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Hello to all the readers! I recently got a new project to do penetration testing of the systems. I have heard this term but never read in detail about Penetration testing or Pen testing. What is Penetration Testing? Pen testing is basically an authorized cyberattack against a computer system or web application to find out Continue reading “Getting Started with Penetration Testing”

Hello to all the readers. I have learnt about the cumulative flow diagram in Jira. And thought to pen down my learning. Following is a sample cumulative flow diagram. This diagram shows number of issues in different statuses over a period of time. This means issues placed in the columns of Jira board are taken Continue reading “How Does Cumulative Flow Diagram Work in Jira”

Hello to all the readers! Today I was trying to update the packages using Manjaro’s package manager and encountered the following error. I tried to sync and refresh the package repository from command line as well. This hints that the mirror repository is not available and that’s why it fails. I tried to pull mirror Continue reading “Unable to Update Packages on Manjaro Linux”

Hello to all the readers! I have hosted my blog on a VPS by Vultr. I am a tech savy blogger so always interested to get a machine where I can setup my own things. Similar I have done for this thestorywire.com blog as well. I install SSH server so that I can login to Continue reading “Secure the SSH Server”

Hello to all my readers! I bought a Lenovo Yoga in the winters. This was the first time I got a machine with AMD processor instead of Intel. I wanted to try that since AMD was kinda trending in the market and online community. At the same time, the machine with AMD processor was cheaper Continue reading “AMD Ryzen Becoming Hot Star in Delhi”

Hello to all the readers! I was upgrading my Manjaro linux system. And stumbled upon that the disk space is not sufficient to carry out the upgrade. Therefore, I started hunting what is consuming the disk and is unnecessary, so that it can be cleaned up. I started running the common du command to find Continue reading “How to Find Disk Usage while Excluding a Directory”

Hello to al the readers! What is Journald? Journald is a component of systemd. It is a system service that collects and stores logs of all the processes. It maintains structured and indexed journals out of data received from different sources. Sources include kernel messages, system messages, application logs, etc. This is the way to Continue reading “Disk Space by Journald”

Hello to all the readers! I regular backup up my system to an external hard disk. I work with System and Software everyday. Therefore, you will know that it is a very important duty to backup the data to some external device for emergency. I use the most popular rsync tool in order to synchronize Continue reading “Rsync Backup Fails with Question Mark”