Category Archives: Server.

Server related things.

Updating the Server — Welcome Debian, bye bye openSUSE

Posted on October 30, 2009 by robert

My provider has upgraded its VServer plans. Now offering 1GB of RAM, 20GB of disk and some more CPU power for the same price, but openSUSE was phased out. My old VServer only hat 256MB or RAM and was kinda … Continue reading →

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Blocking IPs after breakin attempts with tcpwrapper and fail2ban

Posted on June 24, 2009 by robert

My virtual private server runs fail2ban to block IPs that have tried to gain access to my system by hammering my ssh server. Suspicious IPs get banned for a certain time with a firewall policy using iptables. The un-banning is … Continue reading →

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Blocking referer spam with mod_security2 using Apache2

Posted on March 25, 2009 by robert

I have some statistics plugins for WordPress that evaluate what sites refer to my blog. I use “WassUp”, “StatPress” and “CyStats”. Unfortunately some idiot thinks it’s funny to bombard my webserver with referer spam. Complaining to the local net-admin us … Continue reading →

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