demu.red

Intro

It's been a while since I've posted, but that's the way of blogs is it not? This should be a short one.

Anyway, why am I here today? Because asshats live on the internet :(

Despite having things in place in InspIRCd like dnsbl and various other configurations to reduce …

Distribution Testing

Recently I have been trying a few more linux distributions as I have been on debian sid for a while, but have grown tired of old packages... even on sid.

Since some people I know had been singing Void Linux praises, I figured I might as well try …

Botnets

As most security concious people know, there are many people out there running automated attacks on the whole of the internet in general. Among these many attacks are those pointed at the low-hanging-fruit that is OpenSSH on the default port of 22.

Basic Security

On that note, if you …

NeoMutt

NeoMutt is a fork of mutt which mainlines a vast number of needed patches ^{(while removing the headache of having them)}, and actually has ongoing development.

What is it?
NeoMutt is a command line mail reader (or MUA). It's a version of Mutt with added features.

Why?
The NeoMutt …

All hail AWK

It took me a while to get around to teaching myself awk, but since learning it some years ago I have not looked back. There is quite a lot that you can do with it; while sometimes a full program (python/ruby/etc) might be more robust …