July 26, 2005

A couple of security updates

ZLib: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-19.xml

Sandbox: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200507-22.xml

Both have been updated to new releases.

Posted by gordonj at 11:53 AM

July 20, 2005

sshd - Extra Security

I've implemented DenyHosts on Obelisk. This tracks failed SSH login attempts and bans IP addresses if it sees more that 5 failed login attempts from that address.

This is live now so please ensure you take extra care typing your password otherwise you might find your IP banned.

195.92.70.130 and 195.188.171.157 have been exempted. If you'd like to add another IP to the list let me know, static IP's only.

The current ban list stands at 53 IP's.

Posted by gordonj at 02:12 PM

July 15, 2005

Server Moved

Obelisk was sucessfully moved last night. Server was down from 10pm until 1am this morning, all services resumed as expected.

Posted by gordonj at 12:04 PM

July 06, 2005

FTP

FTP service is now officially withdrawn due to security considerations. Use SCP/SFTP or something similar.

Posted by gordonj at 05:07 PM

July 04, 2005

Server Move

From DediPower:
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Dear Sir/Madam,

I would just like to confirm that your server will be moved to our new
data centre on the 14th July 2005 at 10:00pm BST:

This move should take no less than 30 minutes, and no longer than 3
hours to complete, also settings such as IP addresses will NOT change
and will remain the same.

Once moved all servers will be checked for SSH or Remote Desktop access.
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Posted by gordonj at 01:11 PM