Author: VPS Tutor
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Bash ShellShock – The Best Ways to Check if You Are Vulnerable.
How to check your servers for Bash ShellShock (CVE-2014-6271, CVE-2014-7169) ShellShock, what a fitting name. The latest major headache for Sys Admins, Developers…well pretty much anyone who has a*nix system running… has been brought to our attention by Security Researcher Stephane Chazelas. The impact of this vulnerability is far bigger than the recent SSL Heartbleed vulnerability.…
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How-to Setup PowerDNS on CentOS 6
[adrotate banner=”4″] In this tutorial we will teach you how to setup an alternative DNS server called PowerDNS. It licensed under the GPL and can even be forked on Github. Unlike Bind, PowerDNS can be setup using a multitude of backends such as Bind Zone Files, or various Databases. For this example we will setup…
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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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How-to Setup a Minecraft PE Server on Linux
Setup a Minecraft PE Server We have had several requests from our readers for a how-to on setting up a Minecraft PE server. We already covered How-to Setup a Minecraft Server in our previous tutorial. Minecraft PE is very similar but can be played from your iPhone or Android Phone. You can download the client…
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How-to: Setup MySQL and PHPMyAdmin on a VPS.
MySQL is a powerful open source Relational Database used by many dynamic websites across the internet. Originally developed in 1994 by Michael Widenius and David Axmark. MySQL was originally corporately sponsored under the name MySQL AB. In 2008 MySQL AB was acquired by Sun Microsystems. In 2010, Oracle purchased Sun Microsystems. However MySQL is released under the GNU…