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. Each of them has a configuration file that gets setup […]
Wondering what SSL encryption and protocols a site is using. Cipherscan is free and work well. You can find it here: Cipherscan
I currently backup my FreeBSD servers using tar. Tar works very well for backups but does not have encryption capabilities built into the client. I now have a need to make sure that all my tape backups are encrypted. In comes OpenSSL to handle […]
There are a number of reasons why it may be an advantage to sync the data in a directory (or the whole disk) from one server to another. This technique has been used to backup one server to another, sync […]
What is NTP? NTP stands for Network Time Protocol. It is a set of software programs that are used to keep accurate time on computers. It accomplishes this by referring to other time sources and then using some intelligent algorithms […]
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 new development server. Sure you can make a snapshot of […]
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 skrews up and starts blocking generic outbound SMTP cnnections from […]
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 of security while still allowing more flexability than simple passwords. […]
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 applications. OpenVPN is also ported over to most operation systems […]
This how-to will step through installing and configuring HylaFax on FreeBSD.
