Archive for February, 2009

Youtube ZFS Videos

Saturday, February 21, 2009 20:29 No Comments

Klein2 posted some very interesting videos over on his blog regarding ZFS. For anyone interested in learning more about ZFS and to see some hardware getting bashed around, check out these YouTube videos.

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Real FreeBSD Tips is now iPhone Friendly

Saturday, February 21, 2009 20:04 No Comments

Thanks to a great plugin WPTouch, now you can browse this blog, iPhone friendly, from the same URL you have always accessed this blog. It feels really nice too, I think I’ll be checking the blog alot more on the road with this nifty interface. :)

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Stopping HTTP brute force attacks with BruteBlock & IPFW

Tuesday, February 10, 2009 9:00 2 Comments

One common issue that all systems administrators face is brute force attacks, whether it be SSH, FTP, WWW, SMB and almost anything else on a system. One frustration for admins of web servers are bots trying to gain access to password protected areas, automated scripts looking for vulnerable software, or simply poking around where they [...]

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Differences Between Linux and FreeBSD

Sunday, February 1, 2009 8:00 No Comments

The guys over at FreeBSD News have published quite a nice guide for people wondering the differences between Linux and FreeBSD. Some views are more personal than others, regardless it is a good point by point post.
1. BSD license allows users/companies to modify a program’s source code and not to release changes to the public
2. [...]

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