SSH proxy – Running SSH over blocked ports, SSH on mobile phones, SSH over HTTP

Imagine yourself in a scenario where you’re a behind a firewall and cannot access the SSH, or you’re controlling your servers via your mobile. Here’s a quick way to manage your servers through HTTP via command line. You can fire scripts, run shell commands etc. Be careful, it will not ask you any username/password and […]

Creating sequences in MySQL an alternative to AUTO_INCREMENT

MySQL doesn’t doesn’t have sequences and Auto_Increment does not suffice the need for a text based sequence generator. Or say you want to reset AUTO_INCREMENT’s value? So here’s a workaround for a generating a sequence in MySQL which can be reset later. Step 1: Create a Table CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `seqgen` ( `seqno` […]

Most popular windows – linux equivalent softwares

0) Windows – Linux 1) uTorrent  – rTorrent If you like uTorrent, you will definitely like rTorrent. Its much simpler and easier to use! 2) Remote Desktop – rDesktop/VNC If you want to share desktops, use VNC. If you want to Remote desktop to a windows machine from a linux system, use rDesktop 3) Yahoo/MSN […]

WebOSS ’07 : The Web Technology Conference

The first of its kind Web Technology Conference on Open Source Technologies, WEBOSS ‘07 is being organised in Kolkata on Saturday 13th October, 2007. I am the organizer and speaker. The conference is going to be held at West Bengal University of Technology Main Campus.Topics include: RIA, AJAX, ROR, PHP VS PERL, speeding up your […]