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Read Me First
While it is my third blog, I think it is my first one as a member of a community. And while I'm part of...
Resetting Priorities
I was amused earlier this week by the news sweeping the ether-web about the so-called "GodMode" folder present in Windows 7 and 32-bit Vista.The...
Debian Security Advisory 1967 transmission – directory traversal
Dan Rosenberg discovered that Transmission, a lightwight client for the Bittorrent filesharing protocol, performs insufficient sanitising of file names specified in .torrent files. This...
Linux 2.6.33-rc3 Released
It's been quiet due to the holidays, so -rc3 is reasonably small despite being a few days over the normal one-week mark. And most...
Installing Virtual Machines in VMWare
If you've ever used or witnessed a virtual machine in action then you know how much versatility they offer. If you've never experienced a...
Toorox Goes 64
With the beginning of this new year it's time for a new release. :-) Many people asked me whether there is a 64-Bit version, too? Now...
SimplyMEPIS 8.5 Beta4 Greets a New Year
Warren Woodford has announced that SimplyMEPIS 8.4.96, the beta4 of MEPIS 8.5, is available from MEPIS and public mirrors. The ISO files for 32...
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201001-03 (High): php
Article Source Gentoo Linux Security Advisories Multiple vulnerabilities were found in PHP, the worst of which leading to the remote execution of arbitrary...
Debian Security Advisory 1965 phpldapadmin – missing input sanitising
It was discovered that phpLDAPadmin, a web based interface for administering LDAP servers, doesn't sanitize an internal variable, which allows remote attackers to include...
Get to Know rsync
One of the handiest tools you'll ever have on Linux (and other *nix systems) is rsync. As the name implies, rsync is used to...