Forum: Newbie Security Questions

i and currently putting up a small forum for me and my freinds to mess around on. I am using phpbb till i buy vbulletin. And the other day i got...

I want to recieve email from a different email address, and to do this i need to know hotmail's External Mail Server. How would i go about finding...

hello all, I was reading a little into networking the other day and the book had said something in regards to mapping a network with the ping command...

I don't know whether this was discussed here earlier as i am not regular here. I am getting a large number of .zip attachments nowadays from...

I have my Kiwi logging our PIX, jetdirects, email server, back up software, waps, and AV...how do I get it to email me for errors, warnings, and...

A few months ago i had a bit of an argument after a game of Unreal Tournament in one of the IRC channels. Unreal Tournament then crashed taking my PC...

I have Windows XP Pro installed on my computer, I just activated the guest account and I'd like to know if it is possible to restrict the guest...

Hi I have a question regarding firewalls. From my understanding whenever there is a firewall up on a computer or network does that mean that network...

i used a linux boot disk on my computer and decided i'd try out the mp3 player that came with the distro, so i mounted my hard drive(windows xp,...

ok..if youhave a firewall / router.. then your ip will be hidden in start>run>command>ipconfig..but how do sites like www.ipchicken.com find out the...

The kinds of devices I’m talking about may have another name, I’m just calling them Phone Home Devices because of the old Dreamcast Phone Home...

Lately i have been having big problems booting up my laptop. It starts up and begins to load WinXP and then a blue screen appears saying that some of...

hey guys i'm a real newbie =X hopefully not for long though, im starting to read all the to start out, i'd like to start using sub7 or a better...

When is reformated my com 2 months ago, i did not install any anti-virus or related software. So after a while, this spyware(or virus or trojan)...

Hello, I was wondering, the way to get into a adminstrator's account by going into safe mode, how can you disable that way? thanks. :) regards,...

I am wondering where I should begin to learn about security. What things do I need to know and where to get this knowledge from.

I have the Computer Associate firewall, every so often, Windows Explorer would try to access the Internet. I've no idea why this program needs to do...