I have mentioned how I use Microsoft’s Virtual Server to create hosts for different projects. So I thought I would write a howto showing how to get Virtual Server up and running. I took screenshots of the whole process and describe some useful features that I use. There are several different virtualization products, but I think the Virtual Server is one of the better ones. It is also free too.
First download Virtual Server from Microsoft’s web site. Continue reading ‘Setup a host with virtual server’
Monthly Archive for June, 2006
A honeypot is a computer system that is designed with the intent to catch hackers. It is positioned in a network in a spot where it is a good target for hackers. Honeypots can be used to detect malicious activity on a network or to prevent hackers from hacking a network by being a decoy. Honeypots are also frequently used for research to detect and analyze new worms and attacks. There are two basic catagories of honeypots, high-interaction and low-interaction. A high-interaction honeypot is a system that is designed to be completely compromised. A low-interaction honeypot is a system that simulates different parts of a network system. In this article we are going to build a low-interaction honeypot with the Windows program HoneyBot.
Honeybot which can be downloaded here is a Windows program that opens over 1200 TCP and UDP ports and simulates common services on them. It then captures all packet traffic to these ports and logs the packets and IP address. It is able to simulate some basic services by replying on certain ports. It is also able to capture worms and trojans by saving them to a folder. It is an easy to use program that is a good choice for getting your feet wet with honeypots.
Continue reading ‘Run a Low-Interaction Honeypot with HoneyBot’
Google just released the limited beta version of their new online Spreadsheet application. I signed up as soon as it was available and received my invitation a few hours later. After working on a few spreadsheets with it, I found it to be a nice, easy to use spreadsheet application. I think it has a lot of potential. However, I am not planning to switch from Excel to Google Spreadsheets anytime soon. This got me thinking about the pros and cons of online office apps, and I hace concluded that most office apps have a long way to go before they are widely used. So here is a list of some of the cons of online applications, and my thoughts about them.
Continue reading ‘Will Online Office Apps take over the desktop?’
I am a big fan of the Rubik’s Cube. I got one for Christmas a few years ago, and I love solving it. I like solving it when I am stressed at school, cause it is a good way to take your mind off of what you are doing. Then I came across a 4 dimensional Rubik’s cube computer program. It was pretty tricky, but after doing it a while I got the hang of it. Today on slashdot I got a link to a 5 dimensional cube. This is going way too far. Kind of like the 20×20x20 cube too. Continue reading ‘5 Dimensional Rubik’s Cube’
I have been using the Office 2007 Beta for the past few weeks, and I have a few problems with it. My biggest problem is with the new interface. While I think the new interface looks slick, my problem with it is that it is new. Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Publisher, have all had virtually the same interface since they first came to Windows in 1992: Continue reading ‘Microsoft Office 2007 Review’