Uptime of the Powerfull Penguin

I love Linux, there is no two ways about it. One compares ones servers by the amount of time that they are up. We currently have Novell Netware, Linux and Microsoft Windows Servers.

Comparing uptime of our servers, i noticed that the best uptime we have are on our linux Servers. Next comes our Novell Netware Servers and then finally the Microsoft Windows Servers.

Current stats are: Linux 43 Days, Novell Netware 28 Days, and Windows 6 days.

Before I used to have uptime in excess of 180 days on my linux box, and am aiming for that now as well.

How to stop hacking

So over the last while we have had a bit of a problem with people trying to hack into our linux servers via ssh. After looking at the log files, we figured out that the hacking attempts where comming from all over the world, Russia, China and the US. I eventually found this website http://www.abuse.net/ which if you can do a reverse name lookup and get the domain name, you can get the abuse email address for that domain.

After getting the various addresses i bombed off an email to each of them attaching the log files. I have not heard anything back from them yet, but the hacking attempts have really slowed down dramatically.