Monthly Archives: November 2010

Parental control using OpenDNS Family Shield

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DNS level security system is one of the easiest ways to implement. No need to update the signatures locally. Because all the updates happening in server side itself. And the main advantage I noticed is there is no softwares ( client application ) required. Open DNS is secured DNS service, In addition they launched a new service called Family Shield, …

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Securing SSH in Linux Servers

SSH security has to be taken care when Linux server is up and running. Most administrators tend to install an SSH server and leave it at its default settings, typically to allow password authentication and root logins . There are few parameters in /etc/ssh/sshd_config which can be changed to securing SSH. Open /etc/ssh/sshd_config and add the below line PermitRootLogin no …

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Log server performance using Windows performance monitor

Windows performance monitor is a real time performance monitoring tool. It gives result in three different ways, Graphical view Histogram view and plaint text counter view. Some times we need to log the utilization of a server for the future reference. It includes various  services like IIS, SQL, CPU, Disk usage etc.. you can write them to a file and …

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Connectbot SSH client for android

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ConnectBot is an open sourse Secure Shell client for the Android platform. Using this SSH client you can manage your SSH enabled servers / devices. You can monitor utilization, restart services, analyze logs etc .It can also use as a secure file transfer application. ConnectBot is must tool for system administrators and webmasters who manage their own VPS. You can …

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WordPress mobile application for Nokia symbian S60

WordPress released a nice mobile application for managing wordpress blogs, WordPress for Nokia is an open source project under GPL license . The application support symbian platform. You can run this application in S60 and Maemo powered Nokia mobiles. If you are a developer you can contribute here Application can use with wordpress blogs with version 2.7 or later . …

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Free MS office 2007 addon to Create PDF

Microsoft Office is one of the most widely using office processing applications but it not contains option like save as PDF. PDF format is also safer for us; we can avoid people changing the contents of the files. It is recognized as a standard document format. By using Microsoft Office Add-in, you can save all the Microsoft Office file extensions …

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Two ways to resolve Terminal server limitation error

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Error : The terminal server has exceeded the maximum number of allowed connections Windows servers can establish only two remote desktop connections simultaneously. But if the session is in Disconnected mode ( If its close without log off  ) you can access this session again. But if any two sessions are logged in you cannot get a new RDP Connection. …

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Pidgin a multi protocol Instant messenger

Pidgin is a all in one internet messenger using this application you can log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time, if you have multiple Gmail ID you can …

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