Os Detection Techniques Background information This is a list, with explanations for all the active and passive techniques I can find for remoteoperating system identification – there is a massive list of sources at the end. Background information: techniques Active fingerprinting – Active fingerprinting is the process of transmitting packets Read more…
Crypto Asset Convergence This was a really good talk – A company called New Alchemy from Seattle 4 categories of crypto currencies exist to be money utility tokens exist to access a network of value smart contracts exist to be a global compting network security tokens exist to confer ownership Read more…
Pihole on a raspberry pi – making a network wide advert blocker with a raspberry pi. I have a router using dnsmasq with adblocking setup on my router. I also have a raspberry pi (which was being used as a retropi machine). I also have a Pizero. My retropi setup Read more…
4 types of service in an SOA system. Business services Domain services Integration services Foundation / Utility services Business Services Provide high-level functionality Provides abstraction of the interface Provides integration of the layers below Breaks the direct dependance between business processes and existing systems Provides a virtual implementation Provides business processes Read more…
This is a basic plecost tutorial. Plecost is a commandline utility that will scan your wordpress host and identify lots of information leaks that could potentially help crackers breaking in to your site. There is some information at iniqua labs, but its a little difficult to get to grips with. Read more…
This post will show you how to encrypt your external drives so that your data remains safe. it really only works with new drives though, so if you have a drive thats already got lots of data on it, you might need to find a way to save that data Read more…
This is a cool thing that you can do with your mac: have the archive utility automatically delete a zip file after its been expanded! open finder go to /System/Library/CoreServices open archive utility goto the menu bar > archive utility > preferences change ‘after expanding’ to be ‘delete archive’ enjoy Read more…
This will show you how to eject a stuck dvd or cd from your mac 1) try holding the eject key, it may work 2) try dragging the mounted cd to the trash, it may work 3) open finder and try clicking on the eject button next to the cd Read more…
After moving into my new flat I had to wait three weeks for my isp to connect me. here is a list of my essential iphobe apps that kept me connected. mail.app this one is the most important. it let me read my mail. safari.app this one helped me search Read more…
This will show you how to burn the downloaded osx lion to a dvd so that you can do a fresh install. 1) download lion from the app store. 2) right click the downloaded file 3) click ‘show package contents’ 4) go to contents > sharedsupport 5) right click on Read more…
Enable firmware password on osx: This post will show you how to enable the firmware password on osx firmware passwords will protect your mac from: booting from a cd or dvd booting from the diagnostic utility on the install dvd booting from the network booting from a different target drive Read more…
How to create an iso from a dvd or cd in mac osx: This will show you how to create an iso image from a cd or dvd in mac osx. goto applications > utilities > disk utility insert your dvd with the data that you want to make an Read more…
Here are some tips to make your mac boot faster: Rotate your logs open terminal > type: sudo periodic daily weekly monthly this command runs the log rotate scripts, etc Repair disk permissions applications > utilities > disk utility > repair permissions this command repairs disk permissions, this will fix Read more…