A terminal is at the end of an electric wire, a shell is the home of a turtle, tty is a strange abbreviation and a console is a kind of cabinet.
Well, etymologically speaking, anyway..
Simple Security by Evaluating Open Ports
A simple but effective procedure for evaluating security on your computer is to check what sites it’s connecting to, or what sites are connecting to it. Most critical malware nowadays turn computers into zombies for botnets — typically zombified hosts will connect to a central server using IRC. Or it could be that you’re inadvertently running a program that’s listening for Internet requests. In any case, it’s good to check these connections.
In TCP/IP, connections happen by way of ports. A port is a number that uniquely identifies a connection. Some ports are well-known and usually identified with a service, e.g. port 80 for HTTP requests.
Understanding Nmap Commands: In Depth Tutorial Part II
This is the second part of our guide on Nmap, you can find the first part here, in this part of the tutorial we’ll see other configurations that you can use with Nmap to avoid firewalls or debug the information obtained.
Guide to Disks and Disk Partitions in Linux
This article is an attempt to provide basic information about disk naming and partition numbering conventions, in non-technical terms, to those new to Linux. I believe a basic understanding of all the aspects concerning how a disk is referenced and partitioned will put you in a better position to troubleshoot installation and disk-related problems.
Basic information about partition tables and the difference between primary and logical partitions will be covered.
Weather (Delhi, India)
Delhi, IndiaMay 19, 2012, 3:01 am
Intermittent clouds32°Creal feel: 30°Ccurrent pressure: 1000 mbhumidity: 36%wind speed: 11 km/h Wwind gusts: 18 km/hsunrise: 4:58sunset: 18:38More forecast...Weather (Chennai, India)
Chennai, IndiaMay 19, 2012, 4:01 am
Partly cloudy31°Creal feel: 39°Ccurrent pressure: 1000 mbhumidity: 82%wind speed: 11 km/h SSWwind gusts: 11 km/hsunrise: 6:12sunset: 18:58
