To make the Citrix Thin Client (I call it TC-Citrix) more flexible, I created a live CD which can be used to run TC-Citrix from the bootable CD or install TC-Citrix to the local hard disk. Take a quick look, here are two snapshots: As always, below is my step by step How To: … Continue reading Create Citrix Thin Client Live CD
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Image & Restore Citrix Thin Client
If you are trying to image and restore the Citrix Thin Client that I mentioned in my previous post - DIY Citrix Receiver Thin Client . There is a little trick you need to play: 1) Boot from the tiny core installation CD. 2) Format the disk manually: fdisk /dev/sda then enter the following input : … Continue reading Image & Restore Citrix Thin Client
DIY Citrix Receiver Thin Client
I spent couple days last week to build my first version Citrix Receiver Thin Client. The purpose is to utilize some old and low end computers by turning them into Citrix thin client. In this version, the following things are achieved: - Small size and quick boot - Simple user interface - Auto restore after … Continue reading DIY Citrix Receiver Thin Client
AlienVault: File Integrity Monitor
AlienVault is an OSSIM product. OSSIM stands for Open Source Security Information Management. The installation package can be found here. One of the things that AlienVault can do is to monitor the file integrity. To do that, you have to install ossec agent on the servers that you want to monitor. ossec is an open … Continue reading AlienVault: File Integrity Monitor
Nagios: Synthetic Transaction
What is synthetic transaction? Simply speaking, it is a way to check the availability of an application across network. By definition, a synthetic transaction continues an automated, self-contained set of user operations that can be excuted against a service in the same way of a real cosumer of the service operates an application. For example, … Continue reading Nagios: Synthetic Transaction
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