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selivan.github.io
Personal blog · selivan.github.io · on HN as selivanprogrammingsystems
selivan.github.io is a personal blog at selivan.github.io about programming and systems. Since 2016, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times. The last post was in 2024, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Linked on HN for a post on limiting new connections with iptables session tracking, offered as a lighter alternative to fail2ban's log-watching. Only one comment, which cites it in a port knocking discussion.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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What Hacker News says?
i prefer knowing that nothing is happening rather than filtering things i dont like. also, lots of people sing the praises of fail2ban, which needs to watch log files to operate, but you can get most of its utility by simply rate-limiting using iptables' session tracking without any additional mechanisms. https://selivan.github.io/2018/07/07/limit-new-connections-f...
Comment linking /2018/07/07/limit-new-connections-frequency-with-iptables-recent.html
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