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by Caliban55
Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:12 am
Forum: Dedicated servers and Virtual Dedicated Servers
Topic: Kernel update renamed ethernet adapter and made connection t
Replies: 1
Views: 592

Kernel update renamed ethernet adapter and made connection t

Problem description: After a Kernel update the Ethernet network adapters were renamed, making an Internet connection no longer possible. Further details: OS: openSUSE Linux 11.3 64bit Kernel Version: 2.6.34.10-0.2 Solution: After determining the name of the Ethernet adapters with the ifconfig -a com...
by Caliban55
Thu Jul 14, 2011 3:29 am
Forum: Dedicated servers and Virtual Dedicated Servers
Topic: Server been attacked for a month now. (Info and Suggestions)
Replies: 7
Views: 1817

Re: Server been attacked for a month now. (Info and Suggesti

I agree with John, the FTP connection attemps are not really that severe. If you want to block the IP automatically, FileZilla Server has an autoban setting that you can use for this purpose. After N failed login attemps, that IP is banned for a previously defined time. You can find this under the &...
by Caliban55
Wed Jul 13, 2011 4:06 am
Forum: Dedicated servers and Virtual Dedicated Servers
Topic: Server been attacked for a month now. (Info and Suggestions)
Replies: 7
Views: 1817

Re: Server been attacked for a month now. (Info and Suggesti

Another option would be to enable encrypted FTP protocols (explicit FTP over TLS). It works as well for clients, is more secure and most scripts don't take encrypted FTPs into account, plus for the initial connection clients have to accept a certificate, what scripts usually don't do. It is easy to ...
by Caliban55
Sat Sep 18, 2010 9:29 am
Forum: Software how tos
Topic: Setting up a Virtual Machine with VirtualBox on a full machine
Replies: 1
Views: 3933

Setting up a Virtual Machine with VirtualBox on a full machine

The following tutorial will describe step-by-step the installation of VirtualBox on a (full dedicated, not VDS) Windows Server to create a virtual machine with Linux as OS. I used the following software/hardware in this tutorial: Quad Core I7 CPU with 16GB of memory Host OS: Windows Server 2008R2 (W...