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Firefox Guinness World Record Download Day

admin @ May 29, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Join us in our mission to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours!
Have you attempted to set a World Record with no luck? Well, now is your chance to change that! Help set a Guinness World Record by pledging to download Firefox 3 today. And, help spread the word!
Spread […]

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Wireless security demands attention

admin @ May 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet

The wireless intrusion detection and prevention systems (WIPDS) market, although a niche market in the past, is broadening as wireless area networks are increasingly utilised and their accompanying threats become more complex.
This is according to new analysis from Frost & Sullivan. According to the research, the worldwide market for WIPDS earned revenue of $150 million in […]

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Criticism for ‘UK database’ plan

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Plans for a super-database containing the details of all phone calls and e-mails sent in the UK have been heavily criticised by experts.
The government is considering the changes as part of its ongoing fight against serious crime and terrorism.
Assistant Information Commissioner Jonathan Bamford has warned that the UK could be “sleepwalking into […]

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Firefox 3 Release Candidate 1 is available

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Firefox web browser | International versions: Get Firefox in your language

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Tutorial - Setting Permissions in Linux

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Originally Posted by Nokia: here

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This paper is the work of The Master Jedi Pimpsor AKA thehorse13, who has kindly consented to it being hosted here on the TAZ.
The original post can be found here:
http://www.antionline.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=251818

OK, enough people have asked me about Linux file permissions so I figured I’d write a short tutorial on how […]

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Tutorial - Advanced loader (flash mx)

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Originally Posted by Nokia: here

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This tutorial is the original work of Valhallen. He has kindly allowed us to host his work on The TAZ.
You can find the original post here:
http://www.antionline.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=244052

OK been a while since have written a tut so here goes…..
I have posted a previous tut on creating a preloader in flash which […]

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Tutorial - ToolTips (flash MX)

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Originally Posted by Nokia: here

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This is the original work of Valhallen, whom has allowed The TAZ to host his work on our site.
Please find the original here:
http://www.antionline.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=246123

OK this is tutorial is written by me but has been adapted from script taken from ActionScript for Flash MX (book) by Friends of ED
Ok basically […]

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Cisco PIX - Access Control Lists and Content Filtering

admin @ May 6, 2008 # One Comment

Cisco PIX 5: Access Control Lists and Content Filtering
Hopefully after reading this you will understand the basic and advanced features of ACL’s, how to block ActiveX and Java applets and how to configure URL filtering on a security appliance.
Just to recap, by default every PIX has an INSIDE interface with a security level of 100 […]

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Cisco PIX - TCP, UDP, NAT, PAT and Port Redirection

admin @ May 6, 2008 # One Comment

4: TCP, UDP, NAT and PAT as the PIX see’s it.
In part four I will cover how the PIX handles TCP and UDP protocols, how static and dynamic translations work, how TCP interception features work and how to configure Dynamic NAT’s, Static NAT’s across one interface and multiple interfaces.
Almost the entire world uses Internet Protocol […]

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Cisco PIX - Slightly Advanced Configuration

admin @ May 6, 2008 # One Comment

3. Slightly Advanced PIX Configuration

If you have read part two you will know we have configured the PIX for basic operation; we have gave it a name, assigned IP addresses, speed/duplex setting and gave security levels to the interfaces. We configured NAT from the INSIDE to the OUTSIDE interfaces.
So now anything attached to the INSIDE […]

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Cisco PIX - Basic PIX configuration

admin @ May 6, 2008 # One Comment

2: Basic PIX configuration
There are only 6 steps that need to be taken to enable the PIX to be able to send packets to the outside world, known by some as the PIX SIX, they are:
Hostname
Interface
Nat-Control
Nat
Global
Route
Hostname:
This assigns a host name to the PIX and should be called something that is meaningful for that particular PIX. […]

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Apple and AT&T providing free Wi-Fi access to iPhone users and oops… to everyone else as well!

admin @ May 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Apparently, Apple and AT&T has decided to provide free wireless access to iPhone users at places like Starbucks.  I imagine this is one of those deals where you get associated, it forces you through a proxy, and any request is redirected to an AT&T wireless services page, where normally you’d pay $9.95 for a day […]

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