At this point in the series we should have a working diskless workstation. Basically we have a full desktop running from an NFS share. This article will explore how to use the server to deliver a desktop, instead of our old laptop. In my case my server is much more powerful in terms of CPU […]
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Ubuntu Diskless Workstation and X-Terminal Howto – Part 2 – Preparing the diskless image
Well, after a short break, we are back to our diskless X-Terminal Howto. Today we will cover building the actual diskless image that will be used to boot the X-Terminal. Using ubuntu, the easiest way to do this is to simply install ubuntu on the machine that will be used for the diskless terminal. You […]
Ubuntu Diskless Workstation and X-Terminal Howto – Part 1 – Preparing the Server
Why a diskless workstation? In today’s day and age, this is a good question. My take on it is that I have a multiuser operating system (Linux) running on a large machine (Dual Xeon 5160 with 12 GB RAM) that could be used from several locations in the house by deploying X-Terminals. Rather than spending […]
Ubuntu Apache LAMP Server Quick Howto – Part 2 – SSL Websites
Hi – Welcome back to the Ubuntu Apache LAMP Server Quick Howto. This second part of the series will cover configuring SSL for use with Apache for securing website content. SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer, and is a method of providing transport layer encryption or TLS (transport layer security). SSL typically uses X.509 digital […]
Ubuntu Apache LAMP Server Quick Howto – Part 1 – Apache Basics
Linux web application servers typically use the Linux/Apache/Mysql/PHP stack. Linux being the OS, Apache the web server layer, Mysql provides the database, and PHP the dynamic HTML/Scripting language. Their is an amazing amount of LAMP based applications out there, so getting to know how to administer a LAMP server is a key skill set for […]
Client IPSEC VPNs with Linux and Juniper Netscreen
Today, as promised I am going to show everyone how to set up a client IPSEC VPN to a Juniper Netscreen FW/VPN appliance from a Linux machine. Juniper is a market leader in the Firewall and VPN space, and provides appliances from the Small office Home Office footprint all the way up to the largest […]
Network Emulation with Linux Netem
Back in the day, I used an open source program called NistNET to emulate a WAN for my company’s network test lab on a linux machine. I was able to solve a multitude of issues and test our applications in a WAN environment with this product. Unfortunately, NistNET is no longer maintained, and until recently […]
SSH Tunnelling (aka Poor Man’s VPN)
Tunnelling of TCP traffic can be performed from the ssh command on Linux or with Putty on Windows, and can be thought of as a poor man’s VPN. A VPN is a virtual private network, or a method of using a public network such as the internet to securely transmit data via an encrypted “tunnel”. […]
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