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Quick Security Mitigations to Impending attacks

Suppose you are the sysadmin, and you know of an impending attack that just started or about to start soon. You can either wait it out, or try a few tricks and quick mitigation to fend off attackers ...
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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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Is server hardening with GRSecurity really necessary on the CentOS 6.3 environment?

I consider myself to be reasonably good with IT, however I am relatively fresh at server and system administration. I am a web developer for my company and I have been charged with setting up and ...
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Securing firewalls for XAMPP on Mac OS X

I've recently installed XAMPP on my Mac OS X 10.6.8, and this has caused me to reevaluate how I have my firewall setup. Right now I am using the two firewalls that came pre-installed on my computer: ...
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Something causing Sonicwall to throw Smurf Amplification Attack Warning?

I set up a new laptop recently and, after installing various developer tools, it started causing our Sonicwall firewalls to issue an alert email whenever the laptop connected to the network. The ...
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Is Chinese great firewall white or black list based? [closed]

Is a new website blocked by default in China ? I just put online a new website dedicated to chinese people (a working days calculator in China, nothing subversive indeed). However a friend of a ...
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is it worth to implement a firewall on a web server you control?

I see the main reasons for a firewall on a web server to be defense in depth and extra cushion for a possible admin error of running an unnecessary daemon. I'm trying to see if I am overlooking ...
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What is the best practice for placing DataBase servers in secure network topologies

I have a classic DMZ architecture: My webserver is placed in the DMZ. The webserver needs to communicate with a database server. This database server is the most critical component of my network ...