About DenyHosts DenyHosts is a security tool written in python that monitors server access logs to prevent brute force attacks on a linux server. The program works by banning IP addresses that exceed a certain number of failed login attempts....
About Fail2Ban Servers do not exist in isolation and those linux servers with only the most basic SSH configuration can be vulnerable to brute force attacks. fail2ban provides a way to automatically protect linux servers from malicious behavior. The program...
1. Introduction If your Redhat server is not connected to the official RHN repositories, you will need to configure your own private repository which you can later use to install packages. The procedure of creating a Redhat repository is quite simple...
[][1] Introduction This is a guide to the Apache mod_rewrite module. This is a module included with the Apache web-server which provides the ability to manipulate URLs prior to determining the appropriate file or handing off to a script. This...
Introduction Regular expressions are a way of manipulating text by using character strings and metacharacters. They are often used by programmers, but can also be used in shell commands and in some programs (e.g. vi and other text editors). The...