Archive for February, 2010
Securing remote root access
If you ever ran a SSH server on the Internet, you will probably have noticed the massive amount of ssh break-in attempts. There are a few easy ways to get rid of the attacks and at the same time prevent your root account from being compromised. move the SSH listen port from TCP port 22 [...]
Posted: 28 February, 2010 in Software.
Tags: backups, passphrase, root, secure, ssh
Comments: 11
Musings on Software Development With Linux
A few weeks back Laurent Parenteau asked me to contribute a post to his series “Meet the Linux family” on the blog “Software Development with Linux“. Well here it is: http://laurentparenteau.com/blog/2010/02/meet-the-linux-family-eric-hameleers/ . Nothing spectacular, but just enough controversy (I hope… I wrote “Steve Balmer” and “Eric Raymond” on the same page) to make it interesting [...]
Posted: 26 February, 2010 in Identity, Me, Slackware.
Tags: interview
Comments: -
Using git for version control
I have always really hated the Git Version Control System (or VCS). I am pretty comfortable working with other products like RCS, CVS and Subversion (SVN). I am not a developer, so my main use for a VCS is a to allow me to keep track of the changes in my SlackBuild scripts or my [...]
Posted: 26 February, 2010 in Me, Slackware, Software.
Tags: book, git, slackbuild, vcs
Comments: 12
Slackware ChangeLog stalling… or not?
Now that almost four weeks have passed since the last update of Slackware’s “-current ChangeLog” I am seeing posts from people who (1) start getting worried and (2) are speculating that a new stable release is imminent. Let me re-assure you: there is a lot of behind-the-scenes work going on. Some of the updates require [...]
Posted: 25 February, 2010 in Slackware.
Tags: changelog
Comments: 11
It’s been released: KDE SC 4.4.0
The KDE community has announced the immediate availability of the KDE Software Compilation 4.4.0 (“KDE SC” is the new name of what used to be called just “KDE“). In preparation for this event, the kde.org website was re-vamped yesterday to reflect their “shift in marketing and promotion vocabulary”. Looks shiny and new! Also, I think [...]
Posted: 9 February, 2010 in Slackware, Software.
Tags: kde4, nepomuk, netbook, plasma, release, sc
Comments: 26