Configuring Password Policy on CentOS 6 About Password Policy Password policy is a set of rules that must to be satisfied when setting a password. Password policy is an important factor in computer security, specially since user passwords are too often the main reason for computer system security breaches. This is why most companies and […]
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SSH has a huge number of features, SSH Tunnel being just one of them. SSH Tunnel is a secure connection between two machines and is often refered to as “SSH Tunneling” or also “Port Forwarding”. Using the “ssh” command we can bind a desired port on a local machine to a desired port on a remote […]
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If you have a Linux server out there somewhere in the internet, you probably want to secure it and reflect some of the most common attacks to your server. If you are just starting out with your first server you must know, your server will be attacked. There are automated bots and scripts that scan […]
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Configure IPTables on CentOS 6
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IPTables is a service on linux systems, which allows a system administrator to configure rules and chains in tables provides by the Linux kernel firewall. IPTables is a Linux firewall service which enables you to accept, reject or drop (,…) packages based on the rules you applied. In this post we will learn how to cofigure iptables […]
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Securing SSH Server – sshd_config
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Secure Shell (SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol for secure data communication. SSH is widely used on linux machines for console access and remote management. It is a server – client oriented network protocol which enables a secure communication between two network computers. The port on which SSH Server runs by default is 22. If […]
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OpenVPN Server On Centos 6
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Learn how to install and configure OpenVPN Server on CentOS 6 Linux. Do it the easy way and download an automated OpenVPN Server bash installation script.
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How to configure Disk Encryption on CentOS 6.x? Read my Step-by-step guide or do it the easy way, download GeekPeek.Net Disk Encryption Bash script!