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3 easy steps to strengthen your ssh server

Sep 282011

Back on ssh topic, i think this is third or perhaps the fourth article regarding ssh, one of my favorite tools on a Linux server, and that a lot of times is not used or configured properly. In this small guide i’ll show you some setup to make your ssh server a bit more safer from the most common attacks.

In particular i’ll show the configurations for openssh that is the most common and used ssh server in all Linux distributions but, as small suggestion, if you are using a VPS and you want to save some memory check also dropbear, it’s a valid alternative to openssh and it saves some space in your ram.

Synchrorep: A simple way to synchronize folders

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Sep 262011

synchrorep Synchorep is an opensource software to synchronize two directories, that mean reporting all modifications of one to the other and vice versa. At the end of synchronization, both directories will be strictly the same.

This is usefull principaly for nomads who work with a laptop or usb key but may interest also users who want making differencial copy to gain time.

Pipes – what are they and Example of Use

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Sep 252011

Unix based operating systems like Linux offer a unique approach to join two commands on the terminal, with it you can take the output of the first command and use it as input of the second command, this is the concept of pipe or | . Pipes allow two separate process to communicate with each other also if they were not created to do it, so this open an infinite series of opportunity.

A basic example is:

ls -l | grep rwxrwxrwx

This command will print the list of all the files in the local directory that have permission rwxrwxrwx (or that have rwxrwxrwx in their name).

Amnesia the Dark Descent

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Sep 252011

Today we’ll take a look at a great Indie title Amnesia the Dark Descent, it’s been released 1 year ago, but i discovered it few days ago.
This is a Survival-horror game that has had a lot of success, is an expertly crafted tale of terror as well as searching that utilizes its active dynamics to enthrall players with a method that every tale should have.

The game is released for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux platforms and it costs $20, a fair price for what you get.
And once bought you have access to the download to all 3 platforms of this game.

Tails, The Amnesic Incognito Live System, 0.8 released

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Sep 232011

Tails, version 0.8 has been released 2 days ago, with some updates on his main packages.
Tails stand for The Amnesic Incognito Live System, from the official site:

amnesiac, noun:
forgetfulness; loss of long-term memory.

incognito, adjective & adverb:
(of a person) having one’s true identity concealed.

Or i could say that this is a Debian tailored for anonymity and privacy, let’s see what this Live contains.
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