Keeping safe
Category: Security
HERE ARE SIX SIMPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP KEEP SPAM AT BAY
Check out those basic rules to avoid spam robots to use your email for spaming !…
How To Install RKHunter
RKHunter also known as RootKit Hunter is a scanning tool to ensure you for about 99.9% that you don’t have any rootkits, backdoors, and local exploits but running tests and e-mailing you results.…
How To Install CHKROOTKIT
chkrootkit: shell script that checks system binaries for rootkit modification.…
Install BFD (Brute Force Detection)
BFD is a modular shell script for parsing applicable logs and checking for authentication failures.…
Disable Telnet Access
Telnet should be disabled, and you should use SSH. Telnet sends password in plain text, and ‘crackers/hackers’ can obtain these passwords easily compared to SSH, and then takeover your dedicated web server.…
Force the use of SSH protocol 2
SSH Protocol 1 based systems are facing many automated “root kits”. As a result to step up the security Protcol 2 should be enabled as soon as possible.…
Install LogWatch
Logwatch is a customizable log analysis system. Logwatch parses through your system’s logs for a given period of time and creates a report analyzing areas that you specify, in as much detail as you require.…
Disabling Direct Root Login (SSH)
Disabling root login via shh is a great way to tigthen security on your dedicated server.…