Introduction to SSH
Introduction
What is SSH? Why use SSH?
SSH is a network protocol similar to telnet or FTP, yet slightly different because it offers secure data communication....
ufw Firewall Usage on Ubuntu
There's an important piece of software sitting on your computer that you are probably completely unaware that it's even there. Or you simply take...
SecureGmail: Send Encrypted Emails from GMail with Google Chrome
Now a days sending/receiving secure emails to/from is a bit challenging task for everyone. Even if we more cautious, some time we will be...
New Unix Chips Coming
At the upcoming Hot Chips Conference in late August, Oracle, IBM and Fujitsu are all set to announce the release of new high-performance Unix...
Performance on Linux. Just how far *can* we go?
As the title suggests, Linux and performance in the same sentence makes for an interesting topic of discussion. Everyone knows there is a multitude...
Tunlr: Watch Hulu, Netflix and More Anywhere in the World
Most people may have heard about tunlr. If you haven't yet, then this will help you a bit. Tunlr is a DNS service that gives...
Sandboxed Gentoo
Introduction
This article is a guide on installing Gentoo in another Linux distribution (Arch, in this case). Look at it like a BSD Jail. It's...
SSLH: A SSL/SSH Multiplexer for Linux
What is sslh?
sslh accepts connections in HTTP, HTTPS, SSH, OpenVPN, tinc, XMPP, or any other protocol that can be tested using a regular expression,...
Install Moodle Learning Managment System on CentOS 6
Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a...
rollApp: A Firefox Extension for Viewing and Editing 100+ Types of...
rollApp is an extension for FireFox browser that let's you view and edit doc, xls, pdf, zip, rar and other 100+ types files directly...
How to Secure Your Home Network with OpenDNS
OpenDNS is a free DNS alternative to your ISP DNS. It helps you to get faster and as well as safer browsing at absolutely...
Exclusive Interview with Illumos Founder Garrett D’Amore
During the week, Unixmen exclusively interviewed Illumos Founder, Garrett D'Amore. Garrett has worked for the likes of Sun Microsystems and Nexenta. Upon the announcement...
State of OpenIndiana
When Oracle announced it was discontinuing the development of OpenSolaris, there was shock among the free Unix community. OpenSolaris was...
Useful Commands for Linux Users – Episode 6
Using the command-line in your everyday activities more than the GUI sometimes shows the geek you are. If you haven't read the Episode 5...
Deadly Linux Commands
In every society there is always the good and the bad. The bad are working day in day out to harm the works of...
How to Disable/Change Default PDF Viewer in Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox browser comes with a PDF viewer/PDF plugin by default. Here is a simple tip to disable default PDF viewer in your Firefox.
Method...
Haiku: Package Manager – Doing Things Right
The Haiku community is living a very peculiar moment these days. They are witnessing the creation of its Package Manager. Generally considered as the...
Networking in Python, Sockets
The key to networking in Python is the socket module, which provides a library for making network connections using Python.
The socket module is used...
