OpenSSH server Security Top 6
OpenSSH is very popular SSH server. Widely used on different Linux distribution. I used it for many years on my VPS server. It is easy to use, but security is the top issue for any server. Here is the top...
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Video card driver makes Windows 2008 R2 Blue Screen
Yes, it is true. I have see so many blue screens on a brand new PC server with Windows 2008 Server R2. The hardware including following items: Intel i5 2500 CPU 1TB SATA2 Hard Disk ASUS P8P67 R3 mother board...
Amazon extend Edge Locations in Paris
Got the newsletter from Amazon. We’re excited to inform you about the addition of a new edge location in Paris, France to serve end users of Amazon CloudFront and Amazon Route 53. With this new location, CloudFront and Route 53...
Cancel Swvps service
Because of the service is not stable any more, to protect my sites and save the traffic, I have to move all my sites from Swvps to other VPS. I said, I give up it. So I submit the cancellation...
Amazon CloudFront support custom origin
Amazon just announced that CloudFront now support custom origin, which means users can use their own server as the original content storage. You don’t have to use S3 as origin. It is more flexible for users. Easy to integrated with...
Google mod_pagespeed make Centos crush
I am not sure, what is the problem. When I install the mod_pagespeed on my Centos VPS, it make the Apache crushed. It ate a lot of memory, until over the memory limit. I have to restart the VPS. Just...
Webmin 1.520 on CentOS 5.5 Linux
Webmin: Web Control Panel for Linux server. CentOS: My favorite Linux Distribution I have VPS powered by CentOS 5.5. Webmin 1.520 running on it. For most of the jobs, I don’t have to go to the command environment. It works...
The results of PAM-abl
Web, as a wild place, is not a safe playground to me. I have a server, got so many attacking everyday. It is only two small sites running on it. What can I do? I have to protect myself by...
Secure SSH with PAM-abl
It is Automatic Black-List with PAM module, which can help you to protect SSH server. I have Centos 5.5 linux server on Butstnet. From log file, I saw a lot of fail login on my SSH server every day. To...
Centos Temporary failure in name resolution.
I installed Centos 5.4 on a PC server. I SSH to it and try to use yum to update the system. But, always give me the error as below
VPS Performance test result
I have a VPS which has 600MB memory. Let me do the bench test. Result shown as below. BYTE UNIX Benchmarks (Version 4.1-wht.2) System — Linux serv.fromchinatousa.net 2.6.9-023stab046.2-smp #1 SMP Mon Dec 10 16:48:24 MSK 2007 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux...
Reduce memory usage of Apache on Centos server
There are so many tips you can google, some are very complicated, some are useless. Now I want to share my experience to reduce memory usage of Apache on Centos server. You have to have Webmin installed on your server...
phpBB3 Email settings with Gmail or Google Apps
I did a post one year ago for PHPBB2 and Gmail. Now I have a PHPBB 3.0.4. How to config phpBB 3 forum board to make its email setting working with Gmail or Google Apps? The old way does not...
The Key Indicators of VPS
I purchased one VPS last week. There are hundred VPS provider in North America. How do I make a decision. Let’s talk about the Key Indicators of comparision of VPS. 1) Guaranteed Memory 2) Rebusted Memory 3) Disk Limit 4)...
Server Upgrade and Database moveing
Last weekend, the server which I put my Blog on, is upgraded based on the Dreamhost schedule. The new server is 64bit, and Linux is 64bit too. SO I have to rebuild my customized PHP on it, and doing a...