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How to Disable Direct Root Logins

Allowing the root user to login directly is a major security issue, we’ll show you how to disable it so you can still login as root but just not directly, reducing the security issue. This will force a hacker to


How to Disable Telnet

Telnet sends clear text passwords and usernames through logins and should be disabled on all web servers and replaced with SSH. Some hosting providers are not disabling telnet by default but you should ensure that it has been turned off


SHV5 rootkit

I am posting this as this image was in my desktop for years. I want to delete it, so thought of adding it to blog. In 2006, one of my linux server got hacked. Most will tell you need OS