Blogging Tips — WordPress 3.9.2 Security Update Released

by Richard W | Aug 6, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Security, Web, Wordpress

If you’re running a WordPress website or blog, you’re strongly encouraged to upgrade to WordPress version 3.9.2 which is a security update for all previous versions of WordPress. The fix which was released today fixes possible denial of service issue in PHP’s XML...

Setup Simple Web Server IPtables Rules To Prevent Common Attacks

by Richard W | Jul 21, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Security, Web

There are many things you can do to make sure your website or blog isn’t opened for hackers to come in and steal or destroy your systems. If you’re running a successful online blog, then your site is definitely a target. To prevent some of these simple attacks, you...

Install Apache2, MariaDB And PHP5 Support In CentOS 7

by Richard W | Jul 17, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Security, Web

Yesterday I installed CentOS 7 to test it out. Today, I am going to show you how to install LAMP Stack (Linux, Apache2, MySQL (MariaDB) and PHP) in CentOS 7. This tutorial should be brief and simple, and for those who are new to CentOS, should have no problem reading...

Enable SSH Key Logon and Disable Password (Password-Less) Logon in CentOS

by Richard W | Jul 14, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Security

This brief tutorial is going to show you how to log on to a SSH server without passwords using only SSH encryption keys. The reason you may want to do this is to enable more secured form of authenticating to your SSH enabled servers. Using password authentication...

How To Enable Nginx Repository And Install Nginx In CentOS 6

by Richard W | Jul 8, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Web

Most of my times are spent messing with stuff. When it comes to development, I do a lot of my testing in VMware Workstation and VirtualBox visualization software. I have VMware 10 Workstation installed on my home computer and VirtualBox on my work computer. I do a lot...

WordPress Tips — Install WordPress On CentOS

by Richard W | Jul 3, 2014 | How-To/Tips, Internet, Linux, Web, Wordpress

This brief tutorial is going to show you how to install and configure WordPress on a new CentOS machine. This post will start from scratch and go into what’s needed and how to install required packages in order to get WordPress working in CentOS. Because there are...