A typo has the Sudanese government freaking out. According to a D.O.D. document, we tested nukes in Sudan between 1962-70. It should have read Sedan (Nevada). full story http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4338835.stm More amusing, when you consider that Iran’s nuclear facility is in a city called Arak… now, imagine an aide telling the President that Arak had a [...]
Archive for March, 2005
A Sideways glance
A movie this fatuous deserves a fatuous review title. I expected more from this film, given its good reviews. I wanted to like this film, thinking that it would resonate a little more than it did. Unfortunately, it was flat, bombastic, and disappointing.
Long days
Been a long series of days. Monday night – working until 8:45, Tuesday – got home around 1. Believe it or not, it was all work related and seriously paid off when in a room with another company’s COO today. Every question that was asked – we had already discussed and agreed on an answer [...]
Using GraphDefang to chart iptables drops
Thanks to Jason for his help, in the end the gshield config was almost exactly what we needed. [code] #!/usr/bin/perl -w # Feb 25 13:40:30 bashful kernel: firewall: IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=00:0e:b6:69:a8:c7:12:54:4f:dc:b4:1c:08:00 SRC=64.124.2.53 DST=61.1.1.1 LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=115 ID=11556 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=2213 DPT=135 WINDOW=8760 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 $event{'kernel'}{'iptables'} = sub { if ($text =~ m/^firewall: .* [...]
Simple script to watch for syn floods
#!/usr/bin/perl -w #Simple Script to monitor syn attacks. $syn_alert=15; $hostname=`hostname`; chomp($hostname); $num_of_syn=`netstat -an | grep -c SYN`; if($num_of_syn > $syn_alert){`netstat -an | grep SYN | mail -s “SYN ATTACK DETECTED ON $hostname” admin@yourcompany.com`; }else {}exit;
Home Theater
For the Home Theater in the basement, here’s what I chose: Speakers – Onkyo SKS-HT240 Receiver – Denon 2805 (pdf) Projector – Panasonic AE700 Screen, mounting bracket, etc. came in a kit with the projector from Projector Solutions.
The Motorcycle Diaries
I watched The Motorcycle Diaries a couple days ago. From the IMDB summary: “The Motorcycle Diaries is an adaptation of a journal written by Ernesto Guevara (Bernal) when he was 23 years old. He and his friend, Alberto Granado (de la Serna) are typical college students who, seeking fun and adventure before graduation, decide to [...]
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