WP Flickr Background is a simple to use WordPress plugin that allows you to display a photo from Flickr as the theme background, without the need to modify any files.
All you need to do is create one or more galleries within the plugin’s settings, each containing a collection of photos from Flickr that you have chosen, and WP Flickr will randomly select a photo from the active gallery to display as the theme background.
You can also customise a gallery by adding CSS styling code that will be loaded along with the photo, allowing you to color match the WordPress theme to the particular photo displayed or for other use. View Full Article »
Some websites are still being hit with the infamous “w00tw00t” scans. You might see these scans in your logs as:
... "GET /w00tw00t.at.ISC.SANS.DFind:) HTTP/1.1" 400 ...
Using Iptables
The quickest method of making sure it never reaches your webserver (and thus wasting resources like processor, disk space [log files], etc) is to use iptables, and it can be done with a one-liner like this:
iptables -I INPUT -d xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -p tcp --dport 80 -m string --to 70 --algo bm --string 'GET /w00tw00t.at.ISC.SANS.' -j DROP
Simply replace xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with the IP of your web server. If you want to use this for a range of IPs (ie., you’re using multiple IPs to host web servers), simply replace the “-d xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx” portion with:
-m iprange --dst-range start.xxx.xxx.xxx-end.xxx.xxx.xxx
where start.xxx.xxx.xxx and end.xxx.xxx.xxx are the first and last IPs of your web servers respectively. View Full Article »
It looks like I have neglected to write a new article in quite a while! Shame on me. But, thanks to a website outage, I’ve finally got some more good stuff to share with you.
My previous Nginx configuration became a nightmare to maintain and WordPress had become slower because Apache’s children were being killed by OOM. This was due to a misguided PHP cache (PHP XCache to be precise) that decided to take every available bit of memory from my system, despite having max-requests per child set low (before it was purged).
This, along with my endeavors in seeking the fastest solution to everything and the introduction of a new Cloud servers by OVH, lead me to today’s article. View Full Article »
Last year I wrote a guide on how to use Shorewall as a firewall and router for Proxmox. As a follow up I will answer a few questions I’ve received about that guide that can help you extend its use.
Proxy ARP
The most common question is in regards to proxy ARP. Enabling this option will allow you to assign a public IP directly to your guest VM, eliminating the need for port forwarding (DNAT) or having to worry about the MAC address.
As an example use for proxy ARP, it is helpful for those using a a SIP-based VoIP server since a STUN server is no longer required. View Full Article »
Version 1.0.3 has been released, which fixes a few minor bugs and introduces a new option. It is still considered to be in a Beta stage, which most likely will change with the next release.
Changes
- A new option has been introduced to hide the license and attribution information in the footer.
- Bug fix: Config hash file was never initialized
- Bug fix: Enabling “cacheable” option resulted in fatal PHP errors in some cases
- Bug fix: Preview option did not work when “cacheable” option was enabled
- Bug fix: “All Rights Reseved” licenses had no URLs
In addition, WP Flickr Background is no longer compatible with WordPress version 2.8 or older.
Links: Direct download WP Flickr Background (192) | WordPress Plugin Directory
