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Feb 26, 2026

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Feb 26, 2026#p1

The more I dig into my server logs, the more I see how bad actors are trying to target potential vulnerabilities or probe for attack vectors.

Thus far, they've not been successful but I have put in place additional mitigations that should tighten things up considerably.

I've had a way of identifying bogus login attempts and preventing those IP addresses from trying again. Now, I have extended that to blocking the IPs outright.

# Just realised I've managed to break something and you can't click the permalink or comment toggle icons.

It will have to wait until morning.

# As you were. Fixed! Move along, nothing to see here.

Officer Barbrady from South Park saying