In this post I’m doing an assignment for Tero Karvinen’s course on linux servers. The assignment is to create a name based virtual server with a domain pointing to it. I decided to use Amazon’s EC2, since it has a free tier and I have already used it once before. Setting up Once I already More…
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Protecting your SSH server from brute force attacks
If your server is online and out there, it’s probably being already attacked by someone with brute force. This means that someone is running a script trying to guess your root password so it can use your hardware for benefit. I ran into this problem recently after just weeks of publishing my website. You can More…