Apache Modules

I seem to always forget this command when I need it every 6-9 months, so here it is for my easy access: List all the loaded modules in apache (both DSO and Static) apachectl -t -D DUMP_MODULES

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screen your work…

The Linux screen command is a very useful tool for many reasons. For one you don’t need to worry about losing your session.  Sometimes long running jobs with little or no output can lead to your remote session terminating, not usually a helpful thing.  Other benefits of the screen command are session logging (thing documentation) […]

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Pain often equals Progress

It has been one of those weeks.  Not fun, to many hours worked, personal events missed, you know the kind of week I am talking about.  If not…what do you do for a living?! Despite all the pain and stress this week has resulted in Progress, an increased understanding of certain products and new ways […]

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SSH – weak ciphers and mac algorithms

A security scan turned up two SSH vulnerabilities: SSH Server CBC Mode Ciphers Enabled SSH Weak MAC Algorithms Enabled To correct this problem I changed the /etc/sshd_config file to: # default is aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,arcfour256,arcfour128, # aes128-cbc,3des-cbc,blowfish-cbc,cast128-cbc,aes192-cbc, # aes256-cbc,arcfour # you can removed the cbc ciphers by adding the line Ciphers aes128-ctr,aes192-ctr,aes256-ctr,arcfour256,arcfour128,arcfour # default is hmac-md5,hmac-sha1,hmac-ripemd160,hmac-sha1-96,hmac-md5-96 # […]

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Running the Citrix Reciever on Linux

Setting up a new linux workstation and after installing the Citrix Receiver and attempting to start a module (Outlook) I got the dread SSL error: Having run into this every 6 months or so I decided it was time to … Continue reading

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