#guides

Citadel Email Server

2016-12-18 00:00:00 -0700

Recently, I needed to redo my email server. The mail reasons for this were that I was finding it hard to control spam, and I could not send email. As I was looking around for a guide, or for examples I found the Citadel software. Citadel is a one stop solution, so rather than installing multiple pieces of software for different aspects of a mail server I install, and secure one. Citadel has a long heritage coming out of the BBs scene of the 1980s and 1990s.

SSH Banners and MOTDs

2016-10-30 00:00:00 -0600

A while ago, I wrote about some fun things to do to help secure your servers. Among the things I included was information about SSH banners, and Message of the Day files. At the time, I was not able to generate dynamic content for the Message of the day. Recently, I learned how to accomplish dynamic content on CentOS/Redhat based Linux systems. My goals for this project was to show the following:

Creating Two Networks Which Share an Internet Connection

2016-09-11 00:00:00 -0600

Recently, I decided to create a second network in my home for testing computer systems. I wanted to keep these systems from being able to access my main network. After doing some research I decided to make use of another router, and a different subnet mask to accomplish this. My previous setup already has a second router plugged into our Google Fiber box. Many people find the Fiber box to be extremely limiting, and our Fiber box also has a wifi radio, which does not quite reach to the back of our apartment. I added a Linksys 1200AC router to help overcome this. Off of this router I have been running a network on the 10.18.57 with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0. I have its DNS servers pointed to the OpenDNS server IPs.

Customizing my Webserver, and Internet Connections

2016-04-25 00:00:00 -0600

I have gone into detail regarding configuring my server already. I have written my SSL with Let’s Encrypt guide. I also wrote my Rsync with SSH guide. This article is about how I finished the steps of securing and customizing my server This article is about how I finished the steps of securing and customizing my server.

Rsync Over SSH without a Password

2016-04-23 00:00:00 -0600

I looked over my website creation process, and decided that I needed to find a quicker, more secure way to move my website from my local computer to my webserver.

SSL with Let's Encrypt and Webmin

2016-04-18 00:00:00 -0600

[SSL](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security) allows two computers to communicate securely. Secure communication can be used with web traffic, email traffic, and FTP Traffic. I am going to speak about setting up SSL with web traffic, and email traffic in mind, because for secure file transfer I prefer to use SFTP, which provides its own secure connection. read more

Setting Up a BBS

2015-12-31 00:00:00 -0700

I recently took the time to do a project, which I have wanted to do since I was a child, in the 1980s and 1990s. I have setup a Bulletin Board System, or BBS for short. I have the BBS software setup, but at this point its not finished, I am still working on it.

Migrating a Wordpress Blog to Jekyll

2015-11-07 00:00:00 -0700

About six months ago, I learned about the Jekyll Static Site Generator. I have wanted to speed up my blogs for some time, and I thought a static site mamay be the way to accomplish that.

Installing Arch Linux

2015-01-01 00:00:00 -0700

Recently, I began an exercise to learn how Linux works better. At the advice of my friends I took over one of my spare computers, and installed Arch Linux. My goal in installing Arch was to learn more about Linux.

Making Art With Text - ASCII and ANSI Art

2014-04-21 00:00:00 -0600

Many people who have used Bulletin Board Systems, have seen ANSI, ASCII, and RIP Art.

HTML Sitemaps and 404 Error Pages

2013-09-06 00:00:00 -0600

Recently I read a couple of articles about HTML Sitemaps. The first one on HTML Sitemaps the second one on Custom 404 Error Pages, and the last was about an effective Archive page.

Wordpress Security and Information

2013-01-23 00:00:00 -0700

In my job doing technical support for web hosting I have assisted many people in getting their WordPress websites going. There tend to be people with two sets of issues that call.

The Optimization of Wordpress on Shared Hosting!

2012-09-15 00:00:00 -0600

I have read about optimizing WordPress to make www.excalibursheath.com load faster.

Migrating a Site from Wordpress to Drupal

2012-07-15 00:00:00 -0600

To migrate a site from WordPress to Drupal is a fairly straight forward process.

Wordpress Migration

2012-07-08 00:00:00 -0600

Every so often you need to move a WordPress site to another server, or folder. All it takes is a few steps: