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Security & Hardening Guides

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Security & Hardening

How to Set Up Nginx Rate Limiting in 2025

Advanced Nginx rate limiting for 2025 — per-endpoint limits, allowlists and custom error responses.

📅 May 13, 2025 Read guide →
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Security & Hardening

How to Harden SSL/TLS on Linux Servers in 2025

Modern SSL/TLS hardening for 2025 — TLS 1.3 only, strong ciphers, HSTS preload and OCSP stapling.

📅 January 14, 2025 Read guide →
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Security & Hardening

How to Secure a Linux Server in 2024

Comprehensive Linux server security checklist for 2024 — SSH, firewall, Fail2Ban, auditing and monitoring.

📅 December 10, 2024 Read guide →
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Security & Hardening

How to Protect Your Server from DDoS Attacks

Multi-layer DDoS protection — Cloudflare rules, Nginx rate limiting, Fail2Ban and kernel SYN flood protection.

📅 March 19, 2024 Read guide →
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Security & Hardening

How to Automate Linux Security Audits with Lynis

Schedule weekly security audits with Lynis — track hardening score, get recommendations and fix issues.

📅 August 8, 2023 Read guide →
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Security & Hardening

How to Recover a Hacked Linux Server

Step-by-step hacked server recovery — contain the breach, scan for malware, clean and reharden.

📅 April 18, 2023 Read guide →
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Security & Hardening

How to Configure Ubuntu 22.04 Server Security

Harden Ubuntu 22.04 server security — unattended upgrades, AppArmor, auditd and kernel hardening.

📅 August 9, 2022 Read guide →
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Security & Hardening

How to Harden Nginx with Security Headers

Add HSTS, CSP, X-Frame-Options and other security headers to Nginx for an A+ security rating.

📅 November 16, 2021 Read guide →
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Security & Hardening

How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication for SSH

Add TOTP two-factor authentication to SSH using Google Authenticator PAM module.

📅 July 13, 2021 Read guide →
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Security & Hardening

How to Get a Wildcard SSL Certificate from Let's Encrypt

Obtain a wildcard certificate covering all subdomains using Let's Encrypt DNS challenge with Certbot.

📅 March 9, 2021 Read guide →
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Security & Hardening

How to Harden MariaDB Server Security

Secure MariaDB — disable remote root, remove test databases, bind to localhost and enable query logging.

📅 February 16, 2021 Read guide →
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Security & Hardening

How to Configure SSL Certificates on cPanel WHM

Configure AutoSSL in WHM, install Let's Encrypt on cPanel and troubleshoot common SSL issues.

📅 December 11, 2018 Read guide →
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Security & Hardening

How to Configure Nginx Rate Limiting

Protect your server from DDoS and brute force with Nginx rate limiting — zones, burst settings and status codes.

📅 June 19, 2018 Read guide →
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Security & Hardening

How to Set Up ModSecurity WAF with Nginx

Install ModSecurity with the OWASP Core Rule Set on Nginx to block SQL injection, XSS and other attacks.

📅 February 20, 2018 Read guide →
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Security & Hardening

How to Harden Linux Server Security

Comprehensive Linux server hardening — kernel parameters, file permissions, user accounts and audit logging.

📅 August 16, 2017 Read guide →
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Security & Hardening

How to Configure Fail2Ban for SSH and Nginx

Install and configure Fail2Ban to automatically ban IPs making repeated failed login and web requests.

📅 January 17, 2017 Read guide →
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Security & Hardening

How to Set Up UFW Firewall on Ubuntu Server

Configure UFW to protect your Ubuntu server — allow only the ports you need and block everything else.

📅 June 14, 2016 Read guide →
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Security & Hardening

How to Install Let's Encrypt SSL on Nginx

Get a free SSL certificate from Let's Encrypt and configure auto-renewal on Nginx using Certbot.

📅 March 8, 2016 Read guide →
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Security & Hardening

How to Secure SSH Access on a Linux Server

Essential SSH hardening — change default port, disable root login, use key-based authentication and install Fail2Ban.

📅 February 10, 2016 Read guide →