Troubleshooting Linux Applications Without Using the Command Line. Linux is one of the most stable platforms available. That doesn't mean every application that runs on the system will enjoy the same incredible stability. Truth is, apps crash. It's almost an inevitability that you're going to experience a rogue application now and then. When it happens, you need to know how to close the app to get rid of any negative impact the wayward app might have. If it happens rarely, you're good to force close the app and move on. If, however, you find it happening frequently, you need to have the tools available to help you figure out why this is occurring. The most powerful tool at your disposal is the command line. Let's dive into these tools and see how they can help you when a piece of software isn't behaving as it should. Where is the information? The first thing you must understand is that Linux has an incredibly powerful log file system.
/var/log/syslog/var/log/dmesg Thing is, the normal process of checking these logs is done through the command line. Glogg. Test Your Troubleshooting Skills With Trouble-Maker. Trouble-Maker, as the name suggests, is a Linux tool that, when installed in a system, randomly selects a problem from its list and actually creates it on the system. The idea behind using this tool is to sharpen your systems administrator skills, enabling you to solve boot problems, system configuration problems, hardware problems, etc. Why do we use tools? To simplify tasks, obviously. But wait a minute; in this article I’m going to introduce a tool that has been created to give you a hard time. Now before you begin to think that I’ve gone insane to even discuss a tool that’s designed to drive people nuts instead of making their lives easier, relax-it will be clear to you soon enough.
This article is all about Trouble-Maker, a handy tool to test your Linux troubleshooting skills. You can download Trouble-Maker from and get installation and running instructions at. 100 Greatest Hacking Tools! 12 Instant Messaging Clients For Linux Users! 1. Pidgin Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time. 2. Kopete Kopete is an instant messenger supporting AIM, ICQ, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, Novell GroupWise Messenger, and more. 3.
Psi is a free instant messaging application designed for the XMPP network (including Google Talk). 4. Jabbim is an Instant Messaging service. 5. The goal of Gajim is to provide a full featured and easy to use Jabber/XMPP client. 6. Empathy is a messaging program which supports text, voice, video chat, and file transfers over many different protocols. 7. BitlBee brings IM (instant messaging) to IRC clients. 8. Unofficial fork of the GyachE (www.phrozensmoke.com), intended for bug-fixes and further development. 9. 10. aMSN 11. 12.
KMess, the Live Messenger alternative for Linux. Here Are 40 Free Hacking Tutorials! Password Cracking Anyone? Here Are 10 Tools To Help You! 1.Brutus Brutus is one of the fastest, most flexible remote password crackers you can get your hands on - it's also free. It is available for Windows 9x, NT and 2000, there is no UNIX version available although it is a possibility at some point in the future. Brutus was first made publicly available in October 1998 and since that time there have been at least 70,000 downloads and over 175,000 visitors to this page. 2.Wfuzz Wfuzz is a tool designed for bruteforcing Web Applications, it can be used for finding resources not linked (directories, servlets, scripts, etc), bruteforce GET and POST parameters for checking different kind of injections (SQL, XSS, LDAP,etc), bruteforce Forms parameters (User/Password), Fuzzing,etc. 3.RainbowCrack RainbowCrack is a general propose implementation of Philippe Oechslin's faster time-memory trade-off technique. 4.SolarWinds 5.L0phtCrack 6.Medusa Medusa is intended to be a speedy, massively parallel, modular, login brute-forcer. 7.Ophcrack 8.THC-Hydra.
Are You A SysAdmin? Keep These 10 Tools At Hand! 1.Random Password Generator This form allows you to generate random passwords. The randomness comes from atmospheric noise, which for many purposes is better than the pseudo-random number algorithms typically used in computer programs. 2.Eraser Eraser is an advanced security tool for Windows which allows you to completely remove sensitive data from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with carefully selected patterns. 3.OWASP Mantra Mantra is brought to you by OWASP, a free and open software security community focusing on improving the security of software. OWASP Mantra comes with a powerful set of tools. 4.Retina Network Community Retina Community gives you powerful vulnerability management across your entire environment. 5.OpenStego OpenStego provides two main functionalities- It can hide any data within a cover file (e.g. images), Watermarking files (e.g. images) with an invisible signature. 6.Freeraser 7.OpenPuff 8.OpenVAS 9.Network Security Toolkit 10.Security Onion.
After Windows XP EOL, China Now Developing New Linux-based OS. On 8 April 2014, almost 13 years of official support for the much-loved Windows XP finally came to an end. Reportedly, almost 70 per cent of Chinese personal computers including those in several critical sectors such as telecommunications, are still running Windows XP. "The shutdown will bring risks directly to China's basic telecommunication networks and threaten its overall security," Zhang Feng, chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology was quoted by Xinhua as saying.
"As such, the ministry will beef up support for the development of such (Linux-based) an OS. " Zhang added. Meanwhile, China's homegrown version of the Linux Ubuntu OS, aka, Ubuntu Kylin OS is making a milestone of sorts in the country. Saurabh Singh, EFYTIMES News Network. 6 Disk Cloning Tools For Linux Users! 1. Clonezilla This is a free software released under the GPL. It is a disk imaging and cloning software that has two variants — Clonezilla Live and Clonezilla SE. FOG is a Linux-based, free and open source computer imaging solution for Windows XP, Vista and 7 that ties together a few open-source tools with a php-based web interface. 3. Mondo Rescue Mondo Rescue is a GPL disaster recovery solution. G4L is a hard disk and partition imaging and cloning tool. 5. Partimage is opensource disk backup software. 6. PING is a live Linux ISO, based on the excellent Linux From Scratch (LFS) documentation. 6 Disk Cloning Tools For Linux Users!