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[2024 EXTENDED] Black Friday / Cyber Monday: FLASH SALE & MEGATHREAD

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  • emghemgh Member, Megathread Squad

    Magic bronson <3

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  • emghemgh Member, Megathread Squad

    He deserves first post of

    967!!!

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  • SaragoldfarbSaragoldfarb Member, Megathread Squad

    Kebab delivered. Good night guys.

  • image

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  • FAT32FAT32 Administrator, Deal Compiler Extraordinaire

    @Drastic7779 said:

    @FAT32 said:
    Sometimes I wonder is my VPS addiction comes from feeling empty

    What do you actually do with your VPSs? I had a portainer cluster managing various self-hosted things, then got bored. So now I'm rebuilding it with NixOS, because I can never remember how I configured things.

    I want to use it, build some cool projects around them, but the reality tells me that I am no longer a young kid with no responsibility attached, I can no longer do whatever just for fun without consequences. I need to work to earn money, I need money to maintain a relationship and form a family...

    I still buy electronic components because I like to tinker around them, but reality is I never even opened the box of so many microcontrollers that I purchased. I can see the old me is dying bit by bit.

  • admaxadmax Member, Megathread Squad

    @FAT32 said:

    @Drastic7779 said:

    @FAT32 said:
    Sometimes I wonder is my VPS addiction comes from feeling empty

    What do you actually do with your VPSs? I had a portainer cluster managing various self-hosted things, then got bored. So now I'm rebuilding it with NixOS, because I can never remember how I configured things.

    I want to use it, build some cool projects around them, but the reality tells me that I am no longer a young kid with no responsibility attached, I can no longer do whatever just for fun without consequences. I need to work to earn money, I need money to maintain a relationship and form a family...

    I still buy electronic components because I like to tinker around them, but reality is I never even opened the box of so many microcontrollers that I purchased. I can see the old me is dying bit by bit.

    🥹

    Thanked by 3FAT32 emgh r3k
  • @FAT32 said:

    @Drastic7779 said:

    @FAT32 said:
    Sometimes I wonder is my VPS addiction comes from feeling empty

    What do you actually do with your VPSs? I had a portainer cluster managing various self-hosted things, then got bored. So now I'm rebuilding it with NixOS, because I can never remember how I configured things.

    I want to use it, build some cool projects around them, but the reality tells me that I am no longer a young kid with no responsibility attached, I can no longer do whatever just for fun without consequences. I need to work to earn money, I need money to maintain a relationship and form a family...

    I still buy electronic components because I like to tinker around them, but reality is I never even opened the box of so many microcontrollers that I purchased. I can see the old me is dying bit by bit.

    I get it. I have a shitload of electronics that I haven't touched, too. That's why I like declarative configs these days. NixOS (or nix in general) won't let a config be applied if it doesn't work, so I can't leave things broken. I can declare a Docker container or microvm, and it works, or doesn't. Coupled with version control, it's ideal for me. And with LLMs being really good at functional languages, they accelerate me getting configs written.

    Thanked by 2FAT32 r3k
  • @FAT32 said:

    @Drastic7779 said:

    @FAT32 said:
    Sometimes I wonder is my VPS addiction comes from feeling empty

    What do you actually do with your VPSs? I had a portainer cluster managing various self-hosted things, then got bored. So now I'm rebuilding it with NixOS, because I can never remember how I configured things.

    I want to use it, build some cool projects around them, but the reality tells me that I am no longer a young kid with no responsibility attached, I can no longer do whatever just for fun without consequences. I need to work to earn money, I need money to maintain a relationship and form a family...

    I still buy electronic components because I like to tinker around them, but reality is I never even opened the box of so many microcontrollers that I purchased. I can see the old me is dying bit by bit.

    That's my life in a nutshell too except I guess I'm older at almost 40 than most here :)

    Thanked by 3admax FAT32 r3k
  • beanman109beanman109 Member, Host Rep, Megathread Squad

    @FAT32 said:

    @Drastic7779 said:

    @FAT32 said:
    Sometimes I wonder is my VPS addiction comes from feeling empty

    What do you actually do with your VPSs? I had a portainer cluster managing various self-hosted things, then got bored. So now I'm rebuilding it with NixOS, because I can never remember how I configured things.

    I want to use it, build some cool projects around them, but the reality tells me that I am no longer a young kid with no responsibility attached, I can no longer do whatever just for fun without consequences. I need to work to earn money, I need money to maintain a relationship and form a family...

