How to change SSH hostnames based on guessed location

An idea on how to manage EC2 SSH keys for a large number of users

I just came across a really handy post on David Busby‘s blog: Enable logging in the SFTP subsystem - Oneiroi. From OpenSSH 4.4 on, you can pass arguments to Subsystem calls, and the sftp subsystem supports logging to an aribtrary syslog facility and priority. Simply adding a line like …

Since I moved all of my WAN-facing stuff (mail, web, this blog, svn etc.) to a virtual server with Linode, and just have a desktop at home, it’s no longer practical to use Bacula for backups. Linode manages daily and weekly backups through their backup service, but they …

There’s a known issue with the SSH implementation in the iLO firmware for HP Proliant servers (specifically G2 and G3) and OpenSSH 5.1p1. There was a thread on the OpenSSH developers list that referenced this problem and suggested a solution, but it doesn’t seem to be a …

For quite a while, I’ve been planning on centralizing a lot of my personal storage (documents, miscellaneous stuff) on one machine at home. The biggest problem that I have is that, while a VPN would be a good solution for my apartment (if I could get IPcopto do …

Well, today happens to be my 21st birthday. Now, not only can I vote or die for my country, but I can finally buy a drink when a president I didn’t vote for sends me off to war! All kidding aside, almost every year I can remember, it’s …