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		<title>simple .htaccess Tutorial</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The web document to be protected. Actually, access is restricted by directory so all files in the same directory will be protected. The file .htaccess. This file should be in the directory which contains the documents to restrict access to. The contents of this file specify the name of the password file.For example if you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preventing Spam with Antivirus.exim</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Preventing Spam with Antivirus.exim Cpanel servers have a nice little file called antivirus.exim. Most of you probably have never of this magic little gem. It’s a central filter for the exim mail server that lets you setup all kinds of wonderful filters to help stop spam from coming in and going out of your server. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Securing /tmp Partition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 03:40:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Securing Your /tmp Partition with Cpanel/WHM If you are renting a server then chances are everything is lumped in / and a small amount partitioned for /boot and some for swap. With this current setup, you have no room for making more partitions unless you have a second hard-drive. Learn how to create a secure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>E-mail Alert on Root SSH Login</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 02:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[E-mail Alert on Root SSH Login Want to be notified instantly when someone logs into your server as root? No problem, check out this nice tutorial on email notification for root logins. Keeping track of who logs into your server and when is very important, especially when you&#8217;re dealing with the super user account. We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Host.conf Hardening &#8211; Prevent IP spoofing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinyas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[he first thing you are going to want to do is SSH into your server. Then type the following command. #pico -w /etc/host.conf Scroll down until you see (order hosts,bind) Just below it type (nospoof on) and then save. It should look like this when your done order hosts,bind nospoof on Thats it, your all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hide Apache Info</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 23:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinyas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things which gives a potential attacker some help is them knowing which versions of software you use. This can be very easy to find out, particularly if you have never taken steps to secure this information. For example: I would like to know what software apache.org are using/have used so I look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Logs: Monitor your Linux system users</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinyas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to keep a detailed audit trail of what’s being done on your Linux systems Intrusions can take place from both authorized (insiders) and unauthorized (outsiders) users. My personal experience shows that unhappy user can damage the system, especially when they have a shell access. Some users are little smart and removes history file (such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Log all activity</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:23:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinyas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I log sshd session in a file called /var/log/sshd.log and here&#8217;s how I do it: 1. touch /var/log/sshd.log 2. edit your /etc/syslog.conf and add the lines !sshd *.* /var/log/sshd.log 3. killall -HUP syslogd The sshd will now log stuff into /var/log/sshd.log. Edit your /etc/ssh/sshd_config file to determine what gets logged. By default, the following lines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Check Server Info</title>
		<link>http://www.vinyas.net/linux-check-memory-usage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinyas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check Server Info: 1) Server disk space in Gigabyte: root@server [~]# df -h 2) Total memory in MB: root@server [~]# free -t -m     -or-   cat /proc/meminfo 3) Distribution Info: uname -r    -or-   cat /etc/redhat-release 4)  CPU:  cat /proc/cpuinfo Read More &#8212; Linux comes with different command to check memory usage. free command displays the total [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Configuring APF Firewall</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2008 00:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Vinyas</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is APF (Advanced Policy Firewall)? APF Firewall APF is a policy based iptables firewall system designed for ease of use and configuration. It employs a subset of features to satisfy the veteran Linux user and the novice alike. Packaged in tar.gz format and RPM formats, make APF ideal for deployment in many server environments [...]]]></description>
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