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auth.log noise
Below are the top 50 login names when trying to gain access to this web server over the last 4 weeks
Name
Attempts
root
3273
admin
119
test
110
mysql
44
guest
41
user
37
oracle
37
temp
25
sales
24
info
21
webmaster
21
postgres
21
dan
18
robert
18
student
17
ftpuser
17
ftp
17
richard
16
apache
16
web
15
adm
15
webadmin
15
john
15
paul
15
office
15
tony
14
james
14
postfix
13
michael
13
alex
13
david
13
amanda
13
adam
12
mike
12
staff
12
steven
12
recruit
12
jeff
12
pgsql
12
library
12
username
12
frank
12
susan
11
cyrus
11
dave
11
gast
10
postmaster
10
nagios
10
martin
10
admins
10
Note: No external connections are allowed to log in as root (of course)
Note2: After 5 failed login attempt, the IP address is temporary banned (fail2ban)
import life
A console based implementation of Conway’s Game of Life in Python.
As fascinating as it is useless.
#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
import random
import time
import os
import copy
WIDTH = 32
HEIGHT = 16
class Grid:
def __init__(self, width, height):
self.width = width
self.height = height
self.create_blank_grid()
def create_blank_grid(self):
self.grid = [...]
Pretending PHP doesn’t suck
<?php
// Perhaps the simplest practical use of a fold?
//
// (While this is fairly consise (even in PHP) it calculates the length of a
// string 2n-2 times [which is n-2 times more than needed])
function getLongestWord($words)
{
$fun = create_function(’$a,$b’, ‘return (strlen($a) > strlen($b)) ? $a : $b;’);
return array_reduce($words, $fun);
}
// This looks a little better, but [...]
WoW Progress
First trip to Kara on the weekend, being mostly a PUG we started off really poorly. We eventually replaced our off tank (who was arms :/) with a well geared (epic) tank which helped substantially. Though, we still only managed to down Huntsman and Maiden of Virtue.
I have most of the standard instances [...]
Yet more wow
Progress
+834 Fire (+845 With Arcane Intellect) with one Metagem slot to fill and without Major Spellpower on my weapon. Though, it did cost a bit of Int and Stam.
Enchant Enchant Weapon - Major Spellpower on my Greatsword of Horrid Dreams
Actually start running Karazhan
Craft Spellfire Robe to finish the Wrath of Spellfire set
Karazhan [...]
Internet Connection
Yay, about time too
Though the speed is pretty similar to what I had with Internode on ADSL1
Upstream: 990500
Downstream: 8362800
Downstream
SNR Margin 6.0 dB
Line Attenuation 35.0 dB
Upstream
SNR Margin [...]