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The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)
Author: CSch •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 5 The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 13.04 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
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Increasing the security of PPTP by adding two-factor authentication to poptop
Author: nowen • Tags: linux, security • Comments: 0Security Issues and Poptop PPTP does not have the best history in terms of security. The original Microsoft implementation for PPTP faired very poorly. MS-CHAPV2 solved these weaknesses - for wired networks. Unfortunately, back in 2004, Joshua Wright released a version of ASLEAP capable of brute-force attacking PPTP passwords in a wireless environment. As a systems administrator for the VPN, you can't tell if a user is connecting via some public WiFi service where someone might be running a tool like ASLEAP. Yet, the presense of PPTP client software on Windows machines makes using PPTP very tempting. The best answer to this problem is to utilize two-factor authentication. If a one-time passcode is brute-forced, it won't matter as it can't be used again.
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The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 13.04 (nginx, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: control panels, ispconfig, nginx, ubuntu, web server •
Comments: 1 The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 13.04 (nginx, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3) This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) server (with nginx, BIND, Dovecot) for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache or nginx web server, Postfix mail server, Courier or Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server, MySQL, BIND or MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more. This setup covers nginx (instead of Apache), BIND (instead of MyDNS), and Dovecot (instead of Courier).
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Ubuntu 13.04 Samba Standalone Server With tdbsam Backend
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: samba, storage, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Ubuntu 13.04 and how to configure it to share files over the SMB protocol as well as how to add users. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory accessible via the SMB protocol and all users have a shared directory with read-/write access.
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The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 13.04 (Apache2, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, control panels, ispconfig, ubuntu, web server •
Comments: 11 The Perfect Server - Ubuntu 13.04 (Apache2, BIND, Dovecot, ISPConfig 3) This tutorial shows how to prepare an Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) server (with Apache2, BIND, Dovecot) for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache or nginx web server, Postfix mail server, Courier or Dovecot IMAP/POP3 server, MySQL, BIND or MyDNS nameserver, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more. This setup covers Apache (instead of nginx), BIND (instead of MyDNS), and Dovecot (instead of Courier).
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How To Upgrade Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) To 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) (Desktop & Server)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: ubuntu, desktop •
Comments: 1 How To Upgrade Ubuntu 12.10 (Quantal Quetzal) To 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) (Desktop & Server) The new Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail) has just been released. This guide shows how you can upgrade your Ubuntu 12.10 desktop and server installations to Ubuntu 13.04.
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Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 12.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: ftp, security, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 Setting Up ProFTPd + TLS On Ubuntu 12.10 FTP is a very insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By using TLS, the whole communication can be encrypted, thus making FTP much more secure. This article explains how to set up ProFTPd with TLS on an Ubuntu 12.10 server.
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Using PHP5-FPM With Apache2 On OpenSUSE 12.3
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, php, suse, web server •
Comments: 0 Using PHP5-FPM With Apache2 On OpenSUSE 12.3 This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an OpenSUSE 12.3 server with PHP5 (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites.
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Virtual Hosting With Proftpd And MySQL (Incl. Quota) On Ubuntu 12.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: ftp, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 This document describes how to install a Proftpd server that uses virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota with this setup. This tutorial is based on Ubuntu 12.10.
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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 12.3 (LAMP)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: apache, mysql, php, suse, web server •
Comments: 4 Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On OpenSUSE 12.3 (LAMP) LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on an OpenSUSE 12.3 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.
