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What are the user authentications supported by the SSH-2 protocol?

The SSH-2 protocol supports the following user authentications: * Public key authentication (DSA, RSA*, OpenPGP) * Host-based authentication * Password-based authentication Note: SSH-1 supports a wider range of user authentications,

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WikiLeaks supporters step up cyber war

LONDON (AFP)— A group of hackers vowed on Thursday to intensify a “war of data” against Mastercard, Visa and other groups which have cut funding to the WikiLeaks website over

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Tutorials (overflow, using debugers, exploits coding…)

* Stack based overflows (direct RET overwrite) : (Tutorial Part 1) http://www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/2009/07/19/exploit-writing-tutorial-part-1-stack-based-overflows/ * Jumping to shellcode : (Tutorial Part 2) http://www.corelan.be:8800/index.php/2009/07/23/writing-buffer-overflow-exploits-a-quick-and-basic-tutorial-part-2/ * Stack based overflows – SEH (Tutorial Part 3)

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