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How To Configure Remote Access for MongoDB on Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Configure Remote Access for MongoDB on Ubuntu 20.04

This tutorial walks you through configuring a MongoDB installation to securely allow access from a trusted remote computer. This will involve updating your firewall rules to provide the remote server access to MongoDB’s default port and changing Mongo’s configuration file to update its IP binding setting.

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How To Configure vsftpd to Use SSL/TLS on an Ubuntu VPS — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Configure vsftpd to Use SSL/TLS on an Ubuntu VPS

FTP was a popular way to transfer to files between local and remote computers. Although its use has fallen out of favor due to security concerns, there are some steps that you can take to increase the security of this protocol. In this guide, we will demonstrate how to configure the vsftpd server to user SSL/TLS connections to encrypt data transfer.

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Создание самоподписанных сертификатов SSL для Apache в Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Создание самоподписанных сертификатов SSL для Apache в Ubuntu 20.04

TLS или протокол безопасности транспортного уровня и предшествующий ему протокол SSL используются для заключения обычного трафика в защищенную оболочку с шифрованием. Используя эту технологию, серверы могут безопасно отправлять информацию клиентам без перехвата сообщений и…

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How To Create a SSL Certificate on nginx for CentOS 6 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Create a SSL Certificate on nginx for CentOS 6

This tutorial explains how to create a self-signed SSL certificate, how to add it to your server, and how to configure the SSL file to display the certificate to the world. A SSL certificate is a way to encrypt a site’s information and create a more secure connection. Certificate Authorities can issue SSL certificates that verify the server’s details while a self-signed certificate has no 3rd party corroboration. These steps are for setting up an SSL certificate on Nginx for a CentOS server.

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So bearbeiten Sie die Sudoers-Datei — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

So bearbeiten Sie die Sudoers-Datei

Der Sudo-Befehl ist nützlich, um Befehle mit Berechtigungen auszuführen, die normalerweise außerhalb des Bereichs Ihres Benutzers liegen. In diesem Leitfaden wird erläutert, wie Sie die Konfigurationsdatei bearbeiten, um die Funktionsweise von Sudo anzupassen.

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How To Harden OpenSSH Client on Ubuntu 20.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Harden OpenSSH Client on Ubuntu 20.04

When hardening SSH at the server side, the primary objective is to make it harder for malicious actors to access your server. However, hardening at the client side is very different, as instead you are working to defend and protect your SSH connection and client from various different threats. In this tutorial, you will harden your Ubuntu 20.04 OpenSSH client in order to help ensure that outgoing SSH connections are as secure as possible.

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How To Install and Secure Memcached on Ubuntu 22.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install and Secure Memcached on Ubuntu 22.04

In this guide, you will install and configure a Memcached server. You’ll also add authentication to secure Memcached using Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL). Finally, you’ll learn how to bind Memcached to a local or private network interface to ensure that it is only accessible on trusted networks, by authenticated users.

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