Over the holidays, I had a user experience and attempted browser hijacking. It appeared to have bypassed my squid proxy. My updated configuration now sends all web access via squid. The old firewall rules, that allowed direct access to the Internet, have been replaced with a transparent Squid proxy. This runs on my existing Squid Proxy using another port.
Month: December 2010
Implementing IPv6 6to4 on OpenWRT
As the IPv4 addresses begin to run out I finally invested the time to investigate and implement IPV6. As my ISP has not yet announced the availability of IPV6 addresses I chose to implement a 6to4 tunnel. This is simple to implement, and currently well supported. My external firewall is an ASUS wireless router running… Continue reading Implementing IPv6 6to4 on OpenWRT
Manual networking for KVM
I found the networking configured by libvirt (KVM) did not allow me to firewall the network as I desired. I use Shorewall for firewalling, and DNSMasq for internal DNS and DHCP. After a little experimentation, I found that I could configure Ubuntu to create the network. This allows me to get a reliable firewall configuration with a… Continue reading Manual networking for KVM
Remote Desktops with VNC and RDP
I find it useful to have a remote desktop to my Ubuntu systems. On secure connections, I have been using VNC via xinetd. Connections with xrdp where possible, but it wasn’t launching the desktop for the connection. For secure terminal connections, I stick with ssh. All these connections have a login at the start of the… Continue reading Remote Desktops with VNC and RDP