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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 [10.-2] – Some useful links to help you out!

We covered the basic links in the previous article and today I would like to give you some more links to look at. I don’t say they are all worthwhile for your particular case, but they are definitely very useful for at least a few of you out there. Linux Virtual Private Server is just [...]

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My Basic VPS Guide [10.] – Some useful links to help you out!

I have been talking a lot about how to initially configure your Linux Virtual Private Server in the last weeks. Today I realized it would be nice to add something more to this blog and Guide as many such tutorials lack one thing. They talk about the configuration and set-up process. they give you tons [...]

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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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