Posts Tagged ‘security

Hi, Most of people here know about nmap or zenmap utility which is used for server port scanning by hackers. On my laptop, I am using Ubuntu and have installed zenmap. I scanned 127.0.0.1 i.e. my local server. In Ports/Hosts TAB, why it shows ((Ubuntu)) along with Apache http I am also running Webmin so [...]

Just a quick question: Is it possible (and worthwhile) to have the /home directory on a different physical storage server? So the web server would be on server1 and the files would be on server2. xanic replied: Can’t edit, so I just wanted to add that I’m looking into cloud storage. Cristi4n replied: you can [...]

I have a large portal that is growing fast. Each day, I have writers submitting articles and a forum that receives massive traffic + posts. I currently have my website on a VPS that is sufficient for my needs. There have been many unsuccessful attempt to hack the website. I am thinking along the lines [...]

hi when i tried to log off the other user that’s in the server i got this message how can i fix this? and how did he do it anyway so people can’t log him off? net replied: Moved > Hosting Security and Technology. activelobby4u replied: Are you logging in as a user with non [...]

Hello, I’m online with my first VPS self managed. Could someone point to the basic stuff to do to achieve a basic security? Plus 1- I’m using ubuntu 10.04 since it’s the OS I learned to work trough SSH, I often read to disable root SSH access. But what is the point? Every user with [...]

[root@dedi1 /]# mysql -u root -p Enter password: ERROR 1040 (HY000): Too many connections [root@dedi1 /]# how to solve the problem? My site also show this message. here /etc/my.cnf Code: [mysqld] #datadir=/var/lib/mysql #socket=/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock user=mysql local-infile=0 skip-innodb query_cache_size=64M thread_cache_size=4 table_cache=768 join_buffer_size=8M key_buffer_size=64M # Disabling symbolic-links is recommended to prevent assorted security risks symbolic-links=0 # To enable [...]

Hello WHT, Due to the various circumstances that I am facing as a result of my incompetent host, I am looking to purchase a new dedicated server that would be able to accommodate a shared hosting service. I would like to gain some feedback from this community as to ‘recommended’ hardware specifications, e.g. RAM, CPU, [...]

What should the permissions of system folders and files be (etc, usr, var, sbin, tmp….)? If I use a php shell I can change dirs into the root of my server and browse system folders and files that were created with insecure permissions. Seems like a big security risk. How do I prevent this and [...]

I just finished setting up a store on localhost and wrote some marketing tools to go with it. I think the marketing tools will give me a competitive edge. My question is, if I upload the files to a host, what stops someone that works with the hosting company ( who is impressed with the [...]