Tech notes, bookmarks, and misc. notes

Monday, November 19, 2001

Miscellaneous notes:
I'll start with some systems links. OpenLDAP 2.0 Administrator's Guide: A Quick-Start Guide and
You should edit /usr/pkg/etc/web500/web500gw.conf to your needs
To start web500gw: /usr/pkg/sbin/web500gw [-d debuglevel]
===> Registering installation for web500gw-2.1b3
web500gw-2.1b3 requires installed package openldap-1.2.11
Simplify your life with APG (Automated Pasword Generator) or Diceware Passphrase Home Page for use with pgp. pop3 or imap server suggestions on the Postfix Frequently Asked Questions and Standards-Based E-Mail For The Enterprise. Detect intrusions with LIDS. LWN - The Linux traffic shaper. Linux IPCHAINS-HOWTO: Packet Filtering Basics and possibly again: Setting up a secure RedHat Linux 6.2 server. Port scanning the box for possible vulnerablities: Nmap -- Stealth Port Scanner For Network Security Auditing, General Internet Exploration & Hacking; reviewing the list of exploits from the main page. Trying to lock down the external box for CVS access (see the authentication notes associated with The VPN HOWTO : Doing it) using Setting up a secure RedHat Linux 6.2 server on an IBM-compatible computer and downloading the RPMs from RedHat's 6.2 Security Advisories list. bah.
Moving away from security: ACS Installation under w2k and a CVS setup and administration guide
Next, let's cover some web develoment links. The Web Development Guidelines should start us off. Also, Daemon News 199903 : Managing websites using Unix. Next, we'll look at a sample CVS tutorial: a fun HOWTO Use CVS to work on Speech Lab Projects. Let WebCon - the Libwww Command Line Tool provide you with some useful tools for testing sites. Bugzilla frequently needs a new image; find one here: ARACHNOLOGY pictures. Upgrade to 2.12: Remote Vulnerabilities in Bugzilla.
Some other notes that don't really fit elsewhere: The Spam Bouncer: a Procmail-Based Spam Filter
A quick note on Brian Silas from Musicurry.com. The joy of Indian music. People at Work - The Empire That Was Russia: The Prokudin-Gorskii Photographic Record Recreated (A Library of Congress Exhibition). An oddly titled philosophy paper: Analizing David Hume. No, it doesn't appear to be a play on words.

posted by j 11/19/2001 12:07:00 AM