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 https://twitter.com/RamNode/status/399709107021963266 https://twitter.com/NodeStatus/status/399846748719284224 Got one notification too: So someone is DDoSing all RamNode NL ips one by one. Shame on them to attack customers.

Yup, flexible and helpfull. Why? Sent you the traceroutes via PM.

Provider: TacticalVPS Plan: KVM 2GB VPS Price: 5$ per month Location: Los Angeles, CA [WebNX] Received: 10/2013 Hardware information: cat /proc/cpuinfo (4x) processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 13 model name : QEMU Virtual CPU version...

Sometimes you want to create an easy way to share files, or you want to give access to a friend helping you on some php problems. But you do not want to give them ssh/scp access to your vps. There are two easy ways: webdav and good old ftp. This tutorial will cover the ftp part. 1. Install...

Provider: TacticalVPS Plan: KVM 2GB VPS Price: 5$ per month Location: Jacksonville, FL [server Complete] Received: 10/2013 Hardware information: cat /proc/cpuinfo (4x) processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 13 model name : QEMU Virtual...

After helping some people (here and on irc) to setup their OpenVPN server I would like to start a collection of useful tips regarding the operation of an OpenVPN server. First the basic steps: Click on the "enable TUN/TAP device" within for server panel and restart the vps. [for OpenVZ] After...

Provider: Catalysthost Plan: OpenVZ 128mb VPS Price: 17$ per year Location: Dallas, TX Purchased: 10/2013 Hardware information: cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 45 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2620 0 @...

I was searching for an easy to install CalDAV server (calendar, contacts and todos) and found Baïkal. The installation is really easy because it just needs an php enabled webserver. Apache, ngnix and lighttpd are fine. Steps: cd /var/www wget...

Knowing that some board members are running IRC networks for quite some time - I want to ask some basic questions about running an IRC daemon. What type of server is suitable OpenVZ, KVM, dedicated? What type of OS should be used (net stack) Linux like Debian or some BSD? How much RAM and...

I really like Ruby but sometimes you need/want to run some Java apps on your vps. This is quite easy because you can strip down the Java VM to use quite a small amount of RAM. But if you need to support servlets, websockets, JMX or JNDI lookups you need a container, or at least a servlet...

Announcement from one of my providers: Google officially replaced Checkout with Wallet back in September 2011. But killed the "sell physical stuf". I don't think that any provider can sign up for Google Wallet for digital goods. I don't know any provider using Amazon payments. So only Paypal...

Time to start the discussion about how to secure wordpress blogs. There are some actions everyone should take to secure his wordpress blog: Strong passwords I use openssl to generate passwords: openssl rand -base64 60 Change the number of digits too.   Limit login attempts There is a...

Got some email notifications for login failures on some wordpress blogs I host. 103320 lockouts. 1180 IP are currently blocked from trying to log in. What the heck? Looks like they are using the xml-rpc interface (so password secured wp-admin does not help). Clever trick because xml-rpc is...

It was about time that they change something. First thought: If you have too many orders - raise the price tag. Second thought: Looking forward to the extinction of some OVH based vps providers. Maybe a black market for OVH servers raise.

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During the last years my scripts collected a lot of ping/traceroute and tweet information. After some tests I decided to use Chart.js to create charts out of this information. The results do look good (e.g. my ping graphs) but there is one drawback. This framework is using canvas elements with...

Provider: BlueVM Plan: OpenVZ 512mb VPS Price: 25$ per year Location: Zurich, Switzerland Purchased: 08/2013 I have reviewed their KVM line in the US too. Hardware information: cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 26...

I am running three mail servers for different domains. Therefore I often check them at the same time. It is a pain in my head to run the same commands on different terminal windows again and again. So I searched for a tool that can handle this. And I found clusterssh. Installation is easy...

Provider: AnyNode Plan: OpenVZ 1GB VPS Price: 4.40$ per month with Promocode Location: Detroit, MI Purchased: 08/2013 Hardware information: cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 16 model : 2 model name : Quad-Core AMD...

After rediscovering mailbox systems I also try to reflate my IRC activities. My current list: ObsidianIRC.net #BlueVM #HostUS Freenode.net #vpsboard #lowendbox So what vps related IRC channels are available? Any net/chan I should add?