Category: network Security
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Creating Your Own VPN using OpenVPN on a VPS
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) provide an encrypted connection to the internet from a device to a network. OpenVPN is a popular open-source VPN solution that works across various platforms. In this guide, we’ll walk you through setting up your own VPN server on a CentOS VPS and configuring clients on Windows, MacOS, and Linux. 1.…
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Securing Your VPS: Essential Security Measures Every VPS Owner Should Implement
Managing a Virtual Private Server (VPS) comes with the privilege of flexibility and control. However, with great power comes great responsibility, especially when it concerns the security of your server. As cyber threats become increasingly sophisticated, securing your VPS has never been more crucial. For CentOS/RHEL/Rocky Linux users, let’s delve into some of the essential…
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Setup OpenVPN on CentOS 6
In this tutorial we will show you how to install Open VPN on a CentOS 6 VPS Server. OpenVPN is an open source VPN Server that can be used for creating secure point-to-point Virtual private Networks. We will setup a VPN Server and use it to route traffic from connected clients out to the internet.…
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VPS Tutorial – Setup Webmin on a VPS, securely.
Resolved In this VPS Tutorial we will show you how-to Setup Webmin on a VPS or Dedicated Server and then access it securely. Webmin is a popular control panel for Unix and Linux Servers. Originally released in 1997, It allows easy management of most common configuration tasks for a server. There is really nothing exclusive about…
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Securing SSH Using Key Based Authentication
Securing SSH Access to your VPS is imperative these days. Within minutes of your VPS being live on the internet, ‘bad actors’ will attempt to gain access. Having a good IPTables firewall in place is an important step, but you still need to secure the services you leave open through that firewall. In a previous…
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How-to Secure your VPS using IPTables
In this how-to we will show you how to secure your VPS using IPTables. When you host a server on the internet, dedicated or a VPS, you need to constantly be aware of security. Blocking unwanted access to services is a good start and that is where IPTables comes in. IPTables is a host based…