Security
Some time ago I read about random numbers and the linux kernel. The problem was (and still is) that the linux kernel uses things like network activity and keyboard/mouse interrupts to gather entropy for its random number generator. So.. What is entropy? Entropy is a measure of the uncertainty associated with a random variable. This [...]
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Yeeehaaaa! I just read on the full disclousure mailing list that backtrack 4 final has been released! And with the release, a new website for the project is also up: http://www.backtrack-linux.org/. If you’re into computer security, I suggest that you download backtrack 4 final from torrent, as per the text in the mail:
The downloads [...]
This is just a quick tip to show you how to secure oscommerce’s /include/configure.php when using one.com as the hosting provider. Upload the following script to your the root of your website and call it something like chmod.php:
<?php chmod( $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] . ‘/includes/configure.php’, 0444); ?>
Now, go to yourdomain.com/chmod.php and the configure.php file should have the correct [...]
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