I had a total O/S crash when i tried to upgrade last time. But that was past. I’m going to do it again this time since the screen shots are attractive enough to lure me in. See also the link below for What’s New in Ubuntu 15.10 by Joey-Elijah Sneddon.
Screenshots of Ubuntu 15.10
Remembering syntax on command line could be difficult if you are not hands-on everyday. Or there are times you want to double check the syntax if you are writing scripts. Download this convenient tool called ZenMap here: https://nmap.org/download.html
We introduced the ways of using netcat command in previous post. But to complete the package we shall look at some of the commands that are useful in completing your network discovery report / task. Refer to this link by Vivek Gite here:
http://www.cyberciti.biz/networking/nmap-command-examples-tutorials/
In service outsourcing / delivery area, often we are being asked “WHAT is your company’s best practice for security?”, “Does your side has any existing guidelines / templates for securing the servers?”
OK, no need to worry. DoD of US has published a number of guidelines in their database. It is categorized into applications, operating systems, web browser etc. You just need to worry that some of these guidelines are not in a human-readable format and probably need some tricks to open using Excel because some are in XML format. Check it out here:
https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/ncp/repository
Most of the time people will ask, “How do I check whether the port has been opened?”. And the answer you will get is most likely to be “Use TELNET!” There’s actually another way of doing it, i.e. using the netcat command. Refer to the tutorial below:
Also, you can refer to the full table of switches that you can use for the nc command below:
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/unix_commands/nc.htm
nc command can be used in both Windows and Linux/UNIX. For Windows, download the netcat utility here: https://eternallybored.org/misc/netcat/
Saw this tool that is quite useful from Lynda.com video tutorial. It can create graphs and charts, plus it can apply filters to the log content. Check it out at http://zedlan.com/win_firewall_log_analyser.php
It has been quite a while since SimpleConcepts has been put into freeze. Now the new chapter has begin, continuing in Kiasu Website for Kiasu People….. I try to make the interface simple and clean. Of course, the content will be better I hope. No talk, just action.
