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Upgrading to Squid 3.3 on Debian 6 (Squeeze)

The current Debian package for squid is on the 3.1.x branch and hasn’t upgraded to 3.3 yet which offers full HTTP/1.1 support. I already had a working squid on the Debian package and decided to just upgrade the running install. Below are the steps that led to a successful upgrade (backup your configuration before attempting).

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By Samer Albahra, 12 yearsApril 28, 2013 ago
Technology

Crash Course: Cisco ASA 5505 Setup with QoS

I embarked on securing my home network while providing reliable VPN access. I had limited experience with Cisco’s IOS in the past so I was willing to make an attempt at taming an ASA (Adaptive Security Appliance) 5505. Of course my budget was limited so I opted for the base Read more…

By Samer Albahra, 12 yearsApril 25, 2013 ago
Technology

Resizing a VMDK on ESXi 5.1 with GParted

When I first migrated from physical to virtual I didn’t put any research into my VM allocated HD space, after all it’s thin! Well, that was a giant mistake. I mistakenly filled my allocated space essentially converting a thin image to a thick image. To make matters worse I over-allocated Read more…

By Samer Albahra, 12 yearsApril 16, 2013 ago
Technology

Persistant VPN in Debian (Squeeze) using only SSH

I had a very difficult time creating and maintaining a tunnel between two computers over the Internet. The reason I wanted this tunnel was to safely encrypt data between the two without having to configure security into every service. Most site-to-site VPN tunnels are built using dedicated hardware such as Read more…

By Samer Albahra, 12 yearsApril 15, 2013 ago
Technology

Searching the Exported Data from Facebook

A while back I posted my script for exporting Facebook group information and importing it into MySQL using a PHP script. Recently, I received a request to release the search portion of my code. Instead I decided to release the entire project. I just posted the code over at Github. Read more…

By Samer Albahra, 12 yearsApril 15, 2013 ago
Technology

Security Camera Viewer

For the last few weeks I have been working on a replacement application to the one provided by Logitech with their Alert security cameras. The reason being speed and features. I previously touched on the shortcomings of the Logitech software however to reiterate the bulk of it lies in a Read more…

By Samer Albahra, 12 yearsMarch 6, 2013 ago

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