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How To Configure YaCy as an Alternative Search Engine or Site Search Tool — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Configure YaCy as an Alternative Search Engine or Site Search Tool

YaCy is an alternative, peer-to-peer based search engine. It can be used as an alternative to popular engines like Google, Yahoo, etc. In this guide, we will discuss how to install and configure this tool on an Ubuntu 12.04 VPS. We will then discuss how you can contribute to the global search indexes, or use YaCy to provide a site search tool for your domain.

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How To Set Up vsftpd for a User's Directory on Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Set Up vsftpd for a User’s Directory on Ubuntu 20.04

FTP, which is short for File Transfer Protocol, is a network protocol that was once widely used for moving files between a client and server. vsftpd, very secure FTP daemon, is an FTP server for many Unix-like systems, including Linux. In this tutorial, you’ll configure vsftpd to allow a user to upload files to their home directory using FTP with login credentials secured by SSL/TLS. You’ll also connect your server using FileZilla, an open-source FTP client, to test the TLS encryption.

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Ubuntu 20.04を使用するための初期サーバーセットアップ — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Ubuntu 20.04を使用するための初期サーバーセットアップ

最初に新しいUbuntu 20.04サーバを作成するときは、基本的なセットアップの一部として、いくつかの重要な設定手順を実行する必要があります。これらの手順を踏むことで、サーバーのセキュリティと使い勝手が向上し、その後のアクションに必要な強固な基盤を手にすることができます。

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How To Build a Rate Limiter With Node.js on App Platform — step-by-step Javascript tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Build a Rate Limiter With Node.js on App Platform

Rate limiting manages your network’s traffic and limits the number of times someone repeats an operation in a given duration, such as using an API. A service without a layer of security against rate limit abuse is prone to overload and hampers your application’s proper operation for legitimate customers. In this tutorial, you will build a Node.js project deployed on the cloud provider’s App Platform that protects a Cloudflare routed domain with rate limiting.

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What is SSH? — step-by-step Security tutorial on Progressive Robot

What is SSH?

Secure Shell — more commonly known as SSH — is a cryptographic network protocol that allows users to securely access one computer from another over an unsecured network.

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