VirtualStore – A few more hidden files

Having not used Windows 7 much (and having skipped over Vista), I was rather surprised to discover that I was unable to locate files that were saved by a particular program. In this case, the program saved the files in its application folder, under %programfiles%. Now, having no clue about the virtualization in effect, I… Continue reading VirtualStore – A few more hidden files

Limiting brute-force attacks with IPTables

Update: a more comprehensive, tiered version of the procedure below is outlined in Escalating Consquences with ipTables. The material below is, however still applicable, and forms the basis for many more advanced implementations. For the past few weeks, I have noticed that the scale of attempted intrusions, on ssh, pop3, and ftp ports has increased… Continue reading Limiting brute-force attacks with IPTables