Networking

Today my father asked me to send him some things. There were 10 files of approximately 250MB each; too much work to send via email, 2.5GB would exceed my limit on Dropbox, and there was no Google Drive for Linux yet (only via web, meh).

Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a system that allows you to control a remote computer graphically using the RFB protocol. TightVNC, Vino, and X11vnc are some of the remote access programs via VNC available for Linux.

Use strong passwords Strong passwords consist of a string that no hacker could guess either by chance or through a brute force attack within a few hours. Try to choose passwords with:

On Computer 1, connected to the internet via cable: # ifconfig wlan0 down # iwconfig wlan0 mode Ad-Hoc # ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.1 up # iwconfig wlan0 essid rede # iwconfig wlan0 key 123456789A On Computer 2:

I went to watch a movie that I had downloaded on an external hard drive connected to my older notebook. Usually, I connect this hard drive directly to the TV, but this time I couldn’t eject the hard drive because it was being used by other programs.