Back up Windows PCs and Laptops using BackuPC. Includes installing rsycnd on Windows.
Author Archives: Bill Thorsteinson
Setting Up BackupPC on Ubuntu
Set up a BackupPC Server on Ubuntu. Includes configuration of Linux and OpenWrt clients using rsyncd.
Email Logins for Dovecot and Exim
Configuring a common login for Dovecot IMAP(s) and Exim SMTP. Also Exim Submission port and TLS (SSL) configuration.
Implementing IPv6 Part 2
Replacing 6to4 tunnel with 6in4. IPv6 enabling Bind, Exim, SPF, Squid, and updating Databases containing IP addresses.
Blocking Spam with Exim
Spam blocking techniques for Exim. Uses delays to cause Spambots to fail. Notes on bulk and automated mail servers.
Email Policy
SysteMajik’s policy for incoming and outgoing e-mail. How we allow external users authenticated access to send e-mail.
Transparent Squid Proxy
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 […]
Implementing IPv6 6to4 on OpenWRT
As the IPv4 addresses begins to run out I finally invested the time to investigate and implement IPV6. As my ISP has not yet announced 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 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 […]
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 with ssh. All these connection have a login at the start […]