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Syslog Better Logging Tutorial
Author: RogueCoder • Tags: linux, security • Comments: 1Syslog Better Logging Tutorial Syslog is a powerful tool, but only if you can actually use it. This guide will go over the basics of syslog and provide you with a much more powerful default configuration.
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The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 39 This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) 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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How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On OpenSUSE 11.2
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: ftp, security, suse •
Comments: 0 How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On OpenSUSE 11.2 This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on an OpenSUSE 11.2 system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it is malware.
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How To Upgrade Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) To 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) (Desktop & Server)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 4 How To Upgrade Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) To 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) (Desktop & Server) Yesterday the new Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) was released. This guide shows how you can upgrade your Ubuntu 9.10 desktop and server installations to Ubuntu 10.04.
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The Perfect Server - OEL 5.4 [ISPConfig 3]
Author: josepcols • Tags: linux • Comments: 0The Perfect Server - OEL 5.4 [ISPConfig 3] This tutorial shows how to prepare a OEL 5.4 (Oracle Enterprise Linux) server for the installation of ISPConfig 3, and how to install ISPConfig 3 on a distributed configuration. OEL is a clone of RedHat ES, so, both are very similar. ISPConfig 3 is a webhosting control panel that allows you to configure the following services through a web browser: Apache web server, Postfix mail server, MySQL, PureFTPd, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and many more.
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Fight Image Spam With FuzzyOCR And SpamAssassin On Debian Lenny
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: antivirus, debian •
Comments: 1 Fight Image Spam With FuzzyOCR And SpamAssassin On Debian Lenny This tutorial describes how to scan emails for image spam with FuzzyOCR on a Debian Lenny server. FuzzyOCR is a plugin for SpamAssassin which is aimed at unsolicited bulk mail containing images as the main content carrier. Using different methods, it analyzes the content and properties of images to distinguish between normal mails (ham) and spam mails. FuzzyOCR tries to keep the system load low by scanning only mails that have not already been categorized as spam by SpamAssassin, thus avoiding unnecessary work.
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How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Fedora 12
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: fedora, ftp, security •
Comments: 0 How To Integrate ClamAV Into PureFTPd For Virus Scanning On Fedora 12 This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a Fedora 12 system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and delete it if it is malware.
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Processing 10000 Pictures Using Many Computers With Oropo (Debian/Ubuntu)
Author: ms209495 • Tags: debian, other, ubuntu • Comments: 1Processing 10000 Pictures Using Many Computers With Oropo (Debian/Ubuntu) Have you ever had a lot of data to process ? In such a moment after a while of processing we realize that it will take ages to complete. It would be faster if we could use two or three or even more computers. Let's use some computers - you think it is a lot of configuration ? You are wrong. With Oropo it's easy. Let's discuss a problem of processing large number of pictures. First approach for solving this problem is to process pictures sequentially on one computer. Second approach is to process pictures parallelly on many computers.
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Fight Image Spam With FuzzyOCR And SpamAssassin On Ubuntu 9.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: antivirus, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 Fight Image Spam With FuzzyOCR And SpamAssassin On Ubuntu 9.10 This tutorial describes how to scan emails for image spam with FuzzyOCR on an Ubuntu 9.10 server. FuzzyOCR is a plugin for SpamAssassin which is aimed at unsolicited bulk mail containing images as the main content carrier. Using different methods, it analyzes the content and properties of images to distinguish between normal mails (ham) and spam mails. FuzzyOCR tries to keep the system load low by scanning only mails that have not already been categorized as spam by SpamAssassin, thus avoiding unnecessary work.
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The Perfect Desktop - PCLinuxOS 2010 (KDE)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, pclinuxos •
Comments: 10 The Perfect Desktop - PCLinuxOS 2010 (KDE) This tutorial shows how you can set up a PCLinuxOS 2010 desktop (with KDE) 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.
