WinSCP is a full featured GUI SCP client. This means that communication between the server and the client is encrypted well, unlike FTP or Explorer. WinSCP also includes synchronization options that will help minimize the amount of traffic needed to mirror filesystems. We installed all of the options: Here you can see the array of […]
WinSCP Freeware SFTP and SCP client for Windows
Running KeePass Password Management on GNU/Linux with Wine
Managing all of the passwords one needs to know for both personal and job-related security is quite a challenge. KeePass is a password management program for Windows. It is open-source and released under the GPL, which means it is highly likely that this project will stay around in some form. It also appears to use […]
ClamAV Free AntiVirus Software
ClamAV is a GPL virus scanner that will integrate with mail servers, scan filesystems from the command line, and automatically update its virus signatures. There are many ports of ClamAV to various platforms, including Windows. This article will show how to compile and install ClamAV for a single user on GNU/Linux. First, we grab the […]
Microsoft Windows Metafile Exploit Workaround
[January 5 update: Microsoft released a fix for this vulnerability available here. The below information has some related procedures that may be useful. ] There is a zero day expoit in the wild that can infect your Windows system via email and web browsing. There is no known fix yet, but there is a workaround […]
Monitor Default Web Logs
Most web addresses are all name based on the server side. That is, netadmintools.com and associated logs are monitored and tracked in a different file than requests to the IP address. The first entry in the VirtualHost section of the httpd.conf file for Apache is where the requests without a name go. Stick a very […]
Adding a BugTraq Feed to Firefox
There is a cool feature in Firefox that will put live RSS feeds right on the toolbar simply by clicking the orange icon in the URL window. We have this capability on NetAdminTools. Clicking on the Add Live Bookmark will add a list of our latest articles. For the RSS 2.0 specification, see this page. […]
