Set up iptables firewall rules for inbound and outbound IPv4 traffic on a Debian PC (no routing). Continue reading
Category Archives: Linux
Rebuild initrd Image (Linux)
Sometimes kernel fails to boot due to improperly created initrd image, i.e. trying to mount /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 to /sysroot when using root volume on LVM.
Three lines of nash code can sometimes save you hours of Dexter. Continue reading
Pepper Flash Player for Chromium v35 on Debian Linux
NPAPI support was dropped from Google Chrome/Chromium v35 for Linux meaning that Java, Adobe Flash and any other NPAPI plugins don’t work in Linux version of Google Chrome v35. Continue reading
Upgrade from Mediawiki v1.21 to Mediawiki v1.23.0 on Debian
Mediawiki 1.23.0 is the first stable release of the new MediaWiki 1.23 release series. This is a Long Term Support release (LTS) and will be supported until May 2017. Continue reading
Convert P7B to PFX with OpenSSL
Something I have to do every time when updating SSL certificates on IIS web servers. Continue reading
Connect to WPA/WPA2 Secured Wireless Network on Debian Using Command Line
Article applies to WPA-PSK/WPA2-PSK secured wireless networks. Note that WPA is deprecated, you should use WPA2 if possible. Continue reading
Compile and Install Ncrack 0.4 Alpha on Debian
Testing a private network host for poor passwords with Ncrack. Continue reading
Set up DenyHosts with Email Notifications on Debian
DenyHosts is a Python script that monitors server’s access logs to prevent brute force attacks. The script automatically blocks SSH attacks by adding entries to /etc/hosts.deny. Continue reading
Mount Remote Filesystem with SSHFS on Debian
SSHFS is quite handy working on remote servers, when you need to copy files across systems. SCP is good, SSHFS is sometimes better. Continue reading
Using Smartctl, Smartd and Hddtemp on Debian
Setting up smartmontools and hddtemp to analyse and monitor storage devices. Continue reading