I have a few Debian servers that are behind a firewall and they don’t have direct access to the internet. “Protected Servers”. I occasionally have to update their packages via a web proxy in the...
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Linux — OpenSSL One,Two-way authentication
Table of Contents About SSL Authentication Quick Review Creating a Certificate Authority 1-way “Standard” SSL Authentication 2-way “Mutual” SSL Authentication Advanced SSL Authentication: CRLs, CDP, and OCSP Concept Review About SSL Authentication: TLS Authentication or...
Continue reading...Linux — HP Proliant SNMP Agent setup
I wanted to put together a quick post on configuring the hp-snmp-agent and hp-health agents on HP ProLiant servers using Linux. I stumbled across the need for this while working on a project to implement...
Continue reading...Squid Proxy — Transparent SSL Web Proxy redirection using WCCP, Cisco ASA, and Squid 3.4+
I’ve posted a few articles on how to set up a Forwarding Proxy using Squid, and using benefits like caching and content blocking (Ads, adult, gambling, etc). This can bring centralized web security and delivery...
Continue reading...Linux — Reset ethX naming for Ubuntu/Debian
I stumbled across this issue a long time ago and it is still present today. Adding or removing NIC’s from a Linux box, or even replacing them renumbers or messes with the numbering for each...
Continue reading...Linux — Fibre Channel SCSI Target using SCST
Fibre channel or Fiber Channel is also another way to present SCSI devices over a network medium using a complete different protocol suite then my previous article on iSCSI. With Fiber Channel transfer speeds and...
Continue reading...Linux — MRTG in Minutes!
MRTG is one of those tools a Network Engineer has on his/her toolbelt. MRTG allows the graphing of trending network activity for a wide range of devices. It uses SNMP to query a host and...
Continue reading...Squid Proxy — Splash Page
Hi All! So after my last article regarding securing a guest network web access with Squid and SquidGuard, I wanted to share how I came about creating a Splash Page for Guest users of my...
Continue reading...Squid Proxy — Caching Proxy with SSL with Squid3.1
Hello, hello! Recently I posted a two part article on creating a Guest wireless network using OpenWRT, VLANs, and Firewall rules. Now we left things kinda open from a security standpoint. WE gave our Guest...
Continue reading...Linux — dd Operations Notes
I recently was helping a friend with some computer trouble which resulting in me first creating a full disk Image backup using “dd”. I’ve done this before years ago, but I wanted to add some...
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