I have finally released an update for synd - csf.
I know before there was a problem with the unban command and it would just spit the csf already banned errors back at you for every ip you banned. This has been fixed.
Added a configuration command so the config can be edited on the fly without [...]

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Just about ever since I have been administering Linux servers I have explored just about every thing that can possibly increase security without breaking too many things. It really depends on what your server is used for to determine how tight you can get it. With web hosting servers you have to be very careful [...]

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Here is the latest grsecurity test patch with latest tarpit patch. All ready to go, configured for 64 bit systems. This also includes patched iptables-1.4.0 source

wget nix101.com/kernels/linux-2.26.6-grsec-tarpit.tar.gz
Also here is a kernel update script to compile and install this. It is configured for a 64 bit machine running an intel core2 or better processor. I am [...]

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