Tag: Security
Enhance the security of your server by reading through our easy to follow tutorials. From installing firewalls to auto-renewing SSLs, our expansive library is sure to be your bookmark favorite.
Starting with Mac OS X 10.6, it is now possible to connect to a Cisco IPSec VPN without having to download any extra software.
What is Brute Force Detection (BFD)?
BFD (Brute Force Detection) is a critically important part of protecting your server from malicious attacks.
When you attempt to add or remove users from file and folder permissions within Windows Explorer, a login box appears and does not accept your administrator username and password. This may prevent you from modifying the permissions.
What is an SSL Certificate?
SSL is used for a variety of purposes. For this article, we will be discussing SSL as it used in a website certificate to secure browsing by a remote client.
How to Configure and Use APF Firewall
What is APF?
Advanced Policy Firewall, or APF, is a firewall sometimes seen on Liquid Web’s servers. It is basically an interface to iptables, which is the standard interface to managing network ports on Linux machines. Interacting with iptables can be complex and error-prone, and APF greatly simplifies working with it. However, APF is still only accessible by ssh. There is no way to make changes in APF through WHM or cPanel.
Disabling Root User Login
Another security measure you can take to lock down a Linux server is to disable the root user login in the SSH server.
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