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Top Linux Commands Related To Hardware With Descriptive Definitions

Commands in Linux are just the keys to explore and close the Linux. As you can do things manually by simple clicking over the programs just like windows to open an applications. But if you don't have any idea about commands of Linux and definitely you also don't know about the Linux terminal. You cannot explore Linux deeply. Because terminal is the brain of the Linux and you can do everything by using Linux terminal in any Linux distribution. So, if you wanna work over the Linux distro then you should know about the commands as well. In this blog you will exactly get the content about Linux hardware commands which are related to CPU and memory processes.

dmesg

The dmesg command is used in Linux distribution for the sake of detecting hardware and boot messages in the Linux system.

cat /proc/cpuinfo

The cat command is basically used to read something over the terminal like cat index.py will display all the content which exist in index.py over the terminal. So cat /proc/cpuinfo will display the model of the CPU over the terminal.

cat /proc/meminfo

This command is similar to the above command but the only difference is that this command shows the information of hardware memory over the terminal. Because it will open the memory info file over the terminal.

cat /proc/interrupts

This command is also similar to the above command but there is the difference of one thing that this command will display lists the number of interrupts per CPU per input output device.

lshw

This command is used in Linux operating system to displays information on hardware configuration of the system in Linux.

lsblk

The "lsblk" command is used in Linux operating system to displays block device related information in the Linux operating system.

dmidecode

The "dmidecode" command is used in Linux distributions to display the information about hardware from the BIOS.

hdparm -i /dev/sda

The hdparm command basically used to display the information about the disks available in the system. If you wanna know the information about the "sda" disk so just type "hdparm -i /dev/sda" and if you wanna know the information about "sdb" so just type "hdparm -i /dev/sdb".

hdparm -tT

The "hdparm" command is used for displaying the information about disks as we discussed in above command. If you wanna do a read speed test on the disk sda or sdb just type the command "hdparm -tT /dev/sda".

badblocks -s /dev/sda

This command is used in linux to display test operations for unreadable blocks on disk sda. If the command is like "badblocks -s /dev/sdb" it will display test operations for unreadable blocks on disk sdb.

October 2019 Connector

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October 2019

Communications | Projects | Events | Community | Membership

COMMUNICATIONS

Letter from the Vice Chairman of the Board

Dear OWASP Community,

Two of the primary initiatives the foundation staff has been working on over the past few months were the two back to back Global AppSec Events in DC and Amsterdam. This was a huge undertaking by everyone involved. We are pleased to announce that the survey feed back is positive and both events were well attended. I was in attendance of Global AppSec Amsterdam and it was great meeting and speaking with old friends and meeting new ones. I would also like to take this opportunity, on behalf of the board to thank OWASP staff for their efforts in making the two conferences so successful.

To continuing on with the events theme; I'm really happy to announce the locations of our 2020 OWASP Global AppSec Conferences. The first one will be June 15 - 19, 2020 in Dublin and the second will be October 19 - 23, 2020 in San Francisco. Dublin is not an exotic trip for me, more of a 10 minute tram ride. Hopefully you will join us, while also making the most of the culture and scenery that Ireland has to offer.

Last but not least, the OWASP Global Board of Directors election results where released Thursday October 17, 2019. I'd like to first thank everyone who has put their trust in me by voting me back onto the board for the next two years. I hope I do you justice.

I would also like to thank the large number of candidates that were willing to give of their personal time and run to be part of the Global OWASP Board. This is a testament of the dedication and commitment of our members to continue to grow and evolve to the next level as an organization. I encourage those that were not elected will still be involved in making a positive change by volunteering to be part of a committee. The board and staff need all the help they can get to push through change. I hope you will join us in this journey. We can not be successful without the help of the community.

Until next time,
Owen Pendlebury
Vice Chairman, OWASP Global Board of Directors

OWASP Global Board Election Results

The newly elected 2020 OWASP Board Members:
Grant Ongers
Owen Pendlebury
Sherif Mansour
Vandana Verma Sengal

Congratulations, and thank you to all the candidates that participated and the OWASP members that voted.

OWASP Foundation Global AppSec Event Dates for 2020

Global AppSec Dublin, June 15 - 19, 2020

Global AppSec San Francisco, October 19 - 23, 2020

Visit our website for future announcements.

EVENTS

You may also be interested in one of our other affiliated events:

REGIONAL EVENTS

Event	Date	Location
BASC 2019 (Boston Application Security Conference)	October 19,2019	Burlington, MA
LASCON X	October 24 - 25, 2019	Austin, TX
OWASP AppSec Day 2019	Oct 30 - Nov 1, 2019	Melbourne, Australia
German OWASP Day 2019	December 9 - 10, 2019	Karlsruhe, Germany
AppSec California 2020	January 21 - 24, 2020	Santa Monica, CA
OWASP New Zealand Day 2020	February 20 - 21, 2020	Auckland, New Zealand
Seasides 2020	March 3 - 5, 2020	Panjim Goa, India
SnowFROC 2020	March 5, 2020	Denver, CO

GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP EVENTS

Event	Date	Location
BlackHat Europe 2019	December 2 - 5, 2019	London

BlackHat Europe 2019 London at EXCEL London
2019 December 2-5
Visit the OWASP Booth 1015
Business Hall December 4 & 5
December 4, 10:30 AM - 7:00 PM
December 5: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

OWASP Members are eligible for € 200.00 discount , email marketing@owasp.org for code to use when registering.

PROJECTS

Projects were well-represented at the previous two Global AppSec conferences in DC and Amsterdam this past month. Both events featured the popular Project Showcase and I heartily thank the leaders of the projects who participated:

Secure Medical Device Deployment Standard
Secure Coding Dojo
API Security Project
Dependency Check
SAMM
SEDATED
DefectDojo
Juice Shop
ModSecuity Core Rule Set
SecurityRAT
WebGoat

These leaders put on a great set of presentations and, in many cases, the room was standing room only. Thank you!

The project reviews that were done in DC and Amsterdam are still being evaluated and worked on; if you are waiting on answers, please have patience. I hope to have them finalized by November.

The website migration continues moving forward. The process of adding users to the proper repositories is an on-going effort. If you have not given your GitHub username, please drop by the Request for Leader Github Usernames form. A nice-to-accomplish goal would be to have the projects and chapters in their new website homes within the next 30 days.

Harold L. Blankenship
Director of Technology and Projects