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OpenSSH 10th Anniversary
Today marks the 10th Anniversary of the OpenSSH project, a 100% free implementation of the SSH protocol. SSH is something we all take for granted now and it’s hard to imagine life without it. It certainly forms one of the … Continue reading
From the makers of StackOverflow and ServerFault: StackExchange
As you may or may not know, I’m a big fan of both StackOverflow and ServerFault. I think the community moderated question-answer format is great, and I also envisioned many other niches in which this type of software could be … Continue reading
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Bcfg2 1.0 pre3 now available
Version 1.0pre3 was released today with a rather massive overhaul of the codebase. Most notably, over 10,000 lines of code were removed as the dependency on the tlslite library was dropped in favor of using the native Python SSL bindings. … Continue reading
Offline backups are important
Just came across this article on the BBC about a popular flight simulation site that was hacked. Apparently their only means of backup was to copy the data between their two servers. Unfortunately for them, the “hackers” got in to … Continue reading
Don’t buy a Netgear GS105!!!
I’m talking about the Netgear ProSafe Gigabit Switch. The thing is an utter piece of garbage and has caused me no end of grief. I bought one with the intent of using it to connect my workstation to my new … Continue reading
Bcfg2 RPMs available from openSUSE build service
I’ve started building Bcfg2 RPMs using openSUSE’s build service. They’re available for most popular RPM based distros from http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/kisielk/ Currently I only have builds from the 1.0.0pre2 tarball available but I’m considering also uploading some SVN snapshots in the future. … Continue reading
enzyme.vim – A Terminal.app friendly color scheme
I finally got fed up of not being able to read code in Terminal.app when it was being highlighted in Vim. It seems no matter what color scheme I used, there was always some text that I couldn’t see properly. … Continue reading
Bcfg2 0.9.6 Released!
Get it while it’s hot: http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2/wiki/Download I also have an upcoming series of blog posts about managing systems with Bcfg2 in the works. Looks for it soon.
Bcfg2 0.9.6pre3 released
The 3rd prerelease of Bcfg2 0.9.6 is now available. For those not in the know, Bcfg2 is a system that: helps system administrators produce a consistent, reproducible, and verifiable description of their environment, and offers visualization and reporting tools to … Continue reading
Connecting to a Cisco IPSEC VPN from Linux — without the Cisco client
So, let’s say your workplace uses a Cisco IPSEC VPN solution. Many places do. Let’s also say you at home have a Linux machine. Being the good Linux user that you are, you keep your system well patched and run … Continue reading