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Keeping script kiddies at bay with mod_evasive and iptables

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Simone

mod_evasive is a nice Apache module that helps to protect your server against DoS attacks. However, when a client is blocked, it will keep on using resources on your server. Even if the request will result in a 403 error, … Continue reading →

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LogMiner 1.23

Posted on June 30, 2009 by Simone

Version 1.23 of LogMiner, my Apache/IIS log analysis package, is now available. This release mainly fixes some build problem on modern distributions. Also it finally includes the cleanup function I was talking about some days ago…

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mod_tunnel for Apache 2.2.x

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Simone

mod_tunnel is a simple Apache module that can be used to create TCP tunnels using your Web server. It is useful to expose services which can be reached through a proxy, bypassing firewalls. After only 4 years since the previous … Continue reading →

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Who’s linking to your site?

Posted on June 20, 2008 by Simone

If you’re using LogMiner to analyse your Apache/IIS logs, here’s an easy recipe to be notified of sites that send visitors your way. First, let’s define a Pg/PLSQL function to extract the new referrers: 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748CREATE TYPE new_referrer AS (   … Continue reading →

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LogMiner 1.21

Posted on November 3, 2007 by Simone

Version 1.21 of LogMiner, my Apache/IIS log analysis package, is now available. This release sports a new report: Networks. It allows you to monitor where your visitor come from, in terms of organization and network. To use this report, you … Continue reading →

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LogMiner 1.20

Posted on August 10, 2007 by Simone

Version 1.20 of LogMiner, my Apache/IIS log analysis package, is now available. This version doesn’t require anymore libpqxx 2.5.5: it compiles as well with version 2.6.9 (I don’t understand why they had to remove a couple of really useful functions … Continue reading →

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