Archive for 'Security'
Apache logs
Posted on 14. Nov, 2010 by wiredgorilla.
TweetIssues with suhosin or mod_security , then best check your Apache error logs tail -f /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log
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How to check and stop if DDoS attack is going on.
Posted on 20. Sep, 2008 by wiredgorilla.
TweetDistributed denial-of-service attacks In a distributed attack, the attacking computers are often personal computers with broadband connections to the Internet that have been compromised by viruses or Trojan horse programs. These allow the perpetrator to remotely control machines to direct the attack, and such an array of computers is called a botnet. With enough such [...]
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Installing and configuring Linux CDP Agents
Posted on 17. Jun, 2008 by wiredgorilla.
TweetR1Soft CDP is a easy to install and use continous data protection system, primarily targeted at the hosting market. It backups up multiple servers to a central backup server; multiple backup windows can be performed per day, and files or even the whole disk can be restored from the image. This tutorial will show you [...]
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cPanel Name Server Setup
Posted on 16. Apr, 2008 by wiredgorilla.
TweetIt seems no matter which flavor of linux / unix you are running and which control panel software that setting up custom name servers is always a problem. This How-To will be for installing name servers on a Linux CPanel server. Custom Name Servers are great because you can provide your webhosting customers with ns1.yourcompany.com [...]
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DDOS check via number of connections
Posted on 26. Mar, 2008 by wiredgorilla.
TweetA quick and usefull command for checking if a server is under DDOS is That will list the IPs taking the most amount of connections to a server. It is important to remember that the ddos is becoming more sophistcated and they are using fewer connections with more attacking ips. If this is the case [...]
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APF firewall. Daily automated email showing firewall status
Posted on 27. Apr, 2007 by wiredgorilla.
TweetCharles Sweeney writes : This is how to get your server to send you a daily email showing the status of your APF firewall. In other words, letting you know if it’s running or not! APF firewall. Daily automated email showing firewall status
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Are you getting nasty errors in your DNS Report
Posted on 03. Jan, 2007 by wiredgorilla.
TweetIf your are getting nasty red errors in your DNS report at http://www.dnsreport.com/ then here we have a few steps of editing your named.conf to fix this.
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Syctl.conf Hardening
Posted on 26. Mar, 2006 by wiredgorilla.
TweetThe purpose of syctl hardening is to help prevent spoofing and dos attacks. This short guide will show what I have found to be a good configuration for the sysctl.conf configuration file. The most important of the variables listed below is the enabling of syn cookie protection. Only place the bottom two if you do [...]
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Install APF Firewall on a cPanel sever
Posted on 24. Mar, 2006 by wiredgorilla.
TweetTo install APF firewall login to your server as root and follow this tutorial
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Security Guide for cPanel servers
Posted on 24. Mar, 2006 by wiredgorilla.
TweetYou must keep your box secure at all times, getting compromized could lead to dataloss, which means you loose clients which isnt a very good way to run your buisness. You dont have to be an expert, there are just simple instructions you have to follow, check your box daily for any unknown proccesses, cheak [...]
