Xdebug is a great way to eliminate var_dump(), print_r() statements and make your PHP debugging experience better and more productive. When you have a simple application there is not really need to spend time on configuring Xdebug, you can go along w…
DD-WRT is a great firmware that is developed to enhance the performance and bring powerful features to cheap routers (even < 50$), making them super routers. However one feature is missing by default is transparent proxifying of network traffic th…
Redsocks is the tool that allows you to proxify(redirect) network traffic through a SOCKS4, SOCKS5 or HTTPs proxy server. It works on the lowest level, the kernel level (iptables). The other possible way is to use application level proxy, when the pr…
Gerrit is a code review tool built on top of Git version control system with the web based access. If you are reading this article you probably have an idea what is Gerrit, but nevertheless. It is modular and extensible as a result a lot of features…
A firewall is an essential part of network defense for any network-aware device. It works by filtering incoming and outgoing network traffic according to defined rules. Firewalld is a dynamic daemon for managing firewall with network zones support.