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Introduction Apache is currently the most widely used web server in the world. It is an open-source software developed over twenty years ago and maintained by the Apache Software Foundation. As of September 2020, it is estimated to be serving 35% of all website traffic in the world. Developers prefer Apache for its speed, security, reliability, robustness, and ease of …
Introduction When working on cloud infrastructure, your primary concern is making sure your applications are fully operational. One important inclusion of your setup and deployment process is to build effective, thorough, and robust security measures into your apps or systems before they are offered to the public. Instead of retroactively implementing security measures post-deployment, it is important to ensure that …
OpenSSL is an open-source cryptography library that includes a variety of commands used in the TLS Protocol and Public Key Infrastructure. OpenSSL was released in 1998 and is available for Windows, Linux, macOS, and BSD systems. The OpenSSL command will help you perform various tasks including Certificate Signing Request (CSR), private keys generation, and SSL certification. OpenSSL is important because …
Introduction UFW stands for uncomplicated firewall. It is a frontend platform that enables you to easily manage your firewall functions and commands. You get UFW as a default option with your Ubuntu server. Maximizing the potential of the commands and functions of the firewall can be difficult if you are not already familiar with the tool. Our goal is to …
Introduction WordPress is undoubtedly the most popular Content Management System. You can host about anything on WordPress- from simple portfolio websites, company landing pages, and blogs to full-fledged eCommerce websites. It guarantees flexibility, robustness, and security, which are key for the success of any website. Downloading and installing WordPress is straightforward. Then, once you have installed it on your server, …
Having a secure website is vital to ensuring a reputable online presence for any business. Website security should be among your top concerns especially if you are transferring sensitive data between your website and your website visitors. A simple Google search of ‘how to secure a website’ will bring you several directives. One of the top results is an SSL …
Website and data security are topics that cannot be taken lightly. Highly sensitive information which includes financial records and customers’ private information is always in transit between the user’s computer and your website. When you consider this fact, it’s not hard to see why unsecured websites could result in a breach that could seriously damage your business. There are a …
SSH on a Linux Server SSH, also known as secure shell, is a protocol that can be used to connect and communicate with a server. You can connect to your Linux server for a terminal session using this encrypted protocol. If you are using an OpenSSH server, there are primarily two different ways you can go about the authentication process. …
MySQL is an open-source RDBMS based on SQL queries. It’s easy to use, secure, free, and open-source (under the GNU license). In addition, it is highly flexible, memory efficient, and high-performance. Because of all these features, MySQL finds its way in even the top-tier industries. When working with MySQL, most of the time, the interactions occur through the MySQL CLI …
Introduction Firewalld is a firewall management solution that is available to many Linux distributions. It serves as an interface to the iptables packet filter system provided by the Linux kernel. In this guide, you will learn how to configure a firewall for your server. We will also show you the basics of managing the firewall with the firewall-cmd administration tool. …
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What is OAuth 2? The IETF OAuth 2.0 is an authorization framework that aims to give third-party applications limited access to a given HTTP service. A good place to start when trying to learn about OAuth 2 is to go through its specifications. Thus, you can maximize the functionality you get out of it. If you need to access certain …
