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Treacherous backdoor found in TP-Link routers – The H Security: News and Features
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Posted on March 15, 2013 by

Treacherous backdoor found in TP-Link routers – The H Security: News and Features.

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Using Bluetooth to Lock/Unlock your Desktop Automatically
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Posted on April 5, 2012 by

I thought this was a cool little program.  I have not tried it myself yet though. Hack and /: Automatically Lock Your Computer | Linux Journal.

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Forwarding your Traffic through SSH
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Posted on March 29, 2012 by

As a consultant I am always on networks which can not be trusted.  One way to make sure no one is sniffing my traffic, I run my connection through an SSH tunnel.  This is something which is incredibly simple to … Continue reading →

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Set Password Not to Expire for a User
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Posted on December 15, 2011 by

If you have your passwords set to expire automatically on your system for security reasons, there may be times when you want an account who’s password doesn’t expire (such as if you are using a cert or if you have … Continue reading →

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Linux / UNIX Automatically Log BASH / TCSH / SSH Users Out After a Period of Inactivity
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Posted on December 6, 2011 by

This is great to make sure that people are not signing in and leaving their connection open.  Who knows who can come over and start using that already authenticated connection? Linux / UNIX Automatically Log BASH / TCSH / SSH Users Out … Continue reading →

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