Tag: FreeBSD
pfSense: Adding Firewall Rules To Filter Services
pfSense is an open source firewall, router and UTM (unified threat management) distribution based on FreeBSD. This is the third article in the series...
OPNsense: Setting up basic Firewall
Security concerns prompt the securing of networks against hacking and intrusion. OPNsense is an open source, FreeBSD based firewall and routing platform. It includes...
The Way FreeBSD Jail Work
FreeBSD-based computer systems can be partitioned into several independent mini-systems called jails by using operating system level virtualisation, which is an implementation of FreeBSD....
“Linux interoperability has been enabled through work across Microsoft”
Players in the Linux community often find Microsoft and open source technology not quite in sync. Ironically, Microsoft is one of the major contributors...
Restore Partitions Over the Network Using Clonezilla
Clonezilla is back-up and restore software that is a powerful alternative to Symantec's famous, yet expensive, commercial software Norton Ghost.
Do you often format your...
FreeBSD 9.0 — Fast, Safe and Completely Geeky
Yes, I know, we're kind of late in getting this article out, but that's because there was a lot of things that were added...
Debian 6.0 ‘Squeeze’: What’s New?
With its extremely long release cycle (this one took two years), Debian 6.0 Squeeze was rolled out on February 6th, amidst jokes like, "See...
Puppet Data Centre Automation Solution, Part 1: Setting Up Master &...
Managing data centres comprising hundreds of systems is tough. Fortunately, configuration-management systems help bring things under control, by automating common configuration tasks, making systems...