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ABOUT ME

I’m Sajith :–a technical person located in Trivandrum, India. Besides technology and business,Technology related with

Hardware & Networking side.Computer assembling, installation,configuration,troubleshooting. Networking side router/switch configuration troubleshooting works LAN/WAN.Installation and configuration of LINUX/WINDOWS servers.

I can be contacted at debianvs@gmail.com.

You will find postings on this site about my experience and views on matters which I go through and run across. Thanks for your visit and enjoy your stay!

 

 

LINUX HISTORY

Many people still believe that learning Linux is difficult, or that only experts can understand how a Linux system works. Though there is a lot of free documentation available, the documentation is widely scattered on the Web, and often confusing, since it is usually oriented toward experienced UNIX or Linux users. Today, thanks to the advancements in development, Linux has grown in popularity both at home and at work. The goal of this guide is to show people of all ages that Linux can be simple and fun, and used for all kinds of purpose

Linux News

Internet Explorer the back door of Hackers



If you've never tried Firefox, Safari, Opera Google Chrome or other Internet Explorer alternatives, now might be a good time. Microsoft's flagship browser, the default choice on countless Windows machines, currently has a serious security flaw that affects all versions of the browser running on any version of Windows. The vulnerability allows hackers to gain access to any sensitive data on your PC.

While Internet Explorer may not be the most secure of browsers, at least Microsoft is fast when it comes to patching vulnerabilities. The company is getting ready to push out an emergency update for the very serious flaw.

LINUX & WINDOWS FAQ

Q: What are these Nasty Messages about Inodes, Blocks, and the Like?

A: You may have a corrupted file system, probably caused by not shutting Linux down properly before turning off the power or resetting. You need to use a recent shutdown program to do this for example, the one included in the util-linux package, available on sunsite and tsx-11.

If you're lucky, the program fsck (or e2fsck or xfsck as appropriate if you don't have the automatic fsck front-end) will be able to repair your file system. If you're unlucky, the file system is trashed, and you'll have to re-initialize it with mkfs (or mke2fs, mkxfs, etc.), and restore from a backup.

NB: don't try to check a file system that's mounted read/writethis includes the root partition, if you don't see

 VFS: mounted root
... read-only

at boot time.


LINUX SECURITY

 

Debian takes security very seriously. We handle all security problems brought to our attention and are corrected within a reasonable timeframe. Many advisories are coordinated with other free software vendors and are published the same day a vulnerability is made public and we also have a security audit team that reviews the archive looking for new or unfixed security bugs.

Experience has shown that "security through obscurity" does not work. Public disclosure allows for more rapid and better solutions to security problems. In that vein, this page addresses Debian's status with respect to various known security holes, which could potentially affect Debian.

Debian also participates in security standardization efforts: the debian security advisories are cve-compatible (review the cross references and Debian is represented in the Board of the open vulnerability assesment project

Keeping your Debian system secure

In order to receive the latest Debian security advisories, subscribe to the debian-security-announce mailing list.

You can use apt to easily get the latest security updates. This requires a line such as

deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free

in your /etc/apt/sources.list file.

For more information about security issues in Debian, please refer to the security team FAX and a manual called Security debian.