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serversJan 1, 2012

Nginx PHP REMOTE_ADDR with Proxy (Varnish Cache)

[](http://pingbin.com/2012/01/nginx-php-remoteaddr-proxy-varnish-cache/varnish-cache/)Typically your public web server with consist of two principle pieces of software, the web ser...

serversDec 27, 2011

Why I moved away from the cloud (VPSs)

[](http://pingbin.com/2011/12/moved-cloud-vpss/cloud-4/)As the title probably suggests this post is going to be somewhat single sided, however I will try outline the benefits of VP...

serversDec 27, 2011

How to configure Varnish Cache access logs

I recently installed Varnish Cache infront of all of my websites on this server, good news was the websites got a lot faster and the cache was great and offloading the effects of t...

serversDec 26, 2011

Quickly secure MySQL (CentOS)

So may times I see people installing MySQL on a linux box using a command like the below, and then trying to secure the server, usually this ends up fairly insecure and open for ha...

networkDec 26, 2011

Recursive SCP file copy

Overview SCP is a command line tool which allows files and directories to be copied between two Linux servers or computers via a network - The tool is very similar to the commonly ...

pythonDec 22, 2011

Python: First Thoughts...

[](http://pingbin.com/2011/12/python-thoughts/python-logo-master-v3-tm-flattened/)I have recently been playing around with python in my lack of "spare time", it's quite a powerful ...

networkDec 20, 2011

Billion 8200N vDSL SNMP

\[caption id="attachment\638" align="alignleft" width="300"\][](http://pingbin.com/2011/12/billion-8200n-vdsl-snmp/688704-219969/) Billion 8200N vDSL\[/caption\] My ISP recently la...

networkDec 20, 2011

Cisco router missing startup-configuration after reload [FIX]

[](http://pingbin.com/2011/12/cisco-router-missing-startup-configuration-reload-fix/initial-config-dialog/)   I recently got my hands on a few Cisco 1760 routers to make up part of...

networkDec 20, 2011

Terminate DLCI endpoint on a Frame Relay switch

I have recently been working on a few small frame relay networks, traditionally the networks will have two components, either a router that will "map" IP addresses to DLCI's to tra...

serversJul 6, 2011

Disable cron job eMails

\[caption id="attachment\576" align="alignright" width="358"\][](http://pingbin.com/2011/07/disable-crons-email-alerts/exim-mail-throughput/) Exim Mail Throughput (With Cron)\[/cap...