How to Check Integrity With AIDE in Fedora
AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) is a program for checking the integrity of a file and directory on any modern Unix-like system. It creates a
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Tiger – The Unix Security Audit and Intrusion Detection Tool
Tiger is a free, open source collections of shell scripts for security audit and host intrusion detection, for Unix-like systems such as Linux. It’s a
Firejail – Securely Run Untrusted Applications in Linux
Sometimes you may want to use applications that have not been well tested in different environments, yet you must use them. In such cases, it
How to Configure and Use PAM in Linux
Linux-PAM (short for Pluggable Authentication Modules which evolved from the Unix-PAM architecture) is a powerful suite of shared libraries used to dynamically authenticate a user
How to Install, Configure and Use Firewalld in CentOS and Ubuntu
Firewalld (firewall daemon) is an alternative to the iptables service, for dynamically managing a system’s firewall with support for network (or firewall) zones and provides
How to Use Fail2ban to Secure Your Linux Server
Improving your server security should be one of your top priorities when it comes to managing a linux server. By reviewing your server logs, you
Install and Configure ConfigServer Security & Firewall (CSF) in Linux
If you look at IT-related job postings anywhere, you will notice a steady demand for security pros. This does not only mean that cybersecurity is
Cryptmount – A Utility to Create Encrypted Filesystems in Linux
Cryptmount is a powerful utility that allows any user to access encrypted filesystems on-demand under GNU/Linux systems without requiring root privileges. It requires Linux 2.6
How to Change FTP Port in Linux
FTP or File Transfer Protocol is one of the oldest network protocol used today as standard file transfers over computer networks. FTP protocol uses the
How to Block Ping ICMP Requests to Linux Systems
Some system administrators often block ICMP messages to their servers in order to hide the Linux boxes to outside world on rough networks or to
How to Check and Patch Meltdown CPU Vulnerability in Linux
Meltdown is a chip-level security vulnerability that breaks the most fundamental isolation between user programs and the operating system. It allows a program to access
How to Check Integrity of File and Directory Using “AIDE” in Linux
In our mega guide to hardening and securing CentOS 7, under the section “protect system internally”, one of the useful security tools we listed for