Archive for March, 2005

You tested nukes where?

by @ Sunday, March 13th, 2005. Filed under archive

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 [...]

A Sideways glance

by @ Thursday, March 10th, 2005. Filed under movie reviews and thoughts

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

by @ Wednesday, March 9th, 2005. Filed under Misc

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 [...]

March snow storms

by @ Tuesday, March 8th, 2005. Filed under Misc

Are just weird.

Using GraphDefang to chart iptables drops

by @ Friday, March 4th, 2005. Filed under Security

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

by @ Thursday, March 3rd, 2005. Filed under Security

#!/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

by @ Tuesday, March 1st, 2005. Filed under movie reviews and thoughts

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

by @ Tuesday, March 1st, 2005. Filed under movie reviews and thoughts

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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