CLI tools for Network analysis 2

CLI tools for Network analysis 2

After ping, telnet and dig we continue to see other useful tools for network analysis done by the command line. Traceroute traceroute is a computer network tool used to show the route taken by packets across an Internet Protocol (IP) network. An IPv6 variant, traceroute6, is also widely available. The traceroute tool is available on […]

CLI tools for Network analysis 1

CLI tools for Network analysis 1

In two previous articles we saw two instruments that have as output of our analysis a graphic form (ntop and wireshark), but today we will see some tools you can use from the command line: Ping, telnet, dig, traceroute, whois, netstat, nmap, and mtr PING Ping is a computer network administration utility used to test […]

Ssh Tricks

Ssh Tricks

In this article I want to show some use, not trivial, of ssh, but first: What is SSH? From Wikipedia: Secure Shell or SSH is a network protocol that allows data to be exchanged using a secure channel between two networked devices. The two major versions of the protocol are referred to as SSH1 or SSH-1 and SSH2 or SSH-2. Used primarily on Linux […]

Google-Translate from command line

Google-Translate from command line

Occasionally use Google Translate to make a quick translation of texts, and I must say that the web interface is functional but not so comfortable. For example if you have a .txt file you copy and paste, then copy and paste the translated version, quite a bit uncomfortable for long texts, and so with a […]

ImageMagick howto

ImageMagick howto

Usually when we talk about programs for editing images we think to graphic programs such as The Gimp or photoshop, but they are not the only alternative. ImageMagick is a suite of programs that you can use from command line to change and transform images, may seem more uncomfortable but it is actually a very […]