Linux is a hacker’s dream computer operating system. It supports tools and utilities for cracking passwords, scanning network vulnerabilities, and detecting possible intrusions.

Which Distro is the one to go with If one has never dabbled in Linux. Keeping in mind that once I do get the hang of it I can always upgrade to something more advanced. but for now I want to learn which would mean something that is more straight forward and easy to grasp.

So in an effort to learn the instrument better, I borrowed my dad’s electronic keyboard, and sat down to try to learn it... Naturally, this led me to think that some sort of flash card training would help. So like any good hacker, I whipped up a flashcards program that afternoon to help me learn piano! :D

network management on linux differs from distro to distro. trying various of these i liked what SuSE did over the year. they included a network manager like applet ‘knetwork’ with kde 3 which even included isdn (ppp) links. but NM does a very bad job if things don’t work. there is no debugging possible.

"The Hacker Attitude Hackers solve problems and build things, and they believe in freedom and voluntary mutual help. To be accepted as a hacker, you have to behave as though you have this kind of attitude yourself. And to behave as though you have the attitude, you have to really believe the attitude.

Nmap, or the Network Mapper, is a powerful command-line tool for diagnosing network problems, finding security vulnerabilities, and host of other uses. Its many options and scanning methods can be daunting to even the most experienced of end users, but nmapFE is a graphical interface for nmap that makes it easy to use even the most powerful aspects of the network mapper, and can be a life-saver when you run into networking problems.

Finally a Malayalam newspaper tells its readers who a real hacker is. Its another refreshing example of the Free Software awareness in Kerala. This news paper is most popular news daily in Kerala. I hope the world will follow another great lead from Kerala.

Automated penetration testing tools are a two edged sword: they make it easy to check for well known vulnerabilities on your network, but they can also be used by hackers to try to compromise any vulnerable machines on your network.

Linux supports tons of tools and utilities for scanning network vulnerabilities, cracking passwords and possibility of intrusions. Please always keep in mind that these tools are not for harm a system, but for protect them.