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Preparing for CEH exam ?

In March 2012, I got certified under CEH v7 certification. (EC1-350). It was indeed a tough exam. Since a lot of people are asking me on the guide lines for clearing this exam, I decided to put them down for you.

Study Material: Books:

I studied about four books directly related to CEH exam. These . . . → Read More: Preparing for CEH exam ?

UC Berkeley Picks Google Over Microsoft In Battle Over Campus Cloud Services

Originally posted on TechCrunch, here.

Must check this also: a nice detailed comparison of Google and Microsoft’s offerings

When you’ve got a campus with 70,000 students and staff on it, all requiring some form of integrated cloud service, be it for email, scheduling, documents, or what have you, the decision-making process over which service to . . . → Read More: UC Berkeley Picks Google Over Microsoft In Battle Over Campus Cloud Services

Your Facebook profile can get you fired

Below is what I believe a must read for everyone having an account on any of the social media sites.

http://en-maktoob.news.yahoo.com/your-facebook-profile-could-get-you-the-sack-20111219.html

 

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Protecting your IT infrastructure from your own Wireless Access Point

(Originally published on http://wbitt.com, here.)

The advent of Wireless devices has caused a huge increase of the size of any given network. The ease of use, and less dependence on wire are few of the many advantages, that the Wireless technology bring in. However, this technology must be used carefully.

Many organizations are using Wireless . . . → Read More: Protecting your IT infrastructure from your own Wireless Access Point

3-Tier System Administration (by RedHat)

Here is a very brief (9 page) document, which all system administrators should read. http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/2010/presentations/summit/decoding-the-code/wed/kkeller-420-systemadmin/3-Tier-System-Administration.pdf

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Linux Certification: Is RedHat the only Certifier?

From: http://www.wbitt.com/technical-articles/351-linux-certification-is-redhat-the-only-certifier.html

There is no doubt that RHCE is one of the most prestigious, and well known Linux certification in the world. Founded in 1993, RedHat has taken over the world by storm, on the basis of it’s contributions to the open-source world, it’s excellent technical support services, and it’s education/certification programs. RHCE is the . . . → Read More: Linux Certification: Is RedHat the only Certifier?

Skype’s acquisition by Microsoft and the future of Internet telephony

This is no more a secret, that Skype is now being acquired by Microsoft, for about 8.5 billion dollars. The Internet world had several privacy issues with Skype. Microsoft is known for violating privacy rights of its customers for long time. Thus this acquisition of Skype by Microsoft is more serious problem than before. We . . . → Read More: Skype’s acquisition by Microsoft and the future of Internet telephony

The Live Hacking educational videos by Dr. Ali Jahangiri

From the URL:  http://www.livehacking.com/videos/

The Live Hacking educational videos are a dedicated resource for those wanting to learn about the tools and utilities used by criminal hackers as the first step in preparing to defeat them.

These tutorial videos cover a wide range of ethical hacking topics and tools from network fingerprinting to password and . . . → Read More: The Live Hacking educational videos by Dr. Ali Jahangiri

Virtualizing your Linux Firewall

This paper discusses the possibility/feasibility of running a Linux Firewall as a Virtual Machine inside your XEN/KVM/VMware Hypervisor. The advantages and disadvantages are identified; and a solution is proposed on how you can actually achieve this. The paper is available in HTML and PDF versions.

… There is nothing much you can do “different”, with . . . → Read More: Virtualizing your Linux Firewall

XEN, KVM, Libvirt and IPTables

I have written this research paper, which discusses the behaviour of IPTables rules, as seen on a XEN or KVM (physical) host. The problem and the solutions are discussed in depth. The article is available in HTML and PDF formats. A CBT has also been created to explain the problem and the solutions suggested in . . . → Read More: XEN, KVM, Libvirt and IPTables