Entries from July 2014

How To Turn Off Repeat Alerts for Text Messages in IOS7

Author: , July 30th, 2014

Settings » Notification Center » Messages » Repeat Alerts » Never This will only give you the initial alert for a text.

How To Fix Indentation in Vi

Author: , July 30th, 2014

gg=G gg to get to the top of the file, = to indent, and G to the go to the end of the file.

How to Install Apache mod_evasive on AWS Linux/CentOS

Author: , July 26th, 2014

I was getting tired of using iptables to block the various hackers and bots constantly slamming my servers (the Chinese are the worst offenders by far – curse them!). I found the Apache module mod_evasive and installed it. Here are links to various articles about mod_evasive: http://www.zdziarski.com/blog/?page_id=442 https://coderwall.com/p/eouy3g http://www.crucialp.com/resources/tutorials/server-administration/flood-protection-dos-ddos-protection-apache-1.3-2.0-mod_dosevasive-avoiding-denial-of-service-attacks.php Add the Module to Apache I […]

How To Block WordPress XMLRPC Attacks

Author: , July 8th, 2014

Add the following to either your .htaccess file or to your Apache config: