Thursday, 11th March 2010.

Directing all VPN traffic through the OpenVPN concentrator

Posted on Sunday, 29th November 2009 by Balazs

Problem
It is necessary for some users to have all their traffic directed through the OpenVPN concentrator. The number one reason for such a configuration is to protect the HTTP traffic over unsecured WiFi (a.k.a. hotspots).
Solution
Add to the bottom of the connecting client’s configuration file (typically under /etc/openvpn/clients.d the following line:
push “redirect-gateway”

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Installing RHEL from an AIX NIM master

Posted on Friday, 6th November 2009 by Balazs

Summary
The AIX NIM server allows a very flexible automated installation process to deploy hundreds or AIX nodes as well as LPARs in a matter of hours. It is possible to achieve similar results using the RHEL kickstart system. This article is about a way of automating the RHEL 5 deployment directly from AIX [...]

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Docking a MacBook (Pro)

Posted on Sunday, 1st November 2009 by Balazs

Overview
Have you ever got tired of plugging in 5-8 cables each time you move your Mac from one desk to another? If you tried to buy a docking station from Apple, you noticed that they do not offer one. I found the following sites that have some solutions.
Docking station vendors for MacBook and [...]

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