Category: Mix

04
Apr
2025

Hostfind: Another Lame Tool | Daniel Miessler

Only this one is more lamerer. This will take a list of words from a list you provide and append…

Learn Languages By Studying Accents
04
Apr
2025

Learn Languages By Studying Accents

One of the best ways to learn to speak with a proper accent in a given language is to study…

My First 2600 Meeting | Daniel Miessler
04
Apr
2025

My First 2600 Meeting | Daniel Miessler

Last Friday I went to my first 2600 meeting. It was, of course, here in New York City — home…

Security: How To Monitor Your Network Connections
04
Apr
2025

Security: How To Monitor Your Network Connections

One of the most important concepts in computer security is “knowing thy system”. This essentially means that in order to…

My Response To A “Bush Is Great” Email
04
Apr
2025

My Response To A “Bush Is Great” Email

On Sep 11, 2006, at 11:42 PM, David wrote: Unfortunately, David, what Bush has tried to do, or what he…

Stop Freaking Out When People Use “Hacker” To Mean Computer Criminal
04
Apr
2025

Stop Freaking Out When People Use “Hacker” To Mean Computer Criminal

People who use the word “hacker” when they’re referring to computer criminals are not wrong. One can argue that they…

Getting Worried About Linux | Daniel Miessler
04
Apr
2025

Getting Worried About Linux | Daniel Miessler

So I’m getting a little freaked out lately. I keep hearing that both the Gentoo and Debian projects are in…

A Hacker Is A Criminal
04
Apr
2025

A Hacker Is A Criminal

A Hacker is a bad guy—someone trying to break into computers with the intent of causing harm. Don’t argue with…

What Mail Server Do The Fortune 100 Companies Use?
04
Apr
2025

What Mail Server Do The Fortune 100 Companies Use?

Ever wonder what mail servers the top U.S. companies run? I found myself wondering what the top universities used a…

DMZs: NATing vs. Using Public Addresses
04
Apr
2025

DMZs: NATing vs. Using Public Addresses

Here’s a snip from a forum question that I’m getting ready to write a little piece on. My response is…

Gentoo vs. Debian | Daniel Miessler
04
Apr
2025

Gentoo vs. Debian | Daniel Miessler

[ August 2006 ] I’ve been playing with Linux since 1999 and using it steadily in one capacity or another…

Information Security: The End Of The Wild West
04
Apr
2025

Information Security: The End Of The Wild West

[ Aug 2, 2006 ] If you’re an information security administrator/analyst with average skills and little interest in the field,…