September 2024 – Cobra Softwares Blog

Installing Nginx on FreeBSD

Update/Install FreeBSD Port Tree If this is from a fresh installation (and not a CustomISO), then you will likely need to install the port tree. Providing that you have one already, it can be updated by using the following command: portsnap fetch extract This may take a few minutes to…

Setting Up Teamspeak 3 on Debian Wheezy

This article will show you how to run a Teamspeak 3 server under Debian Wheezy. Before you can start with it, you should do some preparation on your VPS. If you already have a firewall in place, make sure that traffic to the Teamspeak server is allowed by adding the…

Build Your Own Pkg-Repository With Poudriere

Since version 9.2, FreeBSD has introduced a new tool to replace the old pkg_*-commands – pkg, also known as pkgng. It’s very similar to Debian’s apt or Fedora’s yum but has some very cool features. One of those is the possibility to easily use your own, private repository of packages. Why would you want to do…

Disabling SSLv3

POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) is a vulnerability that was found on October 14th, 2014, which allows an attacker to read any encrypted information using the SSLv3 protocol by performing a man-in-the-middle attack. Although many programs use SSLv3 as a fallback, it has come to the point where…

Setting Up A JC2:MP Game Server On Debian

In this guide, we will be setting up a Just Cause 2: Multiplayer Linux server. These commands were tested on Debian 7 x64, but they should also work on the current version of Ubuntu. The first step is logging into our server as root. We need to install a few…

Install Team Fortress 2 On Ubuntu

This tutorial explains how to install Team Fortress 2 on the Ubuntu operating system. It was performed on Ubuntu 12.04 x86. Other versions of Debian or Ubuntu may also work without any changes. Step 1. Connect to your VPS using the root login details. Step 2. Install the necessary packages…