BitFolk Users May 2012

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13 discussions

Squeeze - cannot access the hardware clock by any known method

by Keith Williams

Have just installed Squeeze on a vps (twice! had problems first time round) Everything looks good and is ready for me to start installing the web sites etc, but I can't get ntpd running as I get the message in the subject. I have tried running hwclock --debug, but get the same response. Any suggestions on what I should try next please? It was an easy job - following Andy's wiki article and youtube vdo, except for this one issue -- Keith Williams Anybody caught selling macrame in public should be dyed a natural color and hung out to dry. - Calvin Trillin He's doing it again! www.justgiving.com/France-The-Wrong-Way Tailor Made English www.tmenglish.org

12 years, 7 months

A gentle reminder again about protecting against SSH dictionary attacks

by Andy Smith

Hello, It's been a while since I last posted a reminder about protecting against SSH dictionary attacks. http://lists.bitfolk.com/lurker/message/20100314.085112.f5be7da9.en.html The problem of course has not gone away and since then there have been many more compromises that could have been easily avoided. So, please, if you are running sshd on port 22 and allowing password authentication, please consider taking some steps to protect yourself. It can very easily happen to you, and aside from the damage it can cause to other hosts on the Internet it risks significant downtime for your own services. I wrote up some more info from previous discussions: https://tools.bitfolk.com/wiki/Protecting_against_SSH_dictionary_attacks If you have further input please do feel free to add to the above wiki article. Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting _______________________________________________ announce mailing list announce(a)lists.bitfolk.com https://lists.bitfolk.com/mailman/listinfo/announce

12 years, 7 months

PHP-CGI exploit probes seen - please make sure your VPS is secured against this

by Andy Smith

Hi, As you may be aware a major security problem was recently found in PHP when run in CGI mode. A customer has recently had their VPS compromised and has discovered probes for this vulnerability as described here: http://blog.sucuri.net/2012/05/php-cgi-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild.… So, if you are running PHP in CGI mode you absolutely must secure it against this. Cheers, Andy -- http://bitfolk.com/ -- No-nonsense VPS hosting _______________________________________________ announce mailing list announce(a)lists.bitfolk.com https://lists.bitfolk.com/mailman/listinfo/announce

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BitFolk Users May 2012