Frustrated by brute force attacks on your server from botnets with ever-changing IP addresses? Me, too. I finally got around to assembling a simple Linux active firewall, which I call “slaf”. This PHP script monitors the CentOS secure log and records…
For a long time, I served secondary DNS for Plesk domains using a non-Plesk server, but I was manually creating the zones on the secondary DNS machine. Too much “hands-on,” and too many places for human error. I took a closer look at automating the…
EditPlus – This little known Windows text editor is designed for developers, and it’s a terrific tool for web developers. It offers syntax highlighting for HTML, CSS, PHP and JavaScript, along with excellent FTP integration, which makes editing files on a…
The never ending battle for control of your PC continues. Yes, your PC. In recent weeks, I’ve had half a dozen people contact me for help in ridding their PC of fake antivirus software. The number of fraudulent “phishing” emails being sent to people continues…
Anti-virus software has improved dramatically over the last decade. Severe disruptions from viruses and malware, affecting many thousands of computers, were frequent occurrences. Such things now seem to be a rarity. Newer versions of email programs, particularly…