Fat of the LAN

Fat of the LAN is your portal to useful open source information. This site is the culmination of my many hours of frustrating research while trying to implement open source solutions. I've gathered many of the useful tools and guides that I have found here to help others who are searching for the same information. I've also created a discussion forum so that information can be widely disseminated on a variety of topics that frankly, I feel is lacking elsewhere. But I need your help. If you have a question, please post it. No one will reply if you don't post, and if no one replys, no information is transfered, thus killing the spirit of open source software. I would also like any contributions that you feel would make a nice addition to the site. So go ahead and look around, and I hope that you find what you've been searching for.

Some of the highlights of Fat of the LAN:

Support without having to pay fees or banner adds.
The ability to discuss problems or ideas with others.
Pass along some vital information to people who need it.
Extensive documentation to allow for easy implementaion of your projects.

I hope you will enjoy using Fat of the LAN.

The Fat of the LAN team.

On a day like today, in:

1776	Spurred by unfair taxation issues, the US Declaration of Independence from England begins first successful anti-imperialist revolution in world history.

1827	Slavery is outlawed in the state of New York.

1874	Social Democratic Workingmen's Party formed.

1875	Bands of White supremacists launch a series of attacks in Vicksburg, MS, killing more than a dozen Black citizens.

1881	Booker T. Washington establishes the Tuskegee Institute, the first students actually build the campus themselves from scratch.

1966	President Johnson signs the Freedom of Information Act giving citizens some rights to view information that they paid to collect.

Written by Tobias on February 8th 2009

Article Update.

I've just finished updating my article in the Technical section on installing Postfix MTA with Amavis, ClamAv, and Spamassassin, now for Debian Etch!. Although it is specificly written for Debian Linux users, many of the concepts are the same on other Linux distros. It also covers setting up SMPT AUTH via TLS to authenticate users for mail relay.

See it here:
How To Install Postfix, Dovecot, Amavis, ClamAV, and Spamassassin (Etch)

And remember, all articles are up for discussion in the forums.

Written by Tobias on February 4th 2008

Setting Up 802.1x Authentication with Debian Linux and FreeRadius - Part1 -

I just added a new how-to on setting Up 802.1x Authentication with Debian Linux and FreeRadius

It's a complete walk though on installing from source and configuring FreeRADIUS for use with PEAP. You'll be up surfing the net securely on your laptop in no time!

See it here:
Setting Up 802.1x Authentication with Debian Linux and FreeRadius

And remember, all articles are up for discussion in the forums.

Written by Tobias on January 12th 2006

Install Asterisk VOIP PBX on Debian.

I just added a new how-to on installing Asterisk on Debian Linux in a pure voice over IP environment.

It's a complete walk though on installing from source and configuring Asterisk to use Broadvoice as a VOIP gateway. You'll be up and making calls over the internet in no time

See it here:
Install Asterisk on Debian

And remember, all articles are up for discussion in the forums.