Android:Sprint officially releases Android 2.1 for Samsung Moment!
While writing up the review for the Samsung Moment versus the Palm Pre, I happened to find out that Sprint has now released Android 2.1 (Eclair) for the Moment. Guess now I have to start over again,...
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Installing Minecraft Server in Ubuntu Server
Ok, I’ll admit it. I’ve been caught by the Minecraft bug. It bit me hard and of course I learned rather quickly that there is a problem with using two laptops to play Minecraft on and that is that...
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Build a Passive Ethernet Tap – Ubuntu IDS Part 1
One of the things that the GCIA study has taught me is that being able to monitor the network your computer is on is a critical necessity to maintaining a secure network. Corporate environments can...
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Setting up bonding networking -Ubuntu IDS Part 2
In an earlier article, I demonstrated how you can build a passive monitoring device for an Ethernet network as the first part to a three part project to build a home IDS device. In this article, the...
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Building Snort and Nessus – Ubuntu IDS Part 3
In this final article in the three part Ubuntu IDS series, we will go over installing, compiling and configuring Snort and Nessus on our new IDS device. We will use Snort to analyze traffic as seen...
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CVS Netbook Revisited
A few months ago, I posted a hardware teardown of the CVS Sylvania Netbook pictured above. After working with it and performing a lot of research on it, I promised a follow up article, and here it is....
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Networking: Installing and configuring pfSense Embedded
After publishing the last post on networking and the security series, I felt it was necessary to go ahead and publish a piece on building a custom router. I have been a fan of pfSense for the past...
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Networking: Bringing IPv6 into your network using pfSense
The Internet as we know it is undergoing a significant change. With the last IPv4 addresses being allocated out, the Internet has officially run out of address space. IPv6 is the next-generation IP...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Passwords – The cause of and solution to online problems
Anyone that’s been online as long as I have (and yes, there are many that have been online for far longer) knows that your passwords getting leaked and compromised isn’t a question of “if” but rather...
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Check on the ERCOT grid using cURL and jq
So, if you’re a Texan, you already know who ERCOT is and you already know what’s going to happen in the next few days. If you’re not Texan, or you haven’t been eyeing the weather, it’s going to...
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