http://blog.zztopping.com A Blog by a Non-Blogger Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:35:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There are a million ways to lock down a server. I prefer the non-paranoid method, since none of the data I work with is valuable enough warranting all the extra setup for paranoia-mode. I recommend the following three, very simple, tasks to lock down your Linux server(specifically Debian Etch). Prevent root logins ... http://blog.zztopping.com/2008/06/19/simple-debian-lockdown/ Exim4 is a very powerful MTA(the default for Debian Etch). Getting started with it is a bit daunting, and I found the official website too chock full of info to be useful for a newbie. These two sites help quite a bit: http://www.techcuriosity.com/resources/exim/exim.php http://bradthemad.org/tech/notes/exim_cheatsheet.php http://blog.zztopping.com/2008/05/14/exim4-n00b-guides/ This page has a good single-page command line admin reference for the popular exim MTA(the default MTA for Debian Etch). I found it very useful. http://bradthemad.org/tech/notes/exim_cheatsheet.php http://blog.zztopping.com/2008/05/05/exim-cheatsheet/ Good blog post about part of one of Obama's recent speeches that talked about GTA4. http://stupidgamer.com/2008/05/01/barack-obama-on-gta-iv/ http://blog.zztopping.com/2008/05/04/good-article/ Well, continueing from the past two postings, I have figured out what the problem was with the sending of SNMP traps. Apparently trap2sink sends a SNMPv2 trap, while trapsink sends a SNMPv1 trap. trapsink works, trap2sink does not work. I do not know why, but I have tested this. With trapsink configured ... http://blog.zztopping.com/2008/05/02/snmp-traps-now-working/ So I got the OMSA service working on my 64-bit Debian server. THATS all fine and dandy. Yesterday, I spent hours getting the nuances setup correctly to just get this thing to be "managed" by the central Dell OpenManage server, hopefully my hard work will help someone out there. First, in terms ... http://blog.zztopping.com/2008/05/01/further-down-the-rabbit-hole/ Dell doesn't quite support Debian(my favorite GNU/Linux server distro) for its OpenManage services line, but much work has been made by others on this front. Getting this done on 64-bit is a bit trickier still. First, the easiest way to get OMSA(the openmanage service) on your box is to add the ... http://blog.zztopping.com/2008/04/29/dell-omsa-debian-64bit/ This was the most truthful funny thing I've read in awhile! Posting this before I leave for Vegas ;-) Originally from: http://burnthescript.com/?p=35 If you have been to college, or even if you haven’t, you have probably been to a good amount of house parties in your life. Most people at a house ... http://blog.zztopping.com/2008/04/24/the-stereotypical-10-kinds-of-people-you-dont-want-at-your-party/ This is a great video post at Crooks and Liars: The Daily Show: The Long, Flat, Seemingly Endless Bataan Death March To The White House http://blog.zztopping.com/2008/04/24/this-is-too-good-to-not-post/ PuTTY connection manager is a great idea in the works, but is needing a bit more development. Basically, Its an app that "grabs" multiple PuTTY windows into one, tabbed interface. It supports having an encrypted proprietary database of all your connection entries, complete with macroing your login credentials post-login commands. Its current ... http://blog.zztopping.com/2008/04/23/putty-connection-manager/