{"id":1017,"date":"2024-01-02T18:44:51","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T22:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/?p=1017"},"modified":"2024-01-02T18:44:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T22:14:51","slug":"happy-2024-and-looking-back-over-the-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/?p=1017","title":{"rendered":"Happy 2024! And looking back over the years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Good bye 2023&#8230; Hello 2024! I wish everyone health, wealth and happiness over 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I guess I&#8217;m getting a little nostalgic as I have become ye olde IT grey beard&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought I would put up some my &#8220;server closet&#8221; &#8211; actually, it <em>was<\/em> a closet &#8211; pictures and tech details from 2002.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69e790815d749&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69e790815d749\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"337\" height=\"600\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ServerRoom-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1022\" style=\"width:340px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ServerRoom-1.jpg 337w, https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/ServerRoom-1-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The firewall <\/strong>ran SmoothWall 0.9.9. This was a highly modified and hardened VA-Linux kernel that provided firewall, Intruder Detection Systems (IDS) and proxy services.<br>Tech specs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Asus AP53 motherboard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pentium 166 MHz CPU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>128 MB RAM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One 340 MB IDE hard disk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>24X E-IDE CD-ROM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3Com 3c905B network adaptor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SMC Ultra network adaptor<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matrox Millennium G200 PCI video card<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"385\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Firewall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1019\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Firewall.jpg 385w, https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Firewall-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Windows 2000 Server <\/strong>was the file server, secondary internal DNS server and Active Directory Domain Controller. This system was used to run Internet Information Server 5 until it was hacked in the first Code Red attacks in July 2001. It also ran the RealProducer software using a Logitech Color USB WebCam. (I really wish it was an AlphaServer 4100!)<br>Tech specs:<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Soyo SY-7VBA 133 motherboard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Celeron 700 MHz CPU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>192 MB SD-RAM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two fixed 9 GB Ultra SCSI disk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adaptec AHA-2940U SCSI Controller<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4\/8 GB WangDAT 4mm DAT tape backup<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>48X E-IDE CD-ROM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ATI Mach64 4 MB PCI video card<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3Com EtherLink XL 10\/100 PCI network card<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Win2kServer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1020\" style=\"width:174px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Win2kServer.jpg 194w, https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Win2kServer-111x300.jpg 111w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And last, but not least, <strong>the HP NetServer LD Pro<\/strong> that ran Red Hat Linux 7.0. It used Apache with PHP and Perl as the web server. FTP services were handled by ProFTPD. The NetServer also provided primary internal dynamic DNS services with BIND 9. Live Web Cam services are provided by RealServer 8. Of course, it was constantly updated with security patches (after Code Red)!<br>Tech specs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pentium Pro 180 MHz CPU<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>96 MB ECC RAM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>One fixed 9 GB Ultra SCSI disk<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two hot swap 9 GB Ultra SCSI disks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>24X SCSI CD-ROM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intel EtherExpress Pro\/100 Plus network adaptor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"385\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/NetServer.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1021\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/NetServer.jpg 385w, https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/NetServer-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good bye 2023&#8230; Hello 2024! I wish everyone health, wealth and happiness over 2024. I guess I&#8217;m getting a little nostalgic as I have become ye olde IT grey beard&#8230; I thought I would put up some my &#8220;server closet&#8221; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/?p=1017\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1023,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1017\/revisions\/1023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.pelleys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}