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
Yearly Archives: 2014
SNMP on Mikrotik RB751G-2HnD Router
Configuring SNMP on Mikrotik RB751G-2HnD router for Zabbix monitoring system. 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
Get Windows System Information via WMI Command-line (WMIC)
For those coming from a CLI based Linux world, WMIC is a great tool to get around Windows servers. 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
Using Linux LVM on Amazon EC2 Ubuntu Server
This article covers the basics of Linux LVM: initialise physical partitions, create a volume group, create logical volumes in a newly created volume group, build and mount filesystems, add to fstab for automount on boot. Continue reading