Archive for 'Sysadmin'
Cool sysadmin of the day
With his quality documentation, AIX, shell and Solaris quicksheets, cool name (William Favourite) and enthusiasm for old maps I like this guy.
Posted: May 25th, 2011 under Sysadmin.
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Defeating a DDoS attack with iptables and the shell
DDos, what a pain in the arse. What does this guy do ? Writes a shell script to update his hosts’ iptables rules. And it works ! Respect ! http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/back-dead-simple-bash-complex-ddos
Posted: May 9th, 2011 under Sysadmin.
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Bad day for a sysadmin
14th April was the third anniversary of me starting work at the hospital. It was also the day of my dumbest decision in those three years. How I wish I hadn’t pulled that cable. How I wish I was more like this guy … http://www.infoworld.com/t/unix/nine-traits-the-veteran-unix-admin-276 At least it inspired me at Malcy’s comic strip class, [...]
Posted: April 16th, 2011 under Sysadmin.
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AIX From Strength to Strength
I hadn’t seen this useful IBM flyer before, listing the new features in each AIX version going back to 1996 (AIX 4.1)
Posted: February 22nd, 2011 under Sysadmin.
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