by Richard W | Aug 26, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Security
When managing online servers that can be accessed from anywhere, you may want to add some level of security by disabling SSH logon for the root account. By default when you install CentOS 7 and SSH server, the root account automatically have remote access via SSH....
by Richard W | Aug 19, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Security
This brief tutorial is going to show you how to easily enable password-less SSH logon when using Ubuntu as your server. With this setup, only workstations that have the correct matching key pair (private and public) will be allowed to logon to the SSH server. Without...
by Richard W | Jan 16, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Web, Wordpress
When you’re running a successful online blog, your goal is to protect it. Protect it from folks who want to hack it and set you back. When you’re looking for ways to protect your online properties, there are many things you should do. We’ve covered many blogging tips...
by Richard W | Mar 12, 2013 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Security
This brief tutorial is going to show you how to install and enable OpenSSH Server in Ubuntu 13.04 / 12.10 and older. I am also going to show you how to login via public key authentication without passwords. The benefit of using SSH key to sign in is to protect...
by Richard W | Mar 29, 2012 | How-To/Tips, Linux
This brief tutorial shows you how to enable SSH in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin. This request came in from one of our readers who wanted to know how to enable SSH in Ubuntu 12.04. As you may already know, SSH is a secure communication protocol that lets you remotely...