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April 6, 2008

sshpass - Non-interactive ssh password authentication

by @ 11:04 am. Filed under General, Free Tools, Security

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SSH’s (secure shell) most common authentication mode is called “interactive keyboard password authentication”, so called both because it is typically done via keyboard, and because openssh takes active measures to make sure that the password is, indeed, typed interactively by the keyboard. Sometimes, however, it is necessary to fool ssh into accepting an interactive password non-interactively. This is where sshpass comes in.

SECURITY NOTE: There is a reason openssh insists that passwords be typed interactively. Passwords are harder to store securely and to pass around securely between programs. If you

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March 17, 2008

autossh - Automatically restart SSH sessions and tunnels

by @ 6:24 am. Filed under Free Tools, Security

autossh is a program to start an instance of ssh and monitor it, restarting it as necessary should it die or stop passing traffic. The idea is from rstunnel (Reliable SSH Tunnel), but implemented in C. Connection monitoring is done using a loop of port forwardings. It backs off on the rate of connection attempts when experiencing rapid failures such as connection refused.

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February 25, 2008

Howto Determine the throughput of a pipe command

by @ 6:51 am. Filed under Free Tools

If you want to Determine the throughput of a pipe you need to use cpipe.Cpipe copies its standard input to its standard output while measuring the time it takes to read an input buffer and write an output buffer. Statistics of average throughput and the total amount of bytes copied are printed to the standard error output.

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February 2, 2008

Setup Easy Hosting Control Panel (ehcp) for Debian/Ubuntu

by @ 11:35 am. Filed under General, Webserver, Free Tools, Other Linux

ehcp is a new Hosting Control Panel in Linux world. Although it is in beta stage, its basic functions are well functioning. it operates strongly with debian/ubuntu”s apt-get package manager..

it differs from other control panels, or even other opensource panels that, ehcp is the first and only: opensource,full php, object oriented, gpl, free hosting control panel on the earth !

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January 26, 2008

Mounting the lazy way (Windows & Linux File Systems)

by @ 12:02 am. Filed under General, Free Tools

Imagine… You just bought an new hard drive. And you want to mount it with FSTAB so it will be mounted every boot up. But your too lazy to understand FSTAB. I approve your lazy life stile like I am used to be. And here I will tell you an great secret from the lazy “Ubuntu” trolls. Keep in mind I would advice you to mount your hard drives manually. For now I will show you the lazy way.

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May 25, 2007

Filesystem Encryption Tools for Linux

by @ 9:05 am. Filed under Free Tools

Crypto filesystems keep your data safe – even if someone steals your computer.Linux offers a number of encrypted filesystem options – each with a different approach to the encryption problem.Encrypted filesystems may be overkill for family photos or your résumé, but they make sense for network-accessible servers that hold sensitive business documents, databases that contain credit-card information, offline backups, and laptops.

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December 10, 2006

Open source Domain Name System(DNS) Servers

by @ 9:33 am. Filed under Free Tools

The domain name system (DNS) stores and associates many types of information with domain names, but most importantly, it translates domain names (computer hostnames) to IP addresses. It also lists mail exchange servers accepting e-mail for each domain. In providing a worldwide keyword-based redirection service, DNS is an essential component of contemporary Internet use.

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October 27, 2006

Avast Antivirus for Ubuntu Desktop

by @ 11:23 pm. Filed under Free Tools, Other Linux

avast! Home Edition is a complete anti-virus package, that is is free for registered home non-commercial users. It contains an on-demand scanner with two interfaces (simple for novices and advanced for experienced users), an on-access scanner with Standard Shield (which protects against execution and opening malware programs) and an embedded e-mail scanner which scans incoming and outgoing email messages.

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October 24, 2006

Find, edit and share your Photo Albums with Picasa in Ubuntu

by @ 5:27 pm. Filed under Free Tools, Other Linux

Picasa is software that helps you instantly find, edit and share all the pictures on your PC. Every time you open Picasa, it automatically locates all your pictures (even ones you forgot you had) and sorts them into visual albums organized by date with folder names you will recognize. Picasa also makes advanced editing simple by putting one-click fixes and powerful effects at your fingertips.

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October 16, 2006

Cross-platform calendar Using Sunbird in Ubuntu

by @ 6:19 pm. Filed under Free Tools, Other Linux

Mozilla Sunbird™ is a cross-platform calendar application, built upon Mozilla Toolkit. Our goal is to bring Mozilla-style ease-of-use to your calendar, without tying you to a particular storage solution.

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