tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106Fri, 19 Dec 2025 02:16:44 +0000configurationFreeBSDUnixconfigCiscoAppleOS XApacheSecurityAntispamAntivirusCisco 877Cisco ssh loginMailscannerMailwatchOSX ServerPostfixRancidStatus Codes800 seriesADSLAS NumberAutomatic Proxy ConfigurationBGPCIDR NotationDHCPDSLDebugDynDNSDynamic DNSIPv6IS-ISImage OptimizationNATNFSNetworkingOSPFv3PATPHP4Port ForwardingPortupgradesProftpdRouting ProtocolsSEOSpeeding up WordPress.SquidSyslogSyslog-ngTacacsTerminal.appWindowsWordPresseBGPenable ssh on cisco routeriBGPinstallmouse oversecure logintnefwinmail.datJoe-Ma is a how to site that will assist people out there to setup and configure Cisco and Mikrotik routers, Tacacs syslog and many other things including mail servers, Active Directory Authentication between Unix Servers and Windows Servers. Apache help, Dynamic DNS and a whole lot more. The site is Apple FreeBSD, Ubuntu ,WordPress Mikrotik and Cisco Centric.http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)Blogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-8431849449864619453Tue, 22 Apr 2025 14:56:00 +00002025-04-22T16:56:48.241+02:00Blue Raven The All-in-One WooCommerce Optimization Suite In the fast-paced world of eCommerce, WooCommerce store owners face a relentless challenge: balancing SEO optimization, site performance, and customer engagement while managing a maze of plugins. Enter Blue Raven, a revolutionary WordPress plugin by EnterraHost designed to streamline operations, enhance SEO, and future-proof your online http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2025/04/blue-raven-all-in-one-woocommerce.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-383643934051510138Tue, 24 Jan 2023 11:56:00 +00002023-01-24T13:56:49.440+02:00AS NumberBGPCIDR NotationeBGPiBGPIPv6IS-ISNetworkingOSPFv3Routing Protocols&nbsp;A Quick Introduction to BGPBGP, or Border Gateway Protocol, was created in the late 1980s by the Internet Engineering Task Force as a replacement for Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) and Exterior Gateway Protocol (EGP). Its purpose is to connect different autonomous systems on the Internet. The first version, BGP-1, was defined in 1989 in a document called RFC 1105. The current version, http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-quick-introduction-to-bgp-bgp-or.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-302218433736918224Mon, 17 Jan 2022 10:09:00 +00002022-01-17T12:11:26.400+02:00Image OptimizationSEOSpeeding up WordPress.WordPress&nbsp;This Article is based on a longer article Ben Davidson at&nbsp;Web Review Star.WordPress Image Optimization — ShortPixelIf you are running WordPress as your website platform. Then one thing that you always have to keep in mind is site speed. Site speed is linked to SEO, and if you want your blog, or Online Store to show up in Google, then speed is as important as keywords, content, http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2022/01/wordpress-image-optimization-shortpixel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-1141414278419662891Fri, 30 May 2008 06:23:00 +00002008-05-15T09:38:31.496+02:00Hi allI have moved all the content over to blogspot. in the hopes of adding more features and getting the access speed up.All the articles are here including the most popular ones like Cisco DynDNS config and Cisco Static DHCP.ALL of them are waiting for you folks to go check out.I hope these How-Tos are going to help you.Please check on the "Blog Archive" on the left side of the screen for all http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/welcome-to-new-home-of-wwwjoe-macoza.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-1723209159089995043Tue, 13 May 2008 08:19:00 +00002008-05-13T15:20:55.488+02:00AntispamAntivirusconfigconfigurationFreeBSDMailscannerMailwatchPostfixConfiguring Mailscanner Mailwatch and Postfix for FreeBSDThe Install guide is here I have split the install guide and the configuration guide as they are pretty involved and might cause confusion if they where put together. I will start off with the easier stuff like clamav and then move on to spamassassin and postfix and then finally to mailscanner and mailwatch.if you have not already read the http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/configuring-freebsd-postfix-mailscanner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-1036983500495865555Mon, 12 May 2008 11:47:00 +00002008-12-11T10:27:54.233+02:00AntispamAntivirusconfigconfigurationFreeBSDinstallMailscannerMailwatchPostfixInstalling postfix, mailscanner and mailwatch on FreeBSDI have setup a number of servers using mailscanner and postfix to do antispam and antivirus checking. This particular example will show you how to set the server up as a mail gateway. i.e. all inbound and outbound mail will go via this server. You can also use the server as a pop3/imap4 server and doing so, does make life a little easier as http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/freebsd-postfix-mailscanner-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-1798155908217535129Wed, 07 May 2008 09:43:00 +00002008-05-11T07:59:04.285+02:00configconfigurationSyslogSyslog-ngUnixLogging Cisco devises to syslog on FreeBSDOverviewWhat we are going to do here is get a FreeBSD server up and running with syslog-ng, so that we can log information from our Cisco devises to it. This How-To will be pretty detailed and we will be logging data from Cisco Routers Switches and Cisco PIX Firewalls. We are going to get the syslog-ng daemon to create the log files automatically and to http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/logging-to-syslog-ng-on-freebsd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-7526715548251331776Wed, 07 May 2008 09:39:00 +00002008-05-09T15:16:23.207+02:00FreeBSDPHP4SecurityUnixThere