Tag: Fedora

I finally modified the script slightly to keep a list of the “bad” IP addresses in a text file. Please feel free to modify the script any way you like and I’d really appreciate any modifications anyone might have. #!/bin/sh # $Author: pankaj $ # $Date: 2005/01/27 18:58:27 $ # $Revision: 1.2 $ # #…

Ok, I admit it, this script is horrible, even for a quick hack. Duplicate address constantly get processed every hour since they’re already in the log file. I’m going to look into doing this in a slightly smarter fashion before a specific ip address is blocked 48 or 72 times….

I wrote a very simple shell script to use iptables to block ip addresses that are use various rootkits to try and hack into your box over ssh. I’ve tried, unsuccessfully, to find something on the web that would integrate snort into doing this but no luck. Hence, this simple script which I’ve included into…

I’ve been using Solaris and Linux for more than eight years now and couldn’t bare the thought of having to use Windows. I always thought it would be easy for anyone to use Linux if they were slightly technical. However, I’ve been learning that most *nix systems are still very far away from becoming mainstream…

I’ve decided to take the plunge and try rolling my own Linux distribution based on Redhat’s Fedora Core 3. I’m including many thirdparty RPMs from Fedora RPM services like FreshRPMS, DAG, ATRpms, and jpackage as well as some customized applications that i’ve been playing with. It’s been very interesting reading and learning exactly how to…