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How To Use fwknop to Enable Single Packet Authentication on Ubuntu 12.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use fwknop to Enable Single Packet Authentication on Ubuntu 12.04

Single Packet Authentication is a method that grew out of earlier port knocking as a way of keeping services shielded until you request access through a predefined sequence of events. Single packet authentication does this by sending a single encrypted packet to the server in order, which can then validate the client and open the requested port. In this article, we will discuss how to use the fwknop suite to implement single packet authentication on an Ubuntu 12.04 VPS.

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Введение в OAuth 2 — step-by-step Security tutorial on Progressive Robot

Введение в OAuth 2

OAuth 2 представляет собой фреймворк для авторизации, позволяющий приложениям осуществлять ограниченный доступ к пользовательским аккаунтам на HTTP сервисах, например, на Facebook, GitHub и the cloud provider. Он работает по принципу делегирования аутентификации пользователя сервису, на…

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How to Install Bro on Ubuntu 16.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Bro on Ubuntu 16.04

Bro is an open-source network analysis framework and security monitoring application. It brings together some of the best features of OSSEC and osquery into one nice package. In this article, you’ll install Bro from source on Ubuntu 16.04 in standalone mode.

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How To Use Tripwire to Detect Server Intrusions on an Ubuntu VPS — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use Tripwire to Detect Server Intrusions on an Ubuntu VPS

Although it is possible to guard your server environment against attacks, it is important to be able to detect whether an intruder does manage to compromise your security. Tripwire is a tool that can be used to detect changes in the filesystem that may indicate that an unauthorized person has entered and modified files. In this guide, we will discuss how to install and configure tripwire on an Ubuntu 12.04 VPS.

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How To SSH Securely with Kryptonite on the cloud provider — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To SSH Securely with Kryptonite on the cloud provider

SSH is the primary way of connecting to remote Linux servers. Securing this channel is essential to maintaining a secure infrastructure. Kryptonite is a secure solution to protecting your SSH private key. In this guide, you will generate an SSH key pair with Kryptonite on your phone, pair your phone with your local computer, and use Kryptonite to SSH into a cloud servers.

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