Forum: Newbie Security Questions

I am so confused by opinion and information about protecting a small business network with a hardware firewall. Can you please help? General...

Ok, I am not wishing to do anything wrong or even remotely close. I use irc a LOT with the software Mirc. My isp is 99% of the time spelled right out...

I know there are tools that will allow someone to change their MAC address, tried them and they work. However, i was wondering if it was possible to...

Penguin and I would both like to know this. Why can I sniff 802.11g with my 802.11b card? I need to look again, maybe it’s only seeing the headers of...

it happened to me yesterday..when I tried to connect using the dial up connection.. when I clicked on my dialer, it automatically connected to the...

How is hacking done? The cracker scans for open ports on the victim's pc and attempts to connect to the victims pc. Secondly, the intruder will...

I have heard reports of people being arrested for looking at certain sites?? they were traced and the police turned up at there house??? is this...

Ok heres the deal, Im an A+/Network+ tech, I also teach classes at night on that and other things. I can usually figure out just about anything, but...

When i pushing on right boot on my computer Explorer restarting it hapend efter i installed stocona av and adinf32 av now i have uninstalled...

Ok, havent been here for a while, but i need some help. When i start up my computer, it says that Windows was unable to open...

In a lab experiment, one of the lab team members was kind enough to set up a Netware 5 machine to spec, however failed to jot down the...

where Outlook and Outlook express saving email adresses? i need quick help pls

Hello. I scanned one laptop for viruses and got problem efter that. System Restore service could not start (it was disabled b4 scanning) I...

well i ve been always curious about this in 2k,XP,2k+3 and following series ask for ctrl+alt+del to login , they say that it keeps the P/W safe ...

Hi all, I've got a question about "filtered" ports. I've been helping a friend in England rid his computer of spyware, clean up and organize his...

I read about password cracking capability rates of 1200 passwords per second, 100,000 passwords per second, etc., and hence the need for strong...

i went out to danasoft.com to check it out but the only info it had on them was that the image is created in real time. i dont know that these things...

the other day my daughter was banging away on my computer and it turned out she enabled my logo on password and i have no idea what it is i can boot...

Hey folks ! .. I happened to use a sniffer for the first time a few hours ago.I just activated my Sniffer and started surfing as...

I’ve heard it said many times that Windows NT based systems (4, 2000 and XP) are more secure than Windows 9x based system. From a local security...