Category Technology

Hardening Linux and Apache Servers for DDoS

In my earlier entry I discussed an interesting topic on firewalls and why we don’t need them. I put a small LAMP server to the test and got my results. Attack Information: Type: TCP SYN flood Max performance: 26Kpps (8Mbps)… Continue Reading →

Being Ignorant About DDoS and Why Firewalls Suck

I’ve just attended a one day “seminar” with folks at Arbor Networks and it has been insightful. It seems people are still pretty ignorant about DDoS attacks. Unlike the 1999 CIH virus that was programmed to take out a computer… Continue Reading →

Flash Sites are Passé; The DOs and DON’Ts of Web Design

I’m surprised to find Renoma Paris’s site (in English) made entirely out of Flash. While it took ages to load, it also played an annoying music that I couldn’t turn off unless I turned down my speakers. Once the page… Continue Reading →

SingTel Misleads Customers with iPhone Tethering

I’ve been having problems trying to establish PPTP VPNs using my iPhone over my SingTel 3G connection. After quite a bit of troubleshooting, I found out that using the e-ideas APN assigns the iPhone a private IP address. I switched… Continue Reading →

DRAM Error Rates are Actually Hundred and Thousands of Times Higher Than We Thought

DRAM, or commonly called RAM, is something we have on all computers and most mini electronic devices such as our mobile phones and portable players. Without them, computers won’t work. They hold vital data while they are in use, such… Continue Reading →

Sun Netra T1 AC200 is Alive!

It’s alive! I’ve finally decommissioned a server that has served me well for over 5 years. WhyMobile, IABPI and Naturext were the last sites hosted on the server. The old hefty 2U server is now sitting in my mum’s office… Continue Reading →

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