RE: Fiber optic vampire taps

...or use SSH tunneling and generate new keys frequently if they are really paranoid. I think with fiber and some sort of encryption scheme a person intent on sniffing traffic has there work cut out. At this point however it would probably be easier to bypass the fiber altogether and exploit a

RE: Login Banner and Solaris

Hello, I don't know if there is anything else, but here are 2 things I did on 1 of my boxes. I created the directory /etc/dt/config/C. Then copied Xresources from /usr/dt/config/C to /etc/dt/config/C. Edit /etc/dt/config/C/Xresources and uncomment (or add a new one) the line

Re: A question about certification and training

- Original Message - From: Alvey Robert W KPWA [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Phillips, Mike' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 6:41 AM Subject: RE: A question about certification and training Hi, I'd recommend getting as many of the CompTIA certs as you can

Re: copying a disk image to restore on linux

Yes i know that aplication... his name is: tar Available in all unix flavors... and all good administrators know that... If you want an image, not a tarball... then... dd if=/dev/disk fo=/ El mar, 24-12-2002 a las 04:12, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: hi all,

re: [Re-post] Suggestions for basic software for security

Marco, It isn't abundantly clear what you want to do. You say you're asking for security software for port scan, firewall, etc.. You say you already have ZoneAlarm and VirusScan. What isn't clear is what you're trying to do. Are you asking for offensive or defensive capabilities? For

Re: copying a disk image to restore on linux

I think Mondo Rescue might be what you're looking or. It's a back-up/disaster recovery tool which creates an image of either your entire filesystem or a subset of your files, and can be found at http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/ At 03:42 PM 24/12/2002 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all,

Windows Network Audit Tool Question

Greetings, As an admin of a Windows Domain I am looking for a tool that will provide the same type of information (especially the service pack/patch level) that I can get from Winfingerprint http://winfingerprint.sourceforge.net/ but that will run from a shell on Linux. I suspect that it is

Re: copying a disk image to restore on linux

Are you saying that: # df -h == used MB or GB then: # dd if=/dev/hda1 bs=1M count=used MB or GB | gzip hda1-image.gz then, on the new drive: # zcat hda1-image.gz | dd of=/dev/hda1 /dev/null won't cut it for you?!? On Tuesday 24 December 2002 04:12 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all,

Odd files

Has anyone ever heard of or seen the a file of this name and type before? popup.powerball It is not an ASCII file and it is 20,617 bytes. Regards, Jim

RE: [Re-post] Suggestions for basic software for security

It isn't abundantly clear what you want to do. You say you're asking for security software for port scan, firewall, etc.. You say you already have ZoneAlarm and VirusScan. Yes, I already have ZoneAlarm and VirusScan. I would like to know if there is something else to try. What isn't clear

Case Study books or Websites

Does anybody know of some good books or websites that contain case studies about computer security breakins and what the admin did/should have done to correct the problems. I found the case studies in Hacking Linux Exposed very interesting and I am looking to learn anything from those type of

Re: copying a disk image to restore on linux

u may use ghost - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:12 AM Subject: copying a disk image to restore on linux hi all, I would like to know if there are any utilities on linux (preferably freeware) which can create a

Incident Response Guidelines

Hello, I'm about to start huge documentation phase on creating Incident Response Guidelines / Handling - including creating the structure, creating the Incident Response Team, documenting the guidelines per incidents - such as web server hacked, DOS attack, Virus Outbreak I need your help on

RE: Fiber optic vampire taps

From: ONEILL David J [EMAIL PROTECTED] VPNs are not the Holy Grail for network security. Undeniably true, VPNs are part of the current trend towards defense in depth that is required when you don't have a true solution. As a matter of fact, I am suggesting that our project dump its VPN.

RE: [Re-post] Suggestions for basic software for security

Hi Marco, if you really wanna do something with security first upgrade to an real operating system like Linux, BSD, Windows 2000 or Windows XP Pro. I would like to have some suggestion for software for security (port scan, firewall, etc.); I have a Pentium III, 256 Mb of RAM, 20 GB of Hd,

Re: Writing secure code

http://inner-smile.com/nocrack.phtml - Original Message - From: Rahul Chander Kashyap [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2002 10:49 AM Subject: Writing secure code Hi people, I've been going through some articles on how to write secure code esp.