Farzad Ghanei

Setting up an HTTP proxy server is a common task and there are several options, each one has its own benefits. I've tried polipo, squid, apache (mod_proxy) for different scenarios.

We needed a network analysis tool and decided to use ntop. Official ntop website provides binary packages for Ubuntu and CentOS systems.

I figured ntop is included in the Ubuntu official repositories but the package is version 3 and we preferred to use the latest versions, so package repositories were no good for us.

After configuring a Courier mail server on a Debain squeeze installation, I got this error on my mail client:

Filesystem notification initialization error — contact your mail administrator (check for configuration errors with the FAM/Gamin library)

Recently I received reports regarding an email advertising a network utility developed by ParsOnline to help the customers monitor their accounts and usage. The email had a link to ZIP file on a file sharing web site. I downloaded the file and inspected its contents. It was a malware that installed a keylogger on the victim's machine. The keylogger would capture every keystroke of the user and took screenshots of the desktop everyoften, then send them to a gmail account.

The ZIP file contained 2 files: