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		<title>Latest Grsec RPM Packages Work Good</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had been having some problems with latest grsecurity test patch kernels on various machines, usually core2quads with raptors on raid. I used same config I have always used but the kernel would panic on boot. So I gave the grsec rpm packages a try once more and this time they actually worked. I had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nix101.com/2009/07/03/latest-grsec-rpm-packages-work-good/</link>
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		<title>Disabling Dns Zone transfers/axfr</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently I had a client contact me regarding the axfr query/zone transfer where someone can basically find out all a records on a domain. I had knew about this a while but never found out how to disable it. I had searched for disabling axfr, but I found out it is just a zxne transfer. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nix101.com/2009/07/03/disabling-dns-zone-transfersaxfr/</link>
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		<title>Light Mod_Security Ruleset</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally gotroot.com has came out with new rulesets a while back. they didn&#8217;t make any new ones for 1.9* to my knowledge. Gotroot always does a good job with the rules but there is nearly always some rulesets broken right out of the box and lots of unnecessary rules. I know on the old 1.9* [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nix101.com/2009/06/25/light-mod_security-ruleset/</link>
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		<title>Some useful and safe third party repos for RHEL/CentOS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some third party repos of which have newer versions of certain softwares, software not available on default yum channels and some other useful packages. On new server installs I enable these repos before I even do the first yum update.
Dag Repo/RPM Forge
Utter Ramblings
Those are just two of many useful, safe and good repos, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nix101.com/2009/06/23/some-useful-and-safe-third-party-repos-for-rhelcentos/</link>
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		<title>New Grsec Patched Kernel &#8211; 2.6.29.4 / and a short pax howto</title>
		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Maybe not so stable. Got panics on some other machines, same config and everything so I take that back about being stable. The download for stable version is &#8211; http;//nix101.com/kernels/sstlinux-2.6.27.10.tar.gz &#8211; This is latest stable grsecurity kernel BUT it is all the way from December of 2008 so it may be worth a panic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nix101.com/2009/06/23/new-grsec-patched-kernel-2-6-29-4-and-a-short-pax-howto/</link>
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		<title>Mysql Open Files Limit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about the rest of you but for the longest time on busy servers I wasnt able to get open files limit to set successfully. I was using the standard &#8220;open_files_limit&#8221; syntax, same as other mysql directives in my.cnf but it would just not take. So I recently had this server here busting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nix101.com/2009/06/21/mysql-open-files-limit/</link>
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		<title>Dealing with ddos attacks and how to react publicly to them</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so you are under ddos attack. It has caused you much downtime and annoyance. You finally decided to go to a protected host or run your own server at a protected host. But you soon find out that the attacks are pretty big and require more advanced protection which costs significantly more then your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nix101.com/2009/06/13/dealing-with-ddos-attacks-and-how-to-react-publicly-to-them/</link>
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		<title>Longest DDos Attack EVER!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a site on one of my servers that has been under attack constantly for 2 years straight. No kidding&#8230;
I)ll first explain average attacker behavior. Usually an attacker will attack a site and keep it down as long as possible. When that user gets on a protected hosting and attack gets blocked, site is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nix101.com/2009/06/13/longest-ddos-attack-ever/</link>
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		<title>Donating to Online Charities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most of you who come here have some sort of online business, usually web hosting. i wanted to take this time to point out that even though we are in troubled financial times and everyone is strapped for cash you should make it a goal to donate to a legit charity. In my opinion you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nix101.com/2009/06/09/donating-to-online-charities/</link>
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		<title>New Grsecurity Kernels and deb/rpm packages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently been using the fairly stable 2.6.27.10-grsec kernels in my servers and I have not noticed any problems at all. No errors, panics, etc so I would say it is stable. I also recently found some deb and rpm packages on the site. I tried to install the rpm but got module errors, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://nix101.com/2009/05/21/new-grsecurity-kernels-and-debrpmpackages/</link>
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