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Sep/11

Security Holes & Backdoors In FreePBX

Filed Under Linux, Networking, PBX, Security at 21st September 2011 17:20 by

I found a chilling article by chance the consequence was extremely bad! It seems security was not high on the agenda when FreePBX was initially developed and the developers had built some default and backdoors into a system for easy … Continue reading →

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Aug/11

WiTopia VPN Abroad

Filed Under Mobile Phone, Networking at 28th August 2011 19:01 by

Overview I recently went abroad to Cyprus and got a chance to try using a VPN service “on the road”. I had my Android and Linux devices with mixed results. Please continue reading to find out more. Ubuntu 11.04 I … Continue reading →

20

Jul/11

Linux – List Open Ports

Filed Under Linux, Networking at 20th July 2011 21:11 by
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Command to list all the ports that are open / listening for incoming traffic: $netstat -a | egrep ‘Proto|LISTEN’

03

Jul/11

Ubuntu 10.04 Firewall (UFW) Basics

Filed Under Linux, Networking, Security at 3rd July 2011 0:01 by

Overview UFW or Uncomplicated FireWall is a basic software solution for protecting against network intrusions. It’s basic in the form that it’s a wrapper around the more powerful and complex iptables and therefore makes some assumptions such as rate limits. … Continue reading →

25

May/11

WiTopia VPN Service Review

Filed Under Networking, Security at 25th May 2011 0:01 by

I have always wanted to get a VPN server running at home so that I can tunnel back into the network remotely and also to protect myself on public hot spots. The former was more complicated than I thought and … Continue reading →

22

Dec/10

3 Mifi (Huawei E585) Mini Review

Filed Under Hardware, Networking, Review at 22nd December 2010 16:12 by

When I was barred from using data because I had gone over my “fair usage” on my mobile phone I decided to buy the Mifi from Three to get around the problem. The total cost of the package was £60 … Continue reading →

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Sep/10

Netgear WNDR3700 Thoughts

Filed Under Networking at 15th September 2010 12:10 by

I bought a Netgear WNDR3700 to replace the shoddy DLink DIR-615 that came with our cable service and it has holding up very good. I was even approached on Twitter from a DLink representative but he was unable to solve … Continue reading →

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Mar/10

Megabit To Gigabit Network

Filed Under Networking at 26th March 2010 7:50 by

Overview I have finally made the switch to Gigabit networking! Thanks to an Amazon deal I bought some switches to kit my network out. Because I do move large files about such as video files as well as streaming from … Continue reading →