are many things to take into account when it comes to trying to secure anything not only PHP or Apache or Postfix or anything else1. You and your users still need to be able to use it2. The server can be as secure as possible but a few lines of bad code can really screw up your morning.There are a few things to keep in mind when configuring the php.ini fileFirstly its probably not a bad http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/securing-php4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-6947696475360700824Wed, 07 May 2008 09:37:00 +00002008-05-09T15:16:36.404+02:00configurationFreeBSDSometimes you need more than one address aliased to a network interface on a server. for instance if you want to use ssl pages in apacheeach ssl certificate should have its own IP address and each VirtualHost that runs on port 443 should have a unique IP address.You can get around thins by changing the port from 443 to something likeVirtualHost:4430vhost infoVirtualHost:4431vhost infoVirtualHost:http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/multiple-ip-addresses-on-freebsd-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-2732096225538960425Wed, 07 May 2008 09:33:00 +00002008-05-09T15:16:56.011+02:00ApacheSecurityUnixSecuring Apache 1.3OverviewThere are many things to keep in mind when trying to secure anything, one of the most important is to make user that the system is usable and secure there is usually a bit of a trade off between security and usability. You could secure Apache by not allowing users to use any sort of scripts or only plain HTML pages but that’s not usually practical.In this article I am http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/securing-apache-13.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-2097823886079883459Wed, 07 May 2008 09:31:00 +00002008-05-09T15:17:05.656+02:00ApacheSecurityUnixInstalling and configuring Mod SecurityModSecurity is an open source application that acts as a web application firewall or an Intrusion Detection and Prevention system. It can but run as an Apache Module or as standalone. ModSecurity is able to increase web based application security from attacks.Installing ModSecurityThis is simple just run a make install clean in FreeBSD's mod_sec port http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/apache-and-mod-security.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-2080813486399722746Wed, 07 May 2008 09:24:00 +00002008-05-09T15:18:17.958+02:00CiscoconfigconfigurationNATPATPort ForwardingStatic NAT and PAT (port forwarding)NOTE: This particular config was done on a Cisco 877 ADSL / DSL router however its known to work on the Cisco 800 series routers in general including the Cisco 827 Cisco 837 Cisco 877W the Cisco 1720 Cisco 1721 Cisco 1750 series and the CIsco 1600 seriesRight so you have setup your Cisco DSL (or you only have one IP address from your ISP) and you have setup http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/static-nat-and-pat-port-forwarding.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-3716966236596885764Wed, 07 May 2008 09:14:00 +00002008-05-09T15:18:24.061+02:00AppleAutomatic Proxy ConfigurationUnixWindowsIn this How-To, we are going to cover the ability to automatically configure your browser to use a proxy. This should work fine with Mozilla FireFox, Internet Explorer and most other browsers, for Apple's Safari things are a little Different but I will cover that as best I can.There are a few ways of doing thins but the actual proxy.pac or wpad.dat files are the most important. So we will start http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/automatic-browser-configuration-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-8435260683410318967Wed, 07 May 2008 08:05:00 +00002008-12-11T10:27:54.291+02:00CiscoCisco 877configconfigurationDynamic DNSDynDNSAny new Cisco ADSL router in the 800 series should support dynamic DNS updates to a DDNS provider like DynDNS.comThis particular example is for a Cisco 877 ADSL router.NOTE: This particular config was done on a Cisco 877 ADSL / DSL router however its known to work on the Cisco 800 series DSL routers in general including the Cisco 827 Cisco 837 Cisco 877W as long as your Cisco IOS on the router http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/dynamic-dns-on-cisco-adsl-router.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-4755970981907510528Tue, 06 May 2008 08:38:00 +00002008-05-09T15:19:02.992+02:00CiscoconfigconfigurationDHCPAssigning STATIC IP addresses on a Cisco Router via DHCPAlthough it’s not something that is probably all that common, and it’s actually the first time I have had a need to use this on a router, I thought I would share this information with you anywayNOTE: This particular config was done on a Cisco 877 ADSL / DSL router however its known to work on the Cisco 800 series routers in general includinghttp://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/cisco-static-dhcp-configuration.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-2000712900630496234Tue, 06 May 2008 08:29:00 +00002008-05-09T15:19:16.448+02:00CiscoFreeBSDRancidTacacsTacacs+ Install and Config GuideWhat is TACACSAs per wikipediaTerminal access controller access control system (TACACS) is a remote authentication protocol that is used to communicate with an authentication server commonly used in UNIX networks. TACACS allows a remote access server to communicate with an authentication server in order to determine if the user has access to the network. Installinghttp://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/tacacs-install-and-config-guide.