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How to install Redis for WordPress on FreeBSD

November 2, 2024 By Albert Valbuena

How to test pfSense on VirtualBox running on FreeBSD

May 1, 2019 By Albert Valbuena

There are other guides on how to do this on Windows, Mac, but not on FreeBSD, so here goes a how to pfSense on Virtualbox running on FreeBSD. Before going to it, let’s address the first question, which is what is pfSense. pfSense is a FreeBSD based distribution made for networking purposes. The company behind […]

How to install Nextcloud on FreeBSD 12

March 15, 2021 By Albert Valbuena

Nextcloud. Have you heard of it? That’s quite probable if you’re here. But, what is it, what is it? Some say it is a Google Apps replacement, some say it’s just a place to store your documents, some others just rely on it to share documents across the company and edit them just in time […]

How to manage site visitors based on IP Geolocation

October 10, 2021 By Albert Valbuena

Whenever someone publishes a website on the internet, most of the times, their intention is that site to be seen around the globe. However, as a site administrator you may want to divert users from one country to visit some specific version of that site, maybe because of the visitor’s language. Other times, less often […]

How to install WordPress on FreeBSD

May 13, 2018 By Albert Valbuena

You can find information about how to install WordPress on FreeBSD somewhere else since there are many tutorials around explaining it. However I thought mine would be a bit more interesting to you. Read on. As you should be aware (and hopefully you already are) installing WordPress requires a stack of other software. Typically you […]

How to connect a FreeBSD box to the internet through an Android device via an USB port

January 12, 2019 By Albert Valbuena

FreeBSD is known to be very suitable for computer servers, from Netflix streaming to Whatsapp messaging as powerful examples. Some also use FreeBSD as a workstation OS. I am one of those using BSD on both camps, although I also use some GNU/Linux boxes for ‘trivial’ purposes. In modern times having an internet connection seems […]

How to detect a WAF – Web Application Firewall

May 16, 2021 By Albert Valbuena

From a penetration testing perspective to identify if a Web Application Firewall (WAF) is in place is essential. The next question is, does an administrator need to know this? My view is, anyone who is in charge of any system that has implemented some sort of WAF needs to verify this tool is working, at […]

How to install Redis for WordPress on FreeBSD

November 2, 2024 By Albert Valbuena

I happen to self-host a few WordPress sites on FreeBSD. And as much as one can configure OP-Cache to improve PHP’s performance, object cache is a must for many WordPress sites. This how to install Redis for WordPress on FreeBSD will explain how to install an object cache (Redis) for WordPress (via plugin) on this […]

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday – April 2020

April 17, 2020 By Albert Valbuena

For the first time here at adminbyaccident.com I will share some information about Windows patching that I hope can shed some light and help people on deciding what to patch and how quickly to patch. Digesting Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday releases is always tricky. The amount of information is overwhelming and since almost every company on […]

Web credentials stealing

April 16, 2020 By Albert Valbuena

The theft of credentials has been occurring since almost the beginning of time. But of course when the web ‘happened’ and specially when e-commerce exploded stealing passwords also went on the rise. Emptying bank accounts, ordering stuff on behalf (and expenses) of others, spying, even impersonation was and is achieved by stealing credentials. Luckily for […]

Exploiting CVE-2019-0708 Remote Desktop Protocol on Windows

April 22, 2020 By Albert Valbuena

The CVE-2019-0708 is the number assigned to a very dangerous vulnerability found in the RDP protocol in Windows sytems. This is also known as the ‘Blue Keep’ vulnerability. The issue was so critical that Microsoft did even release patches to unsupported operating systems such as Windows XP or Server 2003. To this day there are […]

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