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 the accent those people have…
Category: Mix
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 of the original meetings. The…
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 be able to protect something…
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 has “intended” to do, has…
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 don’t know the whole story,…
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 trouble. I haven’t researched how…
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 it, and stop fighting it.…
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 while back, and I just…
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 crude, but my next version…
Gentoo vs. Debian | Daniel Miessler
[ August 2006 ] I’ve been playing with Linux since 1999 and using it steadily in one capacity or another since 2001. I’ve tinkered with…
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, your days are numbered. Contrary…
xargs vs. exec {} | Daniel Miessler
There is a bit of a debate in some circles about using xargs vs. the -exec {} option that’s built into find itself. To me,…