In the same vein my last post, here is page on installing chkrootkit and Rootkit Hunter on CentOS / BlueQuartz. 

A root kit is the name given to a piece of software written to try and elevate someones permissions to root level, commonly used by hackers/crackers/script kiddies to infect a system. There are many rootkit checkers however we are going to install two of the most common which are both are free and open source.  Some people prefer one over the other, I say, why not use both!

After just rebuilding a BlueQuartz box I thought I would copy my install notes. This is an entirely personal list of things that I do to a vanilla install of CentOS/BlueQuartz.  I thought it may be useful to other people. 

Contents

• Change root passwords
• Secure SSH
• Apache Obscurity
• Install ImageMagick
• PHP upload settings
• Add Mime Types
• yum checker
• Setup floppy drive
• Majordomo logfile

As you may have seen I have written my own server query script for my Unreal Tournament Server mainly because I wanted to learn how to code UDP packets in Perl. However, when the script was finished I wanted a good picture of each map to show which map was currently playing so, to cut a long story short, after much messing around I created animated GIF's for all the maps that that I used using the screenshot images from the maps themselves.

I figure that these pictures may be of use to other people with server query scripts so I am making them avaliable for people to use, all I would ask for is a link back to my page somewhere on your site (it's not much to ask for). This thing has now ended up so huge and I have created 629 map pictures for UT2003 and now UT2004.

This script is for the Cobalt Raq4 (although I would love to know if it works with the Raq3 too??). It uses the internally generated /home/.cobalt/report/stats.tab file to display the bandwith used by each virtual site on the server even if your virtual sites are on the same IP address. The stats.tab file is generated by the Raq when it splits the log files up for each site. A total is kept for Web, FTP & E-mail by month showing the number of hits, transfers & mails as well as the total amount of bandwidth used for each one. This script displays that data with some nifty additions...

What it does

• The script is password protected by default. If "admin" logs in they will see a summary for all sites. If a standard user logs in they will only see details of their own site. This means you can publish the URL and siteadmins can check their own sites usage.
• Add extra data to the stats. e.g. I run a Helix streaming server and split the logs in the same way to create my own stats.tab file for helix. This script will merge data from both.
• Two warning levels. If the usage for a site is over a two bandwidth levels it will be highlighted. These levels can be configured by you.
• Easy control over look and feel

Screenshots: Admin summary page - Site detail page

Having originally written this in my 20's I'm now updating this for the later years in my life.  Strange how I actually feel younger now than i have in a long time.

Well I'm now in my 2030's and half way though a mid youth crisis, I have a house and a car and a job with responsibilities and can no longer do the fun things that I used to (like I did anything before anyway!!). So, I have decided to make 'the list', a list of things to do before I'm 3040, I need your help here, I need suggestions, send them to me and I will see what I can do.

I had this idea ages ago, I have absolutely no idea where it came from but I suddenly realised that instead of the normal picture of me I should do something special. Then I came up with the idea of a rotating head!! Tell me if you like it, I think its rather cool, it certainly took me long enough to do!

With a title like that i just had to put this on my site!! :-)