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-4631180095856006473Tue, 06 May 2008 08:22:00 +00002008-05-09T15:19:36.616+02:00CiscoCisco ssh loginconfigurationFreeBSDRancidSetting up and Installing Rancid on FreeBSD for Cisco ProductsWhat is Rancid?Rancid is an application that monitors a devices configuration including software and hardware. The configuration is then stored in a Concurrent Version System or CVS. Most of the time it is used to back up router, switch and firewall configurations, as well as notify you when a configuration has changed, i.e a firewall http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/setting-up-and-installing-rancid-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-2122030110681260361Tue, 06 May 2008 07:27:00 +00002008-05-09T15:19:58.496+02:00800 seriesADSLCiscoCisco 877configconfigurationDSLSetting up a Cisco 800 series Router for ADSLNot that the Average user would use a Cisco ADSL router, or if they do use a Cisco product it would probably be a Linksys router.Anyway here is the config with comments in between. all comments are in italics You might want to check out the Cisco DYNDNS configuration guide tooNOTE: This particular config was done on a Cisco 877 ADSL / DSL router http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/setting-up-cisco-800-series-router-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-6290777737768679918Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:48:00 +00002008-05-12T20:27:23.471+02:00AppleOS Xtnefwinmail.datHave you ever gotten a winmail.dat file in Entourage or Mail.app or even Thunderbird not to mention any other mail client?So you are wondering how do I open winmail.dat on an Apple OS X machinewell here it is.Not that I get them often, but ....On the odd occasion i will get an email that is sent to me that has a winmail.dat attachment. This is a mail from Microsoft Outlook. Although there are http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/tnef-conversion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-6708787347740207715Mon, 21 Apr 2008 07:25:00 +00002008-05-13T07:57:06.499+02:00Cisco ssh loginenable ssh on cisco routersecure loginHow to enable SSH login access to a Cisco 800 SeriesSo you want to be able to secure your router so that it is necessary to ssh into it rater than just telnet in.If this is being used as an ADSL or DSL router like in the article “Setting up a Cisco 800 series for ADSL”NOTE: This should work with any Cisco 800 Series router including the Cisco 801 Cisco 827 Cisco 837 Cisco 877 and Cisco 877W http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-to-enable-ssh-login-access-to-cisco.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-1197436343247888162Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:26:00 +00002008-05-12T20:26:19.195+02:00FreeBSDNFSPortupgradesUnixOne of the things I love about FreeBSD is the ports directory.The ability to install and upgrade any port simply by going to /usr/ports/porttype/portname i.e. /usr/ports/www/apache13 then all you have to do is type in make and make install or in many cases make install clean and you are on your way. The system connects to various mirror sites and downloads the entire source needed to install the http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/nfs-drive-shares-and-freebsd-ports.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-1322111892883571216Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:41:00 +00002008-05-13T07:59:43.278+02:00SquidStatus CodesUnixThe TCP_code = requests on the proxy HTTP port (3128 by default)The UDP_code = requests on the proxy ICP port (3130 by default)If ICP Logging was disabled in the config file with the the log_icp_quaries directive, then surprise surprise ICP will not be logged.The following result codes are from Squid version 2+TCP_HITA valid copy of the requested object was in the cache.TCP_MISSThe requested http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/squid-proxy-status-codes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-8436416160968937085Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:40:00 +00002008-05-13T07:58:52.253+02:00ApacheDebugFreeBSDStatus CodesUnixOften when debugging a problem or looking through your logs you will see the apache status codesFor Examplexxx.xxx.xxx.xxx - - [28/Jul/2006:13:49:28 +0200] "GET /news.php HTTP/1.1" 200 807 "http://www.joe-ma.co.za/news.php" "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20060703 FreeBSD/amd64 Minefield/3.0a1"<!-- amazon_ad_tag="joema-20"; amazon_ad_width="468"; amazon_ad_height="60"; http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/apache-status-codes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-5299192302318287857Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:29:00 +00002008-05-13T07:58:39.573+02:00configurationFreeBSDProftpdInstalling and configuring ProFTPDInstalling and configuring ProFTPD so that a web user can login and be jailed to their home directory is very simpleFirstly install proftpd via your FreeBSD Ports DirectoryOnce installed copy the proftpd.conf sample file to proftpd.confEdit the file and uncomment #DefaultRoot ~ as per below<!-- amazon_ad_tag="joema-20"; amazon_ad_width="468"; amazon_ad_height="60http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-to-jail-ftp-users-via-proftpd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1543059786150110106.post-2134983499010448678Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:40:00 +00002008-05-13T07:58:28.443+02:00OS XOSX ServerA suggestions the first time you start it up make sure that the updates are not mirrored or enabled.In the Apple Server Admin tool select Software Update the select Settings you will see a general tab make sure that Automatically mirror updates from Apple and Automatically enable updates are not selected click save and then start the service.Once the service has started and everything seems fine http://joe-ma-how-to.blogspot.com/2008/05/setting-up-apple-os-x-104-server.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (The Help Guy)0