by Richard W | Sep 23, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Security, Web
Few weeks ago we showed you how to install VSFTPD in Ubuntu. We also said because FTP implemented in its standard form is inherently insecure, it’s recommended to enable FTP over SSL/TLS encryption or secure FTP (SFTP). This brief tutorial is going to show you...
by Richard W | Sep 22, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Security, Web
It seems like HTTPS is the future now that Google is recommending that all websites be encrypted with SSL over HTTP. If you haven’t heard, Google announced that websites and webpages that are encrypted will rank higher than those that are not when people search...
by Richard W | Sep 22, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Web
WordPress, Drupal and Joomla are three top content management systems that power most websites online today. These three depend on the LAMP stack which includes Linux, Apache2, MySQL or MariaDB and PHP. We’ve written about installing both WordPress and Drupal on...
by Richard W | Sep 19, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux
Here’s a brief tutorial that shows you how to install mCrypt PHP extension in CentOS 7. For some reasons this PHP extension isn’t available from CentOS 7 default repositories. You may be able to install other PHP extensions right out of the box after...
by Richard W | Sep 18, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Linux, Security
Few weeks ago we showed you how to install ProFTPD in Ubuntu 14.04 and also said that by design, the FTP protocol is inherently insecure. If you have to implement FTP on your servers, you should opt for a secure FTP or SFTP. This brief tutorial is going to show you...
by Richard W | Sep 17, 2014 | How-To/Tips
Quick answer: Add Oracle’s VirtualBox repository using a signed keyring, install VirtualBox and the Extension Pack, create a dedicated user in the vboxusers group, set that user in /etc/default/virtualbox, start vboxweb-service, then serve phpVirtualBox from...
