Forum: Miscellaneous Security Discussions

Ok so don't shoot me. We loaded an XP over a win2k last week just for fun. It was.....figuring out why xp would not load either in upgrade or...

"We have received evidence which suggests a mass hack of ICQ has taken place - but neither AOL or security experts can come up with an explanation."...

Recently while trying to broaden my horizons I started to learn php, after writing the basic hello world app and a basic script to query a mysql...

Just a quick poll to find out what is more prefered by AO users In this corner we have Telnet weighing in at 77.7kb and in the oposite corner we...

Hi all! I'm working on a project where I use fingerprints for authentication on the internet instead of passwords. This is what happens: Someone...

not sure if this has been posted before...but it's a decent util... will tell you what platform any webserver is running... ...

http://www.cert.org/annual_rpts/cert_rpt_01.html the top 5 Multiple Vulnerabilities in BIND sadmind/IIS Worm "Code Red" Worm W32/Sircam...

Alcatel OmniPCX Password File Encrypted Password Access Vulnerability By default, OmniPCX does not use shadowed passwords. While this is not...

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I was just fiddling with those security policies in Win 2000 Server and i have just realized that i could give or take privileges by editing...

M$ now have an Internet Explorer for Solaris, and UNIX. Can a Linux version be far behind ?

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/335 interesting stuff this...

In recent years, Feed backs have become more and more regular, helping the growth of new code and patches (Funny how this Never seems to happen to...

i couldn't figure out which was the best section for this but here it goes.... does anyone have plans for hooking up a multiboard system... i have...

It is some kind of trojan horse, is anybody have some experience with that ?

After reading several posts, I can see why Norton is not liked. I didn't know this when I bought it. I have had trouble with the "AntiVirus Virus ...

Hi all.. I personaly never heard of safeweb.. but I read the article and laughed my eyes out.. ...

Opera Content-Type HTML File Execution Vulnerability Opera does not properly handle files based on the Content-Type specified. If HTML tags are...

Now, Currently I know most of you are basically people curious to learn about the mystical skill that is hacking.. Not many people are capable to do...

I have another questuion, and hope i found the correct place to post it. if i go into online chat via AIM (i have not an aol account, just the aol...