Like many other folks in the tech world, I was sad to hear that godaddy chose to support SOPA (link) not just chose to support it, but to actually help write it. For me, this was the straw the broke the camels back. For a long time I had grown tired of the horrible web interface and constant up-selling and phone calls from sales reps asking if I wanted to buy some special limited time offer. Between their tacky adds, questionable CEO and stance on privacy, I decided enough was enough and made the move late in December. It's my hope that our new home will work out well and that I'll be able to continue to share more of my tech tips from in the trenches with you, well into the future.

By now you likely have read about CarrierIQ a software tool kit that installed on many popular phones including android and iPhones. How does it work, well Trevor Eckhart put together a great youtube clip showing off just how scary this piece of software is. Take a peek:

Like most every other security and IT geek in the world, this weekend I will be at Defcon 19 in Las Vegas. Hit me up on Twitter for the latest! #Dark_training

When I started about 10 years ago, aliencgi.com was a mix of tech and art related material. Over the years it's morphed a few times and recently I decided to re-brand the website and change the name. While their will be some interface changes in the near future, you can still count on the same old site with no ads to get your tech/security/geek fix.

For those that view security as a serious affair, google has just launched two factor authentication. Link The folks over at life hacker also have a good write up about what this is and what it means to you (Life-hacker

If you are a regular to the site, you have likely clued into the fact that the site looks a little different. In the coming weeks I'll get the final touches in, but in the mean time please pardon the dust.

I've added the ability to use the code block in the comments, press the code-block button or wrap your code in [code]...[/code].

To help folks out, I'll now start adding information relating to windows 7 as we get ready for the October 2009 roll out. You'll find these under the tag windows-7.

I've added a tutorial in the Linux section that shows you how to install snort+PGSQL on Debian Lenny.

TO help you keep up to date with the most recent posts for what ever topic you are interested in you can now subscribe to that tag or link section. The RSS feed will be updated immediately when a new story is added.

To subscribe to your feed, just click on the RSS link on the top of the page you are interested in. To subscribe to a particular tag, just click on that tag and then click on the RSS icon on the top of the page for that tag.

To help with SEO and to make navigating the site easier, I have optimized the site and it's code. Please let me know if you experience any issues with the new code base.

To help organize and search through what I hope will be an expanding library of tutorials and examples, I have added tagging. By clicking on the tag you will be able to see all examples that are related.

Since I know that one solution does not answer all questions, I have added comment fields to all of the pages. It's my hope that if there is something that is not working for you, I can help make the information more valuable to everyone by answering your questions.

I've added a new tutorial in the Linux Security section on how to bind a Linux workstation or server to an Active Directory. You can find the tutorial on the following link here.

As the use of virtualization tools like VMware become more prevalent with the mainstream IT community, I thought it would be helpful to add a section that shows how to use some of the basic functionality of VMware products. You will find this new section in the technology section to your right.

Welcome, I've redesigned this site to focus and some of the day to day operations that I deal with in my work in clinical research, Information Technology and security.
My hope is that I can provide others with tools and information to some of the daily challenges that we all face in these industries.