Tag: tweaks
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Alternative to CRON in Linux
There are times when CRON doesn’t simply fill in the necessary requirements needed for a recurring task. Here’s the problem, let’s say I have a script that should run immediately after it has completed. In other words, a routine. For instance, I’d like to keep the script running without it overlapping with itself. My issue…
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Limiting Connections Using IPTables
Just recently I have been experiencing a DoS-like attack on one of my systems. The system has been receiving several requests from a single ip, say, 6000+requests from a single client every 1~2 minutes. So, this was the culprit of a system crash for over a day. I have implemented several options of blocking this.…
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Doctrine ORM 1.2.4 in Fuel PHP 1.1
Today, I decided to make an attempt to dive into a new framework and implement my favorite ORM framework, Doctrine. As you can see, I’ve been spoiled really hard by Doctrine and I’ve perhaps reached a point in my career where it could be best to use it to hasten the development process and of…