Seat Belts Save Lives…We Should Stop Using Them

White Shield
Joes, Pros
Sounds a bit crazy doesn’t it? Seat belts have been proven to significantly reduce the risk of death or serious injury in the event of a motor vehicle crash, and I’m recommending that we stop using them altogether? Why in the world would someone in their right mind make that kind of recommendation!? It’s simple,…
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Quick Connection Info with ‘netstat’ (Linux)

Gray Shield
Pros
There are things in this world that will likely always be a mystery to me. For example, why are feminine hygiene products and toothpaste both stored in similar looking tubes? As both of these products are often found in bathrooms around the world it stands to reason that some poor guy (likely living in a…
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Simple ICMP Host Discovery with Nmap

Gray Shield
Pros
The other day I needed to rapidly scan a range of IP addresses for hosts that responded to ICMP echo requests. I also needed the responding IP addresses to be in a simple list format (with a single IP per line). While there are many ways to do this I needed something quick (only had…
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MIT(R)M Attacks – Your middle or mine?

Red Shield
Pros
Recently (actually months ago now) my wife went out to see some friends from Church which left me with a couple of hours to kill at home (after I put the kids bed of course). I decided to use this opportunity to look for security vulnerabilities in the wireless router provided by my ISP. I…
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