Packages of note in the Internet worlds:
pfSense (2.3 release)

• Runs off Bootstrap front end now, FreeBSD to 10.3 base. Looks very ‘slick’.
  I did break the upgrade, cos the ‘RX-offload’ bug with Xen still exists in this release. Has to be turned off from the host. Code snippet given below.
  
  #!/bin/sh
  # No checks if it's already done, but will do it once every 15 mins anyway
  VMFIX="INSERT_YOUR_VM_NAME_HERE SEPERATED_BY_SPACE FOR_ADDITIONAL_VMS"

  for VMNAME in $VMFIX; do
VMID=`xl list $VMNAME | grep $VMNAME | awk '{print $2}'`
if [ ! -z "$VMID" ]; then
for I in 0 1 2 3 4; do
ethtool -K vif${VMID}.$I tx off >& /dev/null
ethtool -K vif${VMID}.$I rx off >& /dev/null
done;
fi
done;


.TK domains

• The FreeNom guys have been so annoying. I’ve had to literally reregister my domain every couple of weeks cos their ‘checker’ thinks my .tk domain has violated terms. No porn, nothing, not even a good description of WHY it failed (were they not accessible?). Everytime they sent ‘warnings’ sites were up and accessible from my side. No idea WHY they said my sites were down/inaccessible/violating. No real documents were given on WHAT/HOW they check. I might have to look into this personally when I have time.

Personal Control Panel

• This has been my pet project over the last couple of months. I’ve rewritten a nice control panel (extensible) in Bootstrap, adding modules for ISP monitoring, and Energy monitoring (from the SolaX), has some ID management, plugs into Wiki (MediaWiki), and now working on some finances. Also to come, some “reporting” features to spit out .pdf files for archive/printouts.

Gaming:Smite
..nuff said 😉 Kicking ass where I can.
Project:Honeypot

• Have several protocols implemented enough to trap for hack attempts. Captured a few interesting ‘password bypasses’ (VNC), and ‘brute forcers’ (RDP/VNC/SSH). Also still seeing a couple of shellshocks (HTTP) running around. Otherwise, nothing too interesting. DNS scans are also funny ;). Partial source code (old ver) is available on github.
  Other random projects
  • Prometheus as an ELK-stack alternative (Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana).
    Not impressed with Prometheus, despite it being used by many. Alert Manager does NOT install cleanly!
  • Cleaned up a lot of useless domains/VM/VZ’s

  BAD LIST

  • Do NOT buy from www.eleduino.com
    Over 2 months, and they have NOT managed to ship my CubieTruck 5. They have overcharged the delivery cost (they say it would be taken off). No comms. Wrong address put (returned by courier) by THEM. Dispute in progress via PayPal. And for a US$200 order, you’d think they’d get their asses off (not a cheap $10 order).