Category: Using Linux

Rate Limiting SSH with IPTables

You are most likely using Netfilter, aka IPTables, if you are running a recent Linux distro. Most firewalls supplied with hosting control panels or simple setup scripts fail to take advantage of some of the more advanced features available. A feature…

Keep track of /etc with Etckeeper

You can insure yourself against accidentally changing your files using versioning. The technique can be used in many contexts, a good example that we will discuss below is the important configuration files for Linux Systems. Some programs have relatively small…

Add Users to the Sudoers List

When connecting to your VPS, you should never login as root, in fact, root logins with password authentication should be disabled. Instead you should mainly use a none-root account and elevate your access rights to root only when needed. By…

Command: network related commands

If you want to be the master of your VPS or dedicated server you must know some basic networking commands to troubleshoot connection issues or to find out more information about your or someone else server. This guide will not…