The whois command is very useful for tracking down Internet miscreants and the ISPs that are supplying them with service. Unfortunately, there are many whois servers, and if you are querying against a domain name, you often have to use one which is specific to the TLD they are using. Continue Reading…
You may want to keep the ability to reply to pings, but protect yourself from a form of attack known as a ‘ping flood’. So how can you manage such a feat? The easiest way is to slow down the rate at which the server replies to pings. Continue Reading…
While ping is a very useful command for discovering network topology, the disadvantage is that it does just that, and makes it easier for hackers on the network to target live servers. But you can tell Linux to ignore all pings – the server simply won’t respond. Continue Reading…
