Keep systems in sync with rsync
When I am upgrading a system or moving some services from one server to anyother, there is always a need to keep the production data in sync with the […]
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Setting a Smarthost in Postfix
Postfix is an excellent email server that is available as a port for FreeBSD. My mail server is running in a Shaw cable modem as every now and they Shaw
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Using SSH shared keys
OpenSSH has the ability to use a number of authenitcation mechanisms. One of the most popular (next to plain passwords) is using shared keys. Shared keys can give you a lot
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OpenVPN on FreeBSD 6
I have used OpenVPN for a number of applications. From remote access while I travel to building a wide area network for a small business. OpenVPN has a number of
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Installing VMWare tools on FreeBSD 6.2
For those of you like myself that have a laptop with newer hardware that FreeBSD does not recognize, VMWare may be a good solution for you. FreeBSD 6.2 works very
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Trouble Shooting BGP on FreeBSD
We use BGP on our main borger router and need to check or test out BGP connectivity every now and then. This article shows most of the common commad
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GMirror on FreeBSD 6.x/7.x/8.x
Gmirror is a software raid mirror system. It allows to disks or partitions to be mirrored so that in the even of a total drive failure, you can switch
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Creating a FreeBSD install DVD
FreeBSD distributions usually have 2 CDs. I wanted to have both CDs combined into one DVD. There are several good reasons to do this.
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Tuning and Testing the FreeBSD 6 TCP stack
Here is an article I came across for performance testing the FreeBSD kernel. It explains a lot of information and talks about some sysctl variables that can help improve
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