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This tutorial shows how to set up a Ubuntu 6.10 server (Edgy Eft) as a firewall and gateway for small/medium networks. The article covers the installation/configuration of services such as Shorewall, NAT, caching nameserver, DHCP server, VPN server, Webmin, munin, Apache, Squirrelmail, Postfix, Courier IMAP and POP3, SpamAssassin, ClamAV, and more.

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Step-by-step directions on how to quickly and easily configure a cheap Dell GX150 into a fully functional headless file server using LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) with Samba for accessible network shares, phpMyAdmin for MySQL administration, and TorrentFlux for BitTorrent transfers.

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If you've ever broken the pin off of an IDE drive, you know what an absolute horror that is. Especially if you're like me and you don't back up quite like you should. Well, a couple years ago I found myself in that position. But rather than give up, I was determined to get my files back. Here's what I did.

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This tutorial shows how to set up network-address-translation (NAT) with iptables rules.

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