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		<title>Installing VMware-Tools in Backtrack 4 &#8211; VM Workstation</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/installing-vmware-tools-in-backtrack-4-vmware-wrokstation/</link>
		<comments>http://pctechtips.org/installing-vmware-tools-in-backtrack-4-vmware-wrokstation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 06:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pentesting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pctechtips.org/?p=962</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re like me that test pretty much any os and apps in some sort of virtual environment. In my case I use VMware Workstation, so when I decided to test Backtrack 4 final, I needed to install the vmware Tools, and here I go over the commands needed to install the vmware tools.
1- First [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Checking Users Activity in Linux.</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/checking-users-activity-in-linux/</link>
		<comments>http://pctechtips.org/checking-users-activity-in-linux/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Checking users activity in Linux]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pctechtips.org/?p=895</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After you have created users accounts, and let those users loose on your somputer, there are different commands you can use to keep track of how they are using your computer. There are commands for checking such things as who is logged into your system and getting general information about the users with accounts on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Forgotten Password Disk in Vista.</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/the-forgotten-password-disk-in-vista/</link>
		<comments>http://pctechtips.org/the-forgotten-password-disk-in-vista/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 09:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forgot password]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reset password disk]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pctechtips.org/?p=878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Windows Vista contains a handy hint mechanism for helping you recall you password if you&#8217;ve forgotten it. But what about if you&#8217;ve completely forgotten both your password and the interpretation of the hint. In that situation your work and email will be locked inside your computer (Well, ok, probably your administrator could recover it for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watching Logs in Linux With Tail and Grep Command.</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/watching-logs-in-real-time-with-tail-command/</link>
		<comments>http://pctechtips.org/watching-logs-in-real-time-with-tail-command/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pentesting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[linux security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[logs file]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[watching logs in real-time]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pctechtips.org/?p=869</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some times you need to keep a close watch on a machine that has been compromise; therefore, you might want to see the logs in real time. Well, &#8221;tail&#8221; allows you to watch the logs in real time. Most systems related messages are logged to the &#8220;messages&#8221; log file, and security related messages are send to the &#8220;secure&#8221; log [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using VNC on Untrusted Networks with SSH.</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/using-vnc-on-untrusted-networks-with-ssh/</link>
		<comments>http://pctechtips.org/using-vnc-on-untrusted-networks-with-ssh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 07:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[networking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ubuntu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ssh tunnel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vnc over ssh tunnel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vnc tunnel]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pctechtips.org/?p=856</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[VNC over untrusted network]]></description>
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		<title>Secure Your Linksys Wireless Access Point in 10 Steps.</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/secure-your-linksys-wireless-access-point-in-10-steps/</link>
		<comments>http://pctechtips.org/secure-your-linksys-wireless-access-point-in-10-steps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wireless]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dd-wrt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[router]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Secure you Linksys]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pctechtips.org/?p=826</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[These steps apply to both Linksys wireless access points (WAPs) and Linksys DD-WRT wireless routers. Of course, DD-WRT wireless routers have additional security precautions that need to be taken on the router and wireless side.
1-Change the password – With all Linksys routers and access points, it is extremely important to change the device&#8217;s default password. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recovering XP and Vista passwords with Ophcrack live cd.</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/recovering-xp-and-vista-passwords-with-ophcrack-live-cd/</link>
		<comments>http://pctechtips.org/recovering-xp-and-vista-passwords-with-ophcrack-live-cd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[pentesting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cracking password]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[recovering password]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pctechtips.org/?p=559</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ophcrack live cd is by far the best windows password recovering/cracking tool out there, because of its simplicity and how fast it cracks relative complex passwords, it cracked my 11 character password in less than 3 minutes, and if you are a Network Administrator or computer users in general, you could absolutely appreciate the usefulness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Detecting malware by listing open ports and listening services.</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/detecting-malware-by-listing-open-ports-and-listening-services/</link>
		<comments>http://pctechtips.org/detecting-malware-by-listing-open-ports-and-listening-services/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[pentesting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[detecting malware]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[netstat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[open ports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[services]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pctechtips.org/?p=549</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One way of detecting malware (virus, rootkits, etc) is by knowing what ports are open and what services and application are associated with those ports. A while back some of this malware would install on your computer with the intention of opening a backdoor for the attacker to connect leaving your PC to the mercy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exporting your PGP key to another machine.</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/exporting-your-pgp-key-to-another-machine/</link>
		<comments>http://pctechtips.org/exporting-your-pgp-key-to-another-machine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 05:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Encryption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GnuPG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PGP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pretty Good Privacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pctechtips.org/?p=431</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ In this article we&#8217;ll go over the process of exporting your PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) keys from one computer to another, in this case we&#8217;ll be exporting the key from an Ubuntu machine to a windows machine there are several programs you&#8217;ll need, or I assume you already have, like: Gnupg for Linux and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two ways of resetting your Ubuntu password</title>
		<link>http://pctechtips.org/two-easy-ways-of-resetting-your-ubuntu-password/</link>
		<comments>http://pctechtips.org/two-easy-ways-of-resetting-your-ubuntu-password/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ubuntu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resetting password]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pctechtips.org/?p=357</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
After having to reset my Ubuntu box password, I decided to come up with this tutorial on how to reset linux password, in this case we will be taking two different methods&#8230;

1st Method:
1- start by booting your computer and press ESC at the Loading Grub message
2- press e to enter edit mode, as shown in [...]]]></description>
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