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Whoever is doing that rumplestiltskin attack is persistant and annoying:

May 12 04:29:37 mail sendmail[895]: g4C3TWA00895: tcpwrappers (rlkal1a046.comtech-data.se, 194.198.208.46) rejection
May 12 04:55:13 mail sendmail[1055]: g4C3t8A01055: tcpwrappers (rlkal1a046.comtech-data.se, 194.198.208.46) rejection
May 12 05:20:56 mail sendmail[1220]: g4C4KpA01220: tcpwrappers (rlkal1a046.comtech-data.se, 194.198.208.46) rejection
May 12 05:46:35 mail sendmail[1391]: g4C4kUA01391: tcpwrappers (rlkal1a046.comtech-data.se, 194.198.208.46) rejection
May 12 06:12:16 mail sendmail[1557]: g4C5CBA01557: tcpwrappers (rlkal1a046.comtech-data.se, 194.198.208.46) rejection
May 12 06:38:04 mail sendmail[1746]: g4C5bxA01746: tcpwrappers (rlkal1a046.comtech-data.se, 194.198.208.46) rejection
May 12 07:03:56 mail sendmail[1870]: g4C63pA01870: tcpwrappers (rlkal1a046.comtech-data.se, 194.198.208.46) rejection
May 12 07:29:50 mail sendmail[2042]: g4C6TjA02042: tcpwrappers (rlkal1a046.comtech-data.se, 194.198.208.46) rejection
May 12 07:55:30 mail sendmail[2163]: g4C6tPA02163: tcpwrappers (rlkal1a046.comtech-data.se, 194.198.208.46) rejection
May 12 08:21:10 mail sendmail[2365]: g4C7L5A02365: tcpwrappers (rlkal1a046.comtech-data.se, 194.198.208.46) rejection
May 12 08:46:52 mail sendmail[2486]: g4C7klA02486: tcpwrappers (rlkal1a046.comtech-data.se, 194.198.208.46) rejection
May 12 09:12:49 mail sendmail[2695]: g4C8CfA02695: tcpwrappers (rlkal1a046.comtech-data.se, 194.198.208.46) rejection
May 12 09:38:34 mail sendmail[2840]: g4C8cTA02840: tcpwrappers (rlkal1a046.comtech-data.se, 194.198.208.46) rejection
May 12 10:04:29 mail sendmail[2965]: g4C94OA02965: tcpwrappers (rlkal1a046.comtech-data.se, 194.198.208.46) rejection


I hope Claire Marie is still reading (hope the exams went well!), although I like to see diversity, I have to agree that Galeon is Slowly Killing Off Reasons to Use Anything Else. All the features, Gecko rendering engine, and the Linux browser market looks a LOT healthier than it did just a few years ago.

Our mail server at work is still getting attacked by a rumplestiltskin attack and after looking at the whois information it’s the same guy as last time so I think a polite email to abuse and postmaster@systemaccess.se and @comtech-data.se may pay dividends.
Meanwhile, I found a good article on stopping spam with open source software. I must roll some of those Sendmail m4 directives into Install-Sendmail soon.

From the maillog:

May 5 04:10:43 mail sendmail[8030]: g453Agr08030: ... User unknown
May 5 04:10:44 mail sendmail[8030]: g453Agr08030: from=, size=0, class=0, nrcpts=0, proto=SMTP, daemon=MTA, relay=rlkal1a046.comtech-data.se [194.198.208.46] (may be forged)


Nostalgia time! I just found a remix of a tune I used in my first ever C64 demo, Bits ‘n Bobs in the final part of the demo! (first screenshot of the page linked above.)
It’s called “Jt in Space”, I used it without permission, (Sorry and thanks to Jeroen Tel!) and can be downloaded from the Xample.com website.

The two Irish mobile phone companies I’ve been a customer of know where I’ve been for the last 6 years! If this wasn’t so shocking I’d actually like to see that data and maybe answer that perennial question, “what was I doing this time last year?”

The Great Flouride Scam – chilling reading.

Disturbing news this morning. Last Monday night a group of protestors in Dublin were attacked by Gardai, seemingly unprovoked if the people who rang 2fm are to be believed. An RTE reporter at the scene said that Gardai had taken off their ID tags and refused to acknowledge questions about why they were removed.

The Irish Times has more on this story while the Minister For Justice warned there would be consequences for Gardai who exceeded “reasonable force”.

I don’t doubt that the Gardai were in a stressful situation and needed to act to protect themselves but the eye-witness accounts I heard this morning seem to paint a picture of alarmingly excessive force used on a peaceful protest.

Claire had a few things to say about browsers so I had to email her! Claire – you shall convert from the dark side! hehe

Alternative to the Big Bang – good reading, got it from Dangerous Meta, I think!

I think Owen was visiting this site when he popped over here. eh?

Linda has linked to me! Now, where’s your main page? Yes, I will mail you, sorry for not writing as often I used to!