I ran into a problem. I need to have GnuPG wherever I am, mainly due to the fact that I need to digitally sign my email wherever I go. I need my GPG key with me.
However, I do not want to install my GPG key on every PC I work on (work, school, etc.). [...]
Series two, in a string if posts about SSH is sshfs. For those unaware, sshfs provides the ability to mount a remote SSH server as though it was a local device on your machine. But first, let me show you how to browse a SSH remote system using a GUI on the Gnome [...]
This is going to be old hat for some, but I know there are those who can benefit from it, so I’ll post a brief tutorial here. This post is to extend upon the post published by Christer on Ubuntu Tutorials.
There is a lot of software on the Linux system that I take for [...]
It’s a morning of security. What can I say? I just updated my GPG keypair, and after hitting “publish”, I thought to myself “Why not write a quick tutorial on using GPG with Thunderbird?”. So, here it is.
Before I get into it, however, I want to talk about my motivations for creating [...]
GPG is an integral part of my life. I’ve been using it since 2004 when a friend of mine, Glen Kingston, helped generate my key. Since then, I’ve been using it just about every day. I use it to digitally sign all of my outgoing email, and I encourage people to encrypt [...]
It’s time to step it up with security when signing emails digitally with your GnuPG/OpenPGP key. For the longest time, SHA-1 has been the default hash for signing text documents. However, SHA-1, a 160-bit strength hashing algorithm has been broken. The tough thing, is there have been plenty of collisions with SHA-1 [...]
I’ve blogged on and on about Irssi, the single best IRC client out there, as most of you would agree. The reason it is so great, is the sheer number of features it has. There is no other client like it. In fact, here is a quick and dirty Top 10, why [...]
I just read Christer’s post about creating secure passwords using a simple Linux utility ‘pwgen’. Good read, and even better tutorial. However, I hope you don’t mind a bit Christer, but I’m going to pick on your post a little.
pwgen creates 8-character random passwords. Using the various options, you can increase/decrease the [...]
I’m serious- don’t tell anyone. It could cause havoc in the IT department when they find out that they can no longer sniff your packets, or log your traffic. What am I talking about? SSH tunneling, of course.
SSH is a powerful piece of software, but what’s even better is it’s ability to [...]
Freenode is interested in your security. As such, they have two hidden Tor servers available for you to use. They have actually been using the hidden servers for a while now, but they just added a new one, and the added security benefits are great!
First, aside from end-to-end encryption, which is a bonus [...]
In my last post, I mentioned how to stay anonymous on the web generally by using Tor. Here, I want to discuss how to use Tor specially with Freenode.
IRC channel ops are notorious for kicks and bans. Many reasons are called for, others are just plain silly. #okopipi on Undernet is notorious [...]
Being an advocate of security protocols and applications, I am actually quite stunned that I haven’t thought of this before. Actually, I had heard of it a while ago, but didn’t give any thought to it. Now I kind of wish I had. I am talking about Tor. However, before getting [...]
According to a supposed email from lead developer of PHP Jani Taskinen, he’s outta here, and not looking back. Goodbye PHP, goodbye cruel world! is the theme of his email.
From: Jani Taskinen
Subject: Good bye.
Group: php.internals
Date: Thu Jul 27 20:28:45 2006
Thank you all for the last 6 years or so. It has been fun (sometimes) [...]
I am getting really frustrated with encrypting conversations between differing IM clients. Why in the world does this have to be so difficult? First, let’s talk about the principle of the matter. Then we’ll get into the nitty-gritty.
Regardless of who I am talking to, regardless of what instant messaging client I am [...]
Spammers must enjoying the relief from the very apparent strain that Blue Frog users were giving them. Well, they won’t be enjoying the relief for long. Thanks to a new startup group called Okopipi. For starters, it is peer-to-peer, de-centralized and completely open source. And the best part? DDOS attacks [...]
