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Configuring Egress (Outbound) Rules with iptables (ubuntu style)

Written by rzadjmool on
There is a lot of information on iptables (the Linux firewall) out there, but most of them focus on ingress rules. Unfortunately, in many cases, simply creating ingress rules are insufficient. On systems you really want to secure, you should also set up egress (outbound) rules to restrict outbound traffic. NOTE: The commands in this post assume a Debian-based distribution (e.g., Ubuntu server). The iptables commands should be the same across distributions, but check your own distro’s reference guide for how to save and load iptables as those steps vary. ALSO NOTE: Because of the column width in this blog, some of the rules ... Read Full Story

آخر خبر reactOS نظام تشغيل مجاني مبني علي نظام ويندوز !!!

Written by BAD3R on
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله اثناء الجولة اليومية المعتادة علي الانترنت وجدت مايلي >>> نظام تشغيل مجاني مبني علي نظام ويندوز !!!! -تفاصيل اكتر >>> اسم النظام : ReactOS النظام مبني علي : Windows xp/2003 ReactOS is a free and open-source operating system based on the Windows NT architecture design رخصة النظام : GNU GPL License حالة النظام : under development الموقع الرسمي : http://www.reactos.org/en/index.html -بعض الصور -معلومات اضافية : *النظام يدعم المعالجات التي يدعمها ويندوز اكس بي *النظام يدعم البرامج التي تعمل تحت بيئة ويندوز (ولكن هناك بعض المشاكل قد تصادفك فهو ما يزال تحت التطوير) *الملف المصدري للنظام متاح بموجب الرخصة الخاضع لها ... Read Full Story

Why Software Should Be Free - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)

Written by StuartinFiji on
The existence of software inevitably raises the question of how decisions about its use should be made. For example, suppose one individual who has a copy of a program meets another who would like a copy. It is possible for them to copy the program; who should decide whether this is done? The individuals involved? Or another party, called the “owner”? Software developers typically consider these questions on the assumption that the criterion for the answer is to maximize developers' profits. The political power of business has led to the government adoption of both this criterion and the answer proposed by the developers: that ... Read Full Story

WinTar

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WinTar Description The WinTar application was designed to be a simple and cute 32-bit Windows version tarball archiver. A powerful tool which allows you to create, manage and extract most popular Unix/Linux like tarball and windows format archive files. Functions WinTar can create and read several different archive formats, including most popular tar variants, several cpio formats,both BSD and GNU ar variants, ZIP,7Z and Windows CAB archive formats. It can also write shar archives and read ISO9660 CDROM images.For single compression files,WinTarsupports creating and extracting Gzip, BZip2,Unix compress (LZW), LZMA and Huffman coding algorithms. WinTar can read and extract GNU tar, ustar, pax interchange ... Read Full Story

Stephen Fry video birthday card to the Free Software Foundation’s GNU project

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Info Source: Boing Boing Steve sez, “GNU - a key part of the GNU/Linux operating systems that we love - is 25 years old today. Stephen Fry introduces GNU and wishes GNU a happy birthday. ” This is a great video — Fry is a nerd hero. Freedom Fry — “Happy birthday to GNU” ( Thanks, Steve ! ) Read Full Story
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GNU/Linux: Virtualbox for solving a common small business problem.
The ERACC Web Log: "We have all heard the GNU/Linux naysayers posit that, “No one will use Linux until (insert application name here) runs natively on Linux.” Other than the fact that this is almost pure hyperbole there is some kernel of truth there. This article demonstrates one solution."  
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Mandriva 2010.0 Released
The boys and girls in the Mandriva team have released Mandriva Linux 2010.0. This new Mandriva release obviously brings the latest and greatest from the open source and Linux communities, including the latest KDE and GNOME releases. Among other things, boot time has been a priority.  
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DOS to UNIX/Linux Translation
Tech Source From Bohol: "The following are some of the most commonly used MS-DOS commands and its equivalent in Linux. This cheat sheet is for those of you who have just switched from Windows to Linux and are just getting acquainted with the terminal."  
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