CentOS v5.2 is available!
The folks over at CentOS released v5.2 on Tuesday June 24, 2008. I’ve been running six different HP Proliant DL360s over the past 24 months acting as a public WiFi Hotspot portal servers. The solution...
View ArticleDomain Name Server patch
Last week there was a flurry of information revolving around a new security flaw in the Domain Name System — software that acts as the central nervous system for the entire Internet. On Tuesday July...
View ArticleCentOS Linux – error updating rpm
I came across an interesting problem recently with the CentOS Linux server I use to host this blog. I encountered a problem when upgrading from CentOS 5.4 to 5.5. I had performed this upgrade on a fair...
View ArticleWe systematically reject ‘apache@…’ Huh?
I’m continually amazed by how much hands on effort it takes to run even a small blog or community these days. The SPAM bots are continually spewing their useless garbage everywhere, the hackers and...
View ArticleCentOS 6.2 KVM – VirtIO paravirtualized drivers for Windows
I’ve just recently been playing around with KVM on a HP DL360 running CentOS 6.2 x64. I had a very difficult time finding the VirtIO paravirtualized drivers for Windows in a virtual floppy format...
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Apache2 mod_php vs Nginx PHP-FPM
Our society places a great deal of value on speed whether that’s good or not is debatable. It’s clear though that on the Internet speed is king. I’m not just talking about the speed of your Internet...
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IPv6 and Nginx
When I recently migrated from Apache to Nginx I temporarily broke the ability of IPv6 clients to reach my website. Last night I spent a few minutes updating the Nginx configuration to support IPv6....
View ArticleLinode Upgrades – Which hosting provider do you use?
There are dozens if not hundreds of hosting providers out there these days so how do you go about choosing the right one for you? In the early days of my foray into blogging I utilized Google’s Blogger...
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Hosting Provider – Digital Ocean
I was still feeling irked with Linode after I discovered the performance of my Linode VPS decreased significantly after receiving a number of “free” upgrades, so with my Linode 2G coming up for renewal...
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