Archive for May, 2011
The main tips to remain protected is to make sure all software you have are updated and always keep to the latest version. This is the main issue, patch management. It becomes a global problem for any IT department or organization, to maintain this versions to the latest. For home user, you will find this [...]
cPanel log-viewer plugin
0 Comments Published May 12th, 2011 in linux, monitoring, Open Source, Security.I found this cool plugin for cPanel, which will provide additional feature for cPanel, for you to monitor certain log files located in /var/log/. However, this is just a very simple tool to view latest enrty in the log file, and to rotate those files individually. Please refer to their official page at http://www.logview.org/. They [...]
Saher-team provided a good tips on how to alert you by email, on any occurrence of ssh login for certain user. It is simple, by utilizing .bashrc file which is there by default in bash environment. Edit the .bashrc file in the intended user’s home directory to be monitored. vim /root/.bashrc. And add the following [...]
I met a new friend today, ELS (Easy Linux Security), which will help you in securing your linux host installation in certain aspect. These are the list of features of ELS, how it can help you. (Retrieved from their original page, http://servermonkeys.com/els.php) Install RKHunter Install RKHunter Cronjob which emails a user-set email address nightly Install/update [...]



