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Using fail2ban to open back door ports in your iptables [Port Knocking]

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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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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Setting up my HDTV HTPC with xUbuntu 8.10

Here my chronicle of fixes and tasks I had to go through while setting up my HDTV HTPC / home server. I upgraded from an older xUbuntu to xUbuntu 8.10 64-bit and the first thing I had to do is … Continue reading

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