From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 31 14:24:59 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDEAD106568E for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:24:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reddvinylene@gmail.com) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43BDE8FC18 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:24:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reddvinylene@gmail.com) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k31so1245411fkk.11 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:24:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=yKqp/SNdzNoP3BcMBgWpetXR9zXkgBimpODXLBGSlh8=; b=Rkrwl4b7bt1eFitqunXjJBOfH928dWaCKZ9NQ/WXN0ub/BbBvd3Mag6SFm1E9nx1kW jy6908d5yEGA8X/K4uZ01f+frYuXi73yMxumhwcGvr7eiJmLsZzeIGlKa3HBoVM52djo 7Uub92+BXloEdnnsiAmy2bPLKCVJFAWDmuEv8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=AHOdXdN5FpQVVU0EjK75n3z+qSW6FAnbneYCIIfzzgVk393e159226/IaO4dZ5X/ry XweUPRKUZXi+H1JxHC3EcDhDeveKLi/lfCnSoDvUn+AWEJ2vCBud9rOtJj1gxvpNzk0d 1WPx+IyXsdyTonuKKYftJa2kSQp8soO1fnuKM= Received: by 10.187.195.12 with SMTP id x12mr1855305fap.40.1220192695963; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:24:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.187.205.5 with HTTP; Sun, 31 Aug 2008 07:24:55 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 16:24:55 +0200 From: "Redd Vinylene" To: "Moises Castellanos" In-Reply-To: <2620c3260808301722s673f70dkab7590f1ed9e48a4@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <2620c3260808301722s673f70dkab7590f1ed9e48a4@mail.gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to test the uptime of a webserver? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:24:59 -0000 On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 2:22 AM, Moises Castellanos wrote: > > > On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Redd Vinylene > wrote: >> >> Hello hello! >> >> I got this dedicated server which is exposed to DDoS attacks quite >> frequently. Say I need to host a website on it, is there any way of >> telling how often it is actually online (to the rest of the world)? >> >> Maybe make some sort of ping script from a remote server? >> >> >> -- >> http://www.home.no/reddvinylene >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Hello, > > You can install nagios and monitor the web server. It will send you an > email when > the server is down and when is up again. With this information you can know > the uptime > of the web server. I'd have to install Nagios on a different server then, right? I doubt the actual server knows when its ISP's link drops (or just slows down) due to an attack. -- http://www.home.no/reddvinylene