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Accepting SSL and SSH traffic on the same port with sslh

October 12th, 2011 No comments

Sometimes you need to SSH to a server, but port 22 is blocked by a firewall in your path. Typically in these situations you can set sshd service to listen on port 443, and bypass the firewalls, which are generally open on this port. But what if the same machine is also hosting your websites, which need to listen on port 443 for HTTPS traffic? Do you have to choose one or the other – your website running secure or your machine being accessible from behind firewalls? Read more… Accepting SSL and SSH traffic on the same port with sslh

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Temporary Drupal site redirect problem on Bluehost

May 12th, 2010 No comments

I was recently setting up a site hosted by bluehost and running drupal.

Before you transfer DNS authority to bluehost, they give you a temporary URL to allow you to get the site up and running and tested before you make it live. The URL is in this format

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Apache prefork vs. worker

April 30th, 2010 No comments

I compiled 2 different versions of apache 2.2.4 on Solaris 10 (06/06, on a crappy U10, but…) one using the prefork MPM (compile –with-mpm=prefork) and the other using the worker MPM (compile –with-mpm=worker). Prefork is supposed to generally be better for single or dual cpu systems, and worker is supposed to be generally better for multi-CPU systems.

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