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How To Use MongoDB Access Control — step-by-step Databases tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use MongoDB Access Control

MongoDB employs a robust mechanism to control access and privileges to a databases system known as Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). In this tutorial, you’ll learn how RBAC works, the meaning and purpose of the principle of least privilege, as well as how to use MongoDB’s access privileges features in practice.

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How To Configure ProFTPd To Use SFTP Instead of FTP — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Configure ProFTPd To Use SFTP Instead of FTP

ProFTPd is a popular FTP server for transferring files between your local computer and server. However, FTP as a protocol is very insecure. In this guide, we will show you how to configure ProFTPd to use SFTP, a secure alternative, instead of FTP.

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Securing Communications in a Three-tier Rails Application Using SSH Tunnels — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Securing Communications in a Three-tier Rails Application Using SSH Tunnels

Web applications are often architected with three distinct tiers: the presentation layer, which is what the user sees, the application layer, which provides the business logic of the application, and the data layer which stores the application’s data. In this tutorial, you will deploy a Rails app in a three-tier configuration by installing a unique set of software on three separate servers, configuring each server and their components to communicate and function securely and effectively.

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