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All About Firewall 0 h4ckfreak  |  5:47 AM  | All About Firewall   What is a Firewall? A firewall is a tool that monitors communication to and from your computer. It sits between your computer and the rest of the network, and according to some criteria, it decides which communication to allow, and which communication to block. It may also use some other criteria to decide about which communication or communication request to report to you (either by adding the information to a log file that you may browse whenever you wish, or in an alert message on the screen), and what not to report. What Is It Good For? Identifying and blocking remote access Trojans. Perhaps the most common way to break into a home computer and gain control, is by using a remote access Trojan (RAT). (sometimes it is called "backdoor Trojan" or "backdoor program". Many people simply call it a "Trojan horse" although the term "Trojan horse" is much more generic). A T...

HTTP Error Codes and what they mean 0 h4ckfreak  |  2:18 PM  | Web servers will use the following Error Codes when something goes awry. Knowing what they mean enables you to fix the problem, or create custom error pages. The status codes are returned to the client making the request (typically an Internet Browser) and also recorded in the server's log file. Theses error codes are encoded into decimal ranges: Error Code Range Type of Error Code 100 to 199 Informational status codes, rarely used - and generally only written to server logs. 200 to 299 Successful, only 200 frequently used - and generally only written to server logs. 300 to 399 Warning - but the request may still be satisfiable. 400 to 499 Client Error, the request was invalid in some way. 500 to 599 Server Error, the server could not fulfil the (valid) request. HTTP Error 100 Continue.   Not really an "error", this HTTP Status Code means everything is working fine. HTTP...