Security Tip: Securing SSH

686 days ago
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If you operate a publicly facing server, you no doubt have countless brute force attacks against your machine trying to gain access via SSH. These are mindless attacks that simply attempt to determine your password via a dictionary of words and sometimes (if they are patient) randomly created passwords. Today I’m going to explain a four step approach that renders these attacks worthless in Linux/*nix/BSD environments.


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by Matt Wade
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Working outside: powered by Linux

687 days ago
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Here in Britain we get limited hours of sunshine each year, even during what we optimistically refer to as Summer. So when a nice day comes along I like to get outside with my notebook and work in the garden. It’s one of the perks of working from home.

I need to be able to work on my notebook computer but access the files on my office computer. Moreover, I want to be able to access my mail files, so I can run Evolution on the notebook, rather than use the crappy webmail interface of our company mail server.

So what’s the solution?


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by Keir Thomas
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