TIL – easy blocking of brute force attempts using fail2ban
[root@webl001t log]# grep -i 'auth.*fail' secure | wc -l 30909 [root@webl001t log]# ls -la secure -rw------- 1 root root
01
Jun
Getting the ATI TV Wonder 600 USB to work in Linux (Fedora 14)
About a year ago I got a good deal on an ATI TV Wonder 600 USB TV Tuner ($20 of woot.com), which I was pretty excited about.
12
Feb
Happy SysAdmin Day to me
For those who have no idea what I do (i.e. the exgf who thought I did “HTML” for a living) … the site sums
25
Jul
edit – ship in the desert
[Edit – added more detail] Pretty cool – deserted ship off the coast of Africa in Namibia: View Larger Map Google
26
Sep
why is recursive get such a pain in the ass in linux??
having finally installed FC7 on one of my systems, i’ve been trying to set it up as a testing server for developing
19
Jun
automating e-mail based business processes using fetchmail
It might sound ridiculous, but I’m sure we’ve all seen it: business processes that are handled by Employee A
09
May
amateurs
recently we’d had to outsource a configuration of a Cisco VPN setup, so we called a local computer company to help us
13
Oct
a fitting horoscope for the day
I’ve been pretty quiet lately since I’ve been being recruited for a couple different jobs and noticed they were
08
Apr
test tomorrow, interview went well, and amazing what people will pay for
test 1 of my Solaris Certified System Administrator certification is tomorrow at noon. wish me luck! also, the technical
22
Mar
thanks to somethingawful.com for summarizing my thoughts on the black eyed peas
An actual blog post is coming … but until then, I’m copying and pasting from here. Stupidest Song of the Year
23
Jan
