Source routing concepts

Source routing is basically an option in IP (layer 3) where a packet can instruct a gateway (for example the sonciwall) which hops to send the packet to. Its like the client deciding which route the packets should take. Now this of course is kinda bad because if the client (let’s say he’s a hacker) … Continue reading Source routing concepts

Creating Linux USB sticks

This used to be a non-trivial operation, the user needing to know which files to copy and so on. The program unetbootin automates the process of creating a bootable USB image from most linux distributions. The program can be downloaded from here: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ Most of the major linux distributions (and then some) are included in … Continue reading Creating Linux USB sticks