Squid is the most popular high end web proxy used by both by small or big organizations and ISPs around the world. It improves web browsing performance and conserves bandwidth. It also has a very rich Access Control Lists (ACLs) to handle filtration.

This is the 1st series of articles highlighting the usage of MRTG for server and network monitoring. The final goal or mission of these series of articles is to provide users professional examples of monitoring their servers and network devices using MRTG

This article represents the general aspect of the internet services provided in Nepal and in other 3rd world countries. The Internet is making the world smaller, that’s the latest buzz we hear everyday. But does it make any difference to the 3rd world?

In this article, we look into the topic of managing our users on our local Linux/Unix box. As we know it, Linux/Unix is a multiuser environment, therefore, one of the main tasks of a system administrator is to create user accounts and remove accounts.

To be a good in system administration, we have to understand the basics of files, processes and permissions of our Linux/Unix hosts. In this article, we explore files, processes, permissions, the SUPERUSER “root” account, SUDO to keep crackers out.

The internet is the biggest network in the world consisting of billions of computers, servers, workstations, routers, switches, mobile devices, etc, connected to each other in one way or another. 1 question certainly arises, which is, how do we keep track

This How-To guides you through the steps to install and configure the most popular and powerful Apache-2.2.x web server with PHP-5.2.x and Mysql-5.0.x. This How-To can be used either on Linux with Kernel version 2.4 and higher or on FreeBSD-6.x systems

This tutorial guides you through the process to setup MRTG and Net-Snmp which will be used to generate graphs for your Linux/Unix servers. Monitoring your servers and network devices such as routers and switches with MRTG graphs is far more practical.

This article attempts to introduce Solaris 10 covering the basic installation process and configuring it to connect to your network and the internet. The 3 most powerful features of Solaris 10 which are ZFS, DTrace and Containers are also highlighted.