sysstat sar provides command line based monitoring data. Those who are new or migrating from Windows or MAC and used to the graphical output, it might get confusing and boring. Hence the development of kSar sar grapher. kSar sar grapher is a graphing tool that can graph for Linux, MAC …
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Linus Torvalds was born in Helsinki, Finland. He is the son of journalists Anna and Nils Torvalds, and the grandson of poet Ole Torvalds. Both of his parents were campus radicals at the University of Helsinki in the 1960s. His family belongs to the Swedish-speaking minority (5.5% of Finland’s population). …
Read More »Enable VPN on Kali Linux – fix VPN grayed out problem
Fix VPN grayed out problem and enable VPN on Kali Linux A virtual private network (VPN) extends a private network across a public network, such as the Internet. It enables a computer to send and receive data across shared or public networks as if it is directly connected to the …
Read More »Alert (TA14-017A) – UDP based Amplification Attacks
This is something I would like to keep track, so posting it here. Very useful and scary that how easily it can happen. Alert (TA14-017A) Following diagram shows how UDP based Amplification Attacks are carried out. Very simple, a 4MB ADSL connection can amplify upto 400MB traffiic easily. …
Read More »Notable Penetration Test Linux distributions of 2014
A penetration test, or the short form pentest, is an attack on a computer system with the intention of finding security weaknesses, potentially gaining access to it, its functionality and data. A Penetration Testing Linux is a special built Linux distro that can be used for analyzing and evaluating security …
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