As you know, GNU Linux is much more than just an OS. There is literally a whole sphere on the Internet dedicated to the penguin OS. If you read this post, you are probably inclined towards reading about Linux online. Among all the pages that you can find on the subject, there are a couple
There are various occasions where you would like to search for files that have been changed/created in your Linux system recently or within any time frame. For example, as a system admin, you have done some configuration on your Linux system, but forgot where it was saved. You want to verify whether/how your Linux file
tcpdump command is also called as packet analyzer. tcpdump command will work on most flavors of unix operating system. tcpdump allows us to save the packets that are captured, so that we can use it for future analysis. The saved file can be viewed by the same tcpdump command. We can also use open source
Netstat command displays various network related information such as network connections, routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections, multicast memberships etc., In this article, let us review 10 practical unix netstat command examples. 1. List All Ports (both listening and non listening ports) List all ports using netstat -a # netstat -a | more Active Internet
Nmap is short for Network Mapper. It is an open source security tool for network exploration, security scanning and auditing. However, nmap command comes with lots of options that can make the utility more robust and difficult to follow for new users. The purpose of this post is to introduce a user to the nmap
If you would like to backup your hard disk, there is a simple way to do it by using “dd” command. The dd command utility is used to copy files or disk images from one location to another. Using dd, you can backup an unmounted disk as a (compressed) disk image which is then stored
This guide is based on various community forum posts and webpages. Special thanks to all. All comments and improvements are very welcome as this is purely a personal experimental project at this point and must be considered a work in progress. This guide is intended as a relatively easy step by step guide to: Harden