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Jul/11

Synergy (Project) Windows To Windows

Overview It’s been a while since I have used a “stable” software which almost made me tear my hair out! As good as the concept of Synergy is the execution could have been better. All credit to the software and … Continue reading

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Jul/11

FreePBX Symlink From Modules Failed

Overview I recently upgraded FreePBX from 2.7.1 to 2.8 and from 2.8 to 2.9 the upgrade went OK except for a minor problem where the symbolic link is broken. Whilst this did not cause any problems in terms of the … Continue reading

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Jun/11

Apache 2 Hardening Tips

Below are some of the tricks I use or found useful to try to mitigate unwanted attention. Whilst this is not a definitive guide these are simple quick things that can be done. This was written for Ubuntu but it … Continue reading

21

Jun/11

Invalid Command ‘Header’

Another error and same problem as last time: the module was not loaded! Invalid command ‘Header’, perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration $sudo a2enmod headers to enable the headers module $sudo service apache2 … Continue reading

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Jun/11

Invalid Command ‘ExpiresActive’

I recently got the error message below when I was trying to reload Apache: Invalid command ‘ExpiresActive’, perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration …fail! To fix it ensure the “expires” module is loaded: … Continue reading

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Jun/11

Check For Rootkits In Ubuntu

There’s a nice pre-made script which checks your Ubuntu system for Rootkits. Whilst it’s by no means exhaust way of finding out if your system is infected it makes it real simply and easy to do. First thing to do … Continue reading

15

Jun/11

FreePBX Blank Voicemail Login Page

After upgrading from 2.8.x to 2.9 was less straight forward than a minor upgrade but still easier to do compared to a fresh install. A problem I had encountered was navigating to the voicemail login page was blank. The page … Continue reading

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May/11

Web Server Basic Authentication = Weak

I’d like to point out that I knew Basic Authentication in web servers were not bullet proof but in fact the total opposite (pointed out in the energy@home documents). This was hammered home when I was inspired to do some … Continue reading