July 2008
44 posts
Using Sysctl To Change Kernel Tunables On Linux →
Hey again, After correcting a few of the train-wreck sentences I wrote for yesterday’s post (note to self: must not think while typing ;) I figured I’d flip 180 degrees and move on to the subject…
TheM(ask)onkey! →
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The Mess That is Linux Volume Management →
The GNU/Linux operating system is blessed to have sound partition management tools like GParted which are very easy to use. However, when it comes to the management of ‘virtual partitions’ known as…
Security Is No Secret →
NSA takes its Flask architecture to the open-source community to offer an inexpensive route to trusted systems. “What it really helps out with is something called zero-day exploits,” said Daniel…
Lazy Linux: 10 Essential Tricks for Admins →
In this article, learn how to be a more productive Linux systems administrator. These 10 essential tricks will lead you on your way to being one powerful Linux systems administrator. Learn about SSH…
GitHub unites Version Control with the Pastie →
GitHub, the popular service for hosting Git repositories, has taken a step outside the box and improved upon the classic pastie service (place for coders to post code snippets). To do…
OSCON 2008: Perl Security, by Paul Fenwick →
Paul Fenwick is from Perl Training Australia.
We start off with one for Tim and Frossie: “Never allow a rabbit in your machine room!”
Most security is common sense. Unfortunately common sense…
OSCON: Perl Security →
This afternoon I’m breaking my no Perl rule and I’m sitting in “Perl Security” given by Paul Fenwick. I’m sitting next to Brad and Chris, and Sam is supposedly in here somewhere…
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X output status july 2008 →
Ok, so I didn’t get a lot of time for coding last week. And, this week
there’s OSCON, so
coding time will be short again. I figured I should spend some time writing
up a brief report about where X…
Debunking the Linux Virus Myth →
Linux and UNIX-like operating systems in general are regarded as being more secure for the common user, in contrast with operating systems that have “Windows” as part of their name. Why is that? When…
Impostor →
Mail server benchmarking with Postal →
The Postal project includes three programs aimed at benchmarking mail server performance. The main program, postal, sends email messages to a specified list of destination addresses at a specified…
Auto-NDISwrapper is out! No more hunting down for... →
The first version of Auto-NDISwrapper helps you out to setting up your wireless card in Linux in the case that there is no native or free driver available for it. Although not a pretty solution…
Tips and tricks: What is the procedure to resize... →
It is recommended that a resizing procedure be tested before performing it on a filesystem that contains critical data. It is also strongly recommended that data backups are created and verified…
Racer ;) →
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Find and Grep 101 →
Find and Grep are perhaps the most used command line tools for the Linux user or administrator. Terse but powerful, these two commands will allow you to search through files and their contents by…
Clean Windows virus from Linux →
Yesterday we noticed in our windows samba share machine that it was infected with virus. This is the kind of virus which became common 2 years back which created an executable file with the name…
10 Awesome Linux T-shirt →
I often find it necessary to express my inner geek side through my t-shirts. Be it in the form of my views about politics, computers, nature or just confusing tees that most people don’t know…
/usr/sbin/named: symbol lookup error:... →
up2date erased bind and bind-devel rpm and also removed user/group named ( note this may be some update by cpanel too, not necessarily bind, looks more of an issue with some cpanel update )
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Replacing Slurpd using OpenLDAP 2.4 →
I updated the replication section of the OpenLDAP Admin guide last night to the final version discussing Push Based Replication, i.e. what slurpd does in OpenLDAP 2.3 (dropped for various…
Replacing Slurpd using OpenLDAP 2.4 →
I updated the replication section of the OpenLDAP Admin guide last night to the final version discussing Push Based Replication, i.e. what slurpd does in OpenLDAP 2.3 (dropped for various reasons,…
tspc: Debian / Ubuntu Linux Configure IPv6 Tunnel →
How do I configure IPv6 Tunnel under Ubuntu Linux? I’d like to browse and use IPv6 utilities under Ubuntu but my ISP is not ready with IPv6 native transport. How do I browser IPv6 ready websites…
Security Alert: BIND9 DNS Cache Poisoning Bug →
Dan Kaminsky discovered that properties inherent to the DNS protocol lead to practical DNS cache poisoning attacks. Among other things, successful attacks can lead to misdirected web traffic and…
Astaro Security Linux 7.250 (Beta branch) →
Astaro Security Linux is an all-in-one network security gateway that includes a firewall, intrusion protection, virus protection, spam protection, URL filtering, and a VPN gateway. Features…
Firewall Builder 3.0.0 (Beta branch) →
Firewall Builder consists of a GUI and set of
policy compilers for various firewall platforms.
It helps users maintain a database of objects and
allows policy editing using simple…
MailBee WebMail Lite PHP 4.2.1 (Default branch) →
MailBee WebMail Lite PHP is an AJAX webmail
application with skins support. It lets users
receive, view, manage, compose, and send email
through a Web interface. POP3 and SMTP are
supported….
Pragmatic Mathematical Service 0.0.9 (Default... →
Pragmatic Mathematical Service is a JavaScript
collection with over 400 mathematical functions.
It also includes a very simple frontend that is
usable with a mouse and/or keyboard (a virtual
keyboard…
Python Call Graph 0.5.1 (Default branch) →
pycallgraph is a Python library that creates call
graphs for Python programs. License: GNU General Public License (GPL)
Changes:
The “pycg” command line tool was renamed to “pycallgraph”…
Use bandwidth shapers (wondershaper or trickle) to... →
If you want to limit your download and upload speeds use one of the following tools
1) Wondershaper
2) Trickle
Wondershaper
An easy to use traffic shaping script that provides these…
OpenLDAP + Samba Domain Controller on Debian or... →
Historically domain controllers (DCs) were Windows servers responding to security authentication requests (logging in, etc.) within the Windows Server domain. Today Samba project goes…
How To Measure Linux Filesystem I/O Performance... →
IOzone is a filesystem benchmark tool. The benchmark generates and measures a variety of file operations. Iozone has been ported to many systems and runs under many operating systems including…
FreeBSD Configure IPv6 Networking / Static IP... →
How do I configure IPv6 networking under FreeBSD 7.x server? How do I assign IPv6 IP address using command line utility? Answer to “FreeBSD Configure IPv6 Networking / Static IP Address”
Copyright…
Debian / Ubuntu Linux Install tracepath /... →
I’m not able to run tracepath or tracepath6 under Debian Linux. tracepath is default under CentOS Linux. How do I install tracepath command under Debian Linux 4.x server? How do I find out what…
How To Hide BIND DNS Sever Version →
How do I hide my dns server version number from command such as - “dig @ns1.example.com -c CH -t txt version.bind” under UNIX / Linux oses? Answer to “How To Hide BIND DNS Sever Version”
Copyright…
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Writing policy for confined SELinux users →
Last month, I wrote about confining the user with SELinux. I explained that–as of Fedora 9–SELinux supports the concept of the confined user and comes with 5 confined user types defined.
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