OpenSSH 6.1
New version of ssh allows multiple methods of authenticating, eg public key AND password. http://t.co/jN8PgHuBI7
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No key for the intel linux graphics drivers repository
Getting errors like: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY A902DDA375E52366 sudo apt-key adv –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com –recv-keys A902DDA375E52366
Ansible playbook to configure tt-rss on EC2 instance
As Google are ditching Reader, you might want to move to a self-hosted tt-rss install instead. If you’ve already set up an EC2 instance with ansible, just follow this playbook.
Install ansible on Amazon EC2
Amazon Linux variety # enable root ssh login as per http://tinyurl.com/d46d3o8 # as root cd /usr/local/src yum -y install git python-jinja2 python-paramiko PyYAML make MySQL-python git clone git://github.com/ansible/ansible.git cd ansible && make install As per http://ansible.cc/docs/gettingstarted.html add your EC2 instance to /etc/ansible/hosts on your local (master) ansible install. You may also want to add your …
Testing out cobbler with virtuabox
Some of the steps from my test of cobbler / centos / virtualbox. Download Centos 6 minimal ISO, install it on a virtualbox guest #1. Call it centos6a. Configure it with ~8GB root partition, 1GB memory & 2 network interfaces, eth0 bridged adaptor, eth1 internal network. Unless you really want it I recommend disabling SELinux. …
MQTT: MQ Telemetry Transport
MQTT is a machine-to-machine M2M/”Internet of Things” connectivity protocol. It was designed as an extremely lightweight publish/subscribe messaging transport. It is useful for connections with remote locations where a small code footprint is required and/or network bandwidth is at a premium. via MQTT: MQ Telemetry Transport. This is supported by the python Mosquitto module.
Using makefiles to manage config
I last used makefiles a long time ago, so this took some refreshing… Recently I’ve been looking at using qtile, a python based window manager. I’ve also been thinking about managing my config files using git and makefiles to “publish”. Here’s an example makefile for config.py: SRCFILE = config.py DSTDIR = ~/.config/qtile/ .PHONY: all all: …
Check your SSL certificate
Check your SSL certificate with the Qualys SSL Checker. Then fix the config with these hardening tips.
HTTP Strict Transport Security
HTTP Strict Transport Security HSTS is a web security policy mechanism whereby a web server declares that complying user agents such as a web browser are to interact with it using only secure HTTP connections i.e. HTTP layered over TLS/SSL[1]. HSTS is an IETF standards track protocol and is specified in RFC 6797. via HTTP …
Unity Reboot Launcher To Quickly Reboot In A Different OS Updated For Ubuntu 12.10 And 13.04 ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog
Unity Reboot is a custom Unity launcher that can be used to quickly reboot into a different OS / Linux distribution, useful for those who dual boot or triple boot or… it should work with any number of operating systems, including Windows, various Linux distributions like Ubuntu and Fedora, etc.. This isn’t just for Unity …