Deny Hosts and SSH Login Attempt Behavior

A few weeks ago I installed DenyHosts, a small deamon (can also be run as a cron job) that runs on my server to block IP’s that make brute force SSH login attempts.  The script has worked great, blocking over 500 hosts on the first day I used it (including myself a few times…).  One… Continue reading Deny Hosts and SSH Login Attempt Behavior

Internet Enabled Wireless Stock Clock

A project that a friend of mine wants to complete is to build a small clock type device that can connect to the internet and show something like +/- 10% for the stock market (or a specific stock).  The preliminary concept involves 2 physical devices and a program on the computer.  The program on the… Continue reading Internet Enabled Wireless Stock Clock