Archive for January, 2008
Nessus security tool
Jan 4th
In computer security, Nessus is a free comprehensive vulnerability scanning software. Its goal is to detect potential vulnerabilities on the tested systems. For example:
* Vulnerabilities that allow a remote cracker to control or access sensitive data on a system. * Misconfiguration (e.g. open mail relay, missing patches, etc). * Default passwords, a few common passwords, and blank/absent passwords on some system accounts. Nessus can also call Hydra (an external tool) to launch a dictionary attack. * Denials of service against the TCP/IP stack.
On UNIX (including Mac OS X), it consists of nessusd, the Nessus daemon, which does the scanning, More >
ICQ The Webmasters Choice For Instant Chat
Jan 4th
ICQ is an instant messaging computer program, owned by Time Warner’s AOL subsidiary. ICQ was first developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis. The first version of the program was released in November 1996 and it was one of the first Internet wide instant messaging services. The name ICQ is an initialism on the phrase “I seek you”.
