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Gc (Go's most widely-used compiler) isn't available for GOOS=linux && GOARCH=sparc
(Gentoo SPARC) for now; what makes matters worse is that Gccgo (sys-devel/gcc[go])
is not working on Gentoo (it hangs in early initialization). Debian Ports comes to
the rescue, as although no Gc as well, their …
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With a bunch of servers, it's necessary that they're named in a consistent manner. This article describes how the machines should be named.
Basic rule
A machine name should consist of the following three parts:
- a unique identifier for the machine (Romaji of Japanese words in one Kanji, examples …
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MPLS can be used for prioritizing traffic, which will be used in JSteward Tech's routing policy. This article works out how to label packets with MPLS and switch according to packets between two host connected by a GRE tunnel.
Before you start
Full MPLS support wasn't present in Linux …
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As the number of machines I manage increase gradually, it has become a necessity to connect the machines together through secure, reliable tunnels, thus forming an internal network. A private network can have the following advantages:
- Ease of configuring services that involve multiple machines, such as a databases and …
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On a machine with native IPv6 that's working quite well (e.g. CERNET2),
it's usually desirable to set the host's default IPv6 route to go through
native IPv6. Yet the cheap /48 address block offered by HE Tunnelbroker
can be useful if one wishes to assign IPv6 addresses through …