Martin

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Currently a Systems Analyst for an eProcurement software firm in Manchester.

I'm an OpenSource advocate, and I'm working on various home based projects.

Personal philosophies:

"Trust, like spandex, is a privilege not a right" (combination of me and Matthew Lillard, I think)

"Trust, but verify" (Ronald Reagan)

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Jan 21	accepted	VPS security best practice
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Jan 20	comment	VPS security best practice I'm liking the responses, but I'm leaving open as I'm still waiting on whether there are specific difference between a remote VPS and a local machine (physical or VPS).
Jan 20	comment	VPS security best practice I was thinking of joining the box to my home network (which is sufficiently secured) via a constant VPN connection, not the way you are suggesting. Is this possible?
Jan 20	comment	VPS security best practice I like the AppArmor idea, do you know of any online resources that will help me learn how to do it? And IPTables...
Jan 20	comment	VPS security best practice They don't offer a firewall unfortunately, it's a very cheap host. It will be something I look for in a future host though.
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