Useful Documents

This is where I put stuff that is useful and it isn't scripts and it's not a talk I've done.

Linux Bridging Firewall

How I built my bridging firewall in Linux to solve my ADSL connection and protection problems.

IPv6 Programmers Guide

This document is a real rough draft at the moment. It might be useful, but it probably won't be for you at the moment. However you're welcome to see the work in progress and make comments.

Linux Distributions - Security through Unity?

A little document about why I think a broad distribution like Debian is good for security. Needs more work but comments are welcome.

Filtering Base64 spams

How I filter out base64 encoded spam using postfi and PCRE. There is also a handy conversion tool that creates the regular expressions for you.

DLink DSL-300 ADSL Modem SNMP

The DLink DSL-300 ADSL modem has SNMP, this is how to get the good information out of it.

Using AMANDA for backups

No, I'm not talking about using some cute redhead to burn everything to a CD (though its a nice idea) but using the Advanced Maryland Automatic Network Disk Archiver and how to configure the thing, 100% Wiki free!

Printing using LPRng and Foomatic

A document about how I got printing working using Foomatic PPD filters and LPRng.

Creating an APT Archive

If you create your own Debian packages and want to store them in a way that apt can get them then you need to create your own archive. This will tell you how to do it.

LaTeX to HTML Converters

A list of converters you can use to translate LaTeX source documents into HTML documents to put on a website.

Linux Load Numbers

How Linux displays load and other cpu-related things.

Debian GNU/Linux on Compaq nx6320

I installed a small copy of Debian Etch on a Compaq nx6320 to see how well it would go, this is my results.