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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 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 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 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 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 Read more…

By Samer Albahra, 12 yearsMarch 6, 2013 ago

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