You'll see many articles discussing various firewalls for BSD. freeBSD comes with three firewalls but I'll lay out what I believe is the best freebsd firewall for a web server, pf. … [Read more...]
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Hardware and operating systems like Windows, Unix, Linux, BSD, Apple and everything else you can think of in-between.
How to shutdown freebsd 8 and stop shutdown
Shutdown freebsd now [php]shutdown -r now [/php] … [Read more...]
FreeBSD 8 LAMP Install for WordPress
How to install FreeBSD 8 for Wordpress. It's a basic LAMP install but since we're not using linux it should be called BAMP or maybe FAMP? Who cares.. here are the steps to install FreeBSD 8 with apache, mySQL, PHP then install wordpress. I'll be using ports of course for this entire install. I'm assuming that you have the proper hardware for this type installation. Start with … [Read more...]
How to Keep FreeBSD Up to Date
Keeping the freeBSD installation up-to-date is simple. You could purchase a managed package from HostGator. Or follow this simple command line guide below. [php]# portsnap fetch # portsnap update # portmanager -u -l<!--more-->[/php] portsnap - Approximately every hour, a snapshot of the ports tree is generated, repackaged, and cryptographically signed. portsnap gets … [Read more...]
Best WIFI card for your home computer
This is hands down the best PCI wifi card you can install in you computer. … [Read more...]