to share the passphrase […]
Encrypting Files Conventionally With GnuPG
Running a Quick Ping Scan using NMAP
Nmap can make quick of work of doing a ping sweep of your network: [usr-1@srv-1 ~]$ nmap -sP 10.50.100.1-255 Starting nmap 3.70 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2005-06-13 15:50 PDT Host 10.50.100.1 appears to be up. Host 10.50.100.2 appears to be up. Host 10.50.100.22 appears to be up. Host mondo (10.50.100.72) appears to be up. Host […]
ClamAV Free AntiVirus Software
ClamAV is a GPL virus scanner that will integrate with mail servers, scan filesystems from the command line, and automatically update its virus signatures. There are many ports of ClamAV to various platforms, including Windows. This article will show how to compile and install ClamAV for a single user on GNU/Linux. First, we grab the […]
Microsoft Windows Metafile Exploit Workaround
[January 5 update: Microsoft released a fix for this vulnerability available here. The below information has some related procedures that may be useful. ] There is a zero day expoit in the wild that can infect your Windows system via email and web browsing. There is no known fix yet, but there is a workaround […]
Monitor Default Web Logs
Most web addresses are all name based on the server side. That is, netadmintools.com and associated logs are monitored and tracked in a different file than requests to the IP address. The first entry in the VirtualHost section of the httpd.conf file for Apache is where the requests without a name go. Stick a very […]
Adding a BugTraq Feed to Firefox
There is a cool feature in Firefox that will put live RSS feeds right on the toolbar simply by clicking the orange icon in the URL window. We have this capability on NetAdminTools. Clicking on the Add Live Bookmark will add a list of our latest articles. For the RSS 2.0 specification, see this page. […]
