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Setting up an https server in Apache is easy. This tutorial covers how to create and sign your ssl certificate as well as how to configure the web server.
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January 2009, #177
It's a battle as old as time: good vs. evil. Fortunately, Linux and FOSS are on our side as we wage the battle against those who try to steal our secrets and invade our systems.
Checking your system's security is best done sooner rather than later. Test the locks with our article on security verification; find out how to use PAM to help secure your systems; use MinorFS and AppArmor to implement discretionary access control; learn more about Samba security in part III of our series; use Darknet to help detect bots and secure your systems; use the Yubikey to increase your site's security; and don't forget to lock the doors, because a cold boot attack could render your security useless if somebody has physical access to your computer.
But, we're not just about sowing the seeds of fear. We also show you how to use memcached in Rails, how to manage multiple servers efficiently, how to deploy applications easily with Capistrano, how to manage your videos with MythVideo, how to mix it up a bit (your audio that is), and even play a few games.
Recover deleted files for free
On May 4th, 2008 Tuxly_Tuxford_McTuxtington says:
I was called in a panic by somebody with a Mac (operating system doesn't matter, this will work for any of them), saying that they had somehow deleted all of their photos.
I downloaded a linux distro called INSERT Rescue Security Toolkit (you can find it here: http://www.inside-security.de/insert_en.html).
You could probably do this with any linux distro, but this disc comes with all of the recovery tools that I needed (all arranged in a simple menu, under Openbox, I believe). One of the tools allowed me to search the hard drive for anything with the .jpg extension.
It was unbelievable (and scary!) how many old, deleted photos this utility brought back. The program can be used to find all sorts of extensions, I was just interested in .jpg.
I don't know if the program advertised (spam?) above is any good, but you can definitely recover a lot of files for free with recovery distros like INSERT.