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  1. DomainBop

    Xclusive Tech Thoughts?

    Umm, I think you should check your website immediately.  I just clicked on that link and got a 404 page not found, and your home page is showing a "hacked by" message and playing a children's song...not good.
  2. DomainBop

    Paypal extends buyer dispute time limit to up to 180 days after purchase (in US)

    Many credit card issuers allow people to file chargebacks up to 6 months after the transaction so in addition to complying with EU rules the PP rule change may also be an attempt by PayPal to reduce the number of chargebacks filed after day 45 by giving those people the option of opening a...
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    How to configure my new server

    Fixed that quote. Raid 10 and I'll throw in this link for anyone else who is trying to decide between hardware and software RAID: http://www.adaptec.com/nr/rdonlyres/14b2fd84-f7a0-4ac5-a07a-214123ea3dd6/0/4423_sw_hwraid_10.pdf
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    Do I actually need CSF or fail2ban if behind CloudFlare?

    CloudFlare hides the IP address the domain/website is hosted on but it can't hide the IP address itself.  The majority of types of attacks that CSF and fail2ban protect against (like bruteforce attacks, etc) are attacks where the attacker is targeting an IP (or range of IPs) and not a specific...
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    Xen Security Vulnerability and Amazon is Special

    It makes sense to try to limit the damage by giving big companies a chance to fix it before the vulnerability becomes common knowledge, but on the other hand I don't like the further tilting of an already tilted playing field towards large corporations. Large companies are better able to...
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    Xen Security Vulnerability and Amazon is Special

    Major security vulnerability in Xen to be announced October 1st if you're a mere mortal.  Amazon is already privy to the details and the fix and is applying the fix and rebooting the 10% of its cloudcrap thingees that are vulnerable. http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/...
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    Cloud Deployment

    You can use these as a start.  1. Salt.  https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/automated-provisioning-of-digitalocean-cloud-servers-with-salt-cloud-on-ubuntu-12-04  Automated Provisioning of DigitalOcean Cloud Servers with Salt or 2. Puppet.   This may or may not do what you're...
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    Does your VPS provider install patches in your container in stealth?

    I blame LET for the fact that my dedicated server count now exceeds my VPS count.  It doesn't make me want to rent a VPS when I see VPS providers saying ""Hosting providers utilizing OpenVZ virtualization technology to provide "virtual private server" web hosting services are under no obligation...
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    Colocrossing Achieves Top 5 Rank

    That IP is clean but in the same /23 range there are Spamhaus XBL's (xbl - infected with  worms, trojans, etc and part of a botnet) and barracuda blocks.  http://rbls.org/66.225.195.194 edit: CVPS is sending email to their customers from a friggin' game server? There are several Google listings...
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    Colocrossing Achieves Top 5 Rank

    Bumping because Spamhaus escalated a pair of /17's today..so: 3 x /15 and 3 x 17 +...=494612/759,808 = 65.0%= you're f*cked! 107.172.0.0/15 23.94.0.0/15 107.174.0.0/15 192.210.128.0/17 198.46.128.0/17 192.227.128.0/17
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    Bash Remote Exploit (https://securityblog.redhat.com/2014/09/24/bash-specially-crafted-environment-v

    Debian released their 2nd patch in the past 24 hours for this tonight: https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3035
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    hubiC by OVH 25 GB of free storage in the cloud!

    It's just the free services at OVH that roll like that: Testing download speed........................................ Download: 838.87 Mbit/s
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    looking for dedicated sever

    Reliable Hosting would fit that description since they built their own DC and it is staffed by them.  No idea about the network in West Virginia though... That's always been my rule with dedicated providers or anything that I'll be hosting something critical on.  I also no longer use any...
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    Bash Remote Exploit (https://securityblog.redhat.com/2014/09/24/bash-specially-crafted-environment-v

    Debian advisory.  Patch available for wheezy. https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3032
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    VPN.sh Launching New VPN brand FixedRoute

    The biggest problem the old brand faced will also be faced by the new service: if you want to run a business (as opposed to having a hobby) you need to devote your full energy to it and you need to make the business one of your top priorities in life.  I really didn't didn't feel the business...
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    Wiredtree or Knownhost for a managed vps?

    I'm assuming US location and you didn't mention a price range so... for data security compliance : FireHost (not cheap, VMWare based) out of the 2 you listed: KnownHost gets a +2 (+1 because I've used both KnownHost and their unmanaged RocketVPS brand and their reliability was excellent...
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    looking for dedicated sever

    http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1414369 They listed the offer below on WHT yesterday and it sold out in a few hours but you can always contact them and see what else they have.  They still have some i3's ($30) and single disk L5420's. CPU: Intel Dual Xeon L5420 (2.50 GHZ x 8)...
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    Clustering Systems

    InfiniBand is available as an option on OVH's HPC line... --> free 1-month beta test application for the hourly HPCspot service.
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    Clustering Systems

    HPCC developed by HPCC Systems and LexisNexis...it's opensource comparison with Hadoop: http://hpccsystems.com/Why-HPCC/HPCC-vs-Hadoop/HPCC-vs-Hadoop-Detail The Pie said clustering not clusterfucking.
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