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Vincent Danen

About Vincent Danen

Contributor to TechRepublic.

Vincent Danen works on the Red Hat Security Response Team and lives in Canada. He has been writing about and developing on Linux for over 10 years.

Vincent Danen

Vincent Danen
Vincent Danen works on the Red Hat Security Response Team and lives in Canada. He has been writing about and developing on Linux for over 10 years.
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    Remotely monitor servers with the Nagios check_by_ssh plugin

    January 15, 2009 12:00am PST

    If you are using Nagios to monitor remote servers, you have more than one method to execute checks, including the use of the check_by_ssh plugin. Vincent Danen tells you how to set up this plugin...

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    Learning more about Nagios for server monitoring

    January 13, 2009 6:49am PST

    If you use Nagios for server monitoring, you know it's a very powerful tool, but the learning curve can be steep for newcomers. Vincent Danen reviews a resource for Nagios beginners -- or for...

    3 Latest comment by pgit

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    Firewall MySQL with GreenSQL

    January 5, 2009 10:43am PST

    GreenSQL is a "firewall" for MySQL databases that could help protect your database from SQL injection vulnerabilities. Vincent Danen introduces this application and tells you how to install it.

    10 Latest comment by WebDevBB

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    Firewall MySQL with GreenSQL

    January 5, 2009 12:00am PST

    Vincent Danen introduces one solution to secure against SQL injection vulnerabilities. GreenSQL is a "firewall" for MySQL databases that intercepts SQL commands being sent to MySQL, checks them,...

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    Save time managing multiple systems with Parallel SSH

    December 22, 2008 6:00am PST

    For a user caring for multiple systems, OpenSSH is extremely useful, but being able to execute OpenSSH commands in parallel is even more so. Vincent Danen introduces Parallel SSH, or pssh, which...

    11 Latest comment by ericyasha@...

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    Save time managing multiple systems with Parallel SSH

    December 19, 2008 12:00am PST

    For a user caring for multiple systems, OpenSSH is extremely useful, but being able to execute OpenSSH commands in parallel is even more so. Vincent Danen introduces Parallel SSH, or pssh, which...

    Provided by: Vincent Danen

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    Monitor your server with Monitorix

    December 15, 2008 6:00am PST

    While it's important to get a remote view of your servers with tools like Nagios, it's not always easy to get a full "local" view of things like CPU load and network service demand. Vincent Danen...

    12 Latest comment by pgit

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    Monitor your server with Monitorix

    December 11, 2008 12:00am PST

    While it's important to get a remote view of your servers with tools like Nagios, it's not always easy to get a full "local" view of things like CPU load and network service demand. Vincent Danen...

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    Using pam_mount to automount filesystems at login

    December 9, 2008 6:40am PST

    Vincent Danen introduces the automounter, pam_mount, which can take a password entered at login and use it to mount an encrypted filesystem. It can also mount non-encrypted filesystems. This...

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    Using pam_mount to automount filesystems at login

    December 9, 2008 12:00am PST

    Vincent Danen introduces the automounter, pam_mount, which can take a password entered at login and use it to mount an encrypted filesystem. It can also mount non-encrypted filesystems. This...

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    Is the new Komodo 5 toolset worth the upgrade?

    December 1, 2008 7:00am PST

    Vincent Danen reviews the new Komodo 5.0 toolset for developers. Do new features and enhanced performance make it worth the upgrade?

    3 Latest comment by vdanen

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    What's new in OpenOffice.org 3.0

    November 24, 2008 11:01am PST

    On October 13 of this year, OpenOffice.org 3.0 was released. This highly anticipated release provides a number of enhancements. Vincent Danen shares some of the best new features.

    28 Latest comment by NickNielsen

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    Use Dovecot for POP3/IMAP services

    November 18, 2008 6:30am PST

    Traditionally, if you wanted to set up POP3 or IMAP services on your Linux system, you would use Courier-IMAP, uw-imap, or cyrus-imapd. Vincent Danen introduces a lesser-known, but increasingly...

    6 Latest comment by Photogenic Memory

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    Use Dovecot for POP3 / IMAP services

    November 18, 2008 12:00am PST

    Traditionally, if you wanted to set up POP3 or IMAP services on your Linux system, you would use Courier-IMAP, uw-imap, or cyrus-imapd. Vincent Danen introduces a lesser-known but increasingly...

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    Tips and tricks for working on the command line

    November 11, 2008 6:35am PST

    Vincent Danen believes in the power of the command line as being faster and more powerful than a GUI, once you get the hang of it. Here are some of his favorite tips and shortcuts for working from...

    22 Latest comment by FatNGristle

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    Tips and tricks for working on the command line in Linux

    November 7, 2008 12:00am PST

    Vincent Danen believes in the power of the command line as being faster and more powerful than a GUI, once you get the hang of it. Here are some of his favorite tips and shortcuts for working from...

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    Using dnsmasq for DNS and DHCP services

    November 4, 2008 6:00am PST

    Vincent Danen introduces an open source solution called dnsmasq, which provides both DNS forwarding and DHCP services for a small network or home office.

    6 Latest comment by The-Jetman

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    Using dnsmasq for DNS and DHCP services

    November 3, 2008 12:00am PST

    Vincent Danen introduces an open source solution called dnsmasq, which provides both DNS forwarding and DHCP services for a small network or home office.

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    Use DropBox to seamlessly sync files

    October 28, 2008 6:00am PDT

    Vincent Danen introduces open source DropBox, a file synchronization service that works for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows clients. DropBox can be used to share documents, configuration files,...

    9 Latest comment by bblackmoor@...

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    Use DropBox to seamlessly sync files

    October 27, 2008 12:00am PDT

    Vincent Danen introduces open source DropBox, a file synchronization service that works for Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows clients. DropBox can be used to share documents, configuration files,...

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