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Hardening existing Linux server via sysctl parameters

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The sysctl is a utility which is used to manage networking and other low-level protective Linux kernel parameters at runtime.

This cheatsheet allows quickly secure currently running server thought this powerful tool.
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Monitoring Linux and Windows hosts with SNMP and Cacti

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Monitoring Linux and Windows hosts with SNMP and Cacti

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SNMP is a communication specification that defines how management information is exchanged between network management applications and management agents.

Cacti is a resource monitoring software. It uses RRDtool to store data and the data is used create graphs. It also comes with fast poller to collect data from different resources simultaneously and has many user management features. The interface and management is very userfriendly that even a layman can get it working with less effort.

This article is about how to monitor Linux and Windows hosts with SNMP (2c version) and Cacti.
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Free control panels for Linux hosting

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A control panel in web hosting refers to the interface provided by the hosting company for the maintenance and monitoring of the hosted websites. Usually, the customers don’t have any knowledge of Linux and want to get theirs sites up and running.

The free control panels for Linux hosting are cheaper alternatives to the paid solutions like Plesk or cPanel.

This post provides a list of web-based control panels licensed under the GPL or other free licenses.

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AlternC is a set of user-friendly mass hosting management software. It is easy to install and based on open-source software only. The software includes an automatic installation and configuration system, and a web-based control panel to manage users accounts and web services (domains, emails, ftp accounts, statistics etc.)

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