Installing PHP 5.2.x on CentOS
At the time of writing, PHP 5.1.6 is the “current” version shipped with CentOS 5.4. While I’m sure there is valid (?) reason for CentOS still distributing 5.1, many web...
VMware ESXi – Fatal out of memory reading…
During a recent VMware ESXi 4.0 deployment I experienced an error while installing: “VMware fatal out of memory reading” This occurred around ~4 minutes into the installation process whilst image.tgz...
VMware ESXi – Enable SSH
SSH access is not enabled, by default, in VMwae ESXi 4. To enable SSH: Go to the ESXi console and press alt+F1, note: you will need to do this on...
Snort Active Alering for Untangle 7.x
Snort Active Alerting allows email alerts to be sent to a pre-defined address in the event that Snort identifies and/or blocks a attack. This is useful in order to identify...
Block Skype with Snort
Snort is an open source network intrusion prevention and detection system (IDS/IPS) developed by Sourcefire. Combining the benefits of signature, protocol and anomaly-based inspection, Snort is the most widely deployed...