Article applies to WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK secured wireless networks. Note that WPA is deprecated, you should use WPA2 if possible. Continue reading
Author Archives: Lisenet
Compile and Install Ncrack 0.4 Alpha on Debian
Testing a private network host for poor passwords with Ncrack. Continue reading
Set up DenyHosts with Email Notifications on Debian
DenyHosts is a Python script that monitors server’s access logs to prevent brute force attacks. The script automatically blocks SSH attacks by adding entries to /etc/hosts.deny. Continue reading
Get Windows System Information via WMI Command-line (WMIC)
For those coming from a CLI based Linux world, WMIC is a great tool to get around Windows servers. Continue reading
Mount Remote Filesystem with SSHFS on Debian
SSHFS is quite handy working on remote servers, when you need to copy files across systems. SCP is good, SSHFS is sometimes better. Continue reading
Using Smartctl, Smartd and Hddtemp on Debian
Setting up smartmontools and hddtemp to analyse and monitor storage devices. Continue reading
Using Linux LVM on Amazon EC2 Ubuntu Server
This article covers the basics of Linux LVM: initialise physical partitions, create a volume group, create logical volumes in a newly created volume group, build and mount filesystems, add to fstab for automount on boot. Continue reading
Share Exchange 2010 Mailbox Calendar with Other Users (PowerShell)
We have a Sandy user, who wants to share her calendar with Patrick. Continue reading
Setup VoIPmonitor on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
VoIPmonitor is one of those open source tool for SIP VoIP calls monitoring and troubleshooting which you turn to when running into esoteric VoIP problems. What we like about it the most is that calls can be saved to a PCAP file and then further debugged with WireShark. Continue reading
Configure Wildcard SSL Certificate for POP/IMAP on Exchange 2010 (PowerShell)
It is assumed you have your SSL wildcard certificate already installed on an Exchange 2010 server. Continue reading