Archive for the ‘Linux’ Category
Installing PHP 5.2 on Ubuntu 10.04/10.10
The repositories on Ubuntu 10.04 and later only include PHP 5.3. If you want to use PHP 5.2. you can install the repository (PPA https://edge.launchpad.net/~txwikinger/+archive/php5.2 txwikinger/php5.2) with a required PHP version.
Below are four steps you need to go through in order to change your PHP version. If PHP is not installed yet, you need [...]
Installing the vsftpd FTP-server
This article goes through the steps you need to follow when installing a fast and secure vsftpd ftp-server that supports anonymous users for FreeBSD
About vsftpd
vsftpd (stands for a Very Secure FTP Daemon) is a FTP server that supports IPv6 and SSL. It is a default ftp-server in a number of GNU/Linux-based systems and their [...]
Protection server SSH Dictionary Attacks
If you are running a Linux VPS, you’ll notice that bots will try to gain illegitimate access to your server through ssh. While this unsettles a lot of people, there’s really nothing to worry about as long as you don’t permit root logins (Many Linux distributions allow direct root login via ssh by default) and [...]
Installing OpenVPN server on CentOS Linux (part3)
Server configurations for Debian and CentOS Linux are almost identical, except for the beginning of the installation process.
Since the package is not included into the CentOS repository, you will need to enable RPMforge (http://rpmrepo.net/RPMforge) to install OpenVPN.
Installing OpenVPN on Debian Linux (part2)
Order a server with this operating system; submit a ticket to the technical support to enable the module (if necessary) and support the NAT.
With the server activated, log in using the SSH-protocol, for example the PuTTY SSH-client.
Installing and configuring OpenVPN (part1)
This articles describes how to install OpenVPN on a Linux-based virtual private server from JoinVPS and configure client connection from the Windows Vista machine.
OpenVPN is a virtual private network technology (VPN) for creating encoded tunnels between server and client computers.
One of the advantages of this technology is that it allows to connect from computers that [...]
