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Hi all, i'm studying password based user authentication systems, can you help me understand some common design flaws? THX

I want to edit Win Registry using JAVA now i couldnt find any way to do this in any of the so called good books...and even the internet lacks...

Hello all, My firewall just went off about 50 times! It was all from the same IP and it checked every port from 33473 to 33523. Were they trying...

I have read all of the newbee crap, and how to do basic DOS< Telnet, and unix hacks. But there isint really anything to read, there are 2 main...

For a "real" hands on learning experience, try this ruleset: http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch/LINUX/index-linux.html I use this as a...

I've been having a problem with installation of FreeBSD 4.4-Stable on my i386 platform. I've downloaded the isos from FreeBSD and checked the MD5...

As the News turns. I was reading about Quantum Computing. And the interesting fact on how it doesn't work like the computers that we are using to...

Alright, I really need help on this. See I have some files and they're infected with a trojan and I already tried to quarintine the files using...

Can anyone tell me what the standard setup would be for a linux box to be used for hack/crack testing? What type of options,...

Hello, I was doing a scan to my port at http://scan.sygate.com/ and i found out that.. behold... i am infected with a window monitor called...

Ok, here goes: I just reinstalled linux (don't ask ;) ) I installed the apache package with support for PHP and MySQL and the nessary MySQL...

Hello everyone Im starting this thread to get some information on starting a stand-alone server. I do know the basics to starting one but would...

*puts a big sigh above my head saying NEWBI TOTALLY* ok im litarly just staring i was wondering if there was any Uk persons that could suggest zines...

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hi every one I want to ask for something 1 - How can i get the ip address for any icq user who i chat with him in icq 99 or...

Here's the problem: Problem #1 = I use AOL (for now) Aside from that... Out of the blue, for no apparent reason, ZoneAlarm blocks my access...

From http://www.securityfocus.com/news/300: A computer network administrator faces multiple felony charges and years in a Georgia prison for...

Hello its me again i want to ask a question and finally have somone answer it hat is good good open source OS for someone like me who is an mcse to...

I've had quite a few people ask me this and I've decided to post an answer to this question. Most of you already know the difference between the two....

Can we crack shadowed password in /etc/passwd without file /etc/shadow?