Features
The First Social Network
Usenet
Before the web as we know it existed, Usenet performed the same tasks now done by web forums and social networks. Despite its declining popularity, Usenet is still employed to publish articles, sustain mailing lists, and even upload files.
Spring Cleaning
Deleting the old kernels lost on your hard drive
When you update the kernel, the old version remains on the disk. If you clean up, the reward is several hundred megabytes of free disk space.
Scanning with Zenmap
Network Discovery
Discover your network with the user-friendly Zenmap network scanner.
Honeypots
Watching the Bad Guys with Cowrie
Use Cowrie as a honeypot to capture attack data and learn more about your attacker's methods.
Pretty Complex
Modern cyberwarfare and its resulting monetary allocations have significantly impacted the exploit market, but where does that lead?
Tutorials – FFmpeg
Video Wizardry
Linux has some excellent graphical video-editing tools, but sometimes working from the command line with FFmpeg is just better.
Data Harvest
Python network data visualization
The Scapy packet manipulation program lets you analyze and manipulate packets to create incident response reports or examine network security.
Keep All Your Linux Servers in Check
Front Seat
Use the browser-based Cockpit tool to monitor and administer multiple Linux servers without leaving your desk.
Contract Killer
Facebook releases its own OOM implementation
When a Linux system runs out of memory, a special agent, the out-of-memory killer, rushes to its aid. Facebook has now introduced its own OOM killer. What makes it different from its kernel-based counterpart? And what is an OOM killer really?
Wireshark
An Essential Sys Admin and Security Tool
Wireshark fills the gap between security and system administration for those who need to know more about what’s flowing through the wires or over the airwaves in the corporate network.
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