Category: Technology

Updated the server last night while feeling crappy and skipping out on martial arts. Installed mod_security (here’s why) and Jacques’ hacked DBSL plugin for Movable Type. While my blogs have been pretty spam free since moving to the new serverContinue reading… Mod Security and DBSL

Update to 3.1.5 to prevent spamming from your domain. Unless you’re actively using it, delete mt-send-entry.cgi. Just good housekeeping.

The site is now running from the Mac mini and the speed has greatly increased over the 450 that was running the site previously. The mini is a very capable little machine and I’m suitably impressed. CGI execution is prettyContinue reading… Mac Mini Server and Other Goodness

After using AWStats for a little over a week, here are the things I wish it had: CSV export. Most of my other complaints could be resolved by being able to open up the stats in excel or it’s ilk.Continue reading… Wishlist for AWstats

Well, we’ve patched the holes and stopped the bleeding. The Big Swede’s server is happily back to normal traffic levels after about 5 days of hammering. Turns out it was not zombie attacks per se but instead, he got listedContinue reading… Breathing Easy

Don’t think that referer spam is a problem? What about when it goes crazy? The Big Swede has has a lot of fun over the last couple of days as thousands of zombie machines based mostly in Japan have hitContinue reading… Don't Think it's a Problem?

Found out that OS X server does something a little weird with logs. Turns out that 500.weekly ends up gzipping the httpd logs every saturday and creating a new log with root:admin as the user and group respectively. This meansContinue reading… Progress on the Server Front