Day: May 28, 2014

How to scan for vulnerable ports on a host with the Kali Linux distribution.

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Scanning for vulnerable ports is easy with the Kali Linux distribution. Here is a simple port scan of my Windows Server 2012 R2 laptop host OS using Kali Linux. homer@kali:~$ sudo nmap 192.168.1.6   Starting Nmap 6.46 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2014-05-28 20:44 EST Nmap scan report for 192.168.1.6 Host is up (1.0s latency). Not … Read more

Chinese government switching to Linux instead of Windows 8.1.

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The Chinese government is considering a switch to Linux on the desktop to replace the ageing fleet of Windows XP machines currently in use. The ban on Windows 8 has made it necessary to find an alternative to Microsoft software that is currently in use in the country. This is a good thing; Microsoft software … Read more