The importance of data security in the modern business industry cannot be over-emphasized. It is extremely important for individuals to ensure their privacy and online safety, let alone businesses and corporations. There are well-disguised scams and viruses hiding at almost every turn and corner on the internet. Even remaining as vigilant as you possibly can, you can still be at …
Routing Web Traffic without a VPN using SOCKS Tunnel
When it comes to securing your footprint on the web, you may have heard about VPNs, right? VPN acts as a middleman between your computer and the internet. All the traffic passes through the VPN server, effectively masking your IP address and location. However, VPN isn’t the only form of a proxy server. SOCKS (Socket Secure) is a similar network …
The Nitty Gritty of Networking: Learn about Terminology, Interfaces, and Protocols
Introduction In the modern world of technology, having in-depth knowledge of how networking works has become a requirement. If you are involved in server management, then you definitely need to be aware of how it works. Having detailed knowledge about the inner operations of your service will help you keep your services in line. It will help you employ the …
Setting up OpenVPN on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction Would you like to securely access the Internet from your smartphone or laptop when you connect to an untrustworthy network (e.g., WiFi in a hotel or coffee shop)? Luckily, there is a way to grant you your wishes. You can securely connect to an untrusted network as if you are on a private network using a Virtual Private Network …
Six tools that enhance online gaming experiences
Multiplayer online gaming is fun but can be better if everything ran smoothly, you had a way to share experiences, make some money while doing it, and be safe from hacked servers and thieves. Here are some extra tools that can significantly enhance your online gaming experience: 1. Discord desktop client Online multiplayer gaming isn’t much fun if you can’t …
Cloudflare Access: Securing Access to Web Applications
In these times of uncertainties, the global trend is to make the working environment more agile and the work tools more portable. Never has been more important than during the COVID19 crisis with the requirement to work remotely from the main corporate office locations. Cloudflare Access replaces traditional corporate VPN clients by putting Cloudflare’s global edge network in front of …
Run your own VPN server under Docker with OpenVPN Access Server
In this tutorial, I will be setting up an Open VPN server under Docker with CloudSigma. With CloudSigma’s cloud locations spread all over the globe, you can create a server in any of them and access the content from there. Creating the machine First, I am creating a machine with the following resources: 20 GHz CPU 16 GB RAM 20 …
A How-to Guide: Connect VPN Network to CloudSigma Infrastructure
VPNs are in common usage these days and it’s no surprise with the various security threats that are out there. Sometimes you want them to connect to your company’s network securely, other times you may want to connect through a proxy network in order to anonymize your location. With the advent of cloud infrastructure many of our customers want to …
Five Security Measures CloudSigma has taken to keep you safe
The complexity of cloud infrastructures makes it difficult for customers to assess the security level of their cloud provider in any great detail. So, below is a list of the key security measures which CloudSigma as a major public cloud IaaS provider has taken to keep you, the customer, safe. These sit alongside the structural measures that keep customer cloud …