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Here at linuxforums.org we are often asked about the potential threat of a virus or malware attack. This short guide is designed to answer some of...
I have some questions about squid security. Firstly, my acl list is posted in the attachment. There is a line. acl manager proto cache_object ...
I searched but couldn't find anything like this. We get regular "dictionary attacks" on our ssh ports. People or programs trying various...
I am working with SELinux for my final year project.My objective is to show how to prevent zero day exploits with SELinux.I am planning to use...
Hey, I have been working on this for quite some while.. Googled, tryed examples. But for some reason i just dont get it. I need to connect with a...
Hi, i am currently trying to make a router firewall that will be transparent and redirect all dns requests to opendns. I have decided to use a...
Hello all I have been looking for quite a while now about chrooting info. I found out (almost) how to chroot a shell. But now I need to chroot the...
I have been working on a Project for Quite a while now. And well I need to know for sure that this is safe.. So well I want your Opinion on this. ...
In what encryption way is the Password saved in the shadow file? Since well, I have 3 users with same password. And the Hash is Diffrent every 3...
I have just decided to learn SELinux and to demonstrate how to use it for my final year project. My main problem comes in the implementation...
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While on the console, I am able to login and su - to root, as root, however, I try to access another machine on the network via ssh and given a...
Is the ebtables package delivered in any standard distros? The page in sourceforge claims that is is standard with Linux 2.6 and higher, but it is...
Hi folks, Ubuntu 7.04 amd64 I have "SwitchProxy Tool 1.4.1", the addon of Firefox, installed and played around with it. SwitchProxy...
Hi The Linux implementation of pgp, the GnuPG looks into the folder ~/.gnupg for the keys to encrypt or decrypt. Since the program i'm running to...
Hi My Friends; Someone is adding html and php pages in my virtualhosts with using www-data user. How can i solve this security problem ? OS :...
I thought I made a Clean Linux Installation. So I did a find / -perm 777 and I found out that chmod has 777 rights.. Isnt that VERY dangerous?...
While doing the commands from this post, I found this within the output... root@72.9.233.132 A whois returns this... OrgName: Global Net...
I am a 4th year CS student looking for help with project ideas.I am interested in Linux Security(Cryptography,ip tables,OpenSSH,network seecurity,...
I apologize if this has been asked before but a search didn't come up with anything related to my question. I was reading a book on Linux...
Hello, I'd like to do something that is opposite to this forum's name: I'd like to login as root without the need to specify the password. How do I...
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