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Detecting Current Version of MySQL Server

A popular question when troubleshooting database issues is what version of mySQL is installed and used? You can find this information by running a simple command on the mySQL server. Connect to your...

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Creating an SSH Proxy Tunnel with PuTTY

It is time to write a guide for Windows users on how to tunnel your traffic without the need to install any software on your local computer. Say that you are stuck behind a firewall that filters your...

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Transparent Proxy Browsing with Squid3

3rd place in the Teach something, Win something contest  goes to Mark Mearns for his SQUID installation script. Mark took 3rd place because of the simplicity he created with this script which will make...

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Using copy.com as backup/sync destination

I’ve written guides on how to backup to both Dropbox.com and Box.com and now got the request via Twitter to write how to do the same thing with copy.com. Since I didn’t have a copy.com account I had to...

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Java Security Settings

Introduction With the latest Java updates the security settings has been set at a higher level by default and there are many websites that now experience problems with some older Java applets that no...

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Nginx – IP based access control

Introduction Nginx comes with a nifty module that allows us to allow or deny access to directories served by the webserver. The module is named ngx_http_access_module to allow or deny access to IP...

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Find your Debian version, the command line way

Like every VPS addict it is quite normal to forget which version of an operating system you are running especially if it is a server that you haven’t logged onto for a long time. In other cases, you...

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Reclaim reserved disk space XEN/KVM/VMWare/Dedicated

Joe Dougherty from SecureDragon.net (great guy running a great company) sent me a tip about this thread over at Lowendtalk.com and asked if I could write something about this “weird trick”. Actually...

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AXEL – multi-threaded downloads

What is Axel? When you want to download something from the command line you normally use the commands wget or curl. What if you want to accelerate these downloads? I recently found this command: Axel,...

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Rate Limiting SSH with IPTables

You are most likely using Netfilter, aka IPTables, if you are running a recent Linux distro. Most firewalls supplied with hosting control panels or simple setup scripts fail to take advantage of some...

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