J_K9 @ Linux http://wolphination.com/linux J_K9 Sun, 18 Nov 2007 01:25:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 en Seven.Ten Degrees of Modularisation http://wolphination.com/linux/2007/10/23/seventen-degrees-of-modularisation/ http://wolphination.com/linux/2007/10/23/seventen-degrees-of-modularisation/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:03:15 +0000 J_K9 http://wolphination.com/linux/2007/10/23/seventen-degrees-of-modularisation/ Ubuntu Server is a popular Linux server distribution which has been gaining some good ground over the past few years, but is still behind its main commercial rivals: Red Hat Enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. However, one of the new, experimental (but stable) features in Ubuntu 7.10 Server Edition is set to change the course of all server Operating Systems in the near future, and that feature is Tasks.

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]]> http://wolphination.com/linux/2007/10/23/seventen-degrees-of-modularisation/feed/ SnortVM http://wolphination.com/linux/2006/09/18/snortvm/ http://wolphination.com/linux/2006/09/18/snortvm/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2006 06:56:02 +0000 J_K9 http://wolphination.com/linux/2006/09/18/snortvm/ As I’ve been inundated with work, I haven’t had much time to post anything. So, here’s a little something, to show you that I am, contrary to popular belief, still alive :P

CentOS is one of the most popular Linux server distributions, Snort the most popular Open Source IDS (Intrusion Detection System), and VMware Server quite possibly the most popular free (as in beer) virtualisation app. Now, what could you do to tie these together to make an amazing, free product? Install Snort on CentOS in a VM, and release it for public download, of course!

So, fresh from the, er, streets: SnortVM. Deploy it wherever you want, and discover things you didn’t know before. Why not bridge it with your main connection to your router on your home PC? That way, you can find out if anything nasty is getting past your router. Or even put it in the DMZ, for a bit of fun?

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This VMWare is a basic build of Snort using BASE and MySQL on CentOS 4.3. It was contributed by Patrick Harper and is based on his popular Snort Installation Guide. Patrick tested the image in VMware player, ESX 3, and Workstation 5.X. It’s backward compatible so those running older versions of Workstation will be able to use it too. The download is 427 MB

This is the most interesting VM I have seen in quite a while… So, run along and download it! ;)

(You will need an app like VMware Player or VMware Server (both free) to run it)

]]> http://wolphination.com/linux/2006/09/18/snortvm/feed/ Server OS - Battle Of The Titans http://wolphination.com/linux/2006/03/02/server-os-battle-of-the-titans/ http://wolphination.com/linux/2006/03/02/server-os-battle-of-the-titans/#comments Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:30:15 +0000 J_K9 http://wolphination.com/linux/2006/03/02/server-os-battle-of-the-titans/ For the first time in the past decade (and possibly more), there have been more Microsoft servers sold in one year than UNIX(-based). This may seem very surprising, as UNIX and *nix-based servers have been proven in several articles to be faster and usually more cost-effective, but there is no fooling the results.

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