PowerShell version 3 that is included by default with Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 offers a new DNS lookup cmdlet. The Resolve-DNSname can resolve DNS information, and offers options such as DNS record type and which server to use for the query.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
AES Crypt
AES Crypt is an open source file encryption software product available on several operating systems that uses the industry standard Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to easily and securely encrypt files. For the Windows platform, separate versions are available for GUI or command-line.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Accessing startup boot options with Windows 8
With previous versions of Windows, the F8 key could be used during boot to access a list of startup options such as Safe Mode. To access similar options with Windows 8, hold down the Shift key when clicking on the Restart option.
Another method is to use the shutdown.exe command with a new switch of /o.
Startup Applications with Ubuntu 12.04
By default, the Startup Applications option within Ubuntu version 12.04 does not display all existing entries.
To view all entries, use the following command within a terminal session:
sudo sed -i 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop
All items should now appear within the Startup Applications dialog box.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Gow
Gow (Gnu On Windows) is the lightweight alternative to Cygwin. It uses a convenient Windows installer that installs about 130 extremely useful open source UNIX applications compiled as native win32 binaries. It is designed to be as small as possible, about 10 MB, as opposed to Cygwin which can run well over 100 MB depending upon options.
MultiCommander
Multi Commander is a free multi-tabbed file manager that is an alternative to the standard Windows Explorer.
Tcpflow
Tcpflow is a program that captures data transmitted as part of TCP connections (flows), and stores the data in a way that is convenient for protocol analysis and debugging. Each TCP flow is stored in its own file. Thus, the typical TCP flow will be stored in two files, one for each direction. Tcpflow can also process stored ‘tcpdump’ packet flows.
Tcpflow is similar to ‘tcpdump’, in that both process packets from the wire or from a stored file. But it’s different in that it reconstructs the actual data streams and stores each flow in a separate file for later analysis.
Open Full Packet Capture (OpenFPC)
OpenFPC is a set of tools that combine to provide a lightweight full-packet network traffic recorder & buffering system. It's design goal is to allow non-expert users to deploy a distributed network traffic recorder on COTS hardware while integrating into existing alert and log management tools.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Tcping
Tcping is a small console application that operates similarly to 'ping', however it can work over a tcp port.
Duplicati
Duplicati is a free backup client that securely stores encrypted, incremental, compressed backups on cloud storage services and remote file servers. It works with Amazon S3, Windows Live SkyDrive, Google Drive, Rackspace Cloud Files, WebDAV, SSH, and FTP.
Duplicati has built-in AES-256 encryption and backups can be signed using GNU Privacy Guard. Duplicati is licensed under LGPL and available for Windows and Linux (.NET 2.0+ or Mono required).
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