Faerie.CX goes back to the Cloud
Yes, I broke down on costs and stuff - and decided to get a hosted server :) Cost me a mint, but still a good deal from my old folks I used to work for (Web24). Too bad for our backwater Australian Internet (read:ADSL2+) for the really slow uploads. Having…
Tech temptations
Lots of things are on my tech shopping list: - 800W Titanium PSU : ~$250. Though I'm not sure of it's return on investment value. Sure it's more efficient, but saving < $0.5/day, sounds like it will take years. Still, it's a Green thing. Also, seemed like the 800W Titaniums…
Quick roundup for Mar-Apr
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…
Honeypot upgrades
Looks like I might have to modernize my PHP skills, to include more 'composer friendly' packages (grr). Home control panel working great so far.
VPS’s and Privacy
Privacy I am so getting tired of emails being blocked by Spamhaus-PBL. This is NOT an abuse list, yet email admins are using it as a 'blocklist'. I got no probs with SBL's and stuff.. but PBL?! I'm looking at you messagelabs.com (and any others that use it). I have…
Self coded honeypot is live for now
Picked up an interesting new scanner with a (possible troll) UA: "apache 0day by @hxmonsegur" coming from 185.130.5.224. Update: So far I've tested the 'exploit' against my Apache installation - doesn't appear to be doing anything. Update: Confirmed, it's fake.
Xen and CentOS7.2 (PV)
I always set up my CentOS VMs as PV mode (yes, I know PVHVM/etc) under FC23 host but this time it's not working. It is BROKEN. [ OK ] Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen. [ OK ] Reached target Paths. [ OK ] Reached target Basic System. Mounting Configuration File…
Mass update day
CentOS 7.2 is out, but took a day or two before it turned up on local mirror. Good thing I mirror everything, mass-updates of multi-VMs in progress. While I'm there, I'd upgrade Wordpress, and any other CMS's around. Busy day!
November summary
November calmed down on the weekends, but weekdays have been interesting. Started new job end of Oct. Got paid is good. Celebrated my wife's would-be 40th birthday (She passed away of cancer at 38) with Mexican (She loved Taco Bill). Got myself 2x6TB WD Black drive for my first paycheck…
Lots happening October
Started out with AWC2015 - first non-work trip to Adelaide/SA. 8 hrs drive with the Serpent Circle. Been an awesome experience even through the slight hickup at the end. It was followed by my wife's would be anniversary (18th) the next weekend. This last weekend was a break before launching…