After upgrading one of my KVMs to Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS, Tomcat 7 started to freeze while starting up with: INFO: Deploying configuration descriptor /etc/tomcat7/Catalina/localhost/ROOT.xml Only after several minutes, Tomcat generates the following message and starts accepting requests: INFO: Creation of SecureRandom instance for session ID generation using [SHA1PRNG] took [295,490] milliseconds. INFO: Server startup …
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I received a notification that one of my dedicated servers was taking part in a NTP based DDoS reflection attack. At first I was like “No way!” since I don’t use NTP on any servers. Closer inspection of the source IP address revealed that the attack was coming from my Supermicro server’s built in IPMI …
I love watching the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Here’s what’s needed to watch CBS content on iPad outside the U.S. using my DNS-unblocking config generator. { “name”: “cbs-akamai-ipad”, “dest_addr”: “ipad-streaming.cbs.com”, “modes”: [ { “port”: 80, “mode”: “http” }, { “port”: 443, “mode”: “https” } ], “catchall”: true, “enabled”: true } Add this to …
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Today, NBC updated its mobile app for iPad and iPhone. The latest version features AirPlay support which means you can watch NBC TV shows on a large TV if you have an Apple TV connected to it. NBC offers free (ad-supported) content in its iOS app, including: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Late Night …
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I haven’t found a working tutorial on setting up Sphinx fulltext search for the awesome Tiny Tiny RSS Reader (TTRSS) and MySQL in Debian/Ubuntu. So, without further ado, here it is: apt-get install sphinxsearch Create /etc/sphinxsearch/sphinx.conf: Create the indices using indexer –all Set START=yes in /etc/default/sphinxsearch and start Sphinx using service sphinxsearch start The last …
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