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Lessons on Linux Device Drivers

Device Drivers, Part 4: Linux Character Drivers

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This article, which is part of the series on Linux device drivers, deals with the various concepts of character drivers and their implementation.
VNCInjection with courtesy shell enabled, by default

Metasploit 101 with Meterpreter Payload

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The Metasploit framework is well known in the realm of exploit development. It is a standalone tool for security researchers, penetration testers and IDS/IPS...
Secured!

Securing Apache, Part 6: Attacks on Session Management

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In this part of the series, we are going to concentrate on attacks on session management. Application-level attacks on the session is about obtaining...
Search

The Needle and the Haystack: Exploring Search Models, Part 1

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Searching for the proverbial needle in the haystack occurs millions of times a day in the realm of cyberspace. Ever looked under the hood...
Splitting the screen into windows

Let’s Play with GNU Screen

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Many GNU/Linux users spend time working at the command line. The GNU Screen utility can be of great use if you work with multiple...
The eyeOS desktop

Demystifying the Cloud with eyeOS

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It's another day in your life with technology and you keep hearing people talk about "Cloud this…" and "Cloud that…" or  "Just store it...
Understanding Puppet classes and modules

Puppet Data Centre Automation Solution, Part 4: Classes & Modules

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We learned about some of the interesting ways Puppet helps automate things in Part 3. In the final part of this series, we look...
Introducing libpcap

Capturing Packets In Your C Program, With Libpcap

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This article provides an introduction to libpcap, and shows, with examples of source code, how you can use it to create your own packet-sniffing...
Firewall Scan

Advanced Nmap: Scanning Firewalls

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After four articles on Nmap , which explained a number of command-line options for scan technique specification, target specification, port specifications, host discovery, evasion...
Show me the money!

FreedomYUG: Go Forth And Copy Left

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How To Successfully Earn a Living with FOSS -- Part 1 Do you want to be an independent professional? More importantly, do you want to...