If you read our previous article Easy Debian Server Firewall, then you may have noted that on Debian Jessie the described method no longer works. This is due to systemd. In the article below we will walk through creating a persistent IPTables based firewall on Debian Jessie. First we need to install some required software… Read More
This article will provide C# code that will allow you to leverage the Exchange Management Shell to add a Microsoft Exchange 2010/2013 User to a specified group. In order to use the code below, you must have the Exchange Management tools installed on the machine which will be running this code. Exchange Management Tools installation… Read More
SaltStack platform or Salt is a Python-based open source configuration management software and remote execution engine. Supporting the “infrastructure-as-code” approach to deployment and cloud management, it competes primarily with Puppet, Chef, and Ansible. SaltStack software orchestrates the build and ongoing management of any legacy or modern infrastructure. SaltStack is known as the fastest, most scalable… Read More
Fabric is a Python (2.5-2.7) library and command-line tool for streamlining the use of SSH for application deployment or systems administration tasks. It provides a basic suite of operations for executing local or remote shell commands (normally or via sudo) and uploading/downloading files, as well as auxiliary functionality such as prompting the running user for… Read More
In order to install VMware Tools On vCSA (Virtual Center Server Appliance) or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server you will be employing a two step process. First you will need to right click on the Virtual Machine in vSphere and choose “guest” > “Install/Upgrade VMware Tools” pictured left. Next you will need to run the following… Read More
Geary is a simple and lightweight email client that supports email threading (some call it conversation mode). It is still in the early development stage, but it does show plenty of potential to become a great email client. Being a simple and lightweight app, Geary has trimmed most, if not all, of the fat found… Read More
VeraCrypt picks up from where TrueCrypt left and it adds enhanced security to the algorithms used for system and partitions encryption making it immune to new developments in brute-force attacks. VeraCrypt also solves many vulnerabilities and security issues found in TrueCrypt. It can load TrueCrypt volume and it offers the possibility to convert TrueCrypt containers… Read More
MediaWiki is a free and open-source wiki application. It was originally developed by the Wikimedia Foundation and runs on many websites, including Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikimedia Commons. It is written in the PHP programming language and uses a backend database. The first version of the software was deployed to serve the needs of the Wikipedia… Read More
If you have found yourself in a scenario where you need to deploy Kali Linux on Hyper-V, you are probably aware that the ISO isn’t compatible and dies during bootup. As with almost any technology, there are multiple ways to skin this cat, however in this article we will detail the steps required to get… Read More
GitLab is a web-based Git repository manager with wiki and issue tracking features. GitLab offers hosted accounts similar to GitHub, but also allows its software to be used on third-party servers. It is available as an Omnibus package. The software was written by Dmitriy Zaporozhets from Ukraine; the CEO, Sytse Sijbrandij, is based in Utrecht…. Read More