The Geo backend can be used to distribute queries globally using an IP-address/country mapping table, several of which are freely available online or can be acquired for a small fee. This allows visitors to be sent to a server close to them, with no appreciable delay, as would otherwise be incurred with a protocol level redirect. [...]
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SSL 3.0 is an obsolete and insecure protocol recently affected by the POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) vulnerability which allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to decrypt ciphertext using a padding oracle side-channel attack. SSLv3 has been replaced by TLS which is supported by all modern browsers so it should be [...]
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Shellshock vulnerability is a security bug affecting Unix/Linux operating system through the bash shell. Disclosed on September 24 2014, it has been rated 10 (the maximum score) for severity by NIST. Debian installs bash by default so you’re probably affected! To check if your server is vulnerable, run this command: env x='() { [...]
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This is a serious bug affecting a lot of servers including Debian Wheezy. Act fast because everything is being scanned and information is being leaked right now! The Heartbleed Bug is a serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software library. This weakness allows stealing the information protected, under normal [...]
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Last updated April 6, 2014 Compatible releases squeezewheezy Adding a additional hard disk to your workstation or server is easy and often required. Here’s we’ll step through the process of identifing the newly attached drive, prepare and mount it by referencing UUID which is a preferred method today. If you have just added a [...]
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Nginx is an open source reverse proxy server, load balancer, HTTP cache, and a web server. The Nginx project started with a strong focus on high concurrency, high performance and low memory usage. Users have been moving to Nginx because of the high performance and stability and as of February 2014, Nginx is hosting around 15% of all web [...]
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ownCloud gives you universal access to your files through a web interface or WebDAV. It also provides a platform to easily view & sync your contacts, calendars and bookmarks across all your devices and enables basic editing right on the web. 1. Add the ownCloud repository as apt source echo 'deb [...]
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DirectAdmin is a web hosting control panel providing a graphical interface and automation tools to simplify server and account management. Features include: E-mail, FTP, DNS and web management, Statistics, Apache configuration, User and reseller management and more. Before you install DirectAdmin, make sure you have a fresh installation [...]
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vsftpd (Very Secure FTP Daemon) is a secure, fast and stable FTP server. In this tutorial we’ll install the server and make it check in a flat text file for virtual users allowed to login. 1. Install required packages apt-get install vsftpd libpam-pwdfile
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Zend Guard Loader is a free runtime application that enables PHP to run the scripts encoded by Zend Guard. 1. Download a copy of Zend Guard Loader from the location below and upload to your server. By default PHP 5.4 is installed on wheezy so select the package Zend Guard Loader (Runtime for PHP 5.4). [...]
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