How to Secure Your Wireless Home Network

This article describes how you can secure your Wireless Network from hackers and you'll also learn about free tools that people generally use to intercept your Wi-Fi signals. Wireless networks (wi-fi)Wireless Networking (Wi-Fi) has made it so easy for you to use the computer, portable media player, mobile phones, video game consoles, and other wireless devices anywhere in the house without the clutter of cables. With traditional wired networks, it is extremely difficult for someone to steal your bandwidth but the big problem with wireless signals is that others can access the Internet using your broadband connection even while they are in a neighboring building or sitting in a car that's parked outside your apartment. This practice, also known as piggybacking, is bad for three reasons:    ...

Configuring a Samba Server

The default configuration file (/etc/samba/smb.conf) allows users to view their home directories as a Samba share. It also shares all printers configured for the system as Samba shared printers. In other words, you can attach a printer to the system and print to it from the Windows machines on your network Graphical Configuration To configure Samba using a graphical interface, use the Samba Server Configuration Tool. The Samba Server Configuration Tool is a graphical interface for managing Samba shares, users, and basic server settings. It modifies the configuration files in the /etc/samba/ directory. Any changes to these files not made...

Install Squid Proxy Server on CentOS / Redhat enterprise Linux 5

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