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  1. Hey All, I was banging my head on an issue finally converted fully to mint, but setting up my USB-Serial adapter was a nightmare. At first I just plugged it in ran lsusb and I could see the adapter showing up then installed putty with but wasn't able to console. I then figured i'll try giving screen /dev/ttyUSB0 a shot and it worked immediately. I read that I should use "mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 -c 188 0" but still no luck. I then added my user to the dialout group then through the Properties GUI for Putty changed the permission to read/write for my user. That seemed to do the trick. I then reverted everything back to try and duplicate the original problem to see what exacly fixed it. I would have thought something like udev would have automatically configured the device and there was no need for mknod. Could it just have been the permission to the application. Simply changing my user permission on the putty application from read to read/write fixed the problem? Any input would be greatly appreciated as I'm trying to acquire an in-depth understanding of this glorious OS. Respectfully, Infatuas
  2. Interesting, I'm running Mint 14 XFCE and VirtualBox 4.2.4 with no issues... Using the Lenovo W520 for my hardware. Thanks for the heads up.
  3. That's not a bad idea actually. I'm running a Fortinet Fortigate at home right now so SSL VPN may be a good idea. Thanks for that. The only thing I like about drop box is that I don't have to "download" the content as I need it. It's already synchronized waiting for me.
  4. I'm familiar but the free nas stuff is not streamlined at all. It would need to be accessible externally and it would be just as vulnerable if not more than using dropbox. The only realistic difference would be that Dropbox is moreless in the eye of the public. I tied KeePass and Dropbox together for now..
  5. Hey All, So I've been very frustrated with the amount of documents I have scattered on 3 different machines which include work desktop, work laptop, and home desktop. I decided to install drop box and redirect my user files to this Dropbox folder which seems to work great. Couple of things I'm trying to accomplish in addition to this, but need some input. 1. I would like to use a password manager in tandom with drop box. I know there are some password managers out their that keep the data in a single file or files. The idea would be to put these encrypted password files in my drop box and install the application on all 3 of the above devices. What are the recommendations here for security? Are the password file/db created by the password manager secure enough to upload to Dropbox? 2. Also, my home desktop is actually more of a server with regards to the i7 Extreme, and raid so I'd like to turn it into a viable server. The problem I have is that I have like 200GB of pictures which reside on their and I have our profiles redirected to the raid so there is currently little concern about dataloss. I purchased a laptop for my wife but I'd like to find the best way to "share" those documents without placing the server in a domain and using roaming profiles or something. Maybe a NAS or something would do the trick. I do not have a problem with all of our family photos staying on the laptop as long as I can easily backup her laptop to the new server at home. I really don't like mapped network drives when they are accessed in My Computer so it would be cool to redirect/cache/sync files between her laptop and the local server so if she takes her laptop off site it will not be a problem. Any ideas here? Thanks!
  6. I know the ports... LOL I don't think you read it all. Now worries though; I have been convinced and I configured the Passive FTP over TLS which works great. Only thing that isn't too great is having to use a client from a Windows box to connect to it.
  7. Thanks for all the info guys it makes much more sense. The only discrepancy that I have noticed is as follows. Someone stated above the obvious logic that the more ports you open up the more vulnerabilites you in essence become vulnerable too. That being said, when I configure a generic FTP server on port 21. I am usually going to use a static NAT with portmapping (e.g. (Outside TCP-2121) > (Inside TCP-21)) and that would be it. One port to open, granted there is no encryption. On the flip side, if I configure filezilla for the recommended passive mode (even in a Windows environment) I would specify a Passive Port range of 50000-50100, but in doing so I am not only opening the ingress ports for SFTP port 990 I am also needing to open ports 50000-50100. Aren't I counteracting the balance.
  8. So lets take FileZilla for example which has self contained username/password. Assuming someone is actually able to sniff out the credentials, it certainly wont be from my LAN which is to say that they would have to get it from either my ISP or an ISP that I am connected too remotely (more likely); then login to my ftp server which is on an open/close schedule based on my working hours. Could they traverse the file system using the FileZilla credentials or drop in a self executing virus/worm?
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    Ftp Security

    Hello All, I use ftp quite frequently and also familiar with sftp through filezilla. What is wrong with using a regular FTP server? I understand that FTP powered by SSL will offer file encryption when FTP will not, but what if the files you are transfering are not of importance? Is that the only problem? Or does opening port 21 suddenly make your operating system unsecure and prone to more vulnerabilities compared to SFTP? If someone has the answer to this it would be interesting to hear. BTW, I use inbound, outbound, and application based firewall rules to secure connectivity to my systems from the WAN. This is mostly a curiosity question... Thanks~
  10. I did install FreeNX. I was able to connect to from the internet to the machine however, it never fully loaded the desktop and I would only see the background wallpaper.
