In my work I’ve not used “Expect” many times, but to do some jobs I’ve learnt how to use it, and I must say that to complete some tasks this program can help a lot and be a valid alternative to more complex solutions, like a complete program in python, php or your favorite scripting [...]
PAC Manager: All your Connection are belong to us
If you manage remote machines you have for sure some way to connect to them, to connect to Unix machines I’m used to open a terminal with my favorite terminal emulator (Terminator in these days), and from there ssh to other servers, for Windows RDP protocol as client i use Remmina (perhaps i’ll talk of [...]
Permanent SSH Tunnels with autossh
Article by Truelite.it already published on their useful wiki (in Italian) There are many occasions where you need to create connections to machines and services that are protected by firewalls because it is appropriate to adequately protect them, but for which the creation of a VPN becomes an excessive burden. For this reason, the ability [...]
How to setup a Squid Proxy on your Debian Linux
In former articles i’ve talked about Tor and SSH to browse the net in a more secure (or at leat anonymous) way. But sometimes it’s easier to do the configuration just one time on a server and setup a proxy there, and than use it as proxy for all your computers, or perhaps all your [...]
Use SSH for more secure browsing in public networks
Original article by Dominik Zajac published on his blog In the time of free wifi and free internet connections in every hotel, bar or cafe you should be sure your connections are secure. In some cases you can’t trust the connection but you need to go online and read some mails or share some documents. [...]