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Using Top More Efficiently

Posted in All by digg on the March 29th, 2006

An article covering an in depth look on using the top function more efficiently and getting more out of it.

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Configuring a free VPN solution in your home

Posted in All by digg on the March 23rd, 2006

A very nice and easy walkthrough/screenshot article on configuring an XP machine as a VPN server, configuring a linksys router and windows firewall to allow the VPN and configuring a VPN client to connect to the server. Great for anyone needing secure file sharing capability from their office to their home.

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Ipod Diagnostic Mode

Posted in All by digg on the March 22nd, 2006

A list and description of ways to further run diagnostics on your ipod. All the way from testing your scroll wheel to Scanning your ipods hard drive

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HOW-TO- set up your own DNS

Posted in All by digg on the March 16th, 2006

All hosts on the Internet, or any TCP/IP network for that matter, have an assigned 32-bit IP address. Most hosts have a name, as well, since host names are easier to remember than host addresses. The Domain Name System (DNS) is the distributed database that contains the names and addresses of all reachable hosts on a TCP/IP subnet and the internet.

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Configuring Apache for Maximum Performance

Posted in All by digg on the March 16th, 2006

Apache server performance can be improved by adding additional hardware resources such as RAM, faster CPU etc. But, most of the time, the same result can be achieved by custom configuration of the server. This article looks into getting maximum performance out of Apache with the existing hardware resources, specifically on the Linux systems.

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Mysql Database Backup Script

Posted in All by digg on the March 15th, 2006

A script to take daily, weekly and monthly backups of your MySQL databases using mysqldump. Features - Backup mutiple databases - Single backup file or to a seperate file for each DB - Compress backup files - Backup remote servers - E-mail logs � More

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PHP & AJAX: Upload Progress Meter! (for file uploads in forms)

Posted in All by digg on the March 13th, 2006

This is very cool and extremely handy. If you’ve ever coded a form which requires a file upload, you’ll find this helpful. Plus, it keeps the unexperienced end-user entertained and appeased during the upload process (so that they don’t interrupt the load time).

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Google Launches “Google Mars”

Posted in All by digg on the March 13th, 2006

Google has just launched a new service called “Google Mars” that lets you browse the martian land just as you would with Google Maps.

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Sveasoft violates the GPL

Posted in All by digg on the March 13th, 2006

Sveasoft, maker of replacement firmware for the Linksys WRT54G, has been utilising GPL’d OpenWRT code in its releases without releasing source code. Sveasoft think this is OK because they’ve only released it to a few people - however the GPL says source code must always be given, no matter how small the distribution.

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The Perfect Linux Firewall — IPCop

Posted in All by digg on the March 13th, 2006

This tutorial deals with setting up a Linux firewall based on IPCop.

The first part describes how to install the IPCop firewall and create a small home office network, in the second we create a DMZ for hosting your own web server and the Copfilter proxy for filtering your application layer ingress and egress network traffic.

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