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How To Set Up The Bti-Tracker BitTorrent Tracker System On Fedora/Centos/Redhat

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:35:01 +0200

How To Set Up The Bti-Tracker BitTorrent Tracker System On Fedora/Centos/Redhat

BtiTracker is a complete PHP tracker system for BitTorrent, easy to setup and configure. It comes with full remote admin management. This guide explains how to set it up on a Fedora/CentOS/RedHat system.

Integrating XCache Into PHP5 (Fedora 8/CentOS 5.1 & Apache2)

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:10:14 +0200

Integrating XCache Into PHP5 (Fedora 8/CentOS 5.1 & Apache2)

This guide explains how to integrate XCache into PHP5 on a Fedora 8 or CentOS 5.1 system (with Apache2). From the XCache project page: "XCache is a fast, stable PHP opcode cacher that has been tested and is now running on production servers under high load." It's similar to other PHP opcode cachers, such as eAccelerator and APC.

How to add two-factor authentication to Google Apps for your Domain using open source software

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:45:47 +0200

How to add two-factor authentication to Google Apps for your Domain using open source software

Everybody loves GMail. With Google Apps for you Domain, you can use GMail with your own domain, allowing organizations to outsource their email - and the requisite anti-spam filtering to Google. Webmail is very convenient, but for frequent travellers and those who use public wifi, it can be quite dangerous. Logging in from a kiosk or shared computer is a sure way to get your username and password stolen by a keystroke logger. Using a public WiFi system can lead to a man-in-the-middle attack. In this document we will take advantage of two open source projects to add two-factor authentication to Google Apps. The first is Gheimdall, a a TurboGears project for Google Apps SSO service. Gheimdall supports PAM and LDAP authentication natively. It also includes sample code to add new authentication methods, which made it very easy to add two-factor authentication from WiKID. WiKID is a dual-source two-factor authentication solution that uses public key cryptography to strongly authenticate users.

Monitoring With Groundwork Open Source On CentOS 5.1

Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:10:39 +0100

Monitoring With Groundwork Open Source On CentOS 5.1

Nagios is (in my opinion) one of the finest availability and monitoring solutions available. The stability, extendability and cost effectiveness (it is free under the GPL), are second to none (again, my opinion). That being said, it is far from being the easiest monitoring solution to implement. The build process itself, while not being overly complicated, can be vexing to new Linux users. That doesn't even include the configuration, which sometimes still makes me cringe.

Zimbra Collaboration Suite Open Source Edition On CentOS

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:37:22 +0100

Zimbra Collaboration Suite Open Source Edition On CentOS

This tutorial shows how to set up Zimbra Collaboration Suite - Open Source Edition on CentOS. This tutorial covers installation of CentOS, dependencies for ZCS and setup of Split DNS when working behind a firewall. This tutorial is based on the way I set this server up and is only a suggestion. It carries no guarantees and it is highly suggested that you do this on a test server first to verify functionality. If you don't have a test server available you should download VMWare Server 1.0 and perform this tutorial on a test virtual server.

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, MailScanner, Mailwatch & MySQL On CentOS 5.1

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:59:58 +0100

Virtual Users And Domains With Postfix, MailScanner, Mailwatch & MySQL On CentOS 5.1

This document describes how to customize Falko's "Virtual Users And Domains" - setup for CentOS 5.1 so that it works with MailScanner and Mailwatch. The resulting system provides a web interface (Mailwatch) where you can manage quarantined emails, train SpamAssassin, edit the white- and blacklist, view configuration files and the detailed MySQL database status ...

Virtual Hosting Howto With Virtualmin On CentOS 5.1

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 18:34:44 +0100

Virtual Hosting Howto With Virtualmin On CentOS 5.1

This tutorial shows how to set up a CentOS 5.x server to offer all services needed by virtual web hosters. These include web hosting, smtp server with (SMTP-AUTH and TLS, SPF, DKIM, Domainkeys), DNS, FTP, MySQL, POP3/IMAP, Firewall, Webalizer for stats.

