And here it is! Many thanks to Ennis for all his time and effort that he put in to get this one together. If you have any problems with the file, just send me a PM. ;)
As a reminder, you need Adobe Acrobat to read it.
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And here it is! Many thanks to Ennis for all his time and effort that he put in to get this one together. If you have any problems with the file, just send me a PM. ;)
As a reminder, you need Adobe Acrobat to read it.
GREAT!! I love the newsletter and i would like to thank everyone who puttheir time and effort into it. everybody download it NOW! it's worth it. i can't wait for next months.
Excellent work, everyone. Very informative and well thought out. Many thanks and congratuations for a job well done!:) This issue and those in the future have secured their own folder in my computer.
Ouroboros
I wonder if this will bump this thread up. Hmm.. I haven't posted in a while so I should say somting. So far I'm at the networking part of the Newsletter. Enjoying so far if I dissaprove you bet your ass I will be back to complain!.
Good Job Ennis. JP what took so long. MsMittens you know your good.
Greetings All:
Yes, it's true, it took me a while to approve the posting of the newsletter. I had to get the mass pm system up and running first. But, now that it's done, all new newsletters should be up shortly after they're finished.
Nice newsletter. Keep up the good job..... :p :p :p :p
Hey great effort by MsMittens and Ennis!
Yee Hee!
This newsletter is really great. 30 pages!! I didn't expect that much. It's all excellent information, I'm almost finished reading it.
Well done Ennis and MsMittens and to all other people who contributed to this newsletter - keep up the good work. :)
Greg
The next one should be formatted in HTML.
Really done well! I liked it a lot! Some thank you's are in order - to all the members who contributed, to Ennis, and to MsMittens!
Well ... I don't know if this copacetic to do but the Newsletter was fantastic and I want to motivate other people to download it. So I'm going to post the contents.
Also, when I downloaded it and at first saw the whopping 30pg size I got intimidated and my first thought was "I don't have time for this."
However the writing is clean, the layout is clear and the read is easy. I want to encourage other people who may have felt like I did and fled to dive in. I didn't print it; I read it on my screen and it took less than 10 minutes (granted the topics weren't completely new to me).
All of the contributors presented their material in such a clear-cut manner that I now can explain these topics to others in an organized way. Usually I don't know where to start or end when someone asks me about something and I often confuse ppl as a result.
Anyway, for those who haven't downloaded it or who did but got blown away by the page count .... here's what your missing (my apologies to Ennis, MsMittens, JP et al if this is not ok to do - just educate me for future reference).
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SECURITY
Firewall Security by Uraloony : Personal host based applications reviewed and provides links.
Securing Windows Against Physical Local Access by Rewandythal
Basic Virus Survival by Ennis
NETWORKING
TCP Header explained by Guus
TCP Ports by Rewandythal
How to create RJ-45 network cables by Casper 3699
PROGRAMMING
Qbasic Programming Tutorial by ThePreacher
WEB DEVELOPMENT
Designing a Website by Porus
MISCELLANEOUS
Tutorial: Introduction to IRC and AO IRC by MsMittens
Bigger HardDrive? By VictorKaum
HUMOUR
War On Spam!!! By Foley
The Art of Security or How did I get myself into this Mess?? By MsMittens
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great job on the AO newsletter. can't wait for next month's issue. many thanks to Ennis and
MsMittens for the effort. thanks to JP as well. i recommend that everyone download it. :)
Lmao at MsMittens encounter with "The King"! :D
Seriously, I enjoyed the newsletter. Keep up the good work.
Rating: :thumbsup:
Lookin forward to the next one.
I would like to read the newsletter but I can't download it in any of my browsers. I've tried Opera 5, Netscape 6.2 and Konqueror (all Linux versions). Ayone had the same problem?
I have that issue on occassion. First, right click on the link and save to file. You might end up with a .php extension. Just change the name to AO1.zip (it is a zip file). You should be able to save it then.
If you still have problems, PM me with your email address and I can send it as an attachment... ;)
My mistake. It was the compression utility that didn't work, not the browsers. Thanks MsMittens!
Nice newsletter,
Informative, well put together, good read!
Download it now
:eek:
I enjoyed reading this newsletter. This is a astronomical leap in progrees for AO: a member submitted, founder approved newsletter that is concerned with what AO is: computers and security.
I can't wait for next month's issue... if I had something to contribute, who would I send it to?
The newsletter is great but I just had a few comments about securing win9X desktops.
Rewandythal wrote:
BIOS Passwords
These are programs that are designed to add security to Windows 9x. they
usually launch from Autoexec.bat and ask for a password before letting the
rest of the boot-up process continue.
It is, however, easy to edit autoexec with a DOS boot disk and the EDIT
command, so this method is again, useful only in places where people with
half a brain are not likely to be (for example, this method would work fine
in schools, but in a computer-related business most of the professionals
will know how to use a boot disk!)
BIOS passwords typically are configured for two settings. Either they are set to prevent users from entering the CMOS settings on a PC or they can be set to prompt for a password whenever the system is powered on. If the second option is selected, the user will be prompted for a password before the system will boot from either the hard drive or a floppy disk. To enter the CMOS on common BIOS's (award being the most typical), power on the PC and hit the [DEL] key. Most BIOS's briefly flash a message when powered on which says something to the effect of "Hit the [DEL] key to enter setup". Take care that you make notes of any changes that you make to BIOS settings if you are unfamiliar with thier function as several of them can affect the stability and or operation of your PC. Power on BIOS passwords will keep common users from accessing a system but they can be defeated by the more harware inclined individuals out there. The CMOS settings can be reset to default with a jumper setting on the motherboard.
