Author: Tracker

Need a job? Positions now open!

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MagniRack.com is looking for some new application server sales !

In an ever growing profitable online business customers are #1 and MagniRack is looking for some sales representatives to help bring those customers into the company and let them see what a real game server host is all about.

Requirements

  • Ability to work with a team
  • Ability to follow instructions
  • At least 16 years of age or older
  • Prior sales experience is a plus

If you are interested in this position please send an email to jobs[at]magnirack[dot]com with your resume attached.

We are looking for 5 [possibly more] sales representatives.

That did not take long….

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Well Dark had this idea to up it from 1 post per day to 2 saying he would be posting one as well as me. Well today Dark has failed a mere 2 days after he stated he was going to be doing 2 posts per day. Thus you are stuck reading my rant about his failure. Hopefully he will get on the ball and start living up to what he committed to rather than make claims he can not fulfill.

In any event we shall see what happens tomorrow.

Windows Server 2008 + Exchange 2007 + All your contacts = Fail

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Ok so I have an exchange email account that I use for all my email and contacts to sync between my iPhone and my pc. [mostly mobile email and contacts because I use imap on my desktop for emial] well my exchange host had to move boxes today and thats fine no big deal. However they failed šŸ˜›

They switched from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008. In this process it borked exchange causing my computer to no longer sync.

They are correcting it should be fixed by the time I am done with this post but in any event I am gonna give you guys the fix as well [as stated in the link that was sent to me by the host]

To make the long story short, simply unselect IPv6 from the properties of your NIC AND (itā€™s very important) make a changes to the HOSTS file. Simply open up your hosts file and make the following changes:

  • Comment out the line ā€œ:::1Ā Ā Ā  localhostā€
  • Add the following two lines:

<IPv4 address>Ā Ā Ā  <hostname of the computer>
<IPv4 address>Ā Ā Ā  <FQDN of the computer>

That SHOULD correct the issue

You can confirm that this works by doing a ā€œtelnet localhost 6004ā€³.

[Source: Network Admin Knowlagebase]

-Tracker

cPanel is not secure!

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Recently it has been discovered that cPanel was able to be hacked via what is called a cross-site request forgery attack.

More or less what it means is if you goto a infected website while logged into your cPanel server then it will allow them to run any code they wish on the server and even change the root password. Nasty stuff right?

cPanel has been notified of this however the response they gave was very very poor.

“The response I got from cPanel was we can’t fix this because it’s a feature. Apparently, they’re worried it’s going to break integration with third party billing software, so they can’t fix this.”

Now I am not a dumb ass [most of the time] so I know that if the service can be exploited you fix it. If you need a way to interface the control panel with the billing software find another way to allow it to function. Surely it can be done.

Its times like this I am glad that I do not use cPanel for my own servers however if you do run cPanel make sure you dont goto any strange sites while logged into your account. Perhaps setup a VM and only use it to access cPanel? Who knows šŸ˜›

[Source: The Register]

-Tracker

Audio Podcast: Dark returns EVGA Sucks and Hookah time!

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Ok so we have the return of the podcast… sort of. This is more of us talking to each other in podcast form just having a good time. No schedule no real structure and no time limit.

On this episode we have myself [Tracker] Dark and Qwerty [the noob] in the channel talking about some stuff with dark ranting about EVGA me talking about the iPhone exploit and how to upgrade your iPhones firmware while keeping it unlocked. Along with some of the changes that are happening.

Enjoy..or atleast try to šŸ™‚

[audio:http://themodshop.net/pcd/click.php?id=5]



-Tracker

New posting format! 2 posts per day wtf?!

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YourFatAss

Guess what everyone Dark is back! [So he says] he is wanting to do a post every day as well as me. Thus providing with you guys even more modding lust! Perhaps we will even bring back the podcast [NO WAI!] This should get quite interesting because if you have not noticed Dark has been gone MIA from TheModShop since early May of this year. Well apparently he has gotten things together and will be posting now but we will have to see how long that lasts.

In any event look forward to a lot more modding and a lot less suck from the site in the coming weeks šŸ˜€

-Tracker

Akismet spam prevention having issues…

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For a while now I have used Akismet to keep the spam on the site down however in recent months I have been getting the following message quite often.

Akismet has detected a problem. A server or network problem is preventing Akismet from working correctly. Click here for more information about how to fix the problem.

Now I can click the link to fix it and I am presented with the following info

Server Connectivity

Unable to reach any Akismet servers.

A network problem or firewall is blocking all connections from your web server to Akismet.com. Akismet cannot work correctly until this is fixed. Please contact your web host or firewall administrator and give them this information about Akismet and firewalls.

Akismet server Network Status
72.233.69.3 Obstructed
72.233.69.2 Obstructed
66.135.58.62 Obstructed
66.135.58.61 Obstructed

Last checked 3 hours ago.

Now right below that there is a button to check it again and as soon as I click that then poof all is well.

Server Connectivity

All Akismet servers are available.

Akismet is working correctly. All servers are accessible.

Akismet server Network Status
66.135.58.62 Clear
66.135.58.61 Clear
72.233.69.3 Clear
72.233.69.2 Clear

Last checked 1 min ago.

For one reasion or another the akismet servers are crashing or the network between my server and the akismet servers is failing.

Anyone else have this issue?

-Tracker

Game and teamspeak servers on sale! Win a Xbox 360!

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MagniRack

Get 25% off for life! Just enter the code “25offlife” at checkout

Xbox 360 Giveaway

We are giving away a custom xbox 360 game console! Along with $100 and $50 to 3 lucky people. You can see the full terms and conditions HERE

Game Servers

We offer a large list of games we can host and are adding more to it all the time. If you would like us to host a game for you and it is not listed here please email us and we will look into the possibility of hosting it for you.

Click here to order!!

More info can be found HERE

Below are some of the games we offer

  • Americaā€™s Army
  • Armed Assault
  • Battlefield 1942
  • BF1942 Desert Combat Final
  • Battlefield 2 : Special Forces
  • Battlefield 2142
  • Battlefield Vietnam
  • Call of Duty
  • Call of Duty : United Offensive
  • Call of Duty 2
  • Call of Duty 4
  • Call of Duty: World At War *NEW*
  • Crysis
  • Doom 3
  • Enemy Territory : Quake Wars
  • F.E.A.R.
  • Frontlines Fuel of War
  • Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
  • GTA : San Andreas Multiplayer
  • GTR Racing 2
  • Half-Life Deathmatch
  • HL: Counter-Strike 1.6
  • HL: Counter-Strike : Condition Zero
  • HL: Day of Defeat
  • HL: Team Fortress Classic
  • Half-Life 2 Deathmatch
  • HL2: Counter-Strike: Source
  • HL2: Day of Defeat: Source
  • HL2: Garryā€™s Mod
  • HL2: Left 4 Dead
  • HL2: Team Fortress 2
  • HL2: Synergy Mod
  • HL2: Zombie Panic *NEW*
  • Halo Combat Evolved
  • Killing Floor *NEW*
  • Medal of Honor Allied Assault
  • Medal of Honor Spearhead
  • Medal of Honor Breakthrough
  • Medal of Honor Pacific Assault
  • Medal of Honor Airborne
  • Prey
  • Quake 3 Arena
  • Quake 4
  • Soldier of Fortune II
  • Unreal Tournament 3 *NEW*


Click here to order!!

**IF YOU DONā€™T SEE YOUR GAME LISTED HERE PLEASE SEND US AN EMAIL WITH THE GAME NAME AND HOW MANY SLOTS AND WE WILL LOOK INTO ADDING IT FOR YOU!**

Price: $1.25usd per slot per month *before discount*