Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Courtesy of Tigera, Alex Pollitt shares some guidelines on when Linux conntrack is no longer your friend. Apparently Dell’s new docking stations support firmware updates via Linux. This article has good information on safely using /tmp and /var/tmp on systemd-powered Linux distributions. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

As opposed to just encrypting data at the transport level (although Acra does that between components of its architecture) or just encrypting data at the storage level (using an encrypted file system or similar), Acra targets encrypting data at the table/row/column level within a database. Acra is open source and available via GitHub.

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Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2019

A new VPN security flaw has been uncovered that affects a wide range of UNIX- and Linux-based systems. Here’s an article from Marko Saric on his switch from macOS to Linux. A complete OS based on the bare bones open source that backs macOS is apparently a real thing called PureDarwin. Nothing this time; sorry!

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 24, 2012

It’s been over four months since my last post on open source Puppet , when I posted some updated multi-OS Puppet configurations. As such, we’ll want to follow Puppet’s guidelines for module structures. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Kirk Byers has a helpful article that provides some suggestions and guidelines for how to make your network automation/network scripts become more than just your own personal hobby at work. This article provides a good introductory overview of Linux iptables commands for configuring host-based firewall rules on your Linux systems.

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