GPG Symmetric Encryption

I often come into a situation where I have to exchange some important confidential file with somebody who doesn’t have GPG keys setup. Explaining how to setup keys can be a pain, especially if you believe that the user will lose them or simply forget how to use them. There are all manner of propriety [...]

SSH Agent Forwarding

So you use keys to SSH between your hosts, and you either have separate keys for each machine you use, or worse you have the same key on each machine. Lets go over why each of those are bad, and lets see how SSH Agent forwarding will help with those issues and make things easier [...]

Linux ‘top’ Commands

As a sysadmin working with Linux PCs I often need real time data on the status of the systems I manage. For example I might need to know what is using up all the bandwidth on an interface, whats taking up  all the memory or why my X displays are running sluggish. The impromptu
standard for [...]