Server security is a highly concerned nowadays by website owners and server owners. And lots of companies providing hardening services at a high cost. While considering the server security or security of your site, don’t confuse true security with a false sense of security. In this article, I am mentioning some of the misconceptions or … Read more
Ssh is the main tool/service used by a system administrator for doing the troubleshooting and other admin related tasks. If we have ssh root access, we can do anything on the server. So in order to keep the server secure, we need to follow some security practices related to ssh service. Since it is a … Read more
When Password-based authentication mechanism is active, meaning that your server is still exposed to brute-force attacks. We want to Disable Password Authentication on Server’s, where we use ssh access to console. Before completing the steps in this section, make sure that you either have SSH key-based authentication configured for the root account on server, or … Read more
SSH, or secure shell, is an encrypted protocol used to administer and communicate with servers. When working with a Linux server, chances are, you will spend most of your time in a terminal session connected to your server through SSH. SSH keys provide an easy, yet extremely secure way of logging into your server. For … Read more
To extra protect your SSH server with an two-factor authentication, you can use the Google Authenticator PAM module. Every time you login ssh to server you have to enter extra the code from your smartphone. note: If you activate the google-authenticator for a normal user but not for root you can’t login with the root … Read more