Posts Tagged ‘apache2’

Building a Beehive Monitor: A Prototype

   Sam Nicholls    No Comments yet    Beehive Monitor, ESP8266

Since I got my beehive last summer, I’ve been toying with the idea of cramming it full of interesting sensors to report on the status of my precious hive. Now I am.

Using fail2ban to mitigate simple DOS attacks against apache (or why I am a terrible sysop)

   Sam Nicholls    No Comments yet    Devops, System Administration

Earlier this afternoon, my server was upset. Here’s what happened, how it took so long to find out, and how I will try and stop it happening again. In particular, I provide configuration for a `fail2ban` jail to try and stop simple DOS, that actually works.