tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87238304010580049102009-12-20T04:18:48.415-02:00The intention of this blog is to disseminate papers covering computer topics like security, configuration guides and other hints. Feel free to be a critic and post your suggestions and comments.Piratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07252285460435587198noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8723830401058004910.post-84514558288876117022006-10-14T13:32:00.000-03:002006-10-14T13:39:16.586-03:00

"Hans Reiser, 42, was taken into custody at 11 a.m., hours after Oakland police and FBI technicians searched his home in the Oakland hills. His estranged wife, Nina Reiser, 31, has been missing since Sept. 3, when she dropped off the couple's son and daughter at his home on the 6900 block of Exeter Drive." -- San Francisco ChronicleMore at sfgate.comSlashdot has an article about The Future of

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Finally we've been presented with the final realease of linux distro Slackware.Version 11.0 comes with X11R6.9.0 X.org X interface with the same codebase as Modular X.Org 7.0.0, full support to kernel 2.6 series and many other featuresRead the officla annouce at www.slackware.comGet now your iso and burn you official slackware 11.0 cd.Here is a little how to on cd burning using cdrecord:(

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I noticed a considerable Changelog activity since RC4 was announced. People at Slackware staff is doing their best to fix things and keep all running smooth until final release. It is really hard to say a date but i bet in a final release around the end of month.Let's see if my feeling is right!Sorry about the blog being calm last days...For those who want some good reading, SecurityFocus have a

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Definitions"A hardware abstraction layer (HAL) is an abstraction layer, implemented in software, between the physical hardware of a computer and the software that runs on that computer. Its function is to hide differences in hardware from most of the operating system kernel, so that most of the kernel-mode code does not need to be changed to run on systems with different hardware. A HAL allows

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Slackware Linux 10.2 Bootsplash Quick Howto-------------------------------------by ExcessiveThis document explains how to set up Bootsplash on a Slackware Linux 10.2 with Kernel 2.6.17.7.1. Getting filesFirst, we have to get the required packages from www.bootsplash.org: a. Bootsplash kernel patch: ftp://ftp.openbios.org/pub/bootsplash/kernel/bootsplash-3.1.6-2.6.15.diff b. Bootsplash

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The ideas and examples here were obtained from GnuPG Privacy Handbook. The manual is a good in-depth paper for those hungry for knowledge and should be read.What to do if you want to send messages containing sensitive data to a friend?Pretty simple, hã? Just encrypt and it's done!But how could both of you exchange the cipher secret key without exposing it to an insecure channel?The answer is

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This paper cover Hash types, collisions and practical uses of this cryptographic technique.Explains the difference between hashes, cyphers and checksums and also how their future is changing.The words are very clear and perfectly understandable.If you do not know what hashes are, give it a try!An Illustrated guide to Cryptographic Hashes -- Written by Steve Friedl to Unixwiz.netHappy reading!

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I will try to post good papers covering topics like Cryptography, System Administration, Programming Techniques and Vulnerabilities. Most of them from third party sites but with the proper copyrights.If you have an interest on a particular subject, post your comment and I'll try to cover it in the next post.

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