    I still buy electronic components because I like to tinker around them, but reality is I never even opened the box of so many microcontrollers that I purchased. I can see the old me is dying bit by bit.

    Nothing like an existential crisis on a Friday morning

  • admaxadmax Member, Megathread Squad

    I realized I'm kind of like @FAT32 too, but I still enjoy buying new VPS boxes or some fun stuff, though they just gather dust now and I can't play around with them freely anymore.😭

    Thanked by 3FAT32 beermachine r3k
  • @beanman109 said:

    @FAT32 said:

    @Drastic7779 said:

    @FAT32 said:
    Sometimes I wonder is my VPS addiction comes from feeling empty

    What do you actually do with your VPSs? I had a portainer cluster managing various self-hosted things, then got bored. So now I'm rebuilding it with NixOS, because I can never remember how I configured things.

    I want to use it, build some cool projects around them, but the reality tells me that I am no longer a young kid with no responsibility attached, I can no longer do whatever just for fun without consequences. I need to work to earn money, I need money to maintain a relationship and form a family...

    I still buy electronic components because I like to tinker around them, but reality is I never even opened the box of so many microcontrollers that I purchased. I can see the old me is dying bit by bit.

    Nothing like an existential crisis on a Friday morning

    "Life is what happens when you are busy making other plans.'

    Thanked by 3FAT32 admax r3k
  • SavvySavvy Member
    edited December 2024

    @beanman109 said:

    @FAT32 said:

    @Drastic7779 said:

    @FAT32 said:
    Sometimes I wonder is my VPS addiction comes from feeling empty

    What do you actually do with your VPSs? I had a portainer cluster managing various self-hosted things, then got bored. So now I'm rebuilding it with NixOS, because I can never remember how I configured things.

    I want to use it, build some cool projects around them, but the reality tells me that I am no longer a young kid with no responsibility attached, I can no longer do whatever just for fun without consequences. I need to work to earn money, I need money to maintain a relationship and form a family...

    I still buy electronic components because I like to tinker around them, but reality is I never even opened the box of so many microcontrollers that I purchased. I can see the old me is dying bit by bit.

    Nothing like an existential crisis on a Friday morning

    Yet another thing to thank @FAT32 for :)

    Thanked by 3FAT32 admax r3k
  • But in the bright side it feels good not to be the only one.

  • admaxadmax Member, Megathread Squad

    Thanked by 4FAT32 Savvy Blembim r3k
  • dev_vpsdev_vps Member
    edited December 2024

    if I can keep only one vps, it would be ....
    image

    Running script to catch bad guys' ip addresses

    12/11/2024 11:50:30 PM | 193.3.19.230    | The IP address has been blocked due to 11 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/11/2024 11:50:30 PM |  92.253.93.208  | The IP address has been blocked due to 7 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 2:46:55 AM  | 185.7.214.67    | The IP address has been blocked due to 5 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 7:09:55 AM  |  46.42.240.247  | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 9:40:55 AM  |  87.251.75.145  | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 9:50:51 AM  | 185.170.144.3   | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 9:39:23 PM  |  94.158.104.105 | The IP address has been blocked due to 4 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 11:49:43 PM | 185.7.214.81    | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    
    Thanked by 2BBTN r3k
  • Thanked by 3FAT32 donli r3k
  • 974 comments left

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  • 1 vCore EPYC 9534 / 1 GB / 30 GB
    
    Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
    ---------------------------------
    Test            | Value
                    |
    Single Core     | 1684
    Multi Core      | 1178 **** Not Valid due to 1gb memory
    Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9385049
    
    Thanked by 1r3k
  • @Savvy said:
    974 comments left

    ALL THE COMMENTS

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  • dev_vpsdev_vps Member
    edited December 2024
    2 vCore EPYC 9534 / 2GB / 50 GB
    
    Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
    ---------------------------------
    Test            | Value
                    |
    Single Core     | 1858
    Multi Core      | 3208
    Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9393610
    
    Thanked by 1r3k
  • 4 vCore EPYC 9534 / 4 GB / 80 GB
    
    Geekbench 6 Benchmark Test:
    ---------------------------------
    Test            | Value
                    |
    Single Core     | 1895
    Multi Core      | 6064
    Full Test       | https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/9385821
    
    Thanked by 1r3k
  • @Dazzle said:

    Now the bus has change name to Sugeng Rahayu

    Thanked by 2Dazzle r3k
  • plumbergplumberg Veteran, Megathread Squad

    @dev_vps said:
    if I can keep only one vps, it would be ....
    image

    Running script to catch bad guys' ip addresses

    12/11/2024 11:50:30 PM | 193.3.19.230    | The IP address has been blocked due to 11 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/11/2024 11:50:30 PM |  92.253.93.208  | The IP address has been blocked due to 7 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 2:46:55 AM  | 185.7.214.67    | The IP address has been blocked due to 5 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 7:09:55 AM  |  46.42.240.247  | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 9:40:55 AM  |  87.251.75.145  | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 9:50:51 AM  | 185.170.144.3   | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 9:39:23 PM  |  94.158.104.105 | The IP address has been blocked due to 4 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 11:49:43 PM | 185.7.214.81    | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    

    What script is this?

