Linux : How to configure Sun VirtualBox on CentOS 5.x

installation process of VirtualBox on a fresh centos5.5 server.

The installation of VirtualBox will require the building of kernel modules. If the development environment and kernel source are not already installed:

Step-1: Install the necessary tools, just issue the following command from command prompt, you must have root privilege for this.

#yum groupinstall “Development Tools”

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Security VOIP :Automated VOIP penetration testing using sipautohack

A demonstration of “sipautohack” scanning an internal network that has 3 SIP devices. For each SIP device that acts as a PBX (registrar) it then identifies the extensions by trying to guess commonly used extension names. For example 1234,2345, 5000,6000 etc. Once it identifies a valid extension such as 6001, it will try to identify

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LINUX : Install Logwatch on ubuntu

Install Logwatch :

Issue the following command to install Logwatch along with Postfix:

apt-get install postfix logwatch

Be sure to select the “Internet Site” configuration when installing Postfix. Configure Logwatch Link

Once you have installed Logwatch, you will need to configure it to email you the reports it generates. You are encouraged to look through

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Linux : Using Fail2ban to Block Network Probes

Installing and Using Fail2ban On Debian and Ubuntu system

Make sure your package repositories and installed programs are up to date by issuing the following commands:

kartook@K:~$ sudo apt-get update [sudo] password for kartook:

kartook@K:~$ sudo apt-get upgrade –show-upgraded

kartook@K:~$ sudo apt-get install python

kartook@K:~$ sudo apt-get install fail2ban

kartook@K:~$

Afterwards, you will find all

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Windows : Configure SQL Server Agent to Restart Services Automatically

Configure SQL Server Agent to Restart Services Automatically

You can configure SQL Server Agent to restart the SQL Server and SQL Server Agent services automatically if they stop unexpectedly. Configuring automatic restart of these services is a good idea because it might keep you from getting paged if the server stops for some reason at

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