22 March 2009
Get prepared for the inevitable with automated backups
The loss of critical data can prove devastating. Still, millions of professionals ignore backing up their data. This article will show you how to allow your scripts to execute on remote servers and how to perform secure and automated file transfers. I hope you'll feel, with these simple solutions, inspired to start thinking about protecting your own valuable data and building new solutions using open source tools like OpenSSH and Snort.
18 March 2009
The Squirrel portable shell and scripting language
If you don't want to commit to the idiosyncrasies of a specific shell running on a particular platform, try the Squirrel Shell. The Squirrel Shell provides an advanced, object-oriented scripting language that works equally well on UNIX, Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows systems. Write a script once, and run it anywhere.
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