Introduction SSH is a truly great and secure protocol. We all know we should be using it instead of telnet right. Right, but are you using all of its amazing abilities? Probably not is my guess, cause I wasn’t for
Introduction I wanted the default webpage of an internal server to go to the Cgi-bin directory so I could see my configs. Configuration Here’s what I did. Log into the server via SSH. #sudo su So I could modify the
Introduction Installing Vmware tools on a linux box is a straightforward affair from the terminal. Installation Procedure The first step is obviously mount the ISO to install VMware tools. Just a right click on the guest and then guest, install/upgrade
Introduction Does the shell warning annoy you like it did me. Well this is how to disable it! Here’s what it looks like on a standalone ESXi host which is what I have. Why have I got it enabled. Because
Introduction Another line of defense to complete on Linux servers is a functioning firewall. Now if you’ve ever used IP tables, you’ll know they are unnecessarily complicated. This is where ufw comes in to its own as it is a
Introduction There is confusion around exactly what class-maps, policy-maps and service-policies achieve on an ASA. When you take the time to look into and test, they are fairly easy to master and very powerful. Class Maps Class maps are used
Introduction I wanted to change my blog from the ugly default links of database entries to something more meaningful and pleasing to the eye. I decided to use “post name” as the permalink settings but low and behold it wasn’t so
Introduction This post was supposed to be a post on how to install RANCID on the latest and greatest Ubuntu Server version 14.04. However I’m still working on it as it is not as straight forward as it should be!
Introduction I was given a task by my new employer to implement a reverse proxy. This is something in my career I had never done before or was even aware was used on a daily basis to protect back-end web