I heard a lot about Raspberry Pi boards but until now I had no need nor time to work with one.

However, recently I purchased a Dodge Journey R/T and found that although I love the car I am so disappointed with its software and hard-wired logic that I … read time 5 min.

I strive for simplicity since I am a strong believer that achieving a goal with the most simplest solution looks elegant, proves that you have deep knowledge on the subject, and overall is beautiful by itself. Additionally to this, a simple solution is easier to comprehend and to audit, hence … read time 7 min.

In this brief article I am going to describe how I resolved a nagging issue I had with setting up access to hosts which are not directly reachable, but where you need to forward your connection through an intermediate host.

Previously, I was using the local SSH port-forwarding technique (although … read time 6 min.

None of the systems I administer … read time 15 min.

In my previous blog entry I described some basic functionality of SSH in terms of port-forwarding. Now it’s time for a little bit more complex stuff.

In this article I will highlight:

• (forward) piercing of a firewall (getting access to resources behind it);
• dynamic port-forwarding (AKA proxy);
• (reverse) piercing … read time 4 min.

I think all of you are using SSH in your daily routines. However, do you use its full potential? Today’s topic is the SSH port-forwarding feature and how it can be use to achieve some interesting configurations.

I’m sure most of you are aware of the feature, but … read time 2 min.

Since I am doing a lot of remote systems administration tasks due to the nature of my IT consulting work and since I am also running Linux on all my computers I was looking for a native way how to get a remote console to VMware VMs from linux.

After … read time 14 min.