Posted by Admin on 21st October 2006
Firestarter is an Open Source visual firewall program. The software aims to combine ease of use with powerful features, therefore serving both Linux desktop users and system administrators.
Posted in Other Linux, Security | 9 Comments »
Posted by Admin on 30th September 2006
There are times for system administrators they might have forgot their debian machine root password and they want to reset this password.We will see the available options.
There are various methods available for resetting a root password.
Boot debian linux into single-user mode
Boot using a boot disk (like knoppix,gnoppix) and edit the password file
Mount the drive on another computer and edit the password file
Posted in General, Security | 13 Comments »
Posted by Admin on 28th September 2006
Ubuntu is one of the few Linux distributions out there that will not enable the root account.If you want to do something with root permission on the console you have to type sudo before the command.
Posted in General, Security | 64 Comments »
Posted by Admin on 26th July 2006
FireHOL is a stateful iptables packet filtering firewall configurator. It is abstracted, extensible, easy and powerful. It can handle any kind of firewall, but most importantly, it gives you the means to configure it, the same way you think of it.
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