A Brief History of DOS

Contents: Disclaimer Introduction History The Memory Map Timeline and History Chart Future of DOS Postscript Bibliography Disclaimer: Although this document is purely informative, the author claims no responsibility for any misguided souls who find a way to twist its contents into anything harmful or overly offensive. Introduction: When a computer is turned on an Operating […]

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How to be an über cracker. A Guide to Internet Security.

This is a paper will be broken into two parts, one showing 15 easy steps to becoming a übercracker and the next part showing how to become a überadmin and how to stop a übercracker. A übercracker is a term phrased by Dan Farmer to refer to some elite (cr/h)acker that is practically impossible to […]

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How to Set up a Secure Anonymous FTP Site

1. General Description of Setting up an “anonymous” ftp server. Create the user ftp in /etc/passwd. Use a misc group. The user’s home directory will be ~ftp where ~ftp is the root you wish anonymous users to see. Creating this user turns on anonymous ftp.Use an invalid password and user shell for better security. The […]

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