The best laugh I had in years...
You are never too old to have a good childhood!
Build an IDS with Snort, Shadow, and ACID
Add some extra protection to your system:
Build an IDS with Snort, Shadow, and ACID - Every organization understands the importance of using a firewall to protect its assets. But what happens if someone finds a hole in the wall? What if the infiltrator is actually someone from within your organization who wants to access information that he shouldn't? To cover those contingencies, you need an intrusion detection system (IDS) to complement your firewall. Fortunately, with a minimum amount of time and money you can set up an IDS with open source tools such as Snort, Shadow, and ACID. [NewsForge]
The Ten Commandments of system administration, part I
A must read:
The Ten Commandments of system administration, part I - As system and network administrators, we play many roles. We are the ones who provide stable and secure environments for electronic business in all of its forms, from email to accounting systems to mission-critical Web applications. However, despite our best efforts, disaster will occasionally strike. In this series, I'll present what I feel are the 10 most important steps a systems administrator can take to ensure that when that dreaded 3 a.m. page hits, you're prepared to react quickly, assess the situation, and make everything right again. I call these the Ten Commandments of system administration. [NewsForge]
weather.module available for dowload and testing
The latest incarnation of the weather.module is available for testing.
This module fixes some problems where the RSS weather feed was being bombarded with requests.
The results of the RSS feed are now cached for 1 hour.
Please report bugs in this module directly to me.
amadain.net theme available for download
This the customised SpreadFirefox theme used for http://amadain.net and http://deburca.org.
I would be pleased to answer any questions you may have as regards the CSS, headers, columns, etc..
Enjoy.
Paddy.
Fix the Help Text
I have recently re-installed my site http://amadain.net and am just trying to clear up a few issues.
The first on involves the Help text.
SpreadFirefox displays a nice little Help: before each and every help text that discribes a page. This works if there are no tags in the help text. The system.module - by default - surrounds the help text by tags...
Two changes need to be made
1. page.tpl.php, update
<?php if ($help != ""): ?><br />
<p id="help"><?php print $help ?></p><br />
<?php endif; ?><br />
<p id="help"><?php print $help ?></p><br />
<?php endif; ?><br />
to
<?php if ($help != ""): ?>
amadain.net is almost back
My previous host provider has gone underground. I can neither contact them via e-mail or trouble tickets.
I have, in essence, lost all the contents of the previous site.
Please be patient and watch this space!
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