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GeoIP and MySQL

For my own and possibly others’ reference, these are quick notes on how to use GeoIP data from MaxMind in their new split file formats. Older tutorials describe using the GeoIP data from a time when they were one file, it seems now MaxMind have split into two files. The files are split into Location […]

Ikke autorisert personer!

I dag ble jeg gjort oppmerksom på den flotte oversettelsen på de nye selvbetjeningssidene for (blant annet) å søke om visum til USA (med min utheving): Er hjemmesiden sikker og privat? Ja. Denne hjemmesiden blir operert av den Amerikanske myndigheten, og det benyttes teknologi som gjør at ikke autorisert personer får tilgang til informasjonen du […]

Remote syslogging with OpenWRT Kamikaze 8.09

For Kamikaze 8.09 (RC1) the documentation on remote syslogging is a bit inaccurate or outdated – but this ticket pointed me in the right direction. Add the following to /etc/config/system: log_ip 10.20.30.40 Reboot your unit and watch the logs roll in. Verify by checking what syslog is up to: root@OpenWRT:~# ps -ef | grep syslog […]

VLAN woes

I’ve been planning to do this for a long time and now I’m finally there. My home network now consists of two virtual host servers (one Xen and one KVM) and a firewall between them, all nodes understanding VLANs. On top of this, add a small but powerful Linksys switch and a Linksys wireless access […]