nuxx.net
Making, baking, and (un-)breaking things in Southeast Michigan.

rez.nuxx.net status update

July 8, 2006

Okay, since people probably want to know, here’s what’s going on with rez.nuxx.net:

· All hosted websites are down. Sorry, no ETA on this. I have to move them all over by hand.
· Email should be working just fine. If some of you would do me the favor of replying to this post as a test, that’d be great.
· Things are being moved to a new server / hosting system at Dreamhost. This means usernames and/or passwords and/or ways of setting up things might change. This will probably be good and bad. I’ll let you know.
· I’m moving my stuff first, then other people’s, in no particular order. The biggest hurdle I’m waiting for right now is the copying of my rather large photo gallery. Once this is over and working again I’ll get to work on other people’s stuffs.
· Don’t expect everything to be done before the weekend is up. This is a lot of work.

I apologize if I’m sounding like an asshole about any of this, but I’m a bit stressed right now and I’m trying not to. Also, I expect a bit of fallout from a few people regarding this, and I’m not looking forward to having to deal with that.

computersmoved from livejournalnuxx.net

rez.nuxx.net hull breech

July 8, 2006

Well, I’m pretty certain I know how the attack was done.

It appears to have been a phpBB exploit targeted at crisishour.com launched from 213.219.122.11.

Within the course of ~30 minutes that IP hit every single vhost I’ve got, and on crisishour.com it actively went and ‘did things’ in phpBB. Looks like via whatever hole in phpBB it deleted the contents of every vhost it could find and tossed an index.html or index.php in the root, as appropriate. I believe it also may have parsed the config files for Apache, because it seems like a pretty intelligent script. It also deleted all files and directories that www:www had access to in those subdirectories.

Fortunately things in the database and Gallery data directory are intact. I just need to move all of that over to Dreamhost one site at a time. This will take a while.

For what it’s worth, that IP is zone-h.org, which appears to be a shady ‘security’ site and the IP is owned by people in Estonia.

So, lessons learned?

1) Separate privileges based on site.
2) Don’t host domains for people who won’t keep their shit reasonably up to date and won’t stay in touch with me.
3) Don’t run phpBB until it’s been secure for a while.

Click for log info…

computersmoved from livejournalnuxx.net

Free Stuff

July 7, 2006

I’ve got some things I’d like to give away. Anyone want them? My only rule is that you come pick them up somewhat soonish.

These things are as follows:

· Weller WP25 soldering iron, with two tips (screwdriver and 1/32″ conical), stand, and sponge.
· Two older, very quiet, Pentium 200 computers. I’ve used these as routers in the past, and can ensure that they come with enough NICs for you to do the same. Run Linux or OpenBSD just great.
· The microwave seen in this photo. It’s a good size for an apartment and is practically like new. I really never used it much, and it’s been sitting in storage for a while. I’d like a to trade something for this, maybe $20 or a nice dinner someplace or… Something. I’d just like it to go away.
· Two pairs of passive computer speakers.
· 10Mb hub, 24 port. HP J2601A.
· Netgear RP614 router / firewall thingie. Works, just isn’t needed anymore.

acquired thingscomputersmoved from livejournal

IS&S

July 5, 2006


ISS Passing Overhead
(Click for full-resolution, giant image…)

For some reason I wasn’t able to spot STS-121, but I did manage to both see ISS passing overhead and get a photo of it. This was a ~20 second exposure just as it was heading towards the horizon. The exposure was actually long enough that the rotation of the Earth is evidenced by the slightly streaked stars.

moved from livejournaloutdoors

Stuff gets done…

July 5, 2006

Hrm. I got stuff done today. Personal stuff, but stuff none the less:

· MIDIbox SID-NUXX PCBs ordered: v1.0 S1 (photo gallery retired) (S1 means ‘set one’, as in, the first set of boards I ordered)
· MIDIbox SID-NUXX Bill of Materials mostly published to the forthcoming wiki, which will eventually become all of nuxx.net.
· Watched STS-121 lift off and reach orbit.
· Made more iced tea, and drank almost all of it.

Getting the PCBs to the state of ordering took a lot of time. Much of it involved manually looking over parts and ensuring things are exactly what I wanted, and that they fit. Then the documentation… Waiting for the online DFM check… Needing to eat… Writing a new CAM job… etc.

Anyway, yeah. Now it’s time for bed.

electronicsmaking thingsmoved from livejournal

MIDIbox SID-NUXX

July 2, 2006


MIDIbox SID-NUXX PCB (In Progress…)
(Click for 300dpi version.)

Ah. It’s finally coming along. I’ve redrawn the schematic (image no longer available) and laid out the board. Now comes the few days of tweaking and polishing and validating that everything seems to be right. Then… The scary part. That is, the day when I plunk down $80 or so to have five of those boards made. And hopefully I’ll have done everything right and they’ll work.

So, yeah. It’s coming along well. I’ve also got all of the basic parts here for the front panel, so I can begin laying that out. That will take a slightly different approach, because I have to fit this LCD, a rotary encoder (or two buttons), six buttons, and two LEDs in the front panel of something about the size of an external hard drive enclosure. Oh, and build a simple board so it can all be connected with a few simple cables.

If you can’t tell, yes, I’m looking forward to it. I really like doing this kind of stuff.

electronicsmaking thingsmoved from livejournal

Tonight’s Dinner

July 1, 2006


Tonight’s Dinner

So, here’s tonight’s dinner: Grilled Cheese w/ Grilled Tomatoes on Pesto Bread, Sliced Red and Yellow Peppers, Downey’s Potato Chips, Mint Sun Tea, and a Cameo Apple

I ended up forgoing the apple, as I was too full. Yes, that grilled cheese (muenster on pesto bread) was very filling, and the slices of bread are rather large.

And yes, I know the chips and peppers are out of focus. Oops. I was trying to hurry and eat more than anything.

foodmoved from livejournal

Ch-ch-ch-changes!

June 29, 2006

I’m going to be moving my personal website from static HTML to MediaWiki, possibly with Turck MMCache.

This is because I’m tired of not regularly updating my page because of the problems of dealing with static HTML and templates. A locked down, CMS-style copy of MediaWiki seems to do just what I want.

Anyway, if you’d like to take a look at a preview of the site, it can be seen here.

In order to maintain the ability to have a bunch of other subdirectories full of stuff, I’ll probably have things redirect from / to /wiki or something. But we’ll see about that…

Oh, and if you have any comments about how I can make the site better (besides a new theme) please let me know.

computersmoved from livejournalnuxx.net