Help with Linux and Open Source Software

Bulk Converting M4B files to MP3 with Chapters

Playing an audiobook in your car can be painful if it's all one file. Here's a way to split those files into multiple chapters and convert to MP3 in the process.

Posted by Tony on Mar 28, 2016 | Desktop Linux, Linux Tricks

Application Whitelisting for Windows

How are you going to protect your network from unknown threats? Application whitelisting is a good start.

Posted by Tony on Mar 21, 2016 | Network Security, Windows

Detecting And Stopping Cryptolocker Type Viruses

Cryptolocker type viruses can encrypt everything on your network shares. Here's how to detect a zero-day infection that gets past your antivirus and onto your Samba shares.

Posted by Tony on Mar 14, 2016 | Linux Tricks, Servers, Virus, Network Security

Installing the Latest Java 8 In Ubuntu

It's important to make sure you always have the latest Java installed. Most of the time the PPA installer just doesn't work anymore. Here's how to do it manually.

Posted by Tony on Mar 07, 2016 | Java, Desktop Linux, Linux Tricks

Controlling Multiple Linux Servers Simultaneously

ClusterSSH let's you do some amazing things as an administrator. If you have more than two or three Linux machines to manage, you should give it a try.

Posted by Tony on Feb 29, 2016 | Linux Tricks

Whitelisting IP Address Ranges with iptables and ipset

If you run a firewall you know how important it is to block out the bad guys. Here's how to only allow parts of the world to even talk to you.

Posted by Tony on Feb 25, 2016 | Servers, Network Security, networking

Configuring OpenLDAP replication with OLCSyncrepl

Having just one OpenLDAP server is asking for trouble. Running more than one with replication will save you hours of trouble if one of the servers dies for any reason.

Posted by Tony on Feb 22, 2016 | Servers, OpenLDAP, linux

Using a RADIUS 3.X Server on Ubuntu 14.04 for WIFI Authentication

WPA2 Enterprise is the much more secure wifi authentication method. There's no hackers cracking login passwords if you do this, but there are a few downsides. Here's how to implement it for a small environment using FreeRadius 3.x

Posted by Tony on Feb 16, 2016 | Servers, Network Security, Freeradius

Saving Power on Your Custom Home NAS

Spin down those hard drives! Here's a simple way to configure that on your home custom Linux NAS server.

Posted by Tony on Feb 15, 2016 | Linux Tricks, Servers

Monitoring a Galera Cluster WSREP Status

Nagios can easily monitor your Galera cluster status with a simple nrpe configuration.

Posted by Tony on Feb 08, 2016 | Servers, Linux Tricks