My Ubuntu 8.04 Server

It’s no beast, but it’s more important than my left leg.  With a 2.2Ghz x86_64 AMD LE-1600 processor, 2Gb RAM, and just under 3Tb of combined disk capacity all on a 3Mb /s connection…my home server isn’t breaking any speed records (actually I’m considering some upgrades as I write this).  But you can find me logged in to it more often than WoW.

Other than the standard “cookie cutter” services like Apache2, OpenSSH, ProFTPD, etc. I have a number of other applications that make everyday life easier.  I have decided to maintain a list of applications that have survived multiple re-installations.  The following can be considered recommendations, requirements, or life support…in my case.

Web-based Services:

• Torrentflux-b4rt – A BitTorrent and Internet transfer web control application.
• Jinzora – A web based media streaming and management system.
• AutoIndex – A website directory indexer and file manager.
• WebSVN – PHP based web interface of Subversion repositories.
• Zoneminder – Linux home CCTV and video camera security with motion detection.

Console Applications:

• htop – An interactive process viewer for Linux.
• screen – Screen is a full-screen window manager that multiplexes a physical terminal between several processes, typically interactive shells.
• ccze – A robust and modular log colorizer.
• localepurge – Automagically remove unnecessary locale data.

Local Services:

• portsentry – An attack detection tool developed by Psionic Technologies (now a part of Cisco).
• snort – The de facto standard for intrusion detection/prevention.
• oinkmaster – Oinkmaster is a script that will help you update and manage your Snort rules.
• tor – A software project that helps you defend against traffic analysis.
• privoxy – A non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities.

Network Diagram: (Created with Dia)

My Home Network