Archive for the ‘security’ Category

Importing existing VeriSign key and certificate chain into a keystore

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011

So, I already have a VeriSign main certificate and intermediate certificate for Videoslots.com. This certificate has already been installed in Apache and works OK.... Read More

Opening up a port with IPTables

Friday, February 18th, 2011

After a lot of hair pulling and swearing I just managed to open up a new port (8090) on a Ubuntu server for the first time. The IPTables HowTo is a good document but below I have condensed the pertinent information you need if you just want to open up a port.... Read More

Browsing https sites through a proxy

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

I’m working in a “subset” of the financial industry (to use a euphemism). Since I’m somewhat of a digital nomad I’m sometimes in places that are blocked from using various services, services that I need to access in order to test various things I’m implementing.... Read More