Category Archives: Computer Security

Computer Security

Jul
17
2009

Brave New BigBrother

1984 and Brave new world, both books bring us the respective authors views of a futuristic dystopia. Orwell feared those who would seek to enslave us, ban media, deprive us of information. Orwell’s view of the world was very depressing. Blatant fear would keep us shuttled away from each other and would force people into [...]

By BigBrother | Also posted in Political, Uncategorized, blog | Comments (4)
Nov
05
2007

Hacking a wrt54gs

For a while I’ve kicked around the idea of hacking apart my old WRT54GS wireless router from Linksys and doing something totally badass with it. Then it hit me like a speeding trucker with a raging hard on heading to the next truck stop.

Install DD-wrt, check
Install Kismet drone, check
Boost up the xmit power on the [...]

By BigBrother | Also posted in Computer hardware | Comments (0)
Aug
29
2007

Squid Proxy Server

How to install Squid proxy on Debian
What is squid?
Squid is a proxy server. There are many instances where a proxy server could be beneficial to you.
Lets say you are in a corporate environment with hundreds of computers, or maybe you wish to ensure all your traffic in a public hotspot is secured. Whatever your goal [...]

By BigBrother | Also posted in How-To, Linux | Comments (0)