RPM Package Inspection for Fun and Profit

6a00d8341c562c53ef01538f8abd65970b-800wi"Whats in the box" -- David Mills Lets face it, one of your users needs to have a package installed on a system, you tend to do it for them. That is, as long as the package looks safe. Sure, your not going to install an rpm that is clearly dangerous, but as long as the package name looks reasonable and you trust the user, you might actually just go ahead an install it for them without thinking much about it. Hell, I know that I have done the exact same thing from time to time. And I have done it with an unsigned package.

Quick and Dirty Yum Security Plugin Overview

The YUM security plugin is a package that allows you to search specifically for security patches applicable to a Redhat/Centos server. This functionality comes in very handy when having to cross reference CVEs to Redhat Security Advisories (RHSAs). If you work closely with anyone in an information security role, you already know how vital functionality is.

How to Use Hpacucli in ESXi

Wow just stumbled into this one today as I was dreading having to reboot my ESXi 4.1 boxes just to see a few new local disks. Apparently you can install hpacucli in ESXi very easily, and whats even better is that you can install it directly on a datastore and use the install on any … Continue reading How to Use Hpacucli in ESXi

ProLiant System Management Homepage

The HP Systems management homepage is a web based utility for managing and monitoring Proliant Servers. It can be installed via the ProLiant Support Pack DVD (on linux its just an rpm). Once installed you can modify the default settings via the perl script, hpSMHSetup.pl located in /usr/local/hp. To access your server's homepage navigate to … Continue reading ProLiant System Management Homepage