VirtualBox 2.1

Although I have been a huge fan of VMWare Server I’m not apposed to alternatives. I’ve tried VirtualBox in the past with very little luck due to the Host Networking issues. However, it appears in the latest 2.1 version they have greatly improved on the...

Ubuntu Startup Services

I have a server that sits at a desk all by itself, not running anything terribly important, and frequently I found myself needing to have a workstation there. Since Ubuntu Server doesn’t come with a GUI I went ahead and installed it via… apt-get install...

PKCS12 to PEM

The Zerina (OpenVPN) addon for IPCop is an excellent VPN addon.  One thing it does for simplicity is the keys are compiled into a pkcs12 (*.P12) file, which contains the Certificate Authority, the Certificate, and the Key for authentication.  Which is great if you are...

PHP Redirect

I constantly find myself needing to redirect people from some of the smaller systems that I have running Apache. The service is really there for some technical purpose but I don’t want people stumbling upon it. index.php: