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Sys Admin Magazine > Archives > 2005 > June 2005

June 2005 • Volume 14 • Number 6

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Branded VPN Deployment and Seamless Remote Management • Adam Olson

Olson describes a VPN system based on multiple open source tools, including OpenVPN, OpenVPN GUI, Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS), and TightVNC.

Remote Logging with SSH and Syslog-NG Hal Pomeranz

Pomeranz covers the basic configuration for establishing an SSH tunnel between two servers and configuring Syslog-NG at both ends to communicate log messages down this tunnel.

Migrating to LDAP-Based Naming Service in a Heterogeneous Environment • Kaijun Zhan

The process of seamlessly converting from one naming service to another can be very complicated. In this article, Zhan shares some experiences learned from migrating NIS to LDAP in a heterogeneous environment, including Linux, Solaris, HP-UX, and IBM AIX.

Monitoring LDAP Performance Ryan Matteson • 28

Matteson describes several tools that can be used to monitor the health and performance of an LDAP directory server and explains how Orca can be used to monitor server performance over time.

Implementing an Effective Abuse Management Process Part I • Luis Muñoz

In part one of this series on abuse management, Muñoz describes the Mail::Abuse Perl module and focuses on receiving and analyzing abuse reports.

Migrating to Mozilla Thunderbird Dennis Roman Gesker

Gesker outlines some of the positive aspects of Mozilla Thunderbird as well as some pitfalls that should be expected by an organization migrating to this email product.

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Eight Ways to Reverse a File Ed Schaefer and John Spurgeon

Questions and Answers • Amy Rich

The Strange New World of the Solaris™ 10 Service Management Facility • Peter Baer Galvin

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