Remote Access Without Opening Ports

Q. How can I access my computer or family’s computer remotely without having to open up ports in the firewall? A. Using a [free] third party app is the solution

Here are a few free* solutions . . . → Read More: Remote Access Without Opening Ports

Banner Grabs with netcat and nmap

netcat can be used to quickly grab a service banner, as well as trusty nmap. I’ll show you some tips!

The netcat command is simply:

$ nc [target] [port]

Add tack v to get more verbosity.

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TCP/OS Fingerprinting Tools – p0f and nmap

The particular way an operating system or device sends and receives TCP packets provides a unique fingerprint. TCP header information such as the window size, TTL, overall SYN packet size, MSS, MTU and so forth can help . . . → Read More: TCP/OS Fingerprinting Tools – p0f and nmap

Open and Extract winmail.dat Files

How can I open winmail.dat or other .dat files?

Outlook users sending HTML emails with attachments often reach other users as an odd winmail.dat file. (Thanks, Microsoft!) I’ll show you some tips on how to . . . → Read More: Open and Extract winmail.dat Files

flac – Audio Codec of Choice

Similar to MP3 (but lossless), flac is an audio codec for your music. Instead of ripping to MP3, consider ripping to flac!

flac stands for free lossless audio codec

Why choose flac?

flac is awesome for various . . . → Read More: flac – Audio Codec of Choice

Useful Windows Commands

Here are some basic Windows commands that are good to know!

Hit Windows key + R or use the Search box to type these commands.

gpedit.msc

Group Policy Editor

services.msc

Services

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scottlinux.com RSS feed url update

The RSS url for scottlinux.com has been updated to simply:

http://scottlinux.com/feed The previous somewhat weird url ‘http://scottlinux.com/?feed=rss2′ now redirects to the above correct one. However, you may have to update your RSS readers. Apologies and safe hacking,

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Convert VDI to VMDK – VirtualBox to VMware

To convert a VirtualBox vdi image to VMware, use the built-in VirtualBox command line utility VBoxManage. I’ll show you how!

1. First uninstall the VirtualBox Guest Additions from your VM to prepare for portability.

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scottlinux.com visitor stats for 2010-2011

scottlinux.com visitor stats for the year June 2010 – June 2011 Browser:

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How to Be Anonymous on the Web

It is possible to use varying methods for bypassing web filters or just to have anonymity on the web. Note that these do not offer any security! Web site tunnel / proxy

Be smart. These services still . . . → Read More: How to Be Anonymous on the Web

Compact VirtualBox Hard Disk .vdi

If you use VirtualBox ‘Dynamically Expanding’ disk images, you can also compact the image back down in size.

This example shows how to shrink down a Windows virtual machine guest running on a Linux host. Step 1:

Inside . . . → Read More: Compact VirtualBox Hard Disk .vdi

Hardending Red Hat Linux, OS X, and Windows

The security folks at the NSA have online guides on how to secure Linux, OS X, and Windows operating systems. These are definitely worth a read of all articles even if an OS in question is not . . . → Read More: Hardending Red Hat Linux, OS X, and Windows

Amazon Cloud Player and Cloud Drive Review

scottlinux here with a quick review of the Amazon Cloud Drive and Amazon Cloud Player.

I love Amazon mp3s and their Cloud Player for many reasons:

Purchased music is not tied to any one device or any . . . → Read More: Amazon Cloud Player and Cloud Drive Review

Free Open Source Statistical Software

After seeing the several thousands of dollars statistical software costs I wanted to make a post about free open source alternatives. Below are a few links!

Like SPSS:

PSPP http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp

Like S-Plus and perhaps Stata:

R-project http://www.r-project.org

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