Feb 182005
 

Although still very basic and probably not in the best perl-coding-style you can think of, my 404.pl now actually redirects. I saw a lot of requests for things with “cmd.exe” in my Apache-log, so this is redirected to a Google search for “antivirus”. Also (should be done by Apache itself, but this is an exercise) /DasBlog and /simplog (blogsoftware I tested) are redirected, to this blog.

Anyone interested in the perl-script, can send me an email requesting it (it’s too embarrassing to put on the website…)

 Posted by at 01:00
Feb 162005
 

Via awstats I found out that several hosts from inktomisearch.com where accessing my websites, creating a considerable amount of traffic. By doing some DNS-research I learned that they are yahoo.com hosts. So I added this domain to the search_engines.pm.

 Posted by at 23:46
Feb 162005
 

If you need a picture for a presentation, or for a commercial folder, for a website you are creating, or you just need a new wallpaper, then check out Stock.xchng. It’s free. Currently they have more than 100.000 pictures online, and they are growing every day.

Here’s a sample of a button ready to be used 🙂

 Posted by at 16:27
Feb 162005
 

This is interesting: Novell is going to release their Netmail product as Open Source under the name Hula Server. Primary target is Linux, while Windows, Mac OS/X and Netware will follow later.

Hula is a mail (SMTP, POP3, IMAP) and a calendar server, with an integrated listserver and anti-virus capabilities. More features here (in progress).

Since they promise carrier grade performance (serving 50.000 concurrent connected users (out of defined 200.000) on a US$4000 server does not sound too bad…) and the webinterface looks very good, I think I’ll switch. Having good things for free can never harm ones business.

 Posted by at 00:55
Feb 162005
 

I finally created a favicon.ico, so the bookmark to my site can be recognized. It’s just a resized version of my company’s (RaRe IT Services) logo, so it still needs a little work. But it’s there for your viewing pleasure.

 Posted by at 00:03
Feb 152005
 

Last week Python version 2.3.5 was released. There are specific Windows-binaries on the download page, all others should download the source release. The changelog can be read here, an important fix being the security update to SimpleXMLRPCServer.

Note: this is a release for 2.3.x users not being able to switch to 2.4.x for some reason. If you already use 2.4.x, don’t bother (but don’t forget about the security fix).

 Posted by at 13:30
Feb 152005
 

Please be sure to check out the new skin I installed: Kubrick. You can view this blog using the sking by clicking here. If you don’t like it, just choose one of the others skins from the sidebar on the right.

Mind you, the other skins have the skin-chooser removed. Please let me know how you like the new skin. How does it perform on Pocket IE? In RSS-readers? Etcetera. If things go smooth, I might make this a forced skin (no more choosing).

 Posted by at 00:18
Feb 132005
 

While reading some posts about the discussion between Opera and Microsoft’s Bill Gates (Google for it, there’s plenty), I found this website about web-pages, and how to create them in a decent, compatible way. Very nice stuff to read, and very usefull.

 Posted by at 11:13
Feb 122005
 

Then Microsoft has just the right FREE trainingkit for you. That’s right. You can download an ISO image here, for nothing, and it contains a complete training in ASP.NET 2.0 by using Visual C# 2005. The complete course is also available as PDF on the CD.

 Posted by at 20:23
Feb 092005
 

After installing perl on the server, it seemed like a logical thing to actually do something about it, since the intended use (awstats) did not quite like the setup for some reason (it just runs for hours doing nothing).
So, I started creating the 404-redirect as I mentioned waaaaaay back. It’s a simple perl-script, that looks at REQUEST_URI, REDIRECT_URL and REDIRECT_STATUS. The last one will always be 404, since I only call the script when a 404 occurs.
The script actually does not redirect or do something yet, but it prints out the variables and the basic for the redirection-logic is in there. As for something with “cmd.exe” in it (which I see a lot when I look at the serverlogs) and it will state that you requested an URL with cmd.exe in it.

Now I need to define some nice redirects. To a random anti-virus site (McAfee, Sophos, Norton, etc), to the BSA (people searching for cracks and that kind of stuff), etc.

If you know a nice combination of a requested url (or keyword) and the appropriate redirection, please let me know.

 Posted by at 00:29