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My Basic VPS Guide [13.] – Basic VPS security audit [IV.]

For obvious reasons: law, my feeling of responsibility [I can't give you power before you actually learn to use it and feel responsibility by using the tools], I cannot teach you all ways how to audit your system or how to use some extra ways & tools to check your system’s security [because the knowledge [...]

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My Basic VPS Guide [12.] – Basic VPS security audit [III.]

Welcome in the final article dedicated to iptables and securing your VPS Linux box in general. It took us 3 part to get here, but it will pay off  as it all served as a starting point on your way to better understand VPS, set it up and secure it properly Today I will cover [...]

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My Basic VPS Guide [11.] – Basic iptables set-up [II.]

Last time here I have given you a few links to check out and learn something more about iptables. If you start learning iptables at the very start of your VPS hosting life your life will be easier later on And if you are an administrator and owner of the web sites in one person [...]

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My Basic VPS Guide [11.] – Basic iptables set-up [I.]

I think that the majority of Linux distro you could come across these days will be equipped with a 2.6 or later Linux kernel and thus iptables should be included by default. Older kernels do have a firewall solution as well, but it is called by a different name and I will not cover it [...]

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My basic VPS guide [9.] – Linux VPS security [II.]

Well, last time we talked about root kit checkers, but they alone are not sufficient to protect your system. The reason is there are just so many different ways your system could be compromised. They are very essential to be installed amongst first from the security tool sweet, but they are not the last ones [...]

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My basic VPS guide [8.] – Linux VPS security

Yesterday I have covered a topic mostly concerned with your VPS from the software point of view. We talked about how to search for new software for your VPS and for software in general. I introduced two different ways of performing this search and installation, but you can always find more detailed info when you [...]

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My basic VPS guide [7.] – Logins and securing your pre-release phase

Well, last time here we set up a password-less login process for our VPS. This means we do not need to enter any passwords while trying to login to our VPS Linux box. We could use a password if we configured the SSH key which we generated, to ask for one, but I think it’s [...]

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