Category Archives: Linux

Linux : Configuring vsftpd for secure connections

Generally when we login to VSFTPD using our username and password, it’s transmitted in simple/clear text, which is considered as insecure. we can configure VSFTPD server to use OpenSSl, so that all the details are encrypted during the transfers. ###install OpenSSL yum install openssl ###Generate a Certificate openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 365 -newkey rsa:1024 […]

Linux :how to install Google Chrome Web browser on Fedora and CentOs

This howto explains howto install Google Chrome Web browser on Fedora and CentOs.Best way to install and keep up-to-date with Google Chrome browser is use Google’s own YUM repository. Enable Google YUM repository Add following to /etc/yum.repos.d/google.repo file: 32-bit [google] name=Google – i386 baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/i386 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub 64-bit [google64] name=Google – x86_64 baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/x86_64 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 […]

Linux : How to Disable Direct Root Logins

Allowing the root user to login directly is a major security issue, we’ll show you how to disable it so you can still login as root but just not directly, reducing the security issue. This will force a hacker to have to guess 2 seperate passwords to gain root access. (you do have 2 seperate […]