Monthly Archives: March 2014

Useful Commands To Monitor Network Traffic Using Netstate

netstat (network statistics) is a command-line tool that displays network connections (both incoming and outgoing), routing tables, and a number of network interface (network interface controller or software-defined network interface) and network protocol statistics. This command is also used to

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Posted in Cloud Computing, Linux, Security

Linux VM Security – Basic Policies and Guidelines

I would recommend to have following minimum procedures in place to protect Linux VMs over internet. Never share root password to individuals (VM users) Only give root access to individuals through sudo list (if required). VM root password must be strong

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Posted in Linux, Nginx, Security

Useful Commands for Web Server Access Log Monitoring

Following commands will help you to monitor your web server (httpd, nginx etc) access logs. Example: I am more interested to check who has tried to access our wordpress blogs admin login page. [root@]# grep -R “wp-login” host.access.log 192.227.253.247 – –

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Posted in Linux, Nginx