Configuring your own Cyberoam

Hey guyz,

In our college we have been using Cyberoam to control the network traffic, which is actually an intermediate between Internal Network( i.e. SICSR network) and the outside world (Internet). It basically acts as a firewall to prevent attacks from intruders, port blocking, web filtering, and many more security functions..

Today, we are not going to talk about Cyberoam, but rather on how to create a server which works like cyberoam.

Security in every organisation is important as well as monitoring the incoming and outgoing traffic is equally essential for optimum utilization of bandwidth. On the other hand, filtering viruses at the door of your network is also important. There are many other features which you might want to have in your organisation. To implement all this security enabled functions, we need a server called as UTM (Unified Threat Management). UTM is basically responsible for providing all of the above services to the internal network.

There are lots of UTM distros available over Internet. They are actually OS, so you might need a virtual machine to test it..

Architecture of UTM:















Following are the UTM distros:

1. IPCop
2. Untangle
3. Smoothwall
4. eBox

Instead of using the above distros, you can configure UTM on the other Linux Distros ( fedora, ubuntu, etc)

Now what a UTM distros consist of :

• Firewall
• Web Filter
• Antivirus
• Spam Blocker
• Ad Blocker
• Port Forwarding
• Web Proxy
• Logs

Probably i might have missed some.

If you have any doubts, please revert back to me..

--
Shwet Solanki
"When you ask, You get more OPTIONS - Shwet"

iExpensive!!!??

I'll start off by saying that, I've had arguments with many people complaining that Apple Inc. is excessively over priced, but I always tell them, or at least try to make them understand: that there's a difference between 'Being over priced' and 'Selling a product with the perfect anatomy".

Now being said that, have you ever compared the configurations of a Basic Mac with the system your using or planning to buy. And I am not talking about comparing the 4GB RAM with a 2GB RAM or 320GB HD with a 500GB HD, am talking about the complexity of that hardware as in the MHz and the GHz of that Hardware. Trust me there's a difference.

Putting an OLED or WLED screen instead of the original LED screen is not, what i would say a Real-Deal. and otherwise also OLED(as per me) stands for Overly-Dumb LED or Wannabe LED screen. LOL. I mean Seriously, Have you ever used it in full brightness? It feels like a 'laser light' being forced into your eyes. Sucks.

And really, I mean how many times have you really got those moments where you tell your system "Oh shit! I can do this too with this!!!!???" I know you must have, but "how many times?" is the Question, An informal stat would be: Ask any Mac user they have those moments more than the days that they've owned one.

I am not an Apple fan boy(Well kinda), am just a fan of the real technology. The Technology that really matters and shouldn't be hated just because you haven't used it once.

And now the GUI, It's phenomenal. Even the open source guys'll agree(I know in your minds you already do). It has got the perfect blend of looks with usability. The DOCK, don't you just love it? And people claiming they don't, are lying, if you don't then why the hell do you have it installed on your Linux and Windows? why, just why?

I think the looks shouldn't be even discussed, it's something that we all know stand out from anything that exists in the market. Not just look wise but the built of it is also amazing. The whole body is made out of one Aluminium block. One aluminium block has got it all and hence only 6 screws in the whole machine.

There iSaid it. Now next time you think why a Mac or Apple product is 'Over priced' well just re-read this blog. My point here is not to tell you about the features of a Mac but it's blind side facts for many people. Request: next time choose wisely.

iPeace

Create your on clothes on-the-go!

Imperial College of London and a company called Fabrican have developed a spray paint which creates clothes just as you paint and it dries off. And you get snug tight-fitting clothes runtime!

Hope they soon get over the smell and other problems :)

Checkout Make Clothes Out of a Can With Spray-On Fabric
Please note that one link from the above webpage leads to a Not Safe For Work(NSFW) link. Open carefully!

Google Scribe and Google Instant

Google has recently two new things. I call them things because they aren't full-fledged products. Yeah, but they do look like sneak previews from their green bubbling container ie. Google Labs.

Google Scribe is like T9 in phone which makes suggestions to help you complete your sentences. I wonder what kind of text mining they used to determine the mostly used words in completing a sentence.


Google Instant is realtime search-as-you-type Google search. "Feelings of euphoria and weightlessness are normal" according to the branding. This is similar to my first working AJAX example which searched on Phone numbers and Names.

Why Technology is so addictive ?

Why Technology Is So Addictive, and How You Can Avoid Tech Burnout

An insight of the evil side of Technology and the why behind it. Specially about why do we keep checking our cellphones so often. By Lifehacker!