How to update VMware ESXi | To update VMware ESXi, a patch can be easily applied at the ssh command prompt. Here is how it works! Note: make sure ssh is enabled to your ESXi server. First download the .zip patch file from the vmware website: http://www.vmware.com/patchmgr/findPatch.portal Next copy this .zip file to your ESXi installation via sftp. Make sure to
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Linux Security Weekly | 024 | Hello and welcome to Linux Security Weekly for November 4, 2012. Linux Security Weekly is the audio podcast which covers current and important security vulnerabilities in Linux and open source software for the past week. Show Notes: News Plone CMS http://plone.org/products/plone/security/advisories/20120830 Popular sites with Apache server-status enabled http://blog.sucuri.net/2012/10/popular-sites-with-apache-server-status-enabled.html libvirt 1.0.0 http://berrange.com/posts/2012/11/02/announce-libvirt-1-0-0-release-and-7th-birthday/ http://libvirt.org/news.html http://libvirt.org/ OpenBSD
How to Update Metasploit
How to Update Metasploit | Here is how to update Metasploit to include the latest modules. First, open a terminal and run msfconsole. This can take a moment to load. Next, at the msfconsole prompt type: msfupdate The new modules are then installed. Note that this can take some time especially if Metasploit has not been updated. Hack on,
TechSNAP 82 Viewer Feedback – scottlinux
TechSNAP 82 Viewer Feedback – scottlinux | Thanks Chris and Allan,
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Linux Security Weekly | 023 | Hello and welcome to Linux Security Weekly for October 28, 2012. Linux Security Weekly is the audio podcast which covers current and important security vulnerabilities in Linux and open source software for the past week. Show Notes: News exim https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20121026.080330.74b9147b.en.html https://lists.exim.org/lurker/message/20121026.083548.4647373a.en.html firefox https://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox.html https://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2012/mfsa2012-90.html phpmyadmin http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2012-6.php http://www.phpmyadmin.net/home_page/security/PMASA-2012-7.php VirtualBox 4.2.4 (released 2012-10-26) https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog Distro Updates
How to Fetch DKIM Records from DNS
How to Fetch DKIM Records from DNS | DKIM is simply a TXT record in DNS. A simple host command can fetch this record. I’ll show you how! The command is: $ host -t TXT dkimrecord So how do you find that dkim value? DKIM records are in the following format: [selector]._domainkey.[domain] The selector and domain are provided in the email headers of
Check key length from the command line with OpenSSL
Check key length from the command line with OpenSSL | To check the key length of a certificate, use the openssl command. Here is how to check an RSA private key length: $ openssl rsa -text -noout -in private.key The top of the output will have: Private-Key: (1024 bit) For a certificates (.crt or .pem), use this command: $ openssl x509 -text -noout -in certificate.crt
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Linux Security Weekly | 022 | Hello and welcome to Linux Security Weekly for October 21, 2012. Linux Security Weekly is the audio podcast which covers current and important security vulnerabilities in Linux and open source software for the past week. Show Notes: News Oracle quarterly patch http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2012-1515893.html 14 MySQL CVEs that we will never see http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2012-1515893.html#AppendixMSQL mod_security 2.7.0 https://twitter.com/ModSecurity/status/258374512851173378
How to Install Apache in Windows
How to Install Apache in Windows | To install Apache in Windows, use builds available from the Apache Lounge. The Apache Lounge provides current up-to-date Apache releases compiled with current versions of OpenSSL for best security. This is preferred over apache.org Windows builds as apache.org does not maintain OpenSSL security updates. The download link is: http://www.apachelounge.com/download At the time of this post,
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Linux Security Weekly | 021 | Hello and welcome to Linux Security Weekly for October 14, 2012. Linux Security Weekly is the audio podcast which covers current and important security vulnerabilities in Linux and open source software for the past week. Show Notes: News bind https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00801 Tomcat 5.5.x branch End of Life http://www.mail-archive.com/announce@tomcat.apache.org/msg00088.html Firefox 16.0.1 http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/16.0.1/releasenotes/ http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/10.0.9/releasenotes/ Nessus 5.0.2 http://blog.tenablesecurity.com/2012/10/nessus-502-available.html