pfSense install on Ubuntu

April 29, 2020 scaine 0

I’m looking forward to installing pfSense on my soon-to-arrive pico PC device, a little fanless unit with four gigabit interfaces. It’s been a long time since I had a proper stateless firewall to administer, and I’m hoping that the performance of this miniature monster will […]

Replicating Computrace Using Reverse SSH Tunnels

August 13, 2014 scaine 0

Background At my work I was recently asked to investigate whether Computrace was available for Linux, specifically Ubuntu, and if so, install it. Having a remote wipe mechanism available is part of our Security Policy. For those of you reading this that haven’t heard of […]

More Stallman

May 19, 2013 scaine 0

From Wikipedia : Spyware is a software that aids in gathering information about a person or organization without their knowledge and that may send such information to another entity without the consumer’s consent, or that asserts control over a computer without the consumer’s knowledge. “Spyware” […]

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Hacked

March 27, 2012 scaine 0

Well that was depressing. I checked my website for the first time today for a while and discovered that I’d been hacked. A now defaced Scaine.net was now displaying the picture of a popular horror icon and not a lot else. Judging from the Live […]

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Ubuntu in the Corporate

January 10, 2012 scaine 28

I’ve been using Ubuntu 11.04 in the corporate environment for over a year now and this post will attempt to summarise the frankly disappointing state of affairs that is “linux in the corporate environment”. Thumnbnails Such a little thing – getting a thumbnail for your […]