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
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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
Setting vim to be the default editor
Every time I install Ubuntu I end up struggling with changing the default editor to use vi or vim. If only I'd found this page before! So simple! All you have to do is run (as root): update-alternatives --config editor … [Read more...] about Setting vim to be the default editor
Firestats User? Upgrade Now
If you are using Firestats it is recommended that you upgrade ASAP … [Read more...] about Firestats User? Upgrade Now
Yet Another Forum
Last weekend I must have been bored or simply crazy, as I bought several domains and complete websites. The main acquisition was this discussion forum which took my fancy partially because it had a reasonably good domain name, a nice enough custom skin and vbseo preinstalled (saving me on license costs). Moving it from the previous host to one of my servers didn't take that … [Read more...] about Yet Another Forum