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Holiday Hijinks
A few folks here in the office decided to have a bit of fun outside. We caught it on tape and have decided to share it with all of you. :) Video
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Keeping Tabs on Successful Logins
There are a number of things that any sysadmin should be doing (or is already doing) to keep tabs on the systems they manage. One of the things that I do which is quite simple (read: quick and dirty) is having my server send me a message anytime a user logs into the server. I…
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Remember to Check Domain Expiration Dates
Today’s post isn’t anything technical; it’s somewhat of a public service announcement instead. Your domain registrar likely emails you when your domain is nearing the end of its life (at least the end of its life in your possession). What if that email is caught in your spam filter or goes to a non-existent address?…
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Karmic Koala VPS Images Available
The latest 6 monthly Ubuntu build, Karmic Koala, was released to the public on Oct, 29th. That is now an option when ordering a new VPS or for a fresh install on an existing VPS (contact us if you have questions about retaining your data after the reinstall). If you don’t want to reinstall an…
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32bit or 64bit – Choose Your VPS Kernel
Sometimes we roll out new features in our control panel without announcing them. We usually do this so that we see a trickle of new users initially which helps identify any bugs or missing functionality before the entire userbase starts hammering the new features. :) Selecting your VPS kernel bit-edness (32bit or 64bit) is one…
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Evading Webapp Vulnerability Scans
Most attackers aren’t after your digital property or information stored on your server. They’re mostly after your server for its resources to send spam, host phishing sites or launch attacks against other servers. So unless you’re running a high profile site or have managed to anger a malcontent, your server likely isn’t going to be…
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Using libcloud with RimuHosting
Libcloud.org has merged our RimuHosting driver into their Python library. All of our api functionality isn’t included in that driver, but there are a number of handy things that you can do via just a smattering of python code. I’m going to write a few articles on this topic to demonstrate some of the cool…
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External MX Records
I see this particular problem about once or twice a day it seems and probably have for as long as I’ve worked at Rimu. Sometimes customers opt to have their email handled via a 3rd party mail service (google apps, for example). If the hostname of your server is example.com and you’re trying to send…
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Spam Addresses
I hate spam. I really hate spam. I guess everybody can relate to that. I not only hate spam, but I don’t like receiving correspondence from some website that made me register to view some content or post a message, some site that that I’ve ordered from or any other place that I’ve had to…
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Got Backups?
Backup your data. That’s something that’s repeated over and over and yet too many people don’t really take it to heart. If you’ve lost data in the past, I be that you’re backing up now like it’s a religion. If you’re not backing up, maybe you’ve never lost any data or maybe it’s just something…