Archive for November, 2009



moments of silence

Published on 2009/11/29

This brief moment of silence parenting bliss proudly brought to you by Steve Jobs.


sleeping pad weight versus insulation

Published on 2009/11/10

Sleeping Pad

R-value

weight
(ounces)

M.H. Highmountain 72

6.75

29

B.A. Insulated Air Core

4.1

24

Big Agnes Air Core

22

C.D. Thermarest NeoAir

2.1

14

Z-Rest 3/4 / full

2.2

11 / 15

C.D. Thermarest Trail 1″

3.4

24


Boating last hurrah

Published on 2009/11/07

We are boating up to La Conner, with our cookoo captains.


ssh bruteforce attacks become sophisticated

Published on 2009/11/02

SSH scans and bruteforce attacks that have have been common since my first SSH enabled server was attacked in 1996. Back then, attacks were so rare that monitoring logins and manually adding attackers IPs to /etc/hosts.allow (TCP Wrapper) was sufficient to keep systems secure.
In the mid 2000’s, the rise of botnets resulted in distributed bruteforce [...]