Tag Archives: ssh

2009 Top 10 Software Cooperative News

Amazon Kindle Un-selling Books was the most-viewed news item on my blog this year. Once again, a lock-out/bad-business story takes the top spot. I don’t think that one got as much coverage in the mainstream media as they usually do, … Continue reading

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ssh with unstable and mobile clients

Revisiting two old ssh points:- Smart Tricks with ssh mentioned ServerAliveInterval 3600 and the page I referenced for it mentions ClientAliveInterval on the server-side. Is there any reason not to use that? ssh security mentioned sslh to put ssh on … Continue reading

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ssh security

A periodic security review at our co-op suggested switching PasswordAuthentication no on even more hosts. One of those caused a bit of a heated discussion about the benefits of increased security and the drawbacks of making emergency access harder, reminding … Continue reading

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Everyone and his dog has their multihost ssh so why not me?

I call this sshtomany: #!/bin/bash cmd=”$*” cmd=”${cmd/#* . /}” [ “$cmd” = “$*” ] && echo “Usage: $0 [HOSTS] . [COMMAND]” && exit 127 while [ “$1” != . ] && ssh $1 -vt $cmd ; do echo Success at … Continue reading

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Top 8 J2ME MIDP Applications

Well, in line with the Do Not Drive from the local police (and one from Gloucestershire), I’ll be phoning in to ThePhoneCoop AGM today and doing a bit of work from home. While preparing for the journey that never was, … Continue reading

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Looking Back: 2008 Part 3

This is the final part of my review of popular articles on my news websites during 2008. It follows part 1 and part 2, but it can be enjoyed on its own, like an nice ripe cheese. Unlike one friend, … Continue reading

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Smart Tricks with ssh

Host * ControlPath ~/.ssh/sock/%r@%h:%p ControlMaster auto from Nijel’s weblog: Speed up SSH logins – is there any disadvantage to this? Also, “completition” is a great typo along the lines of my frequent “abou tit” one. ServerAliveInterval 3600 for reasons explained … Continue reading

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Connecting from the k608i with SSL

The mobile phone I travel with is pretty good and I use JabberMixClient to instant message from it. Version 2.1 finally got rid of the avatar-replacement bug, so I only wanted to solve my inability to make an SSL connection … Continue reading

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System Problems Come In Threes Too

There’s an old saying that bad luck comes in threes. Today, I am doing unexpected work because:- one webserver was reinstalled instead of the upgrade I was expecting, another webserver was cracked and defaced (combination of two known security problems … Continue reading

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