How to Secure your Server – Basic

Here are some quick tips on how to secure your Linux server. This is only a short list, but, they are must do’s! Some of which are: 1. Change ssh port (use keys if possible as well/allow only specific users) 2. Disable unneeded services 3. Install a good firewall 4. Disable dangerous / unused PHP […]

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Great Deal Alert!

Our friends over at RoboHostingSolutions are now offering a free SSL certificate with the purchase of one of thier “Business Packages” with the addition of a dedicate IP.  For more information, please see this announcement: http://www.robohostingsolutions.com/support/announcements.php?id=8

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Contributors

I am looking for anyone that wished to contribute articles/posts to this site.  If you wish to lend a hand, please reply to this post.  Articles can be anything related to administering a server.  Basic stuff that we sometimes forget how to do is key.  If you end up being a active contributor, I’ll offer […]

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Look mom, I’m bloggin!

Well, its now official, welcome to the SolidServers.ca blog.  My intensions for this blog are two fold.  First, I would like any system admin to be able to come here and learn some new stuff, perhaps a different way of doing things, and also, I would like others to contribute.  The second reason for creating […]

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