Archive for the ‘Tips’ Category

Evaluating A Network For VoIP Tech

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

The average company would probably prefer not to equip all of its employees with cell phones. Landlines can represent a nuisance, too, since long distance calls cost a fair amount. Fortunately, VoIP tech can act as a solution, so long as a company’s network can handle it.

Penetration testing with Metasploit

Monday, May 10th, 2010

When recommending penetration testing for a corporate network the first question is usually, ”Why would we need penetration testing?” The first answer is, if you don’t they will. Everyday malicious and sometimes just overly curious people use their computers to run automated testing scripts that look for system vulnerabilities to record and potentially later exploit. Sometimes the [...]

Building The Fact Of Network Cloud Computing

Monday, October 12th, 2009

I have found that with cloud computing there seems to be a ton of “expert” advice but it is not coming from people who are actually building solutions in the cloud.  Many giving “expert” advice are seasoned veterans and talented people, but they are simply stating opinions not backed by any facts.  Most have simply [...]

How To Troubleshoot Wireless Network Issues On Aspire One

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

My Acer Aspire One – powered by a commercial Linux distro called Linpus – after entering sleep mode couldn’t connect to the wireless network anymore. The wireless connection logo vanished, turning the wifi switch on/off didn’t work either, as was useless try to launch the Network Center. If you got a similar problem, read below.

How To Run An Open Soruce GSM Network

Monday, August 17th, 2009

Slashdot reports that Harald Welte is operating an open source GSM network at the Hacking at Random (HAR) conference.  Welte writes:

New WordPress Update Patches Serious XSS Vulnerability

Monday, July 20th, 2009

An update to the WordPress platform, version 2.8.2, was issued earlier today that addresses a security issue known as XSS or  cross-site scripting.

Changing The Network Name On Your iMac

Monday, June 29th, 2009

I just bought a used iMac and am frustrated to find that it identifies itself as “Susie’s Q” on the network. Since I’m not Susie – and never have been! – I really want to change this. How do I change my iMac’s name in Mac OS X on the network?

Why Is GPL Selected By Open Source Vendors?

Monday, May 4th, 2009

I started to consider the reasons why open source vendors select the GPL after ESR wrote: “The GPL may be a community-building signaling device, but it is also a confession of fear and weakness. To believe that it matters, you have to believe that you live in a Type A universe where closed-source development is [...]

Tips To Help With Your Cloud Computing Project

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Just finishing up the final touches on my first big cloud computing project, and there was much to learn here, some pitfalls and some promises in the cloud that might help you with your cloud computing project.