Linux VM Security – Basic Policies and Guidelines

Posted on March 29, 2014 by Farooq Sheikh — Leave a comment

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…

Useful Commands for Web Server Access Log Monitoring

Posted on March 27, 2014 by Farooq Sheikh — Leave a comment

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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