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Journal Journal: Giving Apache Web Server A Different Name by changing Source

I am going to show you how to change Apache's source code before compiling and installing so that it always shows a different name while using the technique described here. I have used Apache version 2.0.59 for this tutorial. Assuming that you have already downloaded the source code and extracted all the files in httpd-2.0.59
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Journal Journal: How to find Web Server Information through Telnet using HTTP

Before you proceed, please note that this method may not work at all times because some websites hide their server information. Also, this method should be used to find out more about your site's security and should not be used for any other purposes. All the instructions below are tested on Ubuntu Linux Server but should work fine on other platforms running telnet.
Windows

Journal Journal: How to Define Static hostnames for IP Addresses in Windows


Problem: If you want to define a static fully qualified domain name (FQDN) on your windows XP/Server 2003 machine, so that your computer does not contact a DNS server to resolve a particular IP address then you can do so by using the instructions explained here.
Scenario:
This can be useful on a number of situations one such situation is as follows.
Let's say you have a web server hosting www.example.com and you want to add a new machine to this web address for load balancing purposes. Once you are done setting up the new machine you'll test it by using the direct IP address of that machine. You cannot access the new machine using www.example.com because every time you try that your computer will be forwarded to the old machine (whose IP address is stored in the DNS server). In this situation you can use the instructions below to give a static IP address (IP address of the new machine) to www.example.com, so that your computer connects with the new server (when you access it) using www.example.com.
Benefits and Drawbacks:
The lookups are really fast because they use a local file on your computer. You can use this technique to store IP addresses for the most visited domain names. But, I can see two problems with that solution (i) it is not scalable and (ii) the solution is not dynamic.
PHP

Journal Journal: Difference between '==' (equal) and '===' (identical) compa

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Two of the many comparison operators used by PHP are '==' (i.e. equal) and '===' (i.e. identical). The difference between the two is that '==' should be used to check if the values of the two operands are equal or not. On the other hand, '===' checks the values as well as the type of operands. I'll explain it more using some examples.

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Journal Journal: Installing neon on Ubuntu Linux

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This short tutorial shows you how to install neon on Ubuntu Linux Server. The process is very simple. For this tutorial, I'll be installing neon version 0.25.4. Linux kernel is 2.6.15-26-powerpc. I have used a Mac Mini (powerpc/ppc architecture). GCC version number is 4.0.3.

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Journal Journal: Installing Apache Portable Runtime Utility (apr-util) Librar

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This short tutorial shows you how to install Apache Portable Runtime Utility (apr-util) Library on Ubuntu Linux Server. The process is very simple. For this tutorial, I'll be installing apr-util version 0.9.13. Linux kernel is 2.6.15-26-powerpc. I have used a Mac Mini (powerpc/ppc architecture). GCC version number is 4.0.3.

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Journal Journal: Installing Apache Portable Runtime (apr) Library on Ubuntu L

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This short tutorial shows you how to install Apache Portable Runtime (apr) Library on Ubuntu Linux Server. The process is very simple. For this tutorial, I'll be installing apr version 0.9.14. Linux kernel is 2.6.15-26-powerpc. I have used a Mac Mini (powerpc/ppc architecture). GCC version number is 4.0.3.

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Journal Journal: Installing Libxslt on Ubuntu Linux

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This short tutorial shows you how to install libxslt on Ubuntu Linux Server. The process is very simple. For this tutorial, I'll be installing libxslt version 1.1.21. Linux kernel is 2.6.15-26-powerpc. I have used a Mac Mini (powerpc/ppc architecture). GCC version number is 4.0.3.

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Journal Journal: Installing Libxml2 on Ubuntu Linux

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This short tutorial shows you how to install libxml2 on Ubuntu Linux Server. The process is very simple. For this tutorial, I'll be installing libxml2 version 2.6.29. Note: Do not use versions older than 2.5.10. Linux kernel is 2.6.15-26-powerpc. I have used a Mac Mini (powerpc/ppc architecture). GCC version number is 4.0.3.

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Journal Journal: Installing Libmhash on Ubuntu Linux

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This short tutorial shows you how to install libmhash on Ubuntu Linux Server. The process is very simple. For this tutorial, I'll be installing libmhash version 0.9.9. Linux kernel is 2.6.15-26-powerpc. I have used a Mac Mini (powerpc/ppc architecture). GCC version number is 4.0.3.

Security

Journal Journal: Installing Libmcrypt on Ubuntu Linux

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This short tutorial shows you how to install libmcrypt on Ubuntu Linux Server. The process is very simple. For this tutorial, I'll be installing libmcrypt version 2.5.8. Linux kernel is 2.6.15-26-powerpc. I have used a Mac Mini (powerpc/ppc architecture). GCC version number is 4.0.3.

Debian

Journal Journal: Debian Installation and Hardening

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In this tutorial I'll tell you the very basic steps on how to install a Debian Linux Distribution on your computer. Although this tutorial should help majority of the users install Debian but my main focus will be on hardening the Debian installation after the installation process.

Utilities (Apple)

Journal Journal: Installing Atmail Webmail Client on Mac OS X

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Someitime back, my company decided to use a different webmail client with a better look and feel. I was assigned the job of searching for a good webmail client. I came up with some commercial ones and some free ones.

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