Blog entries tagged linux

RefTagger and Joomla

Joel Larkin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100

I recently came across and excellent application for Christian websites called RefTagger. This application finds bible verses and links them automatically to the translation of your choice providing a quick reference capability without manually building the links.

Unfortunately this application did not have an easy integration with Joomla, it required manually modifying the template and inserting the appropriate code (which can be a drag if you want to make changes). IRead More...

Annoying SSH Connection Attempts

Joel Larkin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:00:00 +0100

I've had various servers over the years running SSH but recently I've seen more and more brute force attacks from various locations around the world. I've recently been looking at modifying the hosts.deny file for the IP addresses that attempt more than 1,000 invalid connections per day however this shouldn't be a manual process in this day and age so I turned to the internet for an answer.

I came across this utility: DenyHosts (http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net/). ItRead More...

Testing a mail server using TLS

Joel Larkin — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 05:00:00 +0100

This is a two part process. First check to see if the server supports TLS by doing the following:

telnet mail.server.com 25
220 mail.server.com ESMTP PostFixehlo testing
250 mail.server.com
250-PIPELINING
250-SIZE 10240000
250-VRFY
250-ETRN
250-STARTTLSquit

Once you have determined that starttls is a supported command do this:

openssl s_client -starttls smtp -crlf -connect mail.server.com:25

This assumes you have OpenSSL installed (I uRead More...

Emulate a JetDirect with Linux

Joel Larkin — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 05:00:00 +0100

I am currently working at a large retailer charged with creating a test process for all print drivers that will be used in there print environment. Rather than reinvent the wheel I checked out some great articles Microsoft had using AppVerifier. After setting up AppVerifier your expected to run tests, aka create your print queues, print content, and check out what happens. Unfort I didn't want to produce reams of content if I could aviod it.

The iRead More...