Here i am explaining how to integrate SquidGuard and Lightsquid  in a pfsense Squid Server.  Earlier we have published an article about the how to setup a proxy with pfSense Firewall distribution. as we know SquidGuard is a URL redirector used to use blacklists with the Squid. Squid can perform better with SquidGuard. LightSquid is [...]

Wikileaks is hosted at White Mountain Datacenter in Stockholm (Sweden), Pionen also houses dozens of servers belonging to other companies. These pictures show the Pionen data centre, 100 ft below ground in a former Cold War nuclear bunker.The datacenter is bomb proof . This is one of the most secure Datacenters in the world as [...]

Pfsense is a FreeBSD based Open source security distribution. Pfsense is basically using as a gateway device (firewall and router). But it can be expandable as many Server services like DNS, DHCP, Proxy Servers. Here I is the step by step procedure to install a Pfsense based Proxy server. Download pfSense CD from here http://www.pfsense.org/mirror.php?section=downloads [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

In an organization where when a server goes live an administrator would need to create a users with variable privileges . Some users will have special permissions with root credentials. We here are trying to block that privileged users from direct ssh log in. To Deny a User Open /etc/ssh/sshd_config file: # vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config Append [...]

Error: Starting VM ‘VMNAME- There were no servers available to complete the specified operation. This is a common error when a Xen Server restarts. We will confused that its problem with Storage device ! Because message gives information related to Storage. It will show even if it is running from a Local hard disk. Actually [...]

With RAS key authenticating mechanism, you can login (using SSH ) to a server without providing the password. RSA is an algorithm for public-key cryptography. This process is most suitable for working automated process. For automating backups or run some jobs frequently in a trusted server this will contribute an important role. And the other [...]

Documentation is always tedious task for system administrators, especially there are 50′s and 100′s of servers. Recently I planned to document all my servers. After a long search I reached SYSID site, it is an open source, nice VB Script and python script for creating  decent looking documents,   It is very nice to document windows [...]

SQL Server Express is now available with 10 GB Storage support. Earlier it was supported only 4GB. Now most SOHO users can use Microsoft SQL Express for their applications. It is ideal for websites and web based applications. It is coming along with a SQL management tool, reporting capabilities, full-text search, and spatial support. Compatible [...]