Mar

29

TTT Part 30 of n – SSHing More Securely

Filed Under System Administration, Security, Computers & Tech on March 29, 2015 | 7 Comments

This post is part 30 of 39 in the series Taming the Terminal

In the previous instalment we saw how we can use SSH to execute a single command on a remote computer, or, to get a command shell on a remote computer. We also saw how SSH uses host keys to protect us from man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks.

In this instalment we’re going to look at how we can improve both SSH security and convenience with SSH keys.

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Mar

24

Introducing backup.pl – A Simple Perl Backup Script

Filed Under Computers & Tech, System Administration, My Projects on March 24, 2015 | Leave a Comment

I spent of a bit of time tweaking my server backup script this week, and figured there was no reason not to share it with others. This is not the be-all-and-end-all of backup scripts, or the most flexible backup script in the world, it does what I need from a backup script, and nothing more or less! It might meet your needs, or, more likely, it might make a useful starting point for a script that meets your exact needs.

You’ll find the code and the documentation over on my GitHub account.

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