diff --git a/check_updates_rpm.sh b/check_updates_rpm.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# Script Name: check_updates_rpm
+# Author Name: Matt McKinnon
+# Date: 7th June 2016
+# Description: For use on rpm based distros ie CentOS, Red Hat, Fedora
+# This script will:
+#   Clean up the local rpm repository of retrieved packages (yum clean)
+#   Resync the package index (yum makecache)
+#   If called with AUTOUPDATE set to yes then SECURITY updates will be downloaded and applied. (The package yum-plugin-security is required Install using
+#   yum install yum-plugin-security)
+
+#
+# Make user configuration changes in this section
+#
+
+MAILTO="support@comprofix.com"
+AUTOUPDATE="no"
+LOGFILE="/var/log/server_maint.log"
+THISSERVER=$(hostname -f)
+
+#
+# End of user configuration section
+#
+
+DASHES="---------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
+DASHES2="================================================================================="
+
+
+# Check if the script is being run as root exit if it is not.
+
+if [ $(id -u) -ne 0 ]
+then
+echo "ur not root bro"
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+startlogging() {
+  echo $DASHES2 >> $LOGFILE
+  echo "$0 started running at `date`" >> $LOGFILE
+  echo $DASHES2 >> $LOGFILE
+}
+
+stoplogging() {
+  echo "`date` [MESSAGE] $0 finished runnning" >> $LOGFILE
+  echo $DASHES >> $LOGFILE
+}
+
+check_return() {
+  if [ "$?" -ne "0" ]
+    then
+      echo "$(date) [ERROR]   $1 failed to run" >> $LOGFILE
+      send_error_email $1
+      stoplogging
+      exit 1
+  fi
+  echo "$(date) [SUCCESS] $1 ran without error" >> $LOGFILE
+}
+
+send_error_email() {
+echo "Hello,
+
+Whilst running the update script ($0) on $THISSERVER there was a problem.
+
+[ERROR] "$1" failed to run
+
+The server has the following network interfaces configured ${SERVERADDS[@]}.
+
+Please log in via ssh (e.g. ssh root@${IPADDR[0]}) and check the log file:
+
+vim $LOGFILE
+
+Regards." | /bin/mail -s "[$THISSERVER] There was an error whilst running $0" $MAILTO
+}
+
+# IP Address stuff
+declare -a IPADDR
+declare -a NICINTERFACE
+declare -a SERVERADDS
+index=0
+
+for i in $( ifconfig | grep 'inet addr' | awk '{print $2}'| sed 's#addr:##g' );
+do
+  IPADDR[$index]=$i
+  let "index += 1"
+done
+
+index=0
+
+for i in $( ifconfig | grep 'eth' | awk '{print $1}' );
+do
+  SERVERADDS[$index]="$i ${IPADDR[$index]}"
+  let "index += 1"
+done
+
+# End IP Address stuff
+
+
+startlogging
+
+yum clean all > /dev/null
+check_return "yum clean all"
+
+yum makecache > /dev/null
+check_return "yum makecache"
+
+if [[ "$AUTOUPDATE" == "yes" ]]
+then
+  yum -y update --security > /dev/null
+  check_return "yum -y update --security"
+else
+  PACKAGES_TO_BE_UPGRADED=`yum list updates -q`
+  check_return "yum list updates -q"
+fi
+
+if [[ -z $PACKAGES_TO_BE_UPGRADED ]]
+then
+  echo "$(date) [MESSAGE] No packages need updating." >> $LOGFILE
+else
+
+echo "
+Hello,
+
+Packages requiring updates onto $THISSERVER.
+
+$PACKAGES_TO_BE_UPGRADED
+
+The server has the following network interfaces configured ${SERVERADDS[@]}.
+
+To update the server log in via ssh (e.g. ssh root@${IPADDR[0]}) and run the following command:
+
+yum upgrade
+
+See the logfile for more info: vim $LOGFILE
+
+Regards. " | /bin/mail -s "[$THISSERVER] server may need some updates applied" $MAILTO
+
+  echo "`date` [MESSAGE] Packages need updating email sent to $MAILTO" >> $LOGFILE
+fi
+
+stoplogging
+exit 0
diff --git a/shorewall-blacklist.sh b/shorewall-blacklist.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Shorewall blacklist file
+# blacklist file
+#
+BLACKLIST="/etc/shorewall/blacklist"
+CUSTOM="/etc/shorewall/custom-blacklist"
+
+#
+# get URL
+# 
+
+URL[0]="http://feeds.dshield.org/block.txt"
+URL[1]="http://www.spamhaus.org/drop/drop.lasso"
+
+#Counrtry BlockLists
+COUNTRY=(cn tw tr mx il id ua za)
+IPDENY="http://www.ipdeny.com/ipblocks/data/countries"
+
+# 
+# Don't Edit After this line
+#
+
+# Temporary dump staging folder
+  TMP=$(mktemp -d -t tmp.XXXXXXXXXX)
+  #
+  # @method to delete Temporary folder
+  #
+  function finish {
+    rm -rf "$TMP"
+}
+trap finish EXIT
+
+echo "Downloading new blacklists...."
+
+#Blank out existing blacklists
+cat /dev/null > "$TMP/blacklist"
+cat /dev/null > $BLACKLIST
+
+#Add custom entries
+if [[ -s $CUSTOM ]]; then
+    cat $CUSTOM >> "$TMP/blacklist"
+fi
+
+## top 20 attacking class C (/24)
+wget -q -O - ${URL[0]} | sed '1,/Start/d' | sed '/#/d' | awk '{print $1,$3}' | sed 's/ /\//' >> "$TMP/blacklist"
+
+##  Spamhaus DROP List
+wget -q -O - ${URL[1]} | sed '1,/Expires/d' | awk '{print $1}'  >> "$TMP/blacklist"
+
+## Country Blocklists
+for BLOCK in ${COUNTRY[*]}; do
+    wget -q -O - $IPDENY/$BLOCK.zone  | awk '{print $1}' >> "$TMP/blacklist"
+done
+
+#Remove duplicate entries
+sort "$TMP/blacklist" | uniq -c | awk '{print $2}' > $BLACKLIST
+
+shorewall refresh