How to Create a Websense Content Gateway (WCG) on CentOS
When you implement a Websense proxy solution and you don’t guy one of their appliance then you have to setup the proxy components yourself. This…
How to DNSPerf on Ubuntu 14.04 with Installation and Quick Start
It’s a shame that we don’t have the very awesome DNSPerf available in the Ubuntu repositories, however it’s very easy to install and well worth…
IPSec VPN Host to Host on Windows 2012 R2 and Ubuntu 14.04
After one of my recent tutorials about a host to host Linux VPN this post is a how to create a host to host VPN…
Securing WordPress from Brute Force Attacks by Country Blocking on Nginx
After having looked after a number of WordPress websites over the last 7 years or so it has become apparent that the number of brute…
Installing LEMP on Ubuntu 14.04 with Nginx and NAXSI
Well, after my last tutorial about getting a LEMP server on Ubuntu 11.10 I’m very happy to announce that the process is now a heck…
IPSec VPN Host to Host on Ubuntu 14.04 with strongSwan
After spending a crazy amount of time trying to find something up to date regarding network security and host to host VPN I decided to…
Migrate MySQL Servers with Databases and Users
Moving databases between one MySQL server and another isn’t always easy, especially if you’re migrating database servers from one server to another. Imagine for this…
Blocking Countries on Nginx without the GeoIP Module
Sometimes blocking entire swathes of the world is the way to go if you truly want a defense in depth approach on your web apps,…
Setting up Nginx with Cloudflare
I’ve written about the very excellent Cloudflare CDN before. It’s a fantastic content delivery network with inbuilt security, I love it. This is another quick…
Quick & Easy Nginx Load Balancer with Backend
This will be a very quick and easy example. Sometimes you may need to use Nginx as a front end, webcache, load balancer or front…