Java Applet Not Working (Blank) in IE9

Hi all, Microsoft launched IE9 RC successfully, in IE9 when we try to play videos, musics or TV shows which is based on Adobe flash,Microsoft silverlight or Java the plugins are not loading and it seems blank. The Java is not running in IE9 problem happens the user has installed the latest version of Java [...]

[ More ] February 18th, 2011 | 3 Comments | Posted in Servers |

Root password recovery of Debian

If you don’t know the root password of Debian, how are you going to change it? You need to know a method of password recovery for the Debian Linux operating system. What this method does is reboot your machine into what is called “single user mode”. Single user mode is also referred to as maintenance [...]

[ More ] February 17th, 2011 | 2 Comments | Posted in Security |

How to recover permanently deleted mails from Microsoft Outlook

Some of us delete the mails for keeping the mailbox minimum size as possible. Sometimes we may think about to recover the deleted mails. Besides that, the emails in the mailbox could also be removed automatically after a certain time period due to the emails retention policy configured by the email server administrator. Recovering the [...]

[ More ] February 14th, 2011 | Your thoughts are welcome | Posted in Softwares |

Open Source SSH Connection Manager

Since the time i started to work on Ubuntu ( feels good that i left windows) i was searching for an application which works likes ( at least in close proximity) Putty connection manager. After a lot of search i came across an application called Gnome Connection Manager. It is a tabbed ssh connection manager [...]

[ More ] February 9th, 2011 | 4 Comments | Posted in Softwares |

Boot an ISO from Hard disk using GRUB 2

I was googling on how to boot an ISO in hard disk/USB disk, so that I can avoid the hectic CD/DVD burning process to test my favorite GNU/Linux distribution, but sadly I couldn’t find any straight forward method  to achieve this. I am blessed to attend  ILUG-cochin (Indian Libre User Group) meeting on 4th Sunday [...]

[ More ] February 1st, 2011 | 5 Comments | Posted in Misc |

Mobile number portability and you

Our life is changing drastically. Technology made our lives even easier that it earlier was. From trunk calls to mobile number portability, India has traveled a long way. With the introduction of low cost mobile hand sets the communication revolution in India took a big leap. During the beginning of 21st century the major concept [...]

[ More ] January 20th, 2011 | Your thoughts are welcome | Posted in Mobile |

Buddypress – WordPress CMS as Social network

Buddypress is an open source plugin for wordpress. buddyperss can change wordpress as a social networking site. Anyone can create their own social networking sites in 10 minutes. It can be integrated with organizations intranet sites, institutes, small communities etc.  Application is working on PHP platform and MySql database. It support Gravatar as well as [...]

[ More ] January 20th, 2011 | Your thoughts are welcome | Posted in Misc |

Redhat linux hardening tips & bash script

From the time a servers goes to live environment its prone to too many attacks from the hands of crackers (hackers) also as a system administrator you need to secure your Linux server to protect and save your data, intellectual property, and time here server hardening comes into effect. Securing a server is much different [...]

[ More ] January 18th, 2011 | 2 Comments | Posted in Security, Servers |

PfSense advanced configuration with SquidGuard and Lightsquid

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 [...]

[ More ] December 21st, 2010 | 3 Comments | Posted in Servers |

Wikileaks Datacenter

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 [...]

[ More ] December 13th, 2010 | Your thoughts are welcome | Posted in Security, Servers |