EC2 and IP AddressesEC2 and IP Addresses
One of the exciting things about having a cloud computing service is how to talk to the rest of the world. It’s all very well to have a varying number[...]
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Basics of EC2Basics of EC2
I have previously written about my work packaging the tools to manage Amazon EC2 [1]. First you need to login and create a certificate (you can upload your own certificate[...]
Integrity and Mailing ListsIntegrity and Mailing Lists
One significant dividing factor between mailing lists is the difference between summary lists (where the person who asks a question receives replies off-list and then sends a summary to the[...]
Upgrading a server to 64bit XenUpgrading a server to 64bit Xen
I have access to a server in Germany that was running Debian/Etch i386 but needed to be running Xen with the AMD64 version of Debian/Lenny (well it didn’t really need[...]
Kernel issues with Debian Xen and CentOS KernelsKernel issues with Debian Xen and CentOS Kernels
Last time I tried using a Debian 64bit Xen kernel for Dom0 I was unable to get it to work correctly, it continually gave kernel panics when doing any serious[...]
Programming and Games for ChildrenProgramming and Games for Children
The design of levels for computer games is a form of programming, particularly for games with deterministic NPCs. It seems to me that for a large portion of the modern[...]
Some RAID IssuesSome RAID Issues
I just read an interesting paper titled An Analysis of Data Corruption in the Storage Stack [1]. It contains an analysis of the data from 1,530,000 disks running at NetApp[...]
EC2 SecurityEC2 Security
One thing that concerns me about using any online service is the security. When that service is a virtual server running in another country the risks are greater than average.[...]
RPC and SE LinuxRPC and SE Linux
One ongoing problem with TCP networking is the combination of RPC services and port based services on the same host. If you have an RPC service that uses a port[...]
Getting Started with Amazon EC2Getting Started with Amazon EC2
The first thing you need to do to get started using the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) [1] is to install the tools to manage the service. The service is[...]