Mail Server Setup With Exim, MySQL, Cyrus-Imapd, Horde Webmail On Centos 5.1

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:04:11 +0100

Mail Server Setup With Exim, MySQL, Cyrus-Imapd, Horde Webmail On Centos 5.1

This how to describes the installation and configuration of a mail system on Centos 5.1 with selinux enabled for enhanced security. This system will be able to service HTTP, HTTPS, SMTP, TLS, SMTP-AUTH, IMAP, POP3 clients and is virtual enabled allowing more than one domain to be served from the system.

How To Install suPHP On Various Linux Distributions For Use With ISPConfig (2.2.20 And Above)

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:22:28 +0100

How To Install suPHP On Various Linux Distributions For Use With ISPConfig (2.2.20 And Above)

Starting with version 2.2.20, ISPConfig has improved support for suPHP. This article explains how to install suPHP on various distributions supported by ISPConfig. (If you have used suPHP with previous ISPConfig versions, your installation will still work.)

How To Install mod_ruby On Various Linux Distributions For Use With ISPConfig (2.2.20 And Above)

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:30:35 +0100

How To Install mod_ruby On Various Linux Distributions For Use With ISPConfig (2.2.20 And Above)

Starting with version 2.2.20, ISPConfig has built-in support for Ruby. Instead of using CGI/FastCGI, ISPConfig depends on mod_ruby being available in the server's Apache. This article explains how to install mod_ruby on various distributions supported by ISPConfig.

How To Implement Domainkeys In Postfix Using dk-milter

Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:53:59 +0100

How To Implement Domainkeys In Postfix Using dk-milter

Domainkeys is "DomainKeys is a method of e-mail authentication. Unlike some other methods, it offers almost end-to-end integrity from a signing to a verifying Mail Transfer Agent (MTA). In most cases the signing MTA acts on behalf of the sender, and the verifying MTA on behalf of the receiver. DomainKeys is specified in Historic RFC 4870, which is obsoleted by Standards Track RFC 4871, DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) Signatures." according to the wikipedia. So why a how to on it when there is DKIM ? Well domainkeys is still actively being used and is more widely deployed than DKIM, the developer Yahoo still uses it to sign and verify mail although they are contributers to the DKIM standard.

Set Up Postfix DKIM With dkim-milter

Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:18:02 +0100

Set Up Postfix DKIM With dkim-milter

DKIM is an authentication framework which stores public-keys in DNS and digitally signs emails on a domain basis. It was created as a result of merging Yahoo's domainkeys and Cisco's Identified Internet mail specification. It is defined in RFC 4871.

Mailscanner/Exim Gateway With Communigate PRO Guide

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:25:50 +0100

Mailscanner/Exim Gateway With Communigate PRO Guide

In this tutorial we will be installing and setting up Mailscanner as a mail firewall in front of a Communigate pro cluster. This tutorial has been written for the CENTOS 5.x Linux distro but am sure it can be used for any other Linux based system with little modifications. The system will run with SELinux in enforcing mode.

CentOS 5 - Home Gateway Firewall With DHCP Server For Connection Sharing

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:23:40 +0100

CentOS 5 - Home Gateway Firewall With DHCP Server For Connection Sharing

If you're trying to set up a home network, you probably want to set up a permiter facing computer connected to your DSL/Cable modem, and then put all of your computers behind that firewall box to keep them safe. This tutorial will show you how to use a single external connection on the gateway computer (using Iptables firewall), and a second internal connection on the same box so you can connect the computers on the inside of your home/office to it.

CentOS 4.6 Server Setup: LAMP, Email, DNS, FTP, ISPConfig (a.k.a. The Perfect Server)

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:45:32 +0100

CentOS 4.6 Server Setup: LAMP, Email, DNS, FTP, ISPConfig (a.k.a. The Perfect Server)

This tutorial shows how to set up a CentOS 4.6 based server that offers all services needed by ISPs and web hosters: Apache web server (SSL-capable), Postfix mail server with SMTP-AUTH and TLS, BIND DNS server, Proftpd FTP server, MySQL server, Dovecot POP3/IMAP, Quota, Firewall, etc. This tutorial is written for the 32-bit version of CentOS 4.6, but should apply to the 64-bit version with very little modifications as well.