The Suricata IDS is an extremely nice piece of software with multiple deployment scenarios, including inline and with mirroring or taps. The process itself usually runs without any problems, but as with any setup with multiple moving parts there are things that can go wrong. Monitoring and making sure the Suricata processes itself is easy […]
When upgrading the software (RouterOS) on Mikrotik devices, you should usually also make sure the firmware (RouterBoot) is upgraded to the same level. In the devices’ various management interfaces including command line, the OS will tell you that there are outstanding firmware patches if you ask it, like this: /system routerboard print routerboard: yes current-firmware: […]
I’ve been running Amavisd-new with scanner components like ClamAV and SpamAssassin on the mail relay for my personal mail for several years. Lately I’ve been thinking that since Amavis supports multiple content scanners I should add another antivirus product. Unfortunately there’s a limited number of free (for home/individual use) antivirus products running on Linux, and […]
Having had a few spare moments this holiday, I’ve been contemplating how to monitor a mousetrap or two in the attic. By doing that I wouldn’t have to go up to the cold attic in vain, but empty and reset the mousetraps only when needed. It occurred to me that since I’ve already got a […]