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linux

Got a Mac ? Got a Linux box that you use as a file server on your home network? Sick of problems with samba? So was I, until today when I decided to figure out how to setup Apple Filing Protocol (AFP) and Bonjour under Linux, debian in my case. In the following tutorial, we’re [...]

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This is one of the methods I’ve used in the past to secure a Linux host against brute force ssh attacks. While its not a perfect method, it does a good job of preventing 100s of brute force entries in your syslog.

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Before I even get started, I want to mention that not all regular expression metacharacters are supported in every application. Keep this in mind when building your matches.
Regular expressions are made up of normal characters and metacharacters. Normal characters include upper and lower case letters and numerals. The metacharacters have special meanings and can match [...]

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SSH Wrapper Script

November 30, 2008

Ok — this is my first script that I’m posting here. Its a VERY simple ssh wrapper script that you can place in your path, preferably in ~/bin
– start –
#!/bin/bash
SSH=”/usr/bin/ssh”
case “$*” in
*’@’*)     $SSH $* ;;
*’ -l’*)     $SSH $* ;;
*)         $SSH -l root $* ;;
esac
– end [...]

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VMWare and OS X

November 6, 2008

Ok, so my latest annoyance is that the fine folks from vmware have no remote console plugin for firefox on Mac. This leaves me unable to manage any of the VMs I have going without starting up Windows under Fusion. I found a work around online that allows me to run the linux plugin via [...]

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