    Thanked by 1r3k
  • admaxadmax Member, Megathread Squad

    @dev_vps said:
    if I can keep only one vps, it would be ....
    image

    Running script to catch bad guys' ip addresses

    12/11/2024 11:50:30 PM | 193.3.19.230    | The IP address has been blocked due to 11 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/11/2024 11:50:30 PM |  92.253.93.208  | The IP address has been blocked due to 7 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 2:46:55 AM  | 185.7.214.67    | The IP address has been blocked due to 5 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 7:09:55 AM  |  46.42.240.247  | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 9:40:55 AM  |  87.251.75.145  | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 9:50:51 AM  | 185.170.144.3   | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 9:39:23 PM  |  94.158.104.105 | The IP address has been blocked due to 4 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 11:49:43 PM | 185.7.214.81    | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    

    Switching to key-based login is indeed much better because I found that the SSH on my New Zealand VPS is being brute-forced through port scanning by malicious actors.

    Thanked by 1r3k
  • dev_vpsdev_vps Member
    edited December 2024

    @admax said:

    @dev_vps said:
    if I can keep only one vps, it would be ....
    image

    Running script to catch bad guys' ip addresses

    12/11/2024 11:50:30 PM | 193.3.19.230    | The IP address has been blocked due to 11 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/11/2024 11:50:30 PM |  92.253.93.208  | The IP address has been blocked due to 7 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 2:46:55 AM  | 185.7.214.67    | The IP address has been blocked due to 5 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 7:09:55 AM  |  46.42.240.247  | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 9:40:55 AM  |  87.251.75.145  | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 9:50:51 AM  | 185.170.144.3   | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 9:39:23 PM  |  94.158.104.105 | The IP address has been blocked due to 4 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 11:49:43 PM | 185.7.214.81    | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    

    Switching to key-based login is indeed much better because I found that the SSH on my New Zealand VPS is being brute-forced through port scanning by malicious actors.

    That is Windows 11 Enterprise OS in my case
    Even they have to “guess” the userid :)

    One bad actor tried over 8k userids … That is on a different VPS … only use case to capture bad actors’ data

    Thanked by 2admax r3k
  • admaxadmax Member, Megathread Squad
    edited December 2024

    @dev_vps said:

    @admax said:

    @dev_vps said:
    if I can keep only one vps, it would be ....
    image

    Running script to catch bad guys' ip addresses

    12/11/2024 11:50:30 PM | 193.3.19.230    | The IP address has been blocked due to 11 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/11/2024 11:50:30 PM |  92.253.93.208  | The IP address has been blocked due to 7 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 2:46:55 AM  | 185.7.214.67    | The IP address has been blocked due to 5 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 7:09:55 AM  |  46.42.240.247  | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 9:40:55 AM  |  87.251.75.145  | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 9:50:51 AM  | 185.170.144.3   | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 9:39:23 PM  |  94.158.104.105 | The IP address has been blocked due to 4 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 11:49:43 PM | 185.7.214.81    | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    

    Switching to key-based login is indeed much better because I found that the SSH on my New Zealand VPS is being brute-forced through port scanning by malicious actors.

    That is Windows 11 Enterprise OS in my case
    Even they have to “guess” the userid :)

    I selected the most recent 20 failed login attempts caused by brute-force attacks. :)

