Archive for August, 2004

What is Link Popularity?

Posted on 26. Aug, 2004 by .

TweetThe theory goes something like this: The search engine Powers That Be have decided that if other sites are linking to your site, it must be a winner; therefore, it deserves a boost in rankings (when all else is equal). If you think about it, this makes a lot of sense. People link to good [...]

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Keyword Density: How Much Is Too Much

Posted on 25. Aug, 2004 by .

TweetCopywriting for search engines is one of the more important aspects of the SEO industry. Ensuring your content is relevant and keyword rich is an effective method to “impress” the search engines. By impress, I mean that the majority of search engines value optimized content with keyword-laden text. However, if you have too much keyword [...]

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How to Set Up Server Side Includes in Apache

Posted on 19. Aug, 2004 by .

TweetSetting up server side includes — or SSIs — in Apache is quite easy, we’ll show you how. Most people set up SSIs to allow them to include text files within their Web pages, like a regular footer or nav bar. Of course you can do other useful things, like echoing a date or even [...]

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How To Install RKHunter

Posted on 18. Aug, 2004 by .

TweetRKHunter 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.

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Remove T0rnkit v8

Posted on 18. Aug, 2004 by .

TweetTornkit is a rootkit which lets an intruder have unrestricted access to your dedicated server. This guide will help you remove it.

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How To make chkrootkit e-mail you daily

Posted on 18. Aug, 2004 by .

TweetMake chkrootkit e-mail you logs daily.

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How To Install CHKROOTKIT

Posted on 18. Aug, 2004 by .

Tweetchkrootkit: shell script that checks system binaries for rootkit modification.

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Install BFD (Brute Force Detection)

Posted on 17. Aug, 2004 by .

TweetBFD is a modular shell script for parsing applicable logs and checking for authentication failures.

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Disable Telnet Access

Posted on 17. Aug, 2004 by .

TweetTelnet 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.

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Force the use of SSH protocol 2

Posted on 17. Aug, 2004 by .

TweetSSH 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.

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