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HOWTO create a normal MySQL user

fak3r — Thu, 17 May 2012 12:04:23 PDT

I found this online, and it’s a perfect example of a bad habit I’ve been trying to clean up for some time. When I’m trying out software that needs a MySQL database, I’m used to create database foo; but not creating a specific user for that database. Sure, if it’s in the install steps it’s easy... Read more »

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Beastie Boys: The Grand Royal Mixtape

fak3r — Thu, 17 May 2012 06:50:08 PDT

While I’ve been remiss in mentioning the death of the Beastie Boy’s Adam Yauch (MCA), it’s only because there is so much I want to say to cover what that band has meant to me for over half of my life. Meanwhile a DJ’s mix of some of their rare mixes, bsides and live tracks... Read more »

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HOWTO create a Linux LiveCD

fak3r — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:38:46 PDT

I’m working on a project that calls for a Linux LiveCD, so it can be booted off of a CD-ROM or USB drive, and not require any sort of permanent install to run. You’ve probably seen this in things like Ubuntu’s LiveCD where you can try the latest version without having to install it, or... Read more »

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HOWTO use ionice to control long running jobs

fak3r — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 20:21:17 PDT

If you have a long running process (rsync, cp, find updatedb, etc) that causes a high load on your Linux system, it’s likely going to cause a problem (and unneeded Nagios alerts!) when it’s run via cron. This was happening on a server of mine that backed up the Apache Solr indexes every night, so... Read more »

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HOWTO run Apache Solr replication with multi-core indexes

fak3r — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 20:13:08 PDT

After having an Apache Solr search server running across multicores (that’s multiple “search” cores, it has nothing to do with multicore processors) we need to expand it by using replication for backups, as well as eventual load balancing for performance reasons. The 8 cores’ indexes are currently about 18Gig, so it’s no small undertaking to... Read more »

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DEF CON 20 CFP

fak3r — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:08:07 PDT

UPDATE: since yesterday was May 28th, I submitted this proposal late last night, along with another one covering a new project I’m toying with called blackGATE, more on that in a bit. Below you’ll see the extended outline that roughly sketches out what I’ll be covering in the talk. The DEF CON© CFP (Call for Papers)... Read more »

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Thought for the day

fak3r — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:06:18 PDT

Yet another work issue that I should have replied to with the terse, but accurate, “These are not the droids you’re looking for” — aka ★ Phil (@fak3r) March 21, 2012 Related posts: thought for the day

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Migas

fak3r — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:58:53 PDT

I’ve always loved Mexican food, but it wasn’t until I lived in Austin, Texas that I came to really appreciate it. When I worked at Hoover’s as a technician, the receptionist would announce when the taco truck pulled up so we could queue up and get breakfast tacos with egg, potato, cheese and salsa. After... Read more »

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HOWTO run a secure, caching DNS server in chroot

fak3r — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:50:17 PDT

I want to run my own DNS server, while I’ve done this before it was always a one off that I never spent much time researching or implementing it as well, and securely, as I wanted. When I tried out DNSCrypt from the OpenDNS folks, I emailed them and asked if it was available to... Read more »

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HOWTO install Samba on Solaris

fak3r — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:35:26 PST

At work we’ve had an old(ish) Sun Fire X4500 (aka Thumper), that has been under utilized. With 48 harddisks, it has about 40 Terrabytes of storage, not too shabby for a 4 rack unit box. Of course digging in and actually doing stuff in Solaris is not as much fun as Linux, but we needed... Read more »

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