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To generate SSH public and private key pairs on Windows, one of the easiest tools to use, is the PuTTY Key Generator “puttygen.exe” (which can be downloaded from here). The resulting generated files from the PuTTY Key Generator can be used to set up public key authentication with a remote server, allowing for more secure …
The following guide shows you how to log into a remote server using your private key file. It assumes you already have the associated public key already added into the remote hosts authorized_hosts file. Download PuTTY Download PuTTY if you don’t have it installed yet. You can download PuTTY from the following url: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html Open …
SSH allows for both password based authentication, as well as public key authentication. Public key authentication is generally regarded as being more secure, as it isn’t as prone to brute force login attempts (if you disable password based authentication). The private key can also have a passphrase associated with it, which makes public key authentication …
When you need to access networks located on a different network segment, you need to have a route set up so the PC knows how to get to the other network segment. This generally just points to your main gateway, but you may want to set up additional static routes, where you don’t want the …
The MHDDFS package (known as the Multi-hdd FUSE filesystem) provides a method of joining a number of filesystems, of varying size, to appear as one large volume. The benefit of using this over something like lvm, is that if one of the hard drives dies, you only loose the data on that specific hard drive. …
The ext4 filesystem is known as the forth extended filesystem, and is the default file system on many Linux distributions. To Format a partition with the ext4 filesystem run the following command: $ sudo mkfs.ext4 /dev/sdc1 Replace sdc1 with the relevent disk and partition that you want to format. In this example, the disk is …
One of the first things you will probably want to do when setting up a new Vyatta / vRouter / VyOS install, is to enable SSH so you can configure it from your desk. The secure shell (SSH) service allows you to securely administer the device from a remote location on the network. These steps …
The following steps show you how to enable the HTTPS web based GUI on Brocade vRouter / Vyatta. By default, the web gui is disabled, so you must enable it via the command line interface if you wish to use it. Enter configuration mode $ configure Enable the HTTPS service # set service https Commit …
The Wget application is a non-interactive tool to download data from a server using either the HTTP, HTTPS or FTP protocols. This article will focus on the HTTP and HTTPS protocols, as the user agent value has no relevance with the FTP protocol. There will be times when you need to download a web page, …
The Curl application is a tool to transfer data from a server using a number of different protocols. The main protocols that are generally used are HTTP and HTTPS. There will be times when you need to download a web page, emulating a different browser. Some web sites may output different html code depending on …