    Dec 11 17:49:02  sshd[89658]: Failed password for root from 218.92.0.220 port 10032 ssh2
    Dec 11 17:48:59  sshd[89658]: Failed password for root from 218.92.0.220 port 10032 ssh2
    Dec 11 17:48:56  sshd[89658]: Failed password for root from 218.92.0.220 port 10032 ssh2
    Dec 11 17:48:51  sshd[89655]: Failed password for root from 218.92.0.220 port 44448 ssh2
    Dec 11 17:48:48  sshd[89655]: Failed password for root from 218.92.0.220 port 44448 ssh2
    Dec 11 17:48:47  sshd[89650]: Failed password for root from 218.92.0.147 port 33494 ssh2
    Dec 11 17:48:44  sshd[89655]: Failed password for root from 218.92.0.220 port 44448 ssh2
    Dec 11 17:48:44  sshd[89650]: Failed password for root from 218.92.0.147 port 33494 ssh2
    Dec 11 17:48:42  sshd[89653]: Failed password for invalid user ubuntu from 195.178.110.76 port 35190 ssh2
    Dec 11 17:48:39  sshd[89650]: Failed password for root from 218.92.0.147 port 33494 ssh2
    Dec 11 17:48:38  sshd[89646]: Failed password for root from 218.92.0.220 port 48914 ssh2
    Dec 11 17:48:37  sshd[89648]: Failed password for invalid user test1 from 200.105.141.150 port 34346 ssh2
    Dec 11 17:48:35  sshd[89646]: Failed password for root from 218.92.0.220 port 48914 ssh2
    Dec 11 17:48:32  sshd[89646]: Failed password for root from 218.92.0.220 port 48914 ssh2
    Dec 11 17:47:27  sshd[89624]: Failed password for root from 218.92.0.147 port 12327 ssh2
    Dec 11 17:47:24  sshd[89631]: Failed password for invalid user grid from 202.164.37.82 port 56004 ssh2
    Dec 11 17:47:24  sshd[89624]: Failed password for root from 218.92.0.147 port 12327 ssh2
    Dec 11 17:47:21  sshd[89624]: Failed password for root from 218.92.0.147 port 12327 ssh2
    Dec 11 17:46:02  sshd[89595]: Failed password for root from 218.92.0.147 port 25225 ssh2
    Dec 11 17:46:00  sshd[89595]: Failed password for root from 218.92.0.147 port 25225 ssh2
    
    Thanked by 1r3k
  • #!/bin/bash
    
    # Define the log file to monitor (adjust based on your Linux distribution)
    LOG_FILE="/var/log/auth.log" # For Debian-based systems
    # LOG_FILE="/var/log/secure" # For RHEL-based systems
    
    # Define the output log file
    OUTPUT_LOG="/var/log/failed_login_attempts.log"
    
    # Ensure the script runs with sufficient permissions
    if [[ $EUID -ne 0 ]]; then
        echo "This script must be run as root."
        exit 1
    fi
    
    # Create or clear the output log file
    : > "$OUTPUT_LOG"
    
    echo "Monitoring $LOG_FILE for failed login attempts..."
    echo "Results will be logged to $OUTPUT_LOG"
    
    # Use tail to monitor the log file in real time
    tail -Fn0 "$LOG_FILE" | while read -r LINE; do
        # Match lines that indicate a failed password attempt
        if echo "$LINE" | grep -q "Failed password for"; then
            # Extract and log the failed attempt details
            echo "$LINE" >> "$OUTPUT_LOG"
        fi
    done
    
  • beanman109beanman109 Member, Host Rep, Megathread Squad

    @admax said:

    @dev_vps said:
    if I can keep only one vps, it would be ....
    image

    Running script to catch bad guys' ip addresses

    12/11/2024 11:50:30 PM | 193.3.19.230    | The IP address has been blocked due to 11 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/11/2024 11:50:30 PM |  92.253.93.208  | The IP address has been blocked due to 7 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 2:46:55 AM  | 185.7.214.67    | The IP address has been blocked due to 5 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 7:09:55 AM  |  46.42.240.247  | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 9:40:55 AM  |  87.251.75.145  | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 9:50:51 AM  | 185.170.144.3   | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 9:39:23 PM  |  94.158.104.105 | The IP address has been blocked due to 4 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    12/12/2024 11:49:43 PM | 185.7.214.81    | The IP address has been blocked due to 3 failed login attempts over 2 hours
    

    Switching to key-based login is indeed much better because I found that the SSH on my New Zealand VPS is being brute-forced through port scanning by malicious actors.

    i'd like to see them guess my 6 digit password, impossible to be hacked.
    100% isnt my birthday either so good luck hackermans

  • @beanman109 said:
    i'd like to see them guess my 6 digit password, impossible to be hacked.
    100% isnt my birthday either so good luck hackermans

    Does it start with 12345

    Thanked by 3admax beanman109 r3k
  • In my opinion this thread has run its course. Black Friday is long gone (2 weeks ago). Many already started preparing for Christmas.

    @FAT32 - maybe it is best to close this (just a thought).

    Thanked by 3admax Ramsterdam r3k
This discussion has been closed.