Explaining Denial of Service Attacks
Denial of Service attacks (DoS attacks) are rather simplistic in nature and devilishly easy to launch. In their simplest form…
Author: Paul Joyce (page 4)
Information on Layers of the OSI-7 Model
What is the OSI-7 model? The Open-System Intercommunication model describes how the network communication layers are distinct and separate from…
How to use Linux’s Traceroute (3 Examples)
Connections over a network often need debugging but due to the nature of the networking-beast, the actual topography of the…
Shared Hosting > Leverage Browser Caching
We all know that faster websites are better websites. Not necessarily better quality, as the Internet is full of drivel,…
Raspberry Pi Day3: Configuring and connecting securely and remotely with SSH
The other day I managed to mount the Raspberry Pi OS image onto an SD card and the Pi had…
Linux: Changing your password from the CLI
We all know that passwords are some of the most important pieces of information we have to remember, but on…
Raspberry Pi Day2: Setting it up
So unlike most of the computer I’ve bought in the past, the Raspberry Pi doesn’t come with its own operating…
Raspberry Pi Day1: Introduction (Model B)
So I finally bit the bullet and purchased a Raspberry Pi. I was hardly quick to jump on the bandwagon…
Chrome locking up with .pki/nssdb directory error
After re-installing Ubuntu 12.04 back on my laptop I noticed that Google Chrome was quite unstable. I was using version…
Checking if an element is hidden with jQuery – the correct method
Over the last couple of days I’ve been reviewing code submitted by other programmers for an external project. Two of…