cPanel 11.50 Edge introduces CentOS 7 support!
cPanel announced yesterday that their release of 11.50 Edge supports new installs of cPanel/CentOS 7. This means that it’s still a bit experimental and that currently upgrading from CentOS 6 to 7 isn’t...
View ArticleEnable passive ftp with CSF
You might notice some ftp issues once CSF is installed – once passive mode kicks in on your ftp program. Here’s how to open those ports in csf and let your ftp server and csf work together. 1. SSH to...
View ArticleHardening WordPress
One thing we can’t stress enough is that wordpress sites need to have the correct permissions to help them stay safe. There are other things as well, such as password protected logins, etc.. We’ll...
View ArticleScript to secure your WordPress installation
This is a script written by Kennedy Projects that, when run as root on a Linux hosting server, will ask you for the account name and secure your wordpress installation. It will: – chmod all your...
View ArticleResize Linux Storage with LVM
You need more space on your server/desktop/etc.. This guide will help you add it to the volume you’re currently using on your system. For the sake of making this an easy-to-follow guide, we’ll assume...
View ArticleInstall Configserver CSF/LFD firewall on Linux
As you can see from our recent post about who’s attempting to log into your server, there’s a real need for you to have some sort of firewall protecting your server. This post will explain how to...
View ArticleCSF command line arguments you want to remember
When using CSF, there will be times when you need to quickly ssh into a server and modify the csf blocks. It could be that a friendly IP got blocked or that you want to add a new block. The following...
View ArticlePatch Linux Ghost (CVE-2015-0235)
If you run a Linux server, and you’re on top of things, you’ve heard of GHOST.. which is a heap buffer overflow vulnerability announced today. Distributions are working on a patch and some are ready...
View ArticleBlock countries from your Linux server
The servers I set up all run CSF, an open source software firewall that utilizes iptables to block and shape how we allow access to the servers. Using their graphs, I’m able to see that the USA is the...
View ArticleSeven things to do once your Linux VM is spun up
There are a number of things that I’ll do on a Linux server as soon as it’s network is live.. follow along to make your Linux server more secure! As we stated in the past, once your Linux server is on...
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