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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Linux

posted on March 16, 2007 in Linux with 2 Comments

redhat unveiled their latest product, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. 2 years in development and loads of new features makes this the Linux distribution to watch for. With server virtualization being the current market trend with companies focusing on lowering IT cost and space requirements, the built in support for virtualization would certainly be a advantage point for redhat. Read more about RHEL5 virtualization.

Other key enhancements added cover the kernel, security, packaging, network, desktop, storage and better system management.Read more about RHEL5 features.

RHEL5 comes in 2 major releases, server and desktop. The server range is made up of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Platform. Compare the server versions.
Desktop version is made up of Desktop, Desktop with workstation support and Desktop with multi OS support. Compare the desktop versions.

Starbucks Coffee Break March 15 2007

posted on March 14, 2007 in Cool Stuff with 1 Comment

If you are anything like me then I bet you will be down at the nearest Starbucks on the 15th of March 2007.

Starbucks will be holding a Coffee Break between 10am and 12pm the that day. Make sure you get there on time to enjoy your cup of coffee.

The Starbucks CoffeeBreak

I drink on average 5-8 cups of plain black coffee a day. I love the taste and the effect it has on me.
Well, when you only sleep a few hours a day then you will need all the coffee you can find.

SSH Tunneling with Putty | Linux

posted on March 13, 2007 in Linux with 2 Comments

SSH tunneling or also known as port forwarding is a way of forwarding normally insecure TCP traffic through SSH. Common ports for example POP3,SMTP,HTTP and FTP can be easily tunneled using SSH.

SSH tunneling is also sometimes used to bypass firewalls where certain ports are blocked.

The figure below represents the network setup at my workplace where the only port available to use is SSH port 22. By implementing portwarding over ssh I am able to port forward Oracle traffic over port 22 to my Oracle DB database running on my private VM with host only networking enabled.

In this post I will show you how to apply SSH tunneling using the windows SSH client Putty. I’ll cover the Linux implementation in my future post.

WordPress 2.1.2 released. Urgent update!! | WordPress

posted on March 5, 2007 in WordPress with 0 Comments

WordPress 2.1.2 has been released.

There was a security breach on the download servers at wordpress.org and some files were compromised. If you upgraded to version 2.1.1 in the recent days then the patch is a must for you.

I had my WordPress upgraded about 2 weeks which put me in the safe zone but I upgraded anyway as there were a few additional fixes included with the latest release.

Get the latest version at: WordPress.org

Source: WordPress.org