LowEndBox

Feb 09, 2024

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If your server (VPS or dedicated) has been hacked, there is a simple parameter change you an make that will vastly improve its security. It takes a couple steps to login, but it will protect you against brute force attacks, keyloggers, and other attacks. And you have a couple of options.

My Server Was Getting Constantly Hacked Until I Changed This One Parameter

Surveying the Global Internet Landscape: Dataplane.org

Jul 27, 2023

Meet the group that watches the Internet and provides fascinating insights into the global internetwork - as well as the raw data so you can make your own insights. Dataplane is doing very cool work and is a fun site to learn from.

Surveying the Global Internet Landscape: Dataplane.org

RackNerd and Ezeelogin: Securing and Scaling SSH

Feb 10, 2023

Ezeelogin is an SSH management platform that provides two factor authentication, SAML Authentication, session recording, IAM, RBAC, PAM, and lots of other important acronyms. Community provider RackNerd recently deployed it and explains the product's benefits to providers and users.

How To Begin On Your New VPS Or Dedicated Server

Not_Oles

Jun 16, 2022

Introduction Hello from sunny Sonora! This morning I was delighted to receive an email from Hetzner telling me that my new AX41-NVMe server was provisioned with Debian and ready to go! This post discu...

How To Begin On Your New VPS Or Dedicated Server

Locking Down Access to Your VPS

Oct 12, 2021

There are a number of ways you can restrict access to your VPS. Passwords (specifically, good passwords) is the most basic method. Restricting access to ssh keys only is better. You can use Google Aut...

Incremental Remote Backups Using rsnapshot

Apr 17, 2021

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There's an old adage about backups: There are two kinds of people: people who've never lost data, and people who'll never lose data again. If you've ever experienced data loss, you will instantly beco...

Incremental Remote Backups Using rsnapshot

Generating and Using SSH Keys, Part 3

Sep 26, 2020

In previous tutorials in this series, we went over generating SSH keys and how to use them. We'll wrap up the series by showing you how to turn off password authentication on your server. Why Configu...

Generating and Using SSH Keys, Part 2

Sep 19, 2020

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In the previous tutorial, we showed you how to generate an SSH key pair. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to use it to login. Assumptions In this tutorial: Your ssh key file is called "my-ssh-key...

Generating and Using SSH Keys, Part 1

Sep 12, 2020

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Traditionally, authentication in Unix-based systems is done with passwords. This tests "something you know". SSH keys offer a higher level of security by adding "something you have"- in this case, a...

How to Setup SFTP to Securely Transfer Files on CentOS 7

Apr 28, 2019

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Welcome to another LowEndBox tutorial. We're going to explore the world of SFTP: What it is, isn't, how to use it and why. Let's get to it! What is SFTP? We're glad you asked! SFTP is the Secure File...

Configuring Virtualmin on CentOS 7 for Website Hosting: Part 1

Apr 12, 2019

In the professional Linux web hosting world, cPanel rules as king. That's not necessarily a bad thing! cPanel is rich in features and is for the most part stable and reliable. But it's also completely...

Configuring Virtualmin on CentOS 7 for Website Hosting: Part 2

Apr 12, 2019

In Part 1 of our tutorial, we installed Virtualmin on CentOS 7 and did some basic configuration. In this second half, we're going to dive deep into the Linux configuration files to optimize our new se...

Configuring Virtualmin on CentOS 7 for Website Hosting: Part 2

Linux Blackhole Tutorial - Adding and Removing A Null Route

Frank

Apr 05, 2019

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In the world of systems administration, having the commands to add or remove a blackhole / nullroute a host or problematic IP address can be very useful. So in this simple, yet useful tutorial, we'll...

Linux Blackhole Tutorial - Adding and Removing A Null Route

Using SSH Keys to connect to your VPS