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How to Create an SSH Tunnel on Windows with Putty and Surf Securely On a Network

I recently did a presentation at the Kitchener Waterloo Design Meetup called, “How to Hack a Website”.  Although it focused on SQL injections and cross-site scripting, at the end of the presentation I discussed network sniffing and password stealing, using tools like Cain & Abel or Wireshark. One of the ways to protect oneself against [...]

What’s in a Smartphone? A Crackberry User’s Perspective

I’ve been pondering this for the last couple of days now. The new BlackBerry Torch has obvious shortcomings. For example, the lack of HD video recording is disappointing for me. For others, the lack of a dedicated GPU or the low resolution screen (compared to other 2010 smartphones) might be the deal breakers. But despite [...]

I Heart Kindle App

I bought an iPad. I don’t live in the US. Therefore, I’m stuck with a limited selection of iBooks content, and a selection that unfortunately doesn’t include any of the books that I’d otherwise be interested in. I’m not suggesting it’s a bad selection – Canadian content is great… just that it doesn’t necessarily interest [...]

Traffic Generation Part 2 – Social Networking

The term “Social Networking” isn’t necessarily easy to describe. In the context of the web, technically I suppose it could be defined as building and interacting with individuals online. But by this definition, social networking isn’t something recently new. Blogging, forums, IRC could all be considered social networking. Some of these I discussed as traffic [...]

Traffic Generation Part 1 – Backlinks

This is the first article in a series about website traffic generation techniques. If you’re reading this, you are probably well aware that backlinks are one of the best techniques to increase traffic to your website. The more links from other websites to yours, the higher Google (or other search engines) will rank your website. [...]