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Private VLANs w/ VMware vDS and Cisco Nexus 5000: A Configuration Reference

Ben — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 04:46:08 +0000

Share the knowledge When configuring the networks of a virtualized environment, private VLANs expand the functionality of a standard VLAN. This article describes the configuration of PVLANs from both the VMware and Cisco perspectives. The purpose of this article is to provide a brief configuration overview. It’s likely you already know what PVLANs are and [...]

Cybertool.mobi

Ben — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:38:33 +0000

Share the knowledgeHas it been 8 months since my last post? Yeesh. I need to get more simplistic when it comes to this whole blogging thing. When I’m not working, reading, studying for exams, training for races, or plotting to save the world, apparently I’m writing PHP? I know–scary thought for a server/network guy. Just [...]

Bullet-proof Apache: Nikto Security Scanner

Ben — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:52:05 +0000

Share the knowledge If you’ve ever been responsible for maintaining an Apache web server, you know how important security is. Nikto provides an easy way to scan for known (and unknown) vulnerabilities within your Apache server. Actually, it does a fairly comprehensive scan on over 200 web servers, not just Apache. To run a security [...]

Find Linux CPU Temperature

Ben — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:14:07 +0000

Share the knowledgeThe easiest way to get a CPU temperature readout from Linux is by looking at an ACPI function called temperature: cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM/temperature You could also try sensors-detect and then sensors, but I had some trouble detecting the correct modules on 8 year old hardware.

uTrack Mobile Application

Ben — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:52:11 +0000

Share the knowledgeTrendy name aside, the uTrack mobile application is entirely responsible for my recent disappearance. Find out more about uTrack.

Dual-Boot a Sansa e260 with Sandisk OG and Rockbox

iceolate — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 08:09:50 +0000

Share the knowledgeHi, thanks for reading. I’m a friend of Ben’s and he’s letting me put down this post. I run a small electronic music blog at astropope.com. If you have seen the post about how to boost wordpress audio with Amazon S3, then you know we are the guinea pigs to test a new [...]

Boost WordPress Audio w/ Amazon S3

Ben — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 07:46:01 +0000

Share the knowledgeThe Simple Storage Service (S3) from Amazon is an easy way to serve information. Its high availability and low cost make it a no-brainer when it comes to hosting. Recently, a friend moved his website (the Astropope) from my server to that of a hosting company (for which he presently works). Along with [...]

Setup Openfire Chat Server and Configure Asterisk-IM Plugin

Ben — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:29:23 +0000

Share the knowledgeIn this session, I will show you how to setup the Openfire real-time collaboration server from Ignite Realtime. This free, open source application is a great way for organizations to leverage chat capabilities. Also, we’re going to configure the Asterisk-IM plugin to interface with our Asterisk PBX. This plugin can be configured to [...]

Create an Encrypted Flash/Removable Volume With TrueCrypt 6

Ben — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:29:01 +0000

Share the knowledgeI constantly push to implement a solid backup plan for clients. Some opt to get their data off-site, which is always a smart thing to do. You can’t ever have too much backup. Only thing is–there’s no easy way to get a 30 gig Exchange database off-site regularly over a WAN connection… unless [...]

Make Firefox 3 Swap Memory When Minimized

Ben — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:56:33 +0000

Share the knowledgeEver have nine Firefox windows open, with 5+ tabs in each?Â This could easily chew up 250 megs of memory or more, even if you suddenly reduce to one window with no tabs. On a system with less than 1 gig of memory, these are valuable system resources we’re talking about here. There [...]