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Configure Vyatta as a single interface proxy / content filter

As some of you may know I am anti antivirus solutions that actively run and scan my systems.  So I take many precautions to prevent infection from malware and virus infections.  All of which involve running systems with non-privilege accounts, host file blocking of sites and now adding a content filtering proxy into the configuration, […]

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Enable ssh and ssh root access on Vyatta

Requirements Root account enabled Enable SSH / SSH root access To access the shell from a remote pc, with for example, the program “putty”. Commands vyatta@vyatta# set service ssh vyatta@vyatta# set service ssh allow-root vyatta@vyatta# commit vyatta@vyatta# save

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How-To Software Technical

Vyatta Network Stats (NTOP) Install

I don’t have much to say here, other than I wanted to see something real time or close to it about how the traffic is flowing on my Vyatta Router so I looked for some info and found it.  I am sharing it here for others and future reference on my own part. The first […]

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Enable root account on Vyatta 6.1

* do this at your own risk * Looking for a way to access to root account in Vyatta I came across some steps which I would like to share with my readers and serve as a reminder for when I forget. Step 1.  Log into your Vyatta router, locally or via remote (ssh) Step […]