  11. Hello All, I am desperately trying to make the full transition into the Linux world from Windows and I have encountered some hurdles along the way that I am trying to overcome. I am currently attempting, yet again, another transition into Ubuntu which I find to be the most suitable for my needs. I installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my home desktop and installed openssh which is operational and I can connect to from the internet. Additionally, I configured vnc which is a obviously outdated and slow. Ultimately, I would like to use OpenSSH to establish a secure method to view my Gnome Desktop remotely. Unfortunately, I do not know the proper verbiage to properly research and my findings and attempts thus far have been a complete failure. Are there any step-by-step guides that can hold my hand through the process so I can develop a more detailed understanding of how this works? Again, I really need to know what my next step should be to get this working after SSH is operational which it is. How is the "gnome gui" session initiated? Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
  12. Well, I found the answer to my own question. You can copy putty.exe to your C:\Windows\System32 folder and simply open command prompt and type putty -ssh ip_address and ect. Command Line Usage: putty.exe [-ssh | -telnet | -rlogin | -raw] [user@]host See this Putty Documentation for more information.
  13. On almost all internetworking equipment that I deploy now a days during the hardening process I disable telnet and enable SSH. However, it is rather annoying having to use a third party application to connect to an SSH server such as Putty (great product though). I'm trying to find a way to embed an SSH client into the Command Prompt or within Powershell without having to do a CD and use some long command syntax to accomplish this. Does anyone know if this has been done or is even possible? The great thing about telnet was simply tapping Windows Key + R > type cmd > type telnet and ip. It was fast! Any ideas?
  14. I have used Kaseya in the past as it is a full featured product and fairly inexpensive. My company is also in the process of looking for a help desk solution. We are currently interviewing 4 different companies and have narrowed it down to Kaseya and N-Able. You may also want to look at Level Platforms or GFI depending on your needs. Kaseya is focused more on I.T. Automation, Ticketing, Scripting, Patch Management, Backups, and Remote Connectivity as well as N-Able. Level Platforms and GFI seem to focus more on monitoring but are not the better of the 4.
  15. There are a few new Backup Applications out there right now that support various methods of offsite backup. An example would be Acronis which can backup over SFTP. Depending on what your doing here is a cheap solution: Handy Backup. Good Luck.
  16. Well then, this should help: http://free-electrons.com/blog/usbeth/
  17. Well, it was worth a shot. Typically, I use a HP Procurve Switch and just port mirror to my laptop so I get both in and out that way, but it's almost always short term troubleshooting. I do like the copper taps Mr-Protocol! I'm thinking of just buying a usb to ethernet adapter and attempting to bridge two ethernet connections for both tap ports in Ubuntu. That would do the trick. Thanks!
  18. I recently was looking to purchase the throwing star LAN tap for some professional uses for troubleshooting VoIP issues. I currently will just configure port mirroring within a managed switch of some variety; which is entirely functional but not always practical. I decided to build my own little LAN Tap Box for fun using these schematics. It works perfect fine but as expected the Tap ports will watch only the TX or RX but not both simultaneously. If was to theoretically bridge pairs 3 & 6 on both Tap jacks it would in essence combine TX and Rx and break the functionality of the hosts altogether. I am not ready to give up on this yet, but is there tested or even logical method to have a single Tap jack listen to both TX/RX between two hosts? I know hubs/switches can do this already but I'd like to build one. Attempts so far: 1. Above schematic (works but TXly tRxor rx depending on which tap port your listening on, expected) 2. 3 RJ45 Jacks creating a half circle linking all pars together with a single strand per port. (does not work, drops the hosts connection and listening device) I was also thinking that if you can use a Cat5e splitter like this, Cable Splitter; then it has to be do-able. Thanks, Infatuas
  19. That is an extremely loaded question and very generalized. I would recommend starting with "how the internet work", then decide what you want to do with the internet then focus directly on that.
  20. Yes, I have tried different versions of WINE as well. I have been sucessful at installing office 2003, but I was not able to perform the activation over the internet or phone as the boxes where all grey'd out. Seems like some sort of problem with is MSXML6 install which is required for 2007 and above, but not the only problem.
  21. LMFAO, Definitely not Sarah Palin. Will probably just go that route, and speak with a lawyer to be safe. I do not want to become a parasite, but there is a fine line when I am formulating my own opinions about his commentary and what not.
  22. Think he was shooting for wiki? Can you link the post please?
  23. Once again a CPU that is bottle-necked by other hardware technologies, this isn't the first time and it certainly will not be the last. Once the MOBO "world" catches up, the chip will jump ahead again. Would be sweet though!
  24. I think they are going in a smart direction, can't expect this stuff for free and I'm sure the profit margin has improved over the years too. Could you imagine how much time it would take to do what they do? It would have to be close to a full time job I'm sure if it isn't already. I do agree that sometimes the old days are the best days, but the content is still great!
  25. I figure with all of the techies someone is bound to know the answer to this question here, best way is via scenario. Lets say John Doe, is a relatively famous politician, who has his own T.V. show, various published books that are NY Top Sellers and owns johndoe.com. And, lets say that I really admire this person as of recently and think John is a genius, so much so that I wanted to purchase a domain called heroicjohndoe.com and have a blog directed toward his show, post documents that match up with his T.V. listings, and post some of his videos with comment responses to his feeds and etc. Now, this would initially be for fun on my behalf and to satisfy those times of boredom, but lets theoretically say that I begin to receive a generous number of websites visits because people are searching for john doe and my domain naturally matches the results and I want to begin to profit at some point. What are the legalities here? Could I receive a C & D (Cease and Desist) or worse a law suite for profiting from someone else's name? Thanks in advance, Infatuas
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