Yet another encrypted backup way

Problem: you have a shared remote backup space and you want to backup sensitive data from your servers There is a plenty of options out there, in my situation I have a Linux server with shell access where to take files and a shell account on BSD with 75GB of space where to put these files. I need to keep a daily copy of everything for a week. After some thinking and experimenting here is what I’ve got with...

accidentally rm -fr /etc

If you ( better not you, but **** happens) remove your /etc on redhat/centos 5 and you still have an open remote root shell, here is what you have to do to make sure you still can reach the host (I wouldn’t write it if I had a backup): 0. Say f***********ck, take a deep breath and don’t panic 1. Make a prayer ( whatever god will do, even Einstein, nobody hears you screaming anyway ) 2. Restore...

What’s up with SPAM ratio? What will your send me next email marketer?

As Neil Schwartzman in returnpath blog says about McAfee email report which shows that overall amount of email has grew up whenever the SPAM ratio remains the same: The very bad news: Overall email volume is way up so the amount of spam has gone way up too. Translation: there is a lot more crap clogging up the system. and the obvious advice: For marketers a move toward smaller amounts of relevant email is way ...

Researchers say that a pint a day may work as well as a low dose of aspirin in preventing heart clots that raise the risk of heart attacks

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Internet Filtering: New Zealand joins the growing crowd

Last month NZ government has stealthy launched their filtering system. From now on, New Zealand Internet users are in good hands. Sad. Here is what their opposition says: Does New Zealand have internet filtering? Yes. The Department of Internal Affairs ran a trial internet filtering scheme in conjunction with Ihug, Watchdog, Maxnet and TelstraClear from May 2007 to September 2008. The system is now running with...