You will learn the basics of vmstat server monitoring, scripting and redirection in this article.
- What is vmstat and why you would want to use it for server monitoring?
- How to use vmstat for server monitoring
- How to timestamp vmstat output (and other commands besides vmstat too)
- How to create a script that is easier to type than complicated commands
- How to run a shell script
- How to save data into a file
- Showing Memory Pages (useless info)
- Understanding vmstat
- Chart that explains the columns
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List of Check Point Firewall Ports
Common List Ports that you will need to open on a typical Check Point Firewall. Note: don’t open all of these ports in the list, instead – use this list of ports as a reference for your Check Point firewall configuration.
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This tutorial will tell you how to test if you are infected with worms, trojans and other types of malware. You’ll also learn how to run dos programs in a for loop ….
Lets say we wanted to loop over and over watching for port 80 connections (perhaps we are looking for a worm and trying to find out where it connects to, or we want to investigate all connections that our computer is making without our permission/knowledge). This is a typical method of investigating for spyware infections…
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