Ever wonder why there were so many /bin directories in Unix/Linux? I have often wondered about the split for many years, but have never bothered to research the reasoning. The answer is more simple than I ever would have thought. We all know that /bin directories are used as a location for executable…
Tag: Unix
Keeping your traffic safe in public places with SSH Tunneling…
Using OpenSSH on a Linux/Unix system you can tunnel all of the traffic from your local box to a remote box that you have an account on. For example I tunnel all of my outbound E-mail traffic back to my personal server to avoid having to change SMTP servers, use SMTP-AUTH, etc. when I am behind…