I can’t be the only person who finds it bothersome burning a cd just to install linux. What a waste (it’s not like you use the cd all to often afterwards, except as a coaster). So here are the quick and dirty instructions for making a debian linux install usb stick (adjust /dev/sdb accordingly, failure [...]
Archive > October 2008
Basic Server Hardening
Ok, here is a list of a few programs I’d advise anyone to use who is running a server on the internet (or thinking of doing so).
aide or tripwire (they can check and report if files on your system get changed, configurable levels). If you use tripwire, don’t forget a “tripwire –check -I” after you [...]
Halloween pumpkin carving
Last weekend we bought 2 pumpkins and carved them up for Halloween. I haven’t done that for a long long time.
Fantastic Contraption
I just found an interesting flash game called “Fantastic Contraption”. It’s kind of like that old game “The incredible machine” just with less exotic parts. Actually I like this flash game better since there is no “right” solution, there are endless possibilities to solve the problems. Unfortunately that doesn’t make things easier Have [...]
Bash Scripting
I’ve been doing a bit of bash scripting lately. Anyone who is interrested in bash scripting should also have a look at the “bash support” vim script http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=365. A fair amount of the addons are aimed at a gui usage (like gvim), but even if you are a console user like me, it adds enough [...]
MSI Wind U100
I bought myself a laptop this week. To be more precise I bought a MSI Wind U100 “Luxury” version in white with 2GB Ram. It arrived today, and I have been spending most of the afternoon setting up Windows. I must say, I’m positively surprised about how good it works and the default setup. It [...]
Hackit Server downtime
Sorry for the downtime, wasn’t planned. It was late last night when I set up the knock daemon, I somehow managed to accidently copy and past my terminal which resulted in about a quarter of my /etc/init.d/* scripts getting broken. Unfortunatly I didn’t notice it right away. I did notice it when I rebooted the [...]
knock daemon with INPUT chain set to default ACCEPT
I know there are plenty of pages floating around the Internet about knock daemons that open ports in a firewall after a predefined series of ports are “knocked”. For some reason ALL the pages I found assumed that a) you want the filter in your INPUT chain, and that the INPUT chain defaulted to DROP [...]
Work
I didn’t get around to updating last week, as of October I’m working at a new company. The new job is fun, and totally different environment (went from a company in the financial sector with 5000+ people to a company that develops and publishes games with around 150 people). The company is real cool, and [...]
