Re: [CentOS] ssh security

2009-06-19 Thread Ron Lorah
In my opinion, the easiest way to handle this is to move the SSH ports. Then just pass the -p (port) option for logging in. While this is not bullet proof, it will stop 99.9% of  Brute Force attempts. ~Ron Cisco-Education wrote: Dear All, I have the following setup running perfectly OK f

Re: [CentOS] NAS Storage server question

2009-06-11 Thread Ron Lorah
I use NFS - stable solution, but if your looking more for redundancy, use the DRBD and heartbeat solution you mentioned. I have quite a few system running this - it works very well. You may also use Raid with DRBD. Sorry, I have never used iSCSI Target, looks interesting though. ~Ron Coert Waa

Re: [CentOS] hosting provider with CentOS shell?

2009-06-05 Thread Ron Lorah
http://securefoundations.com Radu-Cristian FOTESCU wrote: --- On Fri, 6/5/09, Matt Harrington wrote: I need a hosting provider just like Dreamhost.net's shared hosting service, but with a CentOS shell instead of Debian.  Any pointers? http://www.asmallorange.com/ R-C

Re: [CentOS] yum update error this morning

2009-06-03 Thread Ron Lorah
Try: yum clean all Then try yum update again ~Ron Jerry Geis wrote: > I am getting the following "yum update" error this morning. C 5.3 x86_64. > > What shall I do? > > Jerry > --- > > yum update > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile > * base: cento

[CentOS] CentOS 5.3 SuperMicro x7sbi AHCI

2009-06-02 Thread Ron Lorah
Greetings, Wondering if anyone could assist with this. I have many SuperMicro 5015B-MTB servers. These all have the X7SBi Motherboards. After upgrading to CentOS 5.3 the Hard Drive LED's on some of the servers started blinking red(drive fail) but all is functioning normally. All servers are runn