Previously we had written an article Pfsense USB Installation Guide, in which we showed you how to make bootable USB installation media for Pfsense. While the previous method does still work, we have found that using Rufus as a one stop shop for USB installation media, is now our preferred method. Below we will detail… Read More
If you are hosting a website, you almost certainly are aware of hotlinking or bandwidth theft. If not then read on. Hotlinking is essentially the practice of linking directly to a image or download hosted on a different website. This practice is typically frowned upon amongst the community of web site owners/operators however some unscrupulous… Read More
Over the past few weeks while working with client servers running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, we noticed that the Dynamic MOTD system seems to be outdated when logging in via ssh. While this is a minor annoyance, it needed to be fixed. After a quick Google search, we came across this source which explains how to… Read More
I like to call the method below “The Easy Debian Server Firewall”. You may ask why I call it easy. The answer is simple, it uses standard IPTable’s and has a start and stop script to quickly disable it in the event that debugging is required. Installing the firewall is a simple two stage process…. Read More
In the past I have often found myself needing to change my Windows IP Address multiple times while configuring a piece of network equipment. Here is a handy little batch script I have written to set a range of static IP’s quickly. The batch uses the netsh command that is built into windows. Note in… Read More
If you are running a Pfsense Firewall than chances are, you have probably heard of Pfblocker. Whether you have heard of Pfblocker or not, we consider this plugin a “Must Have” addition to any pfsense firewall. Pfblocker allows you to add IP block list and country block functions to a pfsense firewall or router and… Read More
If you are working with Microsoft SQL Server, you may find yourself needing some sort of non-traditional backup. If that is the case you have come to the right place. Below we will detail how to backup SQL Server databases using a Powershell script. Note, this script can be extended to add email functionality by… Read More
The VMware vCenter Server Virtual Appliance (vCSA) provides an alternative option for organizations that chose not to run the Windows vCenter Server but still require centralized management of VMware vSphere deployments in the enterprise. If you are running vCSA then you surely know that the default template comes with 8GB of RAM and 2 vCPU’s… Read More
If you read our previous article Hosting Apt Repo’s With Freight you may have noted that we suggested a follow up article detailing how to remove a package from the repository was coming. Well, here we are. Below we will detail our method of removing packages from our Freight repository. Removing Packages from Freight For the… Read More
If you are running Postfix with per user quotas, then chances are you are using the Postfix VDA Patch. We are pleased to announce that we are now hosting Postfix VDA builds for Debian Wheezy in our private apt repository. If you would like to use our repository, please follow the instructions at OITIBS Apt… Read More