Years ago when I got my first server I remember installing some scripts to check its integrity and warn me about attacks. I was amazed and quite frightened by the number of SSH attempts. I soon learnt, however, that this was quite normal. It maybe worrying, but it's normal. Put a server on a public IP and people will try to crack it. There's no avoiding that. Well, there is, … [Read more...] about Stopping Bruteforce SSH Attacks
Open Source
RedHat 5 Released
RedHat have released Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. From what I've heard and seen this could be a really exciting release, as they have placed a lot of emphasis on virtualisation Of course Centos has already started work on a 5.* release, with a beta currently available. I'll be interested to see what kind of things people can do with this new shiny toy :) … [Read more...] about RedHat 5 Released
OpenWRT – Followup – Improved Latency / Ping
As I work for a hosting company that monitors a LOT of network traffic data it's only natural that my own DSL line is being "watched" (it makes talking to our ISP a lot more interesting!) If you look at the screenshot below you will see a very big difference in the connection from around lunchtime today: So what changed? The only thing that changed was the firmware on the … [Read more...] about OpenWRT – Followup – Improved Latency / Ping
OpenWRT
As I mentioned before, I have been using a number of different linux firmware versions on my LinkSys WRT54G. For the last few weeks I was using SveaSoft's firmware, as the previous firmware had caused me headaches. The Sveasoft solution worked quite well, but I had some crazy routing issues which left me rather confused. It was as if certain blocks of the internet simply ceased … [Read more...] about OpenWRT
Making Money With Wireless?
I use a linksys WRT54G on my home network. It was running the standard Linksys firmware at one point, but I've been running a variety of Linux variants on it over the last few months. This evening, while looking for information on OpenWRT I stumbled across HotSpotSystem.com. While several of the alternative firmwares offer hotspot functionality this is the first one I've come … [Read more...] about Making Money With Wireless?