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Entries Tagged ‘debian’

The Zen of Taco Bell Programming – Using Unix Tools to Prevent Reinventing the Wheel

Saw this great article by Ted Dziuba that parallels my programming philosophy.
( In case you’re interested, here’s a reddit thread on the article. )
In short, the article states that much of what you want to accomplish with any project is possible with the standard, tried-and-true Unix tools. When you shun these tools in favor [...]

How To Keep An SSH Connection Alive in Linux

By default, many Linux configurations automatically close SSH sessions after a certain amount of inactivity.
You can easily change this setting on your system by editing the sshd configuration file.
Of course, before doing so, you should consider the security implications of keeping SSH sessions active. Setting your server to keep connections alive may present a security [...]

  

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