08-May-2016

Just the same
It’s all just the same. Mostly, that is.
PMAS statistics for April
Total messages    :   2505 = 100.0 o/o
DNS Blacklisted   :      0 =    .0 o/o (Files:  0)
Relay attempts    :   1143 =  45.6 o/o (Files: 30)
Accepted by PMAS  :   1362 =  54.3 o/o (Files: 30)
  Handled by explicit rule
         Rejected :    540 =  39.6 o/o (processed),  21.5 o/o (all)
         Accepted :    175 =  12.8 o/o (processed),   6.9 o/o (all)
  Handled by content
        Discarded :    245 =  17.9 o/o (processed),   9.7 o/o (all)
     Quarantained :    182 =  13.3 o/o (processed),   7.2 o/o (all)
        Delivered :    220 =  16.1 o/o (processed),   8.7 o/o (all)

The number of relay attemps came from a source I thought I had blocked in the router’s firewall but I missed a bit, it seems. The bulk of the messages were done on April 1st -= about 720 during the day. And I found another address that tried to overload the webserver with over 900 concurrent requests. Or requests that weren’t finished. So this address has been denied access a swell. (The webserver doesn’t really mind, but it blocks the well-behaving visitors.

By the way: The Dutch government is planning a bill that will allow police and secret service to silently hack computers.
Well guys: GOOD LUCK with this one 🙂

New versions coming up
A new version of the WASD server has been released, there is some preparation to do – I could install this version out-of-the-box but some extra reading may well be worthwhile – since it incorporates HTTP 2 protocol, which means some enhancements.
Also on the shelve is that latest PHP 5 version (5.7) and an update of WordPress. But that will definitely require some work before all runs as it should. WP 4.4.2 ran into a loop somewhere (Well, Stack Overflow – which often is an indication of a recursion that doesn’t run into a finite situation…)