Tag: unix
Layer 7 Load Balancers
Linux has proven itself as a rock-solid operating system platform for industry-leading software appliances and applications, one of which is for load-balancing. As global...
Saving Private GRUB: Remotely Restoring MBR on an Enterprise Server
Corporate hardware systems differ from their conventional desktop counterparts primarily because they have a number of interesting features. For example, they provide an ability...
Securing Apache, Part 7: Fool-proofing the Server OS
Moving deeper into Web application and Apache security, let's now focus on OS commanding attacks, and those that lead to the disclosure of crucial...
DeleGate — A Multi-platform, Multipurpose Proxy Server
A proxy server works as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources from other servers. There are various types of proxy servers. In...
Securing Apache, Part 6: Attacks on Session Management
In this part of the series, we are going to concentrate on attacks on session management. Application-level attacks on the session is about obtaining...
Gitolite: Administer a Central Git Repository without Going Insane
Over the past few years, centralised version control systems like SVN have steadily given way to distributed systems like Git or Mercurial -- the...
The Importance of Intrusion Prevention Systems
In today's fast-changing IT world, even the best available security is insufficient for the latest vulnerabilities in various products, and against malware/attacks created to...
Interrupts: Breaks that Make Your PC Run
Have you ever noticed how many times you press a key on the keyboard, or how often you click your mouse? Ever wondered how...
Puppet Data Centre Automation Solution, Part 2: User & Group Management
In our last session, we had learnt how to set up a basic Puppet server and client architecture. Today, we will look at how...
Puppet Data Centre Automation Solution, Part 1: Setting Up Master &...
Managing data centres comprising hundreds of systems is tough. Fortunately, configuration-management systems help bring things under control, by automating common configuration tasks, making systems...
