Author Archives: David

MariaDB

We have recently been looking into MariaDB as an alternative to MySQL, since it seems to be all over the place at the moment with organisations like Wikipedia and Fedora investigating its use it looks as though its going to … Continue reading

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Promoting Linux

As a home Linux user I am always justifying my OS choice to friends and whether its “I don’t really play games any more” or “It does everything I need it to and I don’t need to worry about continual … Continue reading

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Delaying attacks on AWS

Because the AWS instances sit behind a load balancer you can’t block by IP on a firewall however you have use the X-FORWARDER-FOR variable in the header. find the IP address you need to block from the relevant apache log … Continue reading

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Does Linux work as a desktop?

Well I have used various distros over the years all running their native desktops, and they all have their advantages and disadvantages. However recently after a HDD failure I had to rebuild my home desktop and built to Dual boot … Continue reading

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Powering the Mars Landing

So with possibly NASA’s largest mission since landing man on the Moon, The Curiosity Rover was certainly the largest enterprise in keeping the world up to date live with the landing. So the question is – what is required to … Continue reading

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Debugging The Modern CMS

Making any kind of change to the back end of a modern content management system is always fraught with danger, so the question is – how to get to the bottom of the problem? Unfortunately a lot of CMSs now … Continue reading

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Password management

With another 2 high profile password leaks this week I though it might be an idea to discuss password management. So with the best will in the world I only know of one person who has a unique alpha numeric … Continue reading

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LocationMatch

Those of us who use apache on a daily basis often have to modify the apache conf file, but I am sure, like myself, we don’t even use half of the directives available. For a full list you can check … Continue reading

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UEFI Secure Boot

What Is It? It is a system where by unauthorised code (such as viruses and other malware) cannot be run on boot. This should make computers more secure but it also locks down the computer from running programs like the … Continue reading

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BFD custom rules for Dovecot

On all of our servers we recommend a combination of APF and BFD, the first is needed for the 2nd. Now generally bfd does a good job of blocking attacks on ssh, ftp and mail accounts however recently we have … Continue reading

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