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How to : set grub 2 password protection

July 12, 2010 · Backup, General, Security · 5 comments

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Few days ago after I’ve posted post “How To Reset Forgotten Ubuntu Password“, someone ask me (or maybe not ask but give an opinion) about the security of Linux (we all know, “security” is one of the majority feature that Linux offered to us). How about the security if we can reset the root password as easy as that my post said.
After that, I think about that. And I haven’t found the answer until now. But, I’ve got this useful tutorial from Ubuntu Forum. How we can set password protection to our GRUB
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How to reset forgotten Ubuntu password

July 9, 2010 · Backup, General, Security · 13 comments

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Continuing my previous post “how to reset Windows password using Ubuntu”, in this post I’ll give solution “how to reset Ubuntu password”.

It’s really easy to reset Ubuntu password! Just log in root mode. And in Ubuntu this can be done by logging in when system reboot. So we logged in CLI mode. Here’s the way, how to reset forgotten Ubuntu password. Check it out!

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How to: reset your Windows password using Ubuntu

July 8, 2010 · Backup, General, Security · 23 comments

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How to reset your Windows password?

To reset your Windows password is very easy, as easy as resetting your Ubuntu password. What you need is bootable Ubuntu system (ie. USB, CD or anything) and software called chntpw.
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Linux Security Auditing Tool (LSAT) - Post install security auditing tool

June 4, 2010 · Security · 7 comments

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The Linux Security Auditing Tool (LSAT) is a post install security auditor for Linux/Unix. It checks many system configurations and local network settings on the system for common security/config errors and for packages that are not needed.
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Detailed tutorial about AppArmor for ubuntu users

May 27, 2010 · Security · 1 comment

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AppArmor is a security tool and uses name-based mandatory access controls to restrict or confine system access by “at risk” applications. “At risk” applications generally include both server and client applications with network access. In this post I will use Firefox as an example.
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