If you have to access a lot of servers through SSH and if are tired of entering long SSH passwords, there is now an easy way to overcome this. By using SSH Keys (with the help of a private and public key), you can easily connect to a server, or multiple servers, without having to [...]
Last time I show everyone how to encrypt your hard drive using BitLocker. Today I’m going to show everyone how to encrypt your hard drive again, but this time using a third party software call TrueCrypt. The reason for this is because not everyone trust Microsoft or they might not have BitLocker on their operating [...]
Data encryption is very important in security, you don’t want your identity get stolen or your sensitive information got stolen by someone else. Windows 7 BitLocker s a drive encryption process whereby anyone who manages to get their hands on your computer or even just your hard drive is out of luck: they can’t read [...]
The following tools will definitely help you in managing the server. The below descriptions are taken from the man page. All the packages are available from epel repository. 1. Top The top program provides a dynamic real-time view of a running system. It can display system summary information as well as a list of tasks [...]
It is important that you follow the correct procedure to resolve this error. A very common mistake for users new to administrating SCE/SCOM is to simply go into the services console and change the service accounts around. This can then lead to further errors, going so far as to completely bricking your SCE installation and requiring a reinstall.
As you all may have well aware there are a lot of vulnerabilities in Windows. This is because Windows by default left all it ports open, and they are only close when the user specified which port to close. According to PC world there are 7 ways you can secure Windows 7. This instruction covers [...]
With a new year come new resolutions, new threats, and new technology. 2010 went out with a bang, and now it’s time to bring in 2011. So what are the new threats that we can look forward for in 2011? Well the folks at Panda Labs, the anti-malware lab of Panda Security, put out their [...]
Server security is becoming a night mare of all system administrators. Hackers are developing really cool tools by which a server can be hacked with ease. I will list out the basic things that need to be taken care of while securing a server. 1. Kernel Make sure that you are on the latest kernel. [...]
On my last blog post i show you how to configure IPS for routers using Cisco SDM, that post can be found here if anyone miss it. Today continue on the topic of configuration IPS for routers, I’m going to shows how to update the IPS signatures with the latest SDF. Downloading the SDF from [...]
Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) is an network security appliances that monitor network and/or system activities for malicious activity. The main functions of ‘’’intrusion prevention systems’’’ are to identify malicious activity, log information about said activity, attempt to block/stop activity, and report activity. In this blog I will show you how to enable IPS on a [...]
