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The SSL/SSH disaster

Due to the recent security hole discovered in Debian, which has also concerned various distributions – of course including Ubuntu – for 2 years, I simply closed all my SSH and OpenVPN accesses. I have had no time so far to check all the keys on my server. I prefer to stay on the safe [...]

Posted 15 May 2008 § Security ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

OpenVPN and DNS on a linux client

I got a weired issue with Linux clients while it worked fine with Windows machines. For some reason, the /etc/resolv.conf did not get updated.

I found out a workaround thanks to this page.

Of course, your server configuration file must contain (if 192.168.1.1 is your DNS server):

push "dhcp-option DNS 192.168.1.1"

Posted 07 December 2006 § Admin § Cisco § Cryptography § Desktop § Hacking § Hardware § Linux § Network § News § Perl § Protocols § Security § System § Web ‡ Comments (13) ° Also tagged: , ,