Adding SSL to Ubuntu / Apache2 / Ruby on Rails

Thursday, August 27, 2009 3:39:51 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
by Adam Brand
Do you need to add SSL to a Rails app on Ubuntu (with Apache2)? If so, I've compiled a guide to help you get this common setup running.

Configuring Egress (Outbound) Rules with iptables (ubuntu style)

Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:49:08 PM (Pacific Daylight Time, UTC-07:00)
by Adam Brand
There is a lot of information on iptables (the Linux firewall) out there, but most of them focus on ingress rules. This post focuses on how to create EGRESS rules, which are key to server security.