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Dynamic Memory Allocation in Unix Systems
It is not always possible, at compile time, to know how big to make all of our data structures. When we send an SQL query to the database, it may return twenty million rows, or it may return one. The mechanism by which we persuade the operating system to give us...
Nmap: How to Use it
Nmap stands for “Network Mapper”. It’s been seen in many films like the Matrix Reloaded, Bourne Ultimatum, Die Hard 4, etc. When Nmap was created, it could only be used on the Linux Platform but now it supports all the major OSes like Linux, UNIX, Windows, and Mac OS...
iXsystems Announces PC-BSD 10: Propelling the BSD Desktop Experience to New Heights
NOTE: This is historical content that may contain outdated information. Release Brings in Updated Open Source Desktops, Drivers, and Utilities iXsystems, Inc. is delighted to announce the release of PC-BSD 10: Joule Edition! This major new version of the PC-BSD...
FreeBSD Programming Primer – Part 11
In the penultimate part of our series on programming, we will look at using the Netbeans Integrated Development Environment to debug and edit our CMS. Unfortunately, the Internet gremlins have got me at the moment so this how-to is going to be very short. My local...
How Secure Can Secure Shell (SSH) be? (One Time Password aka OTP)
This article is the second part of the OpenSSH and demonstrates configurations as well as tricks that make using the protocol more secure. To begin, let’s concentrate on the One Time Password (OTP). We are going to achieve our already secure SSH in conjunction with...
MEGACORE: FreeBSD Foundation and iXsystems collaborate to further the cause of FreeBSD Development
NOTE: This is historical content that may contain outdated information. Never seen anything like this before? This is what one terabyte of RAM and 80 logical CPU cores looks like! For the curious, here are the specs of this monster: Quad Socket System with Dual 10GbE...
iXsystems Continues to Advance Open Source Storage with FreeNAS 9.2.0 Release
Latest update includes many user-requested features and improvements, as well as a REST API for remote administration of FreeNAS iXsystems is pleased to announce the release of FreeNAS 9.2.0. This update incorporates all the improvements made in FreeBSD 9.2, as well...
Supercomputing 13 Recap
This past November, Thomas Pham, David Valencia, John Hixson, and Jeremy Quinn made the trek to Denver, CO for Supercomputing 13. The unanimous consensus was that the event was a great success! The team came back excited and full of stories to share. The event saw the...
Maximising Website Runtime on Host Servers Running FreeBSD
We’ve all seen the damage caused by web traffic spikes. During this year’s Super Bowl, the websites of 13 companies that advertised during the match went down within five minutes of the advert airing. With advertising slots being sold for up to $5,840,000 (£3.6m,...
How Secure can Secure Shell (SSH) Be? (BASIC CONFIGURATION of OpenSSH)
Secure Shell is one of the protocols that IT specialists use to ensure a secure and reliable connection between remote computer systems. This short guide explains a few things to make your SSH connection more secure. For FreeBSD and OpenBSD, SSH starts automatically...
