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Firestarter - A modern Linux Firewall

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 - 5:04 am

Irrespective of the operating system, intrusion is one of the key concerns for computers connected to a network. Firewalls, as a matter of fact provide a resistance to this, if not a fool proof protection.

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Secure your Wordpress, mine was attacked

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008 - 12:02 pm

I re-did the whole Wordpress Installation. However, I wasn’t worried because my “uploads” are elsewhere, Database was not infected and is back-up everyday by mailing it to myself and archived instantly with Gmail.

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Adobe AIR and Security

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 - 9:19 am

The security model for the HTML application sandbox in AIR varies significantly from the sandbox available in the browser. The reason behind this is there are a number of design and implementation patterns common to HTML web applications that are too dangerous to be combined with the local system access inherent in the AIR application sandbox.

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Adobe Flash can modify Router’s UPnP Interface

Sunday, January 27th, 2008 - 7:28 am

The generation of SOAP messages using the Flash plug-in enables the attacker to avoid the problem of password authentication, and the fact that many home routers are configured to accept SOAP messages without any type of authentication compounds the threat.

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Google Researchers found vulnerabilities in Flash

Sunday, December 23rd, 2007 - 9:22 am

An attack scenario — A bank website hosts marketing graphics in the form of a vulnerable Flash applet. Attackers who trick a customer into clicking on a malicious link are able to execute the SWF file and inject malicious code variables that cause the customer’s authentication cookies or login credentials to be sent to the attacker.

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Fedora 10 Released

Let's talk history! Fedora was created in late 2003 as a Linux based Operating System which gives the users an admittance from anywhere in the world to the most up-to-date free and open source software ...28th Nov, 2008

Top 25 Hottest Indian Web Companies

Note: User submitted article. Personally, I would advise not to take this video seriously. 21st Nov, 2008

India gets ready for Free and Open Source Software

Over the years, FOSS.in has attracted thousands of participants, and the speaker roster reads like a "Who's Who" of FOSS contributors from across the world. FOSS.in is a non-commercial event organised and run entirely by FOSS ...21st Nov, 2008

Cooliris for the iPhone

Cooliris is the browser extension that revolutionizes the way you view media on your computer. It is now available as an application for your iPhone! Cooliris for the iPhone allows you to search the web ...22nd Oct, 2008

Adobe releases Flash Player 10 (Mac, Win & Linux)

Adobe have released the shipping version of Flash Player 10 for Mac, Windows and Linux. More about Flash Player 10 * About Flash Player 10 * Get Flash Player 10 (Official Release version 10.0.12.36) * Download Debug and Standalone ...15th Oct, 2008

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