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Using IPTables with Dynamic IP hostnames like dyndns.org

Whenever IPTables has a hostname in a rule it looks up the hostname’s IP address and uses that instead of the actual hostname – so it’s stuck with the IP until the next time IPTables is flushed/restarted. Here’s a quick … Continue reading

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Bash Script: Confirm domains in your DNS Bind server are still pointed at your address (haven’t moved to other DNS)

Here’s a quick script I wrote last year which I forgot about until today. I thought I should share it since it works fairly well with some modifications – it could be refined/improved quite a bit; I’m not the best … Continue reading

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Encrypt forms’ passwords before submitting with jquery

If a site’s login/registration isn’t encrypted using SSL why would you risk sending a user’s password in plain text to the form’s processing script? Because you didn’t know any better and didn’t read this how-to, that’s why. With today’s average … Continue reading

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Spamato vs SpamBayes [Win7]

Which spam prevention product wins: SpamBayes vs Spamato? SpamBayes is the clear winner in my mind. I used Spamato with my outlook 2007 first and recently switched to Spambayes because Spamato simply wouldn’t work with Windows 7 even after going … Continue reading

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Using fail2ban to open back door ports in your iptables

The opposite of fail2ban would probably be called auth2allow (authenticate to allow) or fail2allow – but that’s not necessary because fail2ban’s configs can be customized to do exactly what I’m talking about. What am I talking about you ask? Basically … Continue reading

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My linux Quake 3 dedicated server setup notes (Ubuntu 9.04 server)

Not really a tutorial, mostly notes to my self so I remember how it’s done down the road.

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GNUmp3d init.d with PIDs for running multiple instances of GNUmp3d

I made some modifications to my original gnump3d init.d script when I needed more than one instance of GNUmp3d running (for multiple folders completely separated). I still haven’t quite figured out how to get the tag database to work for … Continue reading

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Ubuntu SABnzbd+ protected by an apache2 proxy and htpasswd

Basic SABnzbd+ Setup – SAB for short. There are plenty of tutorials out there which cover configuring a normal SAB installation so I won’t cover that here. What I am going to do is make my SAB available through a … Continue reading

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MRTG Indexmaker Interface + Description

I like to have interfaces and description, not one or the other. So I do this. Use your favorite editor to open indexmaker: vi /usr/bin/indexmaker Find this part: for ($$opt{section}) { # …Skip ahead to descr… /^descr(iption)?$/ && do{ $section … Continue reading

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Outlook 2007: None of the Authentication Methods Supported By This Client Are Supported By Your Server

Can’t send from certain locations and keep having to turn on/off outgoing server SMTP Authentication in outlook 2007? You might see this error too: “None of the Authentication Methods Supported By This Client Are Supported By Your Server” My Answer: … Continue reading

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