Congratulations Linux Journal on it 200th Issue
I just wanted to say congrats on the 200th issue to Linux Journal. I enjoy reading about Linux and things that are open source. This mag is a great place to start. I have...
Author: ogwatermelon
Firefox addon, Firesheep, the novice way to sidejack?
I read several articles about Firesheep, the addon for Firefox, and the sidejacking that it performs on a computer network. The first think I would like to say is that most these articles basically...
Two vulnerabilities in Linux allow access to root account
Two new vulnerabilities affecting Linux were uncovered this week that could potentially be used by malicious hackers to gain root privileges. One vulnerability, which was reported on Tuesday by security firm VSR, arises from...
Getting Hard Drive Serial Numbers using scripts
Recently I had been working on a way to retrieve hard drive serial numbers without having to go around and look at each drive. We have to use them for reports and we use...
WiMax and your cell phone 4G network
WiMAX is an IP based, wireless broadband access technology that provides performance similar to 802.11/Wi-Fi networks with the coverage and QOS of cellular networks. WiMAX is also an acronym meaning “Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave...