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Running KDE4 (preview) on Mandriva 2008 |
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Sunday, 14 October 2007 |
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KDE 4 is the next major release of the K Desktop Environment software. It contains a new multimedia API, called Phonon, a device integration framework called Solid and a new style guide and default icon set called Oxygen. Let me say this first: KDE 4 is still not ready but it is nice to see the major improvements in usability, performance and stability. KDE 4 (preview) is already included in the latest Mandriva release. This article describes the installation on a Mandriva 2008 desktop
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Secure your webserver using SSL and TinyCA |
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Sunday, 07 October 2007 |
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SSL is especially suited for HTTP since it can provide some protection even if only one side of the communication is authenticated. In the case of HTTP transactions over the Internet, typically, only the server side is authenticated. This workshop explains how to setup a virtual host using OpenSSL and TinyCA on an OpenSuse 10.2 server.
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Apache virtual hosts quick and easy |
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Wednesday, 03 October 2007 |
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Virtual hosts are used to run more than one web site on a single machine. Virtual hosts can be "IP-based", meaning that you have a different IP address for every web site, or "name-based", meaning that you have multiple names running on each IP address. You can also run your web pages on different ports like 8080 or 8090. The fact that they are running on the same physical server is not apparent to the end user. This workshop describes the different setups based on an OpenSuse 10.2 server.
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Trick: Hijacking DNS as a Cheap Content Filter |
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Saturday, 29 September 2007 |
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Restricting
access to specific Internet web services is a challenge shared by all
network administrators. Whether the reason for restricting access is
based on security, bandwidth, or productivity, installing and
maintaining proxy and content filter applications may be outside the
budget of a small IT department. The solution provided here offers a cumbersome approach for a small investment: $0.
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Trick: Making Your Server-box Talk Like in Those Old Movies |
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Friday, 28 September 2007 |
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This is a silly
geek thing but you might like it. Why not let your penguin-server talk
to you when it needs updates or other interesting things happen? Code and config in these examples are tested on a debian box. What we need: A software for speech synthesis - espeak is good for this purpse, quiet configurable and the voice quality is OK.
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Tip: Travel with your Linux Firewall in your pocket |
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Thursday, 13 September 2007 |
How to make a server room full with Linux security appliances available to traveling users? If you are traveling a lot with you laptop and if you like to have the same level of security as within your company’s corporate network – this is perhaps a solution for you.
Yoggie has developed a small device with a powerful 520 Mhz Intel Processor that fits in your pocket. It looks like a USB Memory Stick but it runs a complete hardened Linux-based Operating System inside. The solution combines a statefull inspection firewall and NAT combined with other security applications like Proxies, Anti-Virus, Spyware- and SPAM Protection.
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