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
Ubuntu
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
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
Apache Log Rotation With Cronolog
As part of my ongoing efforts to make sites on this server run faster and cause me fewer headaches I've implemented Apache log rotation using Cronolog. Apache2 does support log rotation, but Cronolog gives you more options, which is why I chose it. On Ubuntu all you need to do is: apt-get install cronolog To see which version you have type: cronolog -V The version I have is … [Read more...] about Apache Log Rotation With Cronolog
WordPress 2.1 Released
Wordpress 2.1 has been released. Some of the new features may be attractive but, as usual, you should check that plugins etc., are compatible before upgrading. A plugin compatibility checklist is available as part of the documentation project. According to the documentation most of the more popular plugins will work fine. So what's new? Autosave - handy if you're writing … [Read more...] about WordPress 2.1 Released