SSH Root Security Tips

October 16, 2010

ok so i thought i would shove a quick techy thing up while its fresh in my head. this post i think is great when you are in an environment where you have to compromise on security and ease of use. I have to admit though, this tip is not my own i read this [...]

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Linux Securing your /tmp directory

October 9, 2010

its recently been noted that lots of people having there servers hacked because they were running vulnerable versions of PHPMyAdmin. obviously the best advice to fix this is to upgrade your PMA install to the latest version or to otherwise protect it with passwords etc (apache passwords not just the db passwords). however this may [...]

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Welcome

October 7, 2010

welcome to the first draft of the new site! at this moment in time its the skeleton of hopefully what will grow into a much more polished site and resource for your systems administration needs or otherwise. As such please do watch out for falling (or should i say failing!) admins as this site undergoes [...]

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DotDeb updates: Repo now GPG signed!

September 29, 2010

i know its actually slightly older news but its worth sharing anyway, the DotDeb repositories are now GPG signed so you can be more assured that the mirrors are as safe and secure as the central mirror and you also dont have to worry about the this repository is not encrypted/signed error any more. am [...]

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Updating PHP and MySQL on Debian

December 19, 2009

so a client particularly wanted php 5.3 for a project and mysql 5.1 but at the moment needs to operate on smallest possible footprint. i did some research on it and actually found a useful resource for updated php and mysql resources called Dotdeb – http://dotdeb.org the idea of this repository is to keep the [...]

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