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Secure NTP template
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is the de-facto means Internet hosts use to synchronize their clocks. A reliable and accurate notion of time is important for a number of services, including distributed applications, authentication services, multi-user...
How to Add Devices to LibreNMS Monitoring Tool
This guide focus on adding devices to LibreNMS tool for monitoring. Assuming that you have a working setup for LibreNMS monitoring tool, if not, follow the below guide. For a demo purpose, we will install and configure SNMP on the client servers (Linux machines), and...
Creating Ethernet loopback cable with RJ45 connector
This article will help us with a small hardware testing tool which helps verify whether interface port is working or not. The small testing tool is an RJ45 based Ethernet Testing tool which can be created within minutes by connecting wires as per defined...
Ransomware ‘Nyetya’ behind new global cyber attack
The computer virus that is affecting companies and institutions around the world is a new variant of ransomware called Nyetya -- WannaCry's bad cousin -- according to networking and security major Cisco. The new cyber attack started massively affecting dozens of...
A massive new Petya/Petrwrap ransomware attack is spreading around the globe
A month after the WannaCry ransomware attack paralyzed connected systems worldwide, a new threat appears to be spreading quickly. As reports emerge, today’s attack paints a picture of businesses and governments around the world held hostage by a second major wave of...
When SNMP spams the log
On Linux systems SNMP usually protocols incoming SNMP connections in your syslog file. Depending on your SNMP polling cycle and your amount of monitoring systems the entries will multiplied. . Example: Mar 4 21:12:48 hostname snmpd[31684]: Connection from UDP:...
Difference between QSFP, QSFP+ and QSFP28
SFP is short for small form factor. It refers to fiber optic transceivers supporting 1Gbps data rate. Except SFP, current market is full of various types of fiber optic transceivers, such as QSFP, QSFP+ and QSFP28. At the first sight, these transceiver...
What is the difference between an IDS and an IPS?
IDS (Intrusion Detection System) and IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) both increase the security level of networks, monitoring traffic and inspecting and scanning packets for suspicious data. Detection in both systems is mainly based on signatures already...
Are your customers ready to repel ransomware?
More than four out of five (83%) resellers see ransomware attacks as the main threat – but most are not ready to counter any such attack. In a survey carried out for WatchGuard, 45% of resellers said they believed less than half of their customers would have the right...
How To Use SSHFS to Mount Remote File Systems Over SSH
In many cases it can become cumbersome to transfer files to and from a droplet. Imagine a development usage scenario where you are coding apps remotely and find yourself uploading a script repeatedly to your virtual server to test. This can become quite a hassle in a...
How To Set Up an NFS Mount on Ubuntu 16.04
NFS, or Network File System, is a distributed file system protocol that allows you to mount remote directories on your server. This lets you manage storage space in a different location and write to that space from multiple clients. NFS provides a relatively quick and...
Set up a CAcert SSL certificate for DirectAdmin
This is how to set up a SSL certificate on your server and running with it, using DirectAdmin on Debian GNU/Linux. All of the following tasks are done as root, from the command line: cd /usr/local/directadmin/conf create a private key: openssl genrsa -out cakey.pem...
Bash: How to send email from Terminal
With the minimum installation of any Linux operating system, you will not see most of the commands in your system. In minimum operating system installation only required packages are installed for running an operating system and skipped unnecessary...
How to get more Website Traffic free with Social Bookmarking sites and other SEO Backlinks
One thing I often come across from prospects and clients is the question of how to get more website traffic for free? That is the quest of anyone who sells a product or service and has a website designed to facilitate sales (ecommerce) or to capture leads to sell to...
Recommended Server Room Temperature
An exploration of the recommended server room temperature and the issues surrounding maintaining the recommended temperature. Figuring out the right temperature to run your server room at can be tricky, you don't want to run the server room too hot and potentially...
Best practices for firewall rules configuration
When you modify a firewall configuration, it is important to consider potential security risks to avoid future issues. Security is a complex topic and can vary from case to case, but this article describes best practices for configuring perimeter firewall rules. Block...
A Guide To House Wiring
In a world where everyone is talking about wireless, wiring is often overlooked, yet it is still one of the most essential parts of any communication system, providing reliability and robustness that cannot be rivalled by our convenient wireless friend. In fact, the...
Businesses under-reporting cyber attacks
Businesses are underestimating the importance of cyber security with 28% of cyber attacks being reported to the police, according to research by the Institute of Directors (IoD). A survey of 1000 businesses found that 49% have experienced damage and interruptions to...
Cable Test from CLI
There is an update below for current version of UniFi OS In the old days the cable test was available through the CLI: swctrl -d cable show And you should expect something similar like: BusyBox v1.19.4 (2017-03-10 11:34:48 PST) built-in shell (ash) Enter 'help' for a...
Common Paxton Access Control Problems and How To Solve Them
Paxton Access Control is famed for its reliability and high performance. Since the days of the good old drawbridge, security solutions have come a long way – but sometimes, our advances are also our downfalls. Unfortunately, we all know that things can still go wrong,...
EdgeMAX – Set up L2TP over IPsec VPN server
Interface and NAT Configuration To configure the allowed networks and NAT traversal on an interface, use the following commands: set vpn ipsec ipsec-interfaces interface eth0 set vpn ipsec nat-networks allowed-network 10.0.0.0/8 set vpn ipsec nat-networks...