October 24, 2011
According to security researchers, Skype contains a flaw that makes it possible for a clever hacker to track and spy on Skype users, particularly those who use the mobile app. It’s not social engineering, nor is it an infiltration of the service itself, but rather a bit of ingenuity.
April 20, 2011
If you have your own virtual private server for hosting your website, you may not know you can also use it as a private proxy to get past various firewalls and internet blocks. Let me show you how you can set up a simple SSH proxy tunnel using your hosting account in Windows, Mac or Linux.
February 20, 2011
In home networks, IP addresses aren’t usually fixed, but they do fall within specific ranges. Your router will assign a new IP address automatically if another computer joins the network, or if your configuration changes. For the most part, this works out just fine – you shouldn’t notice a difference to your Internet performance or [...]
August 24, 2010
Whether you’re trying to create a media center remote, or wireless file server, there are a number of cellphone and computer applications that need your smartphone’s IP address. Finding these can be a real drag, on some smartphone brands more than on others. Below is an extensive tutorial to find these IP addresses, both global/public [...]
February 11, 2010
DHCP is Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. On a network configured with DHCP, the computers ask for an IP address and the DHCP server responds with a unique IP address and other required information like domain name servers and router addresses. DHCP thus saves the administrator a lot of work and is specially useful in larger [...]
February 10, 2010
Have you ever found yourself at a friend’s house, wishing you could access the music on your computer? Or maybe you wish it was easier to connect to your VNC share from web cafes or your office? Maybe you’ve even tried writing down your IP address before leaving home specifically so you could connect? The [...]
December 23, 2009
Before we get into what a dynamic IP address is, let me give you a little background on the topic. First off an IP address is an Internet Protocol address. For more information on what an IP address is you can check out this page on Wikipedia. We can consider this your machine’s Internet Address. [...]
December 12, 2009
Ever since I wrote the VZOChat article, which covered how to embed your own personal videochat room into your blog, I’ve been obsessed with trying to find new uses for my new webcam. I’ve covered ways you can have some fun with video, and how to use wi-fi webcams to configure a wireless security system. [...]
November 27, 2009
People often say to me that they don’t like surfing the Internet as they feel every website they go to could hunt them down and knock on their door. Let me tell you this. It is not true. However, bear in mind, that it is possible to find your location, but they would need a [...]
October 2, 2009
There’s no debate whether or not our online activities are tracked, they most surely are. It’s not even a single party that keeps the score; your ISP, website owners, advertisers and NSA know the reason you switched to Private Browsing Mode yesterday at 22:12. If the cool kids are doing it, why shouldn’t you? Here’s [...]
