 October 2004 • Volume 13 • Number 10
Features
Windows Client Backups with rsync and OpenSSH • Geoff Breach
Breach shares a backup solution that uses rsync over an encrypted ssh connection to synchronize a subset of the files on the customer machine with a live copy on a FreeBSD server.
DNS Security Protocols II: DNSSEC • Kerry Thompson
In the September 2004 issue of Sys Admin, Thompson looked at securing dynamic updates and zone transfers with TSIG keys; in this article, Thompson will discuss DNSSEC protocol for securing the zone data itself.
Using PHP to Back Up MySQL • Russell J.T. Dyer
Dyer works through the development of three PHP scripts used for backing up MySQL.
Unix Monitoring Scripts • Damir Delija
Delija shares a few tips that can be helpful when developing monitoring scripts and provides three sample scripts.
Crontrolling Your Crontabs • Matthew Hoskins
Hoskins describes “crontrol”, a utility he developed to automate and simplify crontab job management across many systems.
tSmoke: Automating Availability Measures with Smokeping • Dan McGinn-Combs
tSmoke is a handy tool for using the data from Smokeping to get information about your network; it provides a snapshot of anything that’s down on the network and shows overall system availability.
Using IPFilter to Protect Your Datacenter • Mike Scott
Scott shows how to secure servers using the IPFilter facility within Solaris 10.
Adding Intelligence to a Linux Firewall — The Easy Way • Bill Stearns
Stearns describes some modules that make it easy to add functionality and flexibility to your firewall.
Columns
Trapping Special Characters in the Korn Shell • John Spurgeon and Ed Schaefer
Solaris 10 x86 on VMware • Peter Baer Galvin
Questions and Answers • Amy Rich
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