This is the quickest way to limit the number of connection to your SSH server with iptables. [bash] sudo /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp –syn –dport 22 -m connlimit –connlimit-above 5 -j REJECT [/bash] This will only allow up to 5 concurrent connections to the SSH server, subsequent connections will be rejected by iptables, thus […]
I’ve upgraded to WordPress 3.2.1 the latest bugfix to WordPress 3.2.x line which seems to improve the perfomance of the admin panel noticeably, probably due to the updated database scheme. I’ve also decided to disable Bad Behavior plugin in my site, which was supposed to block most spammers, but since the rate of spams that […]
Fail2ban is a security tool used for preventing brute-force attack and Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack to your GNU/Linux box. Fail2ban monitors failed login attempts and subsequently blocks the ip address from further logins. Although Fail2ban can also be used to secure other services in Ubuntu server, in this post, I will only focus […]
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Great news to all developers out there! Google Code hosting service now supports Git in addition to Subversion (SVN) and Mercurial. Probably the top Google Code wishlish, I’m sure open source developers appreciates Google decision to offer Git support on its free open source code hosting service. New and existing projects may continue to use […]
The video shows how cool Dell Inspiron Duo is when running Ubuntu. This particular demo uses Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) with Ubermix customization, which contains a collection of application suitable for netbook users. Ubermix can be downloaded from its official website, please check the Netbook/table model specific instructions for proper installations. Supported Netbooks Dell Inspiron […]