Posts Tagged ‘CentOS’:
Norse themed software is my favorite.
Network connectivity is for chumps.
I personally find iSCSI to be an overrated storage solution; there are so many better, more managable options out there.
*holds up small card* Multipath! Multipath! Multipath!
CentOS, my distribution of choice, isn’t as UUID-happy as other distributions are.
Thankfully basic network configuration isn’t a black art on most distributions these days.
Xen remains my favorite virtualization solution for Linux.
CentOS and Xen have always made a great pair. They’re even better together when you ignore the 3.0.x packages RedHat distributes with RHEL 5.x.
Note to everyone: STOP USING FTP. THERE’S NO REASON TO USE FTP! We got rid of telnet years ago, it’s time to ditch conventional FTP, too.
SSL isn’t a security panacea, but customers have come to expect it. And it’s a good idea in many cases for internal use. Whether you’re looking at a temporary cert during development, or just want SSL without the cost on an internal site, self-signed certificates can do the job admirably.