Category Archives: Network Presence

Use Fail2Ban to block WordPress login botnets

Posted on October 21, 2015 by richard

Fail2Ban is great at being able to parse logfiles and generate IP Filter Firewall rules (usually “DROP”) against patterns that are unwanted. The common use of Fail2Ban is to firewall SSH login dictionary scans, but here’s how you add to … Continue reading →

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Seeking Expressions of Interest in Adelaide VPS/Colo POP

Posted on October 20, 2015 by richard

Based on an offer from a supplier and other extended discussions with local relevant suppliers in the Adelaide Data Centre market, we’re looking to quickly establish an Adelaide POP for Network Presence, focused on servicing the VPS and Colo markets … Continue reading →

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Xen VPS Disk Hybridisation Project is underway

Posted on October 5, 2015 by richard

As part of our regular hardware and platform upgrades, we’ve kicked-off a project that’s steadily replacing HDD based drives in our traditional Xen VPS Platforms with SSD based drives. This is called “hyridisation” of the Disk Arrays utilised by these … Continue reading →

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How to install FTB Infinity Minecraft Server & its Mod Packs on Linux

Posted on August 23, 2015 by richard

Feed The Beast (FTB) is a popular Minecraft Mod Pack Distribution that bundles many Minecraft Mod Packs into its single install. The FTB Client for Windows is installed and run by clicking the .EXE link at FTB Install page and … Continue reading →

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Data Centre, Network & POP Maintenance Notice – Thu evening & Fri morning, August 27th/28th 2015

Posted on August 14, 2015 by richard

During the evening of Thursday, August 27th from 10pm that night (through to 7am on Friday morning) we will be performing upgrades to network infrastructure (routers, switches & other network-based infrastructure) and selected hosting server platforms of Network Presence in … Continue reading →

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New Los Angeles USA VPN and VPS products from Network Presence

Posted on August 5, 2015 by richard

We’re pleased to release the first products and services from our new Los Angeles, California, USA POP, based in the “Core of the Internet” at the 1 Wilshire Data Centre skyscraper in Los Angeles city. This POP is connected via … Continue reading →

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TLS/SSL config updates to Sendmail for recent OpenSSL versions

Posted on July 21, 2015 by richard

Recent SSL updates to the OpenSSL package have removed old DH parameters which are built into Sendmail mail server software, so the following are configuration updates to Sendmail (sendmail.cf) to enable the use of a longer DH Parameter to TLS/SSL … Continue reading →

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Get more CPU Cores for your Sydney VPS with our new KVM SSD VPS Plans

Posted on July 4, 2015 by richard

We’ve been working on this for some time and we’re pleased to provide an “early release” of our new range of KVM and Xen Virtualisation SSD VPS Plans at our main Sydney POP in the Equinix SY1 Data Centre in … Continue reading →

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SysAdmin Assistance for customers with 2 or more VPS

Posted on June 30, 2015 by richard

During July and August 2015 we’re offering customers with 2 or more VPS “a few hours” of our SysAdmin time and effort, available to do what you’d like on your Network Presence VPS. This is equivalent to a free “SysAdmin … Continue reading →

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Data Centre, Network & POP Maintenance Notice – Fri evening & Sat morning, July 3rd/4th 2015

Posted on June 30, 2015 by richard

During the evening of Friday, July 3rd from 10pm that night (through to 7am on Saturday morning) we will be performing upgrades to network infrastructure (routers, switches & other network-based infrastructure) and selected hosting server platforms of Network Presence in … Continue reading →

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