January 6, 2006

Installation and Configuration of an LDAP server and a Kerberos KDC on Solaris 10, using Sun JSDS LDAP and Sun SEAM Kerberos

Filed under: SysAdmin, Sun Microsystems — octo @ 11:57 am

Note: This is a preliminary posting of this article, and I may update it over time as I have the chance to do more testing and research into the details of my functional setup.
Overview
This article discusses what is involved in building an authentication server running on Solaris 10, using all Sun software for the back-end. […]

December 8, 2005

Building the Ultimate Home Authentication Server

Filed under: SysAdmin — octo @ 11:18 pm

In this article, we will be discussing a project I undertook that truely embodies the spirit of “Household Enterprise Computing.” This was a project to build a mostly-dedicated all-in-one authentication and authorization server for my home network. Now as it should be obvious, I don’t have your run-of-the-mill home network. As such, […]

June 11, 2004

Lightwave ConsoleServer 800

Filed under: SysAdmin — octo @ 9:41 am

Intro
The ConsoleServer 800 is your basic serial console server.
It has several serial ports for hooking up to serial console ports
on your servers or network devices, and has both a serial terminal
port and an ethernet port for your remote access to these consoles.
It is likely that information here will be relevant for other units
from the same […]