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Getting your virtual machine dimensions right
Massive, performance-hungry VMs require proper handling to meet their dynamic requirements. We give you some rules to help size these monsters properly.
File Integrity Checks with AIDE
If an attacker gains access to systems by working around your defenses, you need to discover the attacker's tracks in good time, at least to mitigate the further risk of damage. We show you how to monitor changes to files with the Linux AIDE tool.
Explore automation-as-code with Ansible
The Ansible automation tool makes it really easy to implement IT scenarios as code. We use structured YAML code to roll out Ansible in the form of AWX.
Migrate your Git repositories to Gitea
Nothing is forever, not even a Git server. After the purchase of GitHub by Microsoft, I found a new home in Gitea for version control.
Storage across the network with iSCSI and Synology DiskStation Manager
The iSCSI protocol lets you access block storage across a network connection. We show you how to connect a Debian 12 system with a Synology storage device over iSCSI.
Reducing the Attack Surface in Windows
The sum total of all possible points of attack can be defined as the attack surface, and you need to take every opportunity to minimize it to the extent possible. Windows has built-in rules that minimize the attack surface; they simply need to be enabled.
Automated health checks
The open source Dradis framework helps you create plans for carrying out team pentests and facilitates the task of standardizing reports from different tools to create summary output.
Integrate remote cloud storage
You don't need native clients for every single service just to back up or synchronize your data in the cloud; Rclone helps you handle these tasks for multiple cloud accounts at the command line or in a graphical front end.
Data deduplication on Windows Server 2022
Data deduplication tools boost efficiency in storage management by improving storage utilization and saving network bandwidth during backup and replication processes.
Hardening SSH authentication to the max
Public key authentication further supplemented with one-time password or hardware authentication methods improves SSH security while offering genuine convenience.
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