Oxidized – Network Configuration Tool
Every year it seems like more and more network devices get installed on our networks. Switches, router, firewall, access points are just a few of the devices that get installed. […]
Using sockstat to look at open ports in FreeBSD
If you need to know what ports are open and listening on your FreeBSD servers, you can use a few commands. Netstat -An used to me my goto command for […]
Let’s Encrypt Certificate – Synology NAS Howto
I own a Synology NAS and it now supports the free certificates from Let’s Encrypt. The only problem with Synology’s implimentation is that they only allow the web (HTTP-01) method […]
Installing Pear on OS X (Maverick)
PEAR is a poplular PHP package manager, it doesn’t come by default on OSX, how to install PEAR on OSX 10.9 Mavericks and earlier versions of OSX.
Clearing the Postfix Queue
From time to time your mail queue may get filled up. This may be due to network problems or misconfiguration. For instance, if you botch (typo) the relayhost parameter, the […]
How to install FreeBSD 7.0 under ZFS
ZFS is an exciting new file system developed by Sun and recently ported to FreeBSD (as well as many other operating systems). It has raised a wide and loyal following […]
Mailman 2.1.10 on FreeBSD / Postfix
Mailman is an excellent mailing list manager. It comes complete with the list manager and a CGI web frontend for admin and users. I have used to for a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]