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Linux Malware Detectection
by Ryan M. on Oct.19, 2009, under Development Blog, My Blog
I have the last few weeks been working on a new project for malware detection on Linux web servers, it is already at a pre-release version in use at work and it has shown phenomenal promise.
Right to it, some background… On a daily basis the network I manage receives a large number of attacks, [...]
The Way Forward
by Ryan M. on Oct.18, 2009, under Development Blog, My Blog
It is hard to believe the year is almost done and gone already, it has been busy for me with some life drama earlier in the year then a couple of larger projects keeping me on my toes since then.
During the last few weeks I have taken the time to draft a solid road map [...]
BOGON Filtering, Update It
by Ryan M. on Apr.17, 2009, under Development Blog
One of the features used by APF to prevent address spoofing is that it filters reserved IP address space, also known as BOGON filtering. This is an otherwise very reliable method to keep out random unallocated spoofed addresses from injecting traffic towards your server, assuming of course the list is updated regularly.
We decided a few [...]
New Site, At Last!
by Ryan M. on Mar.01, 2009, under Development Blog
It has been on my plate for a long time now to redo the R-fx Networks site, although this process began some years ago with a few incarnations of new sites developing behind the scenes, none ever made it into production. In the end I drew the conclusion that sometimes simpler is better, so here [...]