Tag: IP addresses
IPCop 2.0.6: The New Watchdog!
This article describes the various functionalities of a network-based firewall, besides taking readers through the installation and configuration of IPCop 2.0.6, especially from the...
Methods To Lock Down WordPress wp-admin, and Accessing it Using SOCKS5...
It's as simple as this: have SSH listen on the standard port 22, and when you check your server logs, you see all sorts...
Guard Your Network with IPCop, Part 3: Block Outgoing Traffic
The first article in the series discussed IPCop 1.4.21, its basic installation and configuration. Though an excellent firewall distro, basic IPCop has limited functionality....
IPsec VPN Penetration Testing with BackTrack Tools
This article outlines the value of penetration-testing VPN gateways for known vulnerabilities and also shows you how to prevent a breach into the internal...
Cyber Attacks Explained: Network Sniffing
In earlier articles in this series, we have explored denial of service attacks and packet spoofing. This month, let us focus on a wider...
Rootkits: The Enemy Within
While it was assumed in the past that viruses only targeted Windows, hackers targeting the FOSS world proved this wrong. A rootkit on a...
The Next Y2K — Are We Ready for a Web Without...
Yes, we've have done it again -- brought the world to the brink of another disaster, because we've failed to foresee the exponential growth...
Advanced Nmap: A Recap
This final article in the series consolidates information from the previous articles, looks at NMap's future possibilities, and at the new tools from the...
DeleGate — A Multi-platform, Multipurpose Proxy Server
A proxy server works as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources from other servers. There are various types of proxy servers. In...
Advanced Nmap: Scanning Firewalls
After four articles on Nmap , which explained a number of command-line options for scan technique specification, target specification, port specifications, host discovery, evasion...
