israel

fail2ban and sshd on non-standard port

Submitted by Kasper Souren on July 10, 2009 - 18:57
Sometimes wifi connections only allow connections to a limited range of ports. In Israel connections to ports over 1024 were seriously throttled. So I put the SSH server of one machine on port 22. When going through /var/log/auth last week I found many bots trying to enter with standard names. So I installed fail2ban, today I'm checking and everything is working fine. For your own safety you can set up IP addresses that can always come through. Merely putting sshd on a non-standard port seems to be a more adequate way to keep bots out.

Boycott Israeli products

Submitted by Kasper Souren on December 29, 2008 - 04:30
My Israeli friend Ram wrote:
What really appalls me, is the joyous reactions this "war" is received with in Israel, and the overwhelming support it gets. According to channel 10 tonight, 83% of the people support this war, though only 15% actually believe it will help. 63% support the war, but do not believe it will help stop the shelling. So what are they supporting? I think nothing but vindictiveness. I believe vindictiveness is a very bad motivation for life.

Slightly Bugged in Israel

Submitted by Kasper Souren on December 15, 2008 - 21:26
In order to be able to be online a bit more I wanted to acquire a wireless router. Erga and I went to (believe it or not) a computer store called bug.co.il and bought an Edimax. Came "home" - the parents of a friend of Erga's are traveling in South America.  Connected the router.  Couldn't connect through wifi. Tried changing many settings - it takes 30 seconds for every setting. No wifi. Worked on other stuff. Tried changing many settings. No wifi.
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