As far as securing the windows logon prompt, here are two methods for forcing a user to enter a correct user name and password instead of just canceling out of the client for M$ networks logon prompts.
http://www.security-tips.com/003.htm
http://www.security-tips.com/004.htm
A bettter method is to have a WIN NT/2000 domain controller and to use poledit.exe to setup policies on the PC. A policy can be setup to force a user to have a valid account on the domain. Policies can also be used to lock users out of the control panel, Internet settings, enforce a standard desktop adn start menu etc. Here's a decent tutorial on the subject.
http://www.elkantler.net/security/security.htm
Win9x has poor security out of the box, but there are ways to make it more secure. Peace out YO!
Oh yeah, I just thought of one more thing. All of the policies in the world won't help if a user is savvy enough to hit F8 at Win9x boot message "Starting Win9X". This can allow a user to boot to a DOS prompt and all sorts of havoc can be wreaked from there. Fortunately it's easy to disable the boot keys by adding or modify the BootKeys= entry located in C:\MSDOS.SYS to 0. Here is an M$ knowledge base article on all of the settings located in this file.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q118579
Am interested in a news letter, but i would be glad to get it in html or plain text format. there R many who are working on machines which does not contain a reader for .pdf files. that is why am requesting for such a thing
;)
Am interested in a news letter, but i would be glad to get it in html or plain text format. there R many who are working on machines which does not contain a reader for .pdf files. that is why am requesting for such a thing
;)
MsMittens,Ennis----A big thank you for your efforts in putting this together......I'm looking forward to #2 I haven't been around for awhile and what a pleasant surprise!!!! :thumbsup:
Excelent work! ! !
Excellent work guys!! The reason why this is an apology is because i was meant to write a bit for it :) Ill get it to ennis and msmittens for the next issue (work permitting)
CONGRATEZ!!! a job well done. a very informative newsletter.
rgds
de
Glad to see everyone enjoyed it! Again, kudos to Ennis for putting this one together.
For those of you interested in submitting articles, you can send them to me at [email protected] in plain text or word format. Or send it in the body of a PM. Deadline: February 22, 2002 Midnight EST.
And for those having difficulties reading the newsletter, please do not hesitate to contact me via PM with your email. I can forward it to you in plain text format. ;)
Keep-up the good work Msm and Ennis :thumbsup: . I wish to contribute to the February issue too.
Have a nice day guys!!!
Quote:
“I expect to pass through this life but once. Therefore, if there be any
kindess I can show, or any good thing I can do for another human being, let me
do it now, for I shall not pass this way again.”
-William Penn
Very decent first newsletter. Do you need/want others submitting material for the newsletter? If so, where can one send an article or whatever?
OverandOut.
comJo
hey great job done ennis and mittens...good job keep up the good work..
intruder..
We always are looking for more articles. You can send your articles to me via PM or via email ([email protected]) by February 22, 2002 Midnight EST. We are looking for a range of articles from beginner levels to more advanced (we would like to see some more advanced articles).Quote:
Originally posted by comJo
Very decent first newsletter. Do you need/want others submitting material for the newsletter? If so, where can one send an article or whatever?
OverandOut.
comJo
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. ;)
That waz a really good newsletter... LEarned alot thankx
I think that it's excellent that someone took the time to put together a newsletter.
In the newsletter, it was stated that BIOS passwords were programs meant to protect windows 95 and were usually executed from autoexec.bat.
In actuality true BIOS passwords are executed by the BIOS no the motherboard,
(hence the name) They are not resident anywhere on the hard drive, their values are stored in CMOS and the actualy bit of coding responsible for them is executed from the ROM or Flash Bios.
Some BIOS manufacturers put default passwords in their code so that passwords can be over-ridden, but it is seldom useful anymore, seeing as though there are hundreds of backup passwords.
The password can ususally be removed by removing the battery on the motherboard itself, although some motherboards require other steps to clear the CMOS. There is often a jumper for clearing cmos.
My favorite way to clear the CMOS if you have access to the computer once it is started is though direct port manipulation.
you have to set port 70 to value 2E then set port 71 to value FF
all values are in hexidecimal.
An easy way to do this is with debug, at the dos prompt type
debug
o 70 2E
o 71 FF
q
-8trak
great newsletter. :cool:
Wow, This is great.
Congrats
Is there anything I missed??
I logged into AO nearly after 2 months, and clicked on the attachment link, and it presents the vBulletin page saying that
huh? Whats this??Quote:
You are not logged in or you do not have permission to access this page.
Its just a problem that occured today not a big change in the structure of the site, give it time and JP will sort it.
I too would like to read the newsletter but when I attempted it was hit with an AntiOnline Site Security Notice.
The browsers that I used were IE 6.0 and OffbyOne 3.2.
BTW, I was logged in. Grrrrrrrrrrr.
Very good job! Keep up the good work so we may soon see something even better!!!
For all you who haven't download it, do it now, these kind of diamonds are very hard to find!!!