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Exploited by newbie3viLc063s
My debian server got exploited by some scriptiekiddie who used Newbie3viLc063
http://pastebin.com/jma8JRG1 .
Scriptkiddie uploaded logo_php.png to my server (My permissions sucked :s) and he did run ...
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Best practices for firewall hardware
I'm planning to implement a linux based firewall/router with at least 6 x 1Gb NIC's (network with ~300 computers/server with >=8 VLANs)
Can anybody recommend hardware best practices (reference to ...
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Consequences of using -s and -d arguments in iptables
We are studying iptables for a Computer Systems Security course. We are confused as to what happens when the -s and -d arguments are both used in the same rule, such as:
iptables -A OUTPUT -s ...
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Any open source software firewall with country based ip blocking feature? [closed]
I am looking for an open source firewall with country based ip blocking feature for Linux OS.
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Open Source (Software Firewall + Unified Threat Management - UTM) for an Linux Dedicated Server Hosting [closed]
I am newbie in managing Linux Dedicated server. I am looking for Best Open source Unified Threat Management solution with Firewall Support and it should need to be managing through an web GUI ...
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IPTables DDoS protection working with per client IP address counter AND UDP
I am looking to protect LAMP server with a software, which will detect above average number of requests from single IP numbers (in this case DNS queries), and add these hosts to IPTables deny chain.
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How is iptables useful to prevent attacks against a LAN?
I need some advice securing a LAN using iptables.
I've found lots of examples on how to secure single host with iptables, including scanning ports, attacking using ICMP-flood and TCP-flood. These ...
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Linux tools to choose suitable Cisco ASA 5500
I have a linux webhosting server which affects a high DDOS.
I want to use Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances to protect the linux server from this DDOS. I know there are many factors ...
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Why ESTABLISHED,RELATED for INPUT only?
In many places and tutorials I see people add this line to their iptables:
-A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
And they do it only and only for "INPUT". What about OUTPUT and ...
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Fail2Ban does not ban failed root login attempt
I have a small server which only open ports are ssh, http and https. I have fail2ban installed and set up so that after 3 failed attempts someone gets blocked for 10 minutes (thats the dafault I ...
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Tips for a secure iptables config to defend from attacks. (client side!)
Own examples:
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# KERNEL PARAMETER CONFIGURATION
# PREVENT YOU SYSTEM FROM ANSWERING ICMP ECHO REQUESTS
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all
# DROP ICMP ECHO-REQUEST ...
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IPTables default security rules for a gateway/router?
On a router such as dd-wrt or tomato, what would be some default iptables rules?
I am asking for rules on a router/gateway - For example; blocking SYN flood attacks, or XMAS attacks. The basic ...
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Firewall rules to block unwanted protocols on given ports
Does somebody has an idea, that what kind of iptables/pf rule must i use to achieve this?:
i only want to allow these connections [on the output chain]:
on port 53 output only allow udp - dns
on ...
