Tag Archives: Work

Nov 25

Life Update.

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Just gonna make it a list.

  • Work
    • Moved to the Secteam in Sept.
    • Back on 2nd shift (4pm-12am) in Oct.
  • Car stuff
    • Bart bought a 2004 Tahoe in Aug.
    • Its been in 3 times for repairs. Over $1600 spent before 2 payments were made.
    • Tahoe now has pretty white letters on the side expressing our unhappiness. [pics forthcoming]
    • Contour is still running like a champ.
    • Bonneville had to have the upper and lower intake manifolds done AGAIN, to the tune of $1200.
    • Both Bonneville and Tahoe have aftermarket remote start/car alarms.
    • Bonneville has back windows darkly tinted.
  • Other stuff
    • Still checking out apts in Grand Rapids, however moving to Marshall or staying in Lansing are now options as well
    • Apt building we are currently in had to have major sewer repairs a couple weeks ago
Oct 23

Security Improvements

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Now that I’m on the Secteam at LW, its obviously got me thinking harder about implementing better security measures on this VPS. One thing I’ve already done is install CSF (ConfigServer Security & Firewall, available at http://configserver.com), and set LFD (the login failure daemon) to send me emails about detected security issues.

I also have Apache2/ModSecurity2 (with our latest ruleset), however I’m finding that I probably need to make a few other adjustments, such as enabling SuPhp and open_basedir, locking down permissions, and most importantly, keeping up with new versions of software (omg, WordPress 2.6.2 already?!).  These things I hope to accomplish very, very soon.

Jun 07

Urgente warn for the system admins

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  1. Do not give the eating for monkeys in the datacenter area
  2. Do not bring any eating and any plastic bags come in the datacenter, is that the monkeys will attack to you and make you danger.
  3. Do not provoke the monkeys, is that it will bite you
  4. Please to intensive care your servants if they fallen, do not carry and food and toys, and do not away from fallen servants
  5. The monkeys are not afraid anyone please do not interact with them it so very danger!!

Notice – If have accident from monkeys, the datacenter can not invoke to you.

You salute!

Mar 14

I been detroited.

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Should I get this? It would be funny :)

History/Definition of “detroited”: A customer wrote in saying that we had ‘detroited’ (read: destroyed) their business.  So now anytime something is broken beyond repair we say its been ‘detroited.’

Jan 29

Ten Randomly Generated Hostnames

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cPanel is funny. One of our setups guys pointed this out and I had to check on my own vps.

  • approached.aqxenterprises.com
  • acoup.aqxenterprises.com
  • bewpers.aqxenterprises.com
  • cedrate.aqxenterprises.com
  • charge-a-plate.aqxenterprises.com
  • bistournage.aqxenterprises.com
  • barrulee.aqxenterprises.com
  • -blast.aqxenterprises.com
  • atweel.aqxenterprises.com
  • approached.aqxenterprises.com

Also, one of the others he found was ‘antisemitic.hostname’ – Carl said use this to fix it ;) 

    /scripts/fixracism --force