Tagged: Linux

Securing Linux System

[Tips] Securing your Linux System

As a system administrator, the periodic system, a comprehensive security check is very important. On this post, I am going to share some tips for securing your Linux system. Whether it is the kind...

SSH password cracking

Preventing SSH password cracking

Secure Shell (SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol for operating network services securely over an unsecured network.The best known example application is for remote login to computer systems by users. SSH provides a secure...

iftop

Linux traffic monitoring with iftop

iftop does for network usage what top(1) does for CPU usage. It listens to network traffic on a named interface and displays a table of current bandwidth usage by pairs of hosts. Handy for...

Linux File System

In Linux, everything is configured as a file. This includes not only text files, images and compiled programs (also referred to as executables), but also directories, partitions and hardware device drivers. Each filesystem (used...