You remember that I have tried to crack some random passwords using John The Ripper, don’t you? Well – if you don’t, here’s the according post. Fact is, that I’m as curious as you are about the results – that’s why I didn’t give up yet. So here are the results so far: guesses: 0 time: 30:22:54:46 c/s: […]
Tag: security
Cracking passwords – a test
You know, I’m working as an IT administrator and I care about security. That’s why I’m worrying about passwords too. So why not running some tests to see some interesting numbers? Let’s get to work. Our tool of crime: A linux box running a 400 MHz Xeon CPU, some RAM, a solid Raid and John The Ripper. Regarding […]
IPSec between Linux and the NetScreen
VPNs are a fine thing, especially if you are not at home and you need to access your beloved network. I am using VPN connections since I have implemented them at my Pfsense using openvpn. Since I got my NetScreen/Juniper SSG5 here, I cannot use Openvpn anymore – So I was forced to dig into IPSec stuff. My […]
Apache and OpenSSL
My SSL Certificate for the webserver expired – so I had to generate a new one, which is a perfect topic to blog about. Regarding SSL Certificates, there are two possibilities: you may buy an official one or you may generate your own. Due to financial reasons, I’m using the latter method, as it’s more or less for […]
If it takes some more time
… it was usually me doing fancy stuff on the network. Yesterday my blog was unreachable due to firewall maintenance. Yep, I have finally implemented the Netscreen Juniper and threw the old box away. I know, it is cruel replacing an old BSD box with an appliance, but it was the only way of reducing noise and power […]
Hardening
Linux is simple as long as you get the idea in behind. I am using it since some years for now and I need a new challenge. So I decided to have a look at the hardened projects and maybe using SELinux. But where to begin? Security starts at kernel level. So it might be a good start […]