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- PAM authentication - Using PAM on Linux for extra security
Linux - Unix Blogs.
Posted: 2005/11/28
The plugabble authentication module is a very usefull external application to install and set different rules directly into your linux box without adding any special external devices into your network. This article covers an example of PAM
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- Basic commands for a linux admin - Usefull linux commands
Linux - Unix Blogs.
Posted: 2005/11/28
The following are a list of the most basic, but must know commands for any serious linux / unix user, please take your time to read this brief but informative article on linux commands.
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- Have you ever wondered how to set date and time on a linux box? - Setting date & Time in Linux
Linux - Unix Blogs.
Posted: 2005/10/31
I usually tend to forget the order of the parameters on the date command, is not a command you will use regularly, but definitely its a must know for any network administrator on a linux/unix environment. Check out this simple instructions:
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- - How to disable directory browsing , APACHE
Linux - Unix Blogs.
Posted: 2005/10/28
One of the "must do's" on setting a secure apache webserver environment is to disable directory browsing. As a default Apache will be compiled with this option enabled, but its always a good idea to get rid of this setting unless its really necessary. If you have some basic knowledge of vi editor follow this steps
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- - Using awk to analyze logs
Linux - Unix Blogs.
Posted: 2005/10/26
AWK is a neat tool that comes in most *nix OS environments, basically on this small article I show you how to use awk to analyze a log file like an access_log from apache or even a sendmail log file. This can be really usefull to analyze big log files and find in some cases, someone hammering your server with hyge traffic (DoS Attack)
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- - DoS attacks on windows servers
technical.
Posted: 2005/10/24
This is an article sent by watchguard technologies about different tips or ways to harden windows servers in an event of a DOS attack. Personally im not an avid windows user, call me a */nix freak ... still the article is worth reading it, and for windows users ... a must!
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- - Connecting to new MySQL 4.1 or 5 from old client
MySQL Blogs.
Posted: 2005/10/14
Perhaps you will face the problem I recently found in the middle of a migration, I migrated a huge database from MySQL 4.0.20 to new 4.1 version , the webserver talking to this new database server had PHP compiled with MySQL 4.0.20, guess what happened ?? , PHP with the old MySQL client was not talking to the new MySQL server, read why & the fix here ...
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- - IE Cumulative Patch October 2005
technical.
Posted: 2005/10/11
Today, Microsoft released a security bulletin describing a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer. By tricking one of your users into visiting a maliciously-crafted Web page or into opening a maliciously-crafted HTML e-mail, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute code on that user's computer, with that user's privileges.
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- - OpenSSL Flaw , October 2005
Internet Security Blogs.
Posted: 2005/10/11
Today, the OpenSSL team released an advisory describing a security vulnerability affecting all versions of OpenSSL. The flaw involves an insecure setting in OpenSSL's default implementation which allows an attacker to force your SSL clients to negotiate connections using a weaker version of SSL.
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- - Uncloneable object error in PHP5 with XSL
PHP programming Blogs.
Posted: 2005/09/27
In the recent days, one of my programmers had to deploy an small application that reads an xslt template and parses it with the content of an xml feed to generate some sporting event results. We decided to use PHP (as usual), and while trying to generate the content we got the error: Trying to clone an uncloneable object of class %s. Read more to find the fix
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- - List mysql databases
MySQL Blogs.
Posted: 2005/09/22
Lately im trying to document as many 'quick tips' as i can, and this is a small command that I actually forgot while running some database checks the other day, as simple as it is I had to 'google' it to remember, so i might as well document it right here no ??
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- - Changing the hostname to a linux box
Linux - Unix Blogs.
Posted: 2005/09/22
The following simple instructions can help you change your linux box / server hostname with ease , the first option is permanent , option number two will change the host name but changes wont be reflected after a reboot. Check it out
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- - CSS disable printing in browser
technical.
Posted: 2005/09/17
Since less than a month ago I started a slow learning curve on the proper use of CSS (cascading style sheets) , the best way for me to keep track of all the small new things im learning was to create a new section dedicated to CSS. Hopefully by the end of the year (2005) ill be a CSS Guru, so stay tuned. I started with a small tip to disable printing in a browser.
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- - Ethernet promiscuous mode
Linux - Unix Blogs.
Posted: 2005/09/12
What is exactly promiscuous mode? , what would it do on my network interface card and why would i need to use it? This small article will give you a brief description of promiscuous mode as well as basic and fast instructions on how to set your ethernet adapter card to work on this mode.
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- - Using *nix bash to connect to an FTP
Linux - Unix Blogs.
Posted: 2005/09/06
Have you been in the need of an automatic script that connects to a remote ftp server to copy some backups or something similar? There is no need to be a bash expert, the following simple example can give you the basics to have a fully functional ftp script on bash. Read More ...
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