Archive for October, 2006
HOWTO: Five steps to a more secure SSH
by cat5 on Oct.31, 2006, under Cat5
If you are running Linux, chances are you are running SSH. Here are five easy things you can do to lock down your server and make SSH more secure. Includes disabling root logins, using keys to login, automatically blocking hosts who are attempting dictionary attacks, and more.
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UbuntuGuide.org for Edgy Eft
by cat5 on Oct.27, 2006, under Cat5
The official Ubuntu Guide at ubuntuguide.org for Edgy. Based on the popular, command-driven guide by Chua, this is the latest version for Edgy Eft.
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Slackware creater Patrick Volkerding tells all in this 90 minute interview
by cat5 on Oct.27, 2006, under Cat5
http://tllts.org/mirror.php?fname=tllts_164-10-25-06.ogg
http://tllts.org/mirror.php?fname=tllts_164-10-25-06.mp3
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Linux and Coffee == Crash
by cat5 on Oct.15, 2006, under Cat5
This is too funny – We’ve all seen Windows BSoD screens all over the place, from screens of blue outside Fidelity’s offices, to
a BSoD in an airplane. What we don’t see, is Linux crashing. Trust me, it happends – more often than not, from defective hardware, at least in my expierience. Linux even crashes my server which runs this blog – but with Windows on this box, fugedaboutit.
Linux is stable, but this picture is too funny – the new LCDs are Tim Horton’s run Linux in the background.
Check it out.
Thanks for Miguel Carrasco, who provided the picture –
