Posts Tagged ‘security’
FPrint is a PPA with packages for fingerprint-based authentication. Website includes good documentation on how to install and set it up.
Changing the port number of SSH daemon is a quick way of reducing the number of SSH brute force attacks your server might face (check the file /var/log/auth.log to see if there are many failed SSH login attempts). Just to be on the safe side, create a backup copy of the SSH daemon config file. […]
Password proliferation is a serious problem on the web today. Most websites require users to register and create a username/password combination for future authentication. Unfortunately not many websites support reusable logins such as OpenID. The main problem is that of human memory. It is of course not reasonable to expect the user to remember 100+ […]
Sometimes you may want to log in with a different user account in Terminal without logging out from your X session or switching to an unused virtual console. There are two different approaches to do this in Ubuntu: interestingly, it is possible without even knowing the other user’s password. Approach 1: if you know the […]
This article on The Register has a link to a very good page on CentOS website with tips on securing OpenSSH. The tips are applicable for all distros, not just CentOS, and are definitely worth going through and implementing if you have SSH enabled on your server. Good luck and stay secure.