From the monthly archives:

November 2005

Types of VPN available on Linux

November 22, 2005

Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, are a way of securely accessing resources on your network from untrusted points on the internet. This page describes some of the various types of open-source VPN solutions that are available on Linux systems, with benefits and drawbacks for each solution. I’m not making a VPN comparison, per se, but [...]

Tagged as: IPsec, Linux, Open-source, OpenVPN, PPTP, VPN

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apologies to people asking me for help with ipsec

November 22, 2005

Just want to issue a blanket apology to people who have e-mailed me for help with IPSec that I have not had time to respond to – I’ve been very busy lately, and unfortunately this has fallen on my priority list somewhat.
I’ve been considering posting a forum on my site, to help me better track [...]

Tagged as: IPsec, Linux, VPN

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using advanced routing to control traffic across your interfaces

November 21, 2005

[This page originally lived at http://www.natecarlson.com/linux/advanced-routing-in-out.php. I am working on migrating all content over to WordPress, which is why this post exists. This document is mostly up-to-date; please leave a comment with any changes!]
One of my tasks at work has been to set up Nagios to monitor all of our critical services. In the process [...]

Tagged as: Linux, Open-source, Routing

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advanced routing in linux to force traffic to interfaces

November 21, 2005

At work, I had an interesting problem where boxes would just seem to stop responding to ping packets for awhile on one interface, until you ping the other interface on the box. It turned out to be a problem with the way that Linux sends ARP requests when you’ve got routing set up across two [...]

Tagged as: Linux, Open-source

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common mistakes made in php programming

November 5, 2005

While I may not agree that these are the top 21 mistakes, most of them are mistakes that are easy to make:
Top 21 PHP programming mistakes
Certainly worth the read.

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inexpensive dvd+rw drive for your laptop

November 2, 2005

In May, I picked up a cheap Dell Inspiron 6000 refurbished from Dell; it was pretty much built up exactly the way I wanted it, except it included a CD Burner/DVD Reader instead of a DVD burner. Having a DVD burner is pretty much a necessity when taking digital pictures on trips; I generally shoot [...]

Tagged as: Hardware, Linux

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nikon finally announces the d200

November 1, 2005

Nikon has finally announced the new D200! 10mp, support for recording GPS coordinates in your EXIF tags, 1800 images on a single charge, 802.11b/g image transfers, and a bunch of other sweet features.
Press release at:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0511/05110104nikond200.asp
Full preview at:
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/nikond200/

Tagged as: Photography

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