Archive for the ‘Networking’ Category

Human Area Networking (HAN)

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008

RedTacton is a new Human Area Networking technology that uses the surface of the human body as a safe, high speed network transmission path. Using a new super-sensitive photonic electric field sensor, RedTacton can achieve duplex communication over the human body at a maximum speed of 10 Mbps. RedTacton uses the minute ...

The ABCs of securing your wireless network

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

Ars Technica's original Wireless Security Blackpaper was first published back in 2002, and in the intervening years, it has been a great reference for getting the technical lowdown on different wireless security protocols. As a sequel to the original blackpaper, we wanted to do something a little more basic and ...

Glowing video tape USB hub

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Nowadays, usb hubs are getting smaller and smaller (and then, they fall behind your desk because the cable is heavier than the hub an then you have to crouch behind your computer to recover it) So I needed something better (of course, i could have simply glued it in place ) I ...

Security and Virtualization

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

As the world of virtualization moves forward, organisations are faced with compelling reasons to virtualize: factors like server consolidation, high energy bills, faster hardware, ease of use and step back and quick snapshot technology make the virtual computing realm become more attractive. In some organisations virtualization has already become a large ...

Detecting Rogue Wireless

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Wireless networking technologies are a rich playground for hackers -- both ethical penetration testers and malicious attackers. There are many avenues of attack, ranging from attacking the infrastructure, the clients, or the actual traffic through man-in-the-middle sniffing and manipulation. Rich Mogull covered the wireless “Evil Twin” attack in his recent ...

Tactical Forensics Platform

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Earlier I wrote about my proposed Tactical Network Security Monitoring Platform. Today I finally sat down and installed the operating systems I need on this system to create a portable tactical forensics and investigation platform. I did not want to use my main work laptop for this sort of work ...

Ubuntu Cheat Sheet

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

With the Ubuntu 8.04 release a few days away, there comes a time when one needs an end-all reference to the system. The time is now, and if you’re an Ubuntu user and liked the original cheat sheet, then do we have a surprise for you: Click the preview above to ...

Unix/Linux Command Cheat Sheet

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

In an attempt to find a good Unix reference for you FOSSwire readers, I was unsuccessful at finding a decent one on the Internet. So, why not make one? Click the image above to download a full PDF. Print it out, stick it on your wall, and pass it on. It’s ...

Where is Sysprep in Vista?

Monday, April 21st, 2008

In previous versions of Microsoft Windows, the System Preparation Tool (sysprep.exe) was found in the Deployment.cab file on your product CD. If you’ve examined the Vista DVD however, there’s no such cabinet file present. So where can you find sysprep now? Turns out, it’s included in the operating system itself now ...

Microsoft Opens the Gates to Hack Their Web Services

Monday, April 21st, 2008

It seems like Microsoft are starting to get serious about security, in a very progressive move they have said they are ok with ethical hackers finding security flaws in their online services. It’s been fairly ok so far to hack away at software installed on your own hardware, but hitting remotely ...