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Ubuntu 18.04 — isc-kea — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 18.04

Ubuntu 18.04 — isc-kea — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 July 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7759-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-6473 Upstream summary: It was discovered that Kea DHCP did not correctly handle invalid hostnames. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial […]

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How to Configure ACLs on Ext4 File Systems on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure ACLs on Ext4 File Systems on Debian 10

Introduction How to Configure ACLs on Ext4 File Systems on Debian 10 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 10 Buster server. Debian 10 Buster ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from […]

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How To Configure Port Knocking Using Only Iptables on an Ubuntu VPS — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Configure Port Knocking Using Only Iptables on an Ubuntu VPS

Port knocking is a method of hiding services behind a firewall until a specific sequence of network activity occurs. After detecting this, the firewall is dynamically reconfigured to expose the requested service for the client who completed the specific sequence of activity. In this article, we will discuss how to implement a port knocking mechanism on an Ubuntu VPS using only the tools available within the iptables package.

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Ubuntu 16.04 — libseccomp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Ubuntu 16.04

Ubuntu 16.04 — libseccomp — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide

🟢 Low   ⏱ 5–15 min  Last verified: 15 July 2020 Affected versions: Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial) 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4001-1 Related CVEs: CVE-2019-9893 Upstream summary: Jann Horn discovered that libseccomp did not correctly generate 64-bit syscall argument comparisons with arithmetic operators (LT, GT, LE, GE). An attacker could use […]

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Oracle Linux 8 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide — diagnosis and fix on Oracle Linux 8

Oracle Linux 8 — Unbreakable Enterprise kernel — vulnerability — patch and remediation guide (ELSA-2020-5848)

🟠 High   ⏱ 15–60 min  Last verified: 15 July 2020 Affected versions: Oracle Linux 8 📖 ~4 min read  •  Source: ELSA advisory ELSA-2020-5848 Related CVEs: CVE-2020-16166 CVE-2020-24394 CVE-2020-10751 CVE-2020-12771 CVE-2020-14331 CVE-2020-10781 Table of contents Symptom & Impact Environment & Reproduction Root Cause Analysis Quick Triage Step-by-Step Diagnosis Solution – Primary Fix Solution – […]

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An Introduction to Databases — step-by-step DevOps tutorial on Progressive Robot

An Introduction to Databases

This conceptual article serves as an introduction to numerous database topics. It provides a brief overview of what databases are in the context of cloud computing and highlights a few concepts central to their design and function. It also contains links to relevant conceptual and procedural tutorials throughout.

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How to Install Kotlin on Debian 10 — step-by-step Debian 10 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Kotlin on Debian 10

Introduction How to Install Kotlin on Debian 10 is a fundamental operation for any administrator maintaining a Debian 10 Buster server. Debian 10 Buster ships with the Linux 6.12 kernel, updated toolchains, and a fully refreshed package archive — meaning version numbers, configuration file paths, and some dependency chains differ from Debian 10. This tutorial […]

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