Installing OpenVAS on Kali Linux 2018.4
After having using Tenable Nessus years ago, I decided to give OpenVAS a spin. Open VAS, like Nessus, is a vulnerability scanner. Unlike Nessus, OpenVAS is open source and free to download and use....
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Beginner’s Guide to nmap – Part 1
nmap is a free, open source, and very powerful security scanner. It’s used to discover hosts on a network, provide information about what types of services might be running on those hosts and even...
Hackintosh: Installing macOS on Standard Intel Hardware in 2018
Thumbnail image on this article thanks to u/hkntshr on Reddit, since his looks pretty and mine’s a mess. So for a couple months I’ve been running Linux as my primary OS on both my...
Installing Windows XP from Scratch on VAIO VGN-UX390N
A couple weeks ago I bought a Sony VAIO UX from someone on eBay. The unit had been updated to Windows 7 from Windows Vista Business. Vista Business was the OS installed on the...
Meeting Your Heroes: The Sony VAIO UX (VGN-UX390N)
Flash back to 2006. This is long before everyone had an iPhone or Android device in their pocket. We were lucky to have a color LCD on our phones, let alone a nice capacitive...
Virtualized DOS Gaming in 2018
After recently seeing a couple of YouTube reviews for DOS games that looked really fun, and that I’ve never played, I decided to look for the best way to play them on modern hardware....
What I’ve Learned from a Month of 3D Printing
3D printing is something that I didn’t think I’d ever get in to. To be honest, I’m still not really “in to it,” but I do find it frustratingly enjoyable for reasons I can’t...
Configuring Meraki Client VPN on Linux Mint 19 (Network Manager)
I should specify at the outset that this tutorial is designed for the “Meraki Cloud” authentication type with Client VPN configuration from Meraki Dashboard. This article assumes that you already have Client VPN configured...
Installing Linux Mint on a 2018 Razer Blade 15
Before You Wipe Windows First, you’ll need to make sure that your BIOS is updated to version 1.05. My unit shipped with BIOS version 1.01 and there was no support for the trackpad in...
Making the Full-Time Move to Linux in 2018
My History with Linux, and Linux’s History with Hardware I’ve been dabbling in the world of Linux for a long time. My first experience with Linux was in 1997/1998 with the release of RedHat...
