June 3, 2010
Linux is one of the most secure operating systems out there. Generally, you don’t need an antivirus, files cannot execute without your permission and there is a lot to protect you from people with malicious intent. One common tool that system administrators and home users use alike is the firewall. A firewall, in the crudest [...]
May 25, 2010
A denial-of-service — or DoS — attack is an attempt to prevent a website from functioning properly and is one of the most common violations happening to popular sites on the Internet. These attacks, which usually target high-profile websites, are meant to keep people from accessing such sites for an extended period of time. Social [...]
May 2, 2010
Last week we looked at the question: Is it OK to use your neighbor’s WiFi?. We received 817 responses from our readers. I figured this was going to be a hot topic that would be split between users that feel this is stealing and others that feel that if they can connect to it then [...]
April 21, 2010
Welcome to the wonderful world of domains and active directory. I recently wrote a post about pushing out Internet Explorer parental control settings, using group policy. Group policy is great but when combined with Active Directory it becomes so much better! Active Directory is centralized network management at it’s best. There are lots of reasons [...]
April 20, 2010
In this article I’m going to detail how to set up Wi-Fi to play networked games. I have some friends that live in my apartment building. They wanted to set up a LAN so that we would be able to play games together without having to play over the Internet. We love playing fast paced [...]
April 14, 2010
So you have a small home office or a few computers at home. Want to build a local area network to allow them to connect to each other? Occasionally, there are reasons for building a network without a router. Sometimes, to save money and other times for security. Depending on what you want to do, [...]
April 12, 2010
We have covered FTP (File Transfer Protocol) in the past, pointing you towards the best FTP clients, letting you know about the basic FTP commands and how to use them among other things. Today let’s venture into the wild a bit and see how to set up an FTP site for yourself, which is just [...]
April 6, 2010
I have been asked the same question over and over again – “how can I monitor my personal Windows shared files?” So in other words, users set up shared files on their local computers or even a server and they want to know how they can easily see who has opened what and when. My [...]
April 2, 2010
There are many reasons you should learn how to check if someone is on your wireless network. We all know there are security risks associated with it (someone can hack your computer or your internet use stealing important personal information). There can also be legal implications. For instance, your neighbor could be doing something illegal [...]
March 29, 2010
Long before the days of one click solutions like TeamViewer; FTP, TELNET and SSH were the preferred means to transfer files to and from remote computers or perform administrative tasks. Although a little less user friendly, these are still very much prevalent and to some extent, a geek’s preferred choices as well. The thing is [...]
