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My sites and VPS were stolen from me. The hosting company and I were locked out and unable to access it. They weren’t able to create a temp password for access because the attacker blocked it.
The last time I was lo… Continue reading Brutalized VPS recovery data now available. Considerations? [closed]
Is there any risk in running ssh daemon with no root privilege using this method: how-can-i-make-this-daemon-init-run-as-a-non-root-user?
Debian Developer’s Best Practices for OS Security says the same thing:
• Starts th… Continue reading what are the disadvantages of running SSH daemon without root?
I am applying configuration management to a VPS hosted by a VPS hosting company. Changing the hosting company is not an option, unfortunately.
This VPS has the following properties:
when newly-imaged or re-imaged, it gener… Continue reading SSH to IP instead of to fully qualified hostname: does this reduce MITM risk?
I’m really having trouble finding an answer for this, mainly because searching for the words “ISP” and “block”, I find the reverse-answer.
I made a VPN on a VPS / droplet from digitalocean.
However, the ISP: DigitalOcean LL… Continue reading How to bypass websites that have blocked an entire ISP
I want to prevent entering suspected users to entire server. Certain persons shouldn’t be able to access server because I don’t want to compromise VPS. VPS is located in Czech Republic data center. Here’s informations about I… Continue reading Prevent entering suspected users to entire server
I just learned about IP spoofing and so I set up VMs and sent spoofed UDP packets (8.8.8.8, Facebook’s IP, Twitter’s IP) to myself (home PC and mobile) from well-reputed VPS providers like AWS, Softlayer, Intellectica Systems… Continue reading Why is spoofing allowed in reputed VPS services?
If I do a whois IP lookup on someone’s IP who is using a VPS to browse the web, do I get the IP of the VPS provider?
I would like to implement a private cloud-storage on a Linux VPS. For example, I can use ownCloud.
I can do the root login on the VPS by ssh.
My question is if I can securely encrypt the /var/www directory in a way that the… Continue reading ownCloud on an encrypted partition on the server
I would like to implement a private cloud-storage on a Linux VPS. For example, I can use ownCloud.
I can do the root login on the VPS by ssh.
My question is if I can securely encrypt the /var/www directory in a way that the… Continue reading ownCloud on an encrypted partition on the server
This question already has an answer here:
Can HTTPS server configured without a server certificate?
5 answers
Can we have h… Continue reading Must one have SSL certificates for each domain, to use HTTPS? [duplicate]