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DeleGate – A Multi-platform, Multi-purpose Proxy Server

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Ajitabh

Introduction A proxy server works as an intermediary for requests from clients seeking resources from other servers. There are various types of proxy servers. In this article we will be breifly discussing some of the capabilities of DeleGate. DeleGate is … Continue reading →

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Enable Apache mod_rewrite module on OpenSuSE

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Ajitabh

OpenSuSE has mod_rewrite installed, but it is not loaded by default. Check if mod_rewrite is actually loaded by default or not: # grep “^APACHE_MODULES” /etc/sysconfig/apache2 APACHE_MODULES=”actions alias auth_basic authn_file authz_host authz_groupfile authz_default authz_user autoindex cgi dir env expires include log_config … Continue reading →

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On Sabayon 5 now

Posted on April 19, 2010 by Ajitabh

Last night installed Sabayon 5 amd64 on my laptop. All went fine except when I tried to do an update. I did the following as suggested in the Sabayon wiki:

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Setting Filesystem Quota in linux

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Ajitabh

I recently activated quota on my slicehost slice and it was quite simple and fast to do. The only disadvantage is that I needed to set quota on the only filesystem I had, which is /. If there is a … Continue reading →

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Creating VPNs with OpenVPN

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Ajitabh

Introduction A VPN is a set of tools which allow networks at different locations to be securely connected, using a public network as the transport layer. A VPN produces a virtual “dedicated circuit” over the internet and use cryptography to … Continue reading →

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