linux

IP Infusion powering the world from behind the scenes

Founded by Kunihiro Ishiguro and Yoshinari Yoshikawa the founders of GNU Zebra , came together to form IP …

Poor man's VPN connection

Have you ever needed to access a site that had an IP restriction, or one inside your remote network? Recently I need to access a customers remote monitoring site, but its …

Netcat – secret weapon

Netcat or nc, is a forgotten tool in too many arsenals these days. It lays dormant waiting at the command line to make connections across the globe for you. Knowing how to use it, …

Setting up Apple Filing Protocol and Bonjour under Debian

Got a Mac ? Got a Linux box that you use as a file server on your home network? Sick of problems with samba? So was I, until today when I decided to figure out how to setup Apple …

Securing SSH against bruteforce attacks

This is one of the methods I’ve used in the past to secure a Linux host against brute force ssh attacks. While its not a perfect method, it does a good job of preventing 100s of …

Regular Expression Basics

Before I even get started, I want to mention that not all regular expression metacharacters are supported in every application. Keep this in mind when building your matches. …

SSH Wrapper Script

Ok — this is my first script that I’m posting here. Its a VERY simple ssh wrapper script that you can place in your path, preferably in ~/bin

#!/bin/bash
SSH="/usr/bin/ssh" …