Change your Network card MAC ( Media Access Control) address Using macchanger

Media Access Control address, a hardware address that uniquely identifies each node of a network. In IEEE 802 networks, the Data Link Control (DLC) layer of the OSI Reference Model is divided into two sublayers: the Logical Link Control (LLC) layer and the Media Access Control (MAC) layer. The MAC layer interfaces directly with the [...]

How to set up a DNS Server using Bind

The Ubuntu Document Storage Facility has a good article on setting up a DNS server using Bind.
You can read the original here or check it out below the jump.
After looking on Ubuntu forum for an easy step-by-step howto for instaling a DNS server, I decided the best idea would probably be to write this howto [...]

VNC Navigator - Manage your VNC Servers Easily

“VNC Navigator allows you to easily manage your VNC connections. Quickly connect to VNC Servers, and store passwords in an encrypted database”
VNC Navigator is a remote administration tool to help you easily manage your VNC servers. Currently this VNC Navigator supports the most famous versions VNC such as RealVNC, TightVNC and UltraVNC.
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How to tunnel with SSH - Secure Windows to UNIX or Linux connectivity

Learn how to tunnel with ssh, to get Windows to UNIX connectivity in a secure world. With new security threats cropping up every day, network managers are understandably protective of their computing assets. Enhanced security measures, however, can inflict significant hardships on legitimate users and can lead to frustration, productivity losses, and dangerous attempts at [...]

TightVNC - Free Remote Control Tool

TightVNC is a free, cross-platform remote control software package derived from the popular VNC software. VNC stand for Vitual Network Computing which allow remotely view and fully-interact with one computer from any other computer or mobile device anywhere on the Internet. TightVNC includes better compression algorithms for improved performance over WAN [...]

Understand IPv6 Addresses

For general knowledge on what IPv6 has to offer the following article is not a bad one.
In the olden days, it was possible to skate over understanding the binary math behind IPv4 addresses by memorizing the various classes and their address ranges. That won’t work for IPv6. Get yourself an IP address calculator and learn [...]

How to stream videos in lan and internet.

Quadmaster posted a nice guide to streaming video in lan on the techenclave website. All you need is the great media player VLC (video lan client), in a recent poll 36% of all voters on ghacks voted for vlc as the best media player. You need to assign local IP addresses if you have not [...]

Secure User to User Communication

CSpace is a freeware that offers its users the possibility to securely communicate over the internet using public RSA keys with a strength of 2048 bit. Every user creates a 2048 bit RSA key for himself and maintains a contact list of names associated to public keys of other users. Public keys are exchanged using [...]

Mirror files across systems with rsync

Nice writeup on using rsync to mirror files across a variety of operating systems: rsync - Lifehacker

Mirror files across systems with rsync
Originally from StanShinn.com by Stan Shinn

A brief look into P2P BitTorrent networks

As part of the research for a new product, I took a look at some existing P2P networks, specifically those networks using the BitTorrent technology. The entry below will provide you with a basic understanding of what you need in order to access and use existing P2P BitTorrent networks.

Safeguarding the test system

Before [...]

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