Command line Linux for hard drive cloning If you are a Unix command line geek you can clone your hard disk with various Linux programs. This can be quicker if you feel comfortable using the Linux shell. Computer forensics need to use a Unix live CD to clone a hard drive in order to preserve [...]

The easiest way to recover your operating system in case of disaster is by cloning it once a week to an external disk. You will save lots of time tweaking the settings once again if you need to reinstall your operating system. Main Linux live CD to clone a hard disk CloneZilla: Clonezilla live is [...]

I have previously mentioned Mixmaster ont his blog, a great software tool to send anonymous email and also used to post to Usenet groups anonymously, but visiting a website in order to send an anonymous email is not a good idea because your IP will be logged by the site server. You could use a [...]

The Free Technology Academy aims to contribute to a society that permits all users to study, participate and build upon existing knowledge without restrictions. The software used in the Free Technology Academy virtual campus is free software built upon an open standards framework. The Free Technology Academy is financially supported by the Life Long Learning [...]

Mixmaster is is an anonymous remailer software. It encrypts your email messages before sending them, it typically fires off the messages through a series of anonymous proxies, you can choose how many and what proxies you want on the chain, it also provides protection against traffic analysis by delaying the sending of the messages at [...]

There are some spammers out there, specially in the adult business,who take some of the highest ranked Google images and then hotlink to them in order to get your traffic, it is also possible that you have limited hosting account bandwith or put simply, you do not want anyone to hotlink to any of your [...]

If you are having performance problems with Voice over IP, gaming online, or any other service, you can now find out whether you have a bandwidth problem, slow response times, or packet loss. There is a new service from the hands of the creators of Speedtest, called PingTest. They will tell yo about your packet [...]

When working using bash, zsh, ksh or any other Unix shell the default is to save the history of the typed in commands, this can become a security and privacy risk. Stop the history file keeping a copy of typed in commands This can be used any time  you like assuming you have administrator rights [...]

A Virtual Private Server can work well to set up your own anonymous internet browsing proxy. A VPS can cost as little as $8 a month, which is roughly the same a private proxy or VPN provider would charge you. But with you being in full control over the logs and resources on the server [...]

This article is from 2007, I found it to be an excellent and detailed review of the most common tools that exist to encrypt data in Unix systems. These different tools and methods are still valid and in use nowadays. It provides some insights on encryption techniques, code quality, and the relative merits of the [...]