Enhancing Apache Security: Automating DoS Attack Mitigation with Python

I’ve always been fascinated by the resilience and vulnerabilities of web servers. Recently, my Apache server experienced unexpected downtime. This incident propelled me into a deep dive into server logs and security measures. Here’s a breakdown of what happened, how I identified the issue, and the steps I took to prevent future occurrences. The Discovery of the Problem It started […]

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CP-500 (TRS-80)

CP-500 (TRS-80) Reactivating an old post I made with new information, about this one that was a technology icon in the 80’s in Brazil, the famous CP-500, considered by many to be the first personal computer in Brazil. The “CP-500” was a computer manufactured by Prologica during the 80’s in Brazil. Based on the American “TRS-80” architecture, it used the […]

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CDE on Ubuntu 20

How is this even possible? A 1993 desktop still running on a 2020 machine?“Nostalgia took over us.” So, lets go… For those unfamiliar, the CDE (Common Desktop Environment) is a desktop environment for UNIX. It was part of UNIX and has long been the “classic” desktop associated with commercial UNIX workstations. Originally HP, IBM, SunSoft and USL announced CDE in […]

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Xboard and GNUChess on AIX (Chess)

Step by step to install XBoard and GNUChess on AIX. PS: GNUChess is a dependency for installing XBoard. Download package: xboard-4.2.6-1.aix4.3.ppc.rpm e gnuchess-4.0.pl80-1.aix4.3.ppc.rpm If you don’t have wget installed, install it using yum: (If you don’t have yum, follow this tutorial) Once the package has been downloaded: Install the RPM package: If you are inside a CDE session, just run: […]

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Olá, mundo!

Tudo tem um começo! E na verdade esse blog não foi o começo. Estou reativando meu blog que existia a anos, porém por falta de tempo (e vontade) acabou que perdi as informações contidas nele, mas estou novamente reativando as ‘news’ e repassando bons conhecimentos. Nada melhor como um bom “Hello World”.

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