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So you thought you were safe by using Firefox? Wait till you read this: Problems: Firefox URL Domain Name Buffer Overflow Mozilla Firefox "Host:" Buffer Overflow SOURCE: The Register UPDATE Mozilla has issued a temporary workaround for this issue. It can be found here.

I have not written this. Got it from here : *www.donkboy.com/html/vol1.htm :?:What is Telnet? Telnet is a program that allows you to connect to other computers using ports. Every computer/server has ports, the most common ones you would see when using telnet are: Port 21: FTP...

I COULD NOT MAKE OUT WHERE TO POST THIS. SO I POSTED IT HERE.IF NEEDED MOVE IT. Notation: 1. P(X) means the probability of occurence of event X. 2. P(X|Y) means the probability of occurence of event X provided event Y has already happened 3. An means A with subscript n. 4...

I have installed Mandrake Linux 10.1 from only the 1st Installation CD. But after selecting Linux from the bootloader, when it boots into graphical mode the display is jarred and nothing can be seen. My mobo is INTEL 845GL Chipset based. Any help??

Well, what do I do with this scan result :(

This is an article by Meera Venkipuram of Digit. Read it here. Some excerpts: sic.... Now see the contradiction. If any bot/malware/spyware gets hold of the end user computer, whats the use of Firewall authentication at every step? Thats how viruses and spywares get entry into...

See this error I got while installing ZA 5.1.011 Also when I try to install ZA 5.5.0094 it installs and after restarting, everytime Windows starts upto the loading screen and then again restarts like it has got into some infinite loop. WHat can be the problem? Also would it be a bad...

When I scan my comp using SpyBot S&D in the results it shows: DyFuCa:Internet Optimizer 2 entries Elitum:EliteBar 2 entries When I select Fix Selected, it shows a message that it could not fix the 4 entries because some programs related to it...

Whenever I try to shut down my computer, at the end it displays an error message regarding ashServ.exe that it could not write to some memory address(shown in hex) and after that switches off. I could not take a screen shot because it appears only when I shut down my comp. Can anyone help me out?

I have avast! Antivirus 4.5 installed. You all know it starts along with windows and a spinning ball is seen in the system tray. One day it stopped spinning and displayed a red mark on it. On clicking the ball it showed a message RPC Subsytem Error. Since then avast! does not start with Windows...

I have found a list of public proxies in India. What do I have to do in order to get connected to them? I have a proxy software.If I supply the IP address and port in the HTTP proxy option, will it do or I have to make a seperate rule for the tunnel protocol? I have also seen a proxy...

After doing a traceroute of the digit server, it seems that Digit does not use a software firewall. How is it protecting its server? Tracing route to 130.94.75.250 over a maximum of 30 hops 1 261 ms 262 ms 249 ms 61.0.139.6 2 245 ms 262 ms 249 ms 61.0.139.3 3 257...

I noticed a suspicious looking registry key: HKLM/SOFTWARE/MICROSFT/Tracing What is this supposed to do? Also some weird files like dot.exe are getting installed on my comp when I connect to internet. What are these?

Recently I came accross a new firewall software called WyvernWorks Firewall 2004. I think those having problem with ZoneAlarm or Sygate should try this out. It is the most stable firewall I have used in recent times. It is fully customisable and sports an Internet Lock similar to Zone Alarm...

Hey, i wont claim any originality for this article. It is ripped off from an article provided on insecure.org Simple Active Attack Against TCP Laurent Joncheray Merit Network, Inc. 4251 Plymouth...

After my ZoneAlarm firewall busted up, I was searching for another good firewall to protect my system. Frankly, I had no hopes of getting any though. But I chanced upon this piece of software called Enigma Firewall. Boy, it does its job!!!! It is far more explicit than Zone Alarm and allows you...

Recently when i opened my task manager in Win XP, i saw that a program called xpjava.exe running. I am sure it is not related to java software. Is it a trojan?

I have installed a software called FreeProxy thats supposed to act as a proxy server. If I use it on a single PC, how to? Btw see this error I got while installing ZoneAlarm and tell me if u can understand anything Validation failed for C:\Windows\System32\vsmonapi.dll

what is 'subnet mask' ?

i hope most of u have heard abt the web tunnel services. I am using the Primedius service installed from Digit DVD. It really is a tunnel!!! The speed bcomes slower than a snail. Why???????????? :evil: IIT KGP is a total dud. it keeps its port 25 open. send as many forged emails u want (dont...