Category: Tech Stuff

When I’m developing websites, I usually run a test website in  a user directory on one of my web servers instead of setting up a new virtual host under the main web server. There are a couple of reasons for this, the main one is I don’t have to change anything in my httpd.conf. The…

If you’ve ever used an iPad or iPhone to connect up to an ipsec vpn endpoint, you’ll be familiar with this screen. I’ve been using these connections for a while now, mainly connecting to Cisco ASA firewalls. I use these VPN tunnels for both personal and business requirements. In the past I haven’t been able…

If you’ve ever configured a VPN on a Cisco PIX or ASA and used pre shared keys or PSKs, you’ll know that once they’ve been entered in the the configuration they simple appear as ‘*****’. If you ever need to make changes or duplicate the VPN configuration on another firewall, it can be a real…

As I’ve already stated in previous posts, I’m a bit of a paranoid server operator. I’m responsible for several servers that are sat out there on the big bad internet of things and I like to know what’s happening with them. One of the biggest areas of concern is SSH access. Most people don’t bother…

I’ve been using the BackWPup plugin to back up my wordpress sites after a recent mishap. It seem to be one of the best free plugins that will take a full backup of a wordpress site. It not only backs up the backend database but also the entire file system. One of the best things…

As part of moving this website to a new server in order to try and speed things up a tad, I had to change some DNS records on several of the domains I own. I’ve mostly been using the free control panel provided by my domain registrar to mange the basic DNS records associated with…