Blog for hpHosts, and whatever else I feel like writing about ....

Friday, 3 September 2010

TeenPup: Rescue aging machines

We've all got very old machines that we'd love to use, but sadly, they won't run newer versions of Windows and indeed, newer versions of some Linux distro's. Thankfully there's someone out there that has seen fit to work on a Linux based distribution for this very purpose (time to pick out my 486 hehe (did also have a Victor from 1981, but some idiot threw that out)).

http://pupweb.org/wikka/TeenPup

Tuesday, 31 August 2010

Final reminder: Paragon competition

Just a note folks, the competition ends today, so if you're taking part in the competition (i.e. haven't went straight for the PTAC instead), get those entries in;

http://forum.hosts-file.net/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=2077

Sunday, 29 August 2010

Full Circle Magazine: Issue 40

It’s hard to believe, but we’re already at issue 40! We’ve got a lot of great stuff for you in this issue, including a spiffy new logo redesign by Thorsten Wilms. You might also notice a slight font change-that’s the new (official) Ubuntu font.


This month:

- Command and Conquer.
- How-To : Program in Python – Part 14, Virtualize Part 3 – OpenSolaris, and ADSL Modem As A Switch.
- Review – SOFA Statistics.
- Top 5 – Favourite Apps.
- plus: MOTU Interview, Ubuntu Games, My Opinion, My Story, and now with all new LoCo and Translation Team interviews!


Read more
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/2010/08/29/weve-got-issue-40-and-a-new-logo-for-you/

Get it while it's hot!
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/issue-40/

Issues 0 - Current
http://fullcirclemagazine.org/downloads/

Forums:
http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=270

Wiki:
http://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuMagazine

Wednesday, 25 August 2010

Evil network: Sagade Ltd / ATECH-SAGADE AS6851 (85.234.190.0/23)

I've mentioned Sagade Ltd before, it's a totally Black Hat Latvian network that should be blocked on sight. Google's Safe Browsing diagnostic for this range is fairly damning:

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There's very little point playing whack-a-mole with these Latvian IP addresses. It's probably worth null-routing the entire country until some government agency that isn't being paid off by Russian organised criminals sorts the mess out. There's a list of major Latvian IP address allocations here- unless you do business in the Baltic states, then blocking all of them will probably do no harm.


Read more
http://blog.dynamoo.com/2010/08/evil-network-sagade-ltd-atech-sagade.html

For those not already aware, this particular /23 is part of the BKCNET (AS6851) range.

Related

Evilness: Sagade Ltd / ATECH-SAGADE
http://blog.dynamoo.com/2010/05/evilness-sagade-ltd-atech-sagade.html

Competition reminder: Less than 1 week left!

Just a reminder for those of you taking part - there's less than a week left to get your comments and suggestions finalised and posted!

http://forum.hosts-file.net/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=2077