BIND is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols. The name BIND stands for “Berkeley Internet Name Domain”, because the software originated in the early 1980s at the University of California at Berkeley. In recent years, the word BIND has become, like “radar” and “laser”, more word than acronym. The DNS protocols are… Read More
DDclient is a Perl client used to update Dynamic DNS entries for accounts on Dynamic DNS Network Services’ free DNS service. It was originally written by Paul Burry and is now mostly by wimpunk. It has the capability to update more than just DynDNS and it can fetch your WAN-ipaddress in a few different ways…. Read More
VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL)… Read More
Postfix is a free and open-source mail transfer agent (MTA) that routes and delivers electronic mail, intended as an alternative to the widely used Sendmail MTA. Postfix is released under the IBM Public License 1.0 which is a free software license. Originally written in 1997 by Wietse Venema at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research… Read More
USB Image Tool can create images of USB flash drives and MP3 players, that are mounted as USB drives. It allows you switch between images with different music styles on your MP3 Player or to make an exact backup image of your USB Stick. USB Image Tool works with any device, that implements the USB… Read More
With the recent release of pfsense 2.0, many of our customers have shown an interest in updating their OpenVPN Servers to utilize the new LDAP authentication module. With that said, we ran into a few snags when implementing LDAP that are worth noting. Included in pfsense 2.0 is the new menu “System” > “User Manager”…. Read More
M0n0wall is a project aimed at creating a complete, embedded firewall software package that, when used together with an embedded PC, provides all the important features of commercial firewall boxes (including ease of use) at a fraction of the price (free software). m0n0wall is based on a bare-bones version of FreeBSD, along with a web… Read More
In the wake of the recent debt crisis and with the economy continuing to sputter, many businesses and organizations are being forced to find creative solutions to their complex IT problems. While to an open source advocate this seems to be good news, in reality, many of the advantages of utilizing open source technologies are… Read More
pfSense is a free, open source customized distribution of FreeBSD tailored for use as a firewall and router. In addition to being a powerful, flexible firewalling and routing platform, it includes a long list of related features and a package system allowing further expandability without adding bloat and potential security vulnerabilities to the base distribution…. Read More
OpenVPN is a full-featured open source SSL VPN solution that accommodates a wide range of configurations, including remote access, site-to-site VPNs, Wi-Fi security, and enterprise-scale remote access solutions with load balancing, failover, and fine-grained access-controls. OpenVPN, is an award-winning open source VPN product that has established itself as a de-facto standard in the open source… Read More