Risks and Countermeasures to the Management of Application Secrets
Risks Passwords and other secrets for things like data-stores, syslog servers, monitoring services, email accounts and so on can be useful to an attacker to compromise data-stores, obtain further...
View ArticleTL-WN722N on Kali VM on Linux Host
The following is the process I found to set-up the pass-through of the very common USB TP-LINK TL-WN722N Wifi adapter (which is known to work well with Linux) to a Virtual Host Kali Linux 1.1.0 (same...
View ArticleKeeping Your NodeJS Web App Running on Production Linux
All the following offerings that I’ve evaluated target different scenarios. I’ve listed the pros and cons for each of them and where I think they fit into a potential solution to monitor your web...
View ArticleEvaluation of Host Intrusion Detection Systems (HIDS)
Followed up with a test deployment and drive. The best time to install a HIDS is on a fresh install before you open the host up to the internet or even your LAN if it’s corporate. Of course if you...
View ArticleWeb Server Log Management
As part of the ongoing work around preparing a Debian web server to host applications accessible from the WWW I performed some research, analysis, made decisions along the way and implemented a first...
View ArticleKeeping Your Linux Server/s In Time With Your Router
Your NTP Server With this set-up, we’ve got one-to-many Linux servers in a network that all want to be synced with the same up-stream Network Time Protocol (NTP) server/s that your router (or what ever...
View ArticleInstallation and Hardening of Debian Web Server
These are the steps I took to set-up and harden a Debian web server before being placed into a DMZ and undergoing additional hardening before opening the port from the WWW to it. Most of the steps...
View ArticleBare-metal Hypervisor Setup Evaluation
The views expressed in this post are my own and don’t reflect the views of my employer. Recently I had the opportunity for work, to carry out some research on what’s in the market in regards to...
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