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Automatically terminate OpenSSH sessions

Disconnect OpenSSH user sessions after a certain period of inactivity with the systemd-logind service.
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Lead Image © Konstantin Inozemtcev, 123RF.com

Fast email server deployments with iRedMail

Setting up and maintaining an email service in the data center doesn't have to be a nightmare. The iRedMail open source solution lets you deploy a full-featured email server on a number of platforms in a matter of minutes.
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Lead Image © Rachael Arnott, 123RF.com

Border Gateway Protocol

We look at the Border Gateway Protocol, how it routes packets through the Internet, its weaknesses, and some hardening strategies.
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Lead Image © Lucy Baldwin, 123RF.com

An army of Xeon cores to do your bidding

Explore low-cost parallel computing.
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Photo by Rayner Simpson on Unsplash

Intrusion Detection with OSSEC

The OSSEC free intrusion detection and host-based intrusion prevention system detects and fixes security problems in real time at the operating system level with functions such as log analysis, file integrity checks, Windows registry monitoring, and rootkit detection. It can be deployed virtually anywhere and supports the Linux, Windows, and macOS platforms.

Building a defense against DDoS attacks

Targeted attacks such as distributed denial of service, with thousands of computers attacking your servers until one of them caves in, cannot be prevented, but they can be effectively mitigated.
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Photo by Stoochi Lam on Unsplash

Centralized monitoring and intrusion detection

Security Onion bundles numerous individual Linux tools that help you monitor networks or fend off attacks to create a standardized platform for securing IT environments.
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Lead Image © lexandersikovl, 123RF.com

Chatbots put to the scripting test

The AI skillset is currently limited, so you don't yet have to worry about AI replacing programmers. We look at the capabilities of AI scripting with free large language models and where it works best.
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Secure Kubernetes with Kubescape

Kubescape checks Kubernetes container setups for security and compliance issues, making life easier for administrators.
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Photo by Karsten Würth on Unsplash

Self-hosted remote support

RustDesk supports self-hosted cross-platform remote support and maintenance. The client and optional basic server are open source and available free of charge.
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