<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Tech-Recipes &#187; Linux security</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.tech-recipes.com/category/unix/linux/linux-security/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.tech-recipes.com</link>
	<description>Computer and technology tutorials and guides</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:32:22 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Defend Your Web Server Against Distributed Denial of Services (DDos) Attacks</title>
		<link>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2929/defend_your_web_server_against_distributed_denial_of_services_ddos_attacks/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2929/defend_your_web_server_against_distributed_denial_of_services_ddos_attacks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>qmchenry</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ddos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defend]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[server]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">guid-fix-me!</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In computer security, it quickly becomes apparent that preventing computer attacks is much more challenging than attacking computers.  A good example of an easy technique to prevent a website from functioning is a distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attack in which a number of compromised computers around the internet make web (or other [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2929/defend_your_web_server_against_distributed_denial_of_services_ddos_attacks/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Apache-Website Security</title>
		<link>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/416/apache-website-security/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/416/apache-website-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>lvance</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[apache]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">guid-fix-me!</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Simple clear Security for Websites running on Apache. This can be on any flavor of Unix

In the httpd.conf file edit this line:
Directory /
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride None
/Directory
To read:
Directory /
    Options FollowSymLinks
    AllowOverride AuthConfig
/Directory
**note** -the above lines have  on each side of the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/416/apache-website-security/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Make Linux ignore a ping</title>
		<link>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/202/make-linux-ignore-a-ping/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/202/make-linux-ignore-a-ping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2003 16:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>skreuzer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">guid-fix-me!</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it can be useful to hide a Linux machine a bit. These commands will force your linux box to ignore a ping request.

To turn answers to icmp_echos off, as root type:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all
and to turn it on again type:
echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/202/make-linux-ignore-a-ping/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Hide your BIND version</title>
		<link>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/201/hide-your-bind-version/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/201/hide-your-bind-version/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2003 16:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>skreuzer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Linux security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[version]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">guid-fix-me!</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Any user can discover the version of bind you are running with the following command: nslookup -q=txt -class=CHAOS version.bin.remote.dns.server.  by altering you named.conf file, you can hind this information.

To hide your version of bind, add the following value to named.conf
version "[SECURED]"
 in the options section section as follows:

options {
   directory "/var/named";
  [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/201/hide-your-bind-version/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

<!-- Performance optimized by W3 Total Cache. Learn more: http://www.w3-edge.com/wordpress-plugins/

Page Caching using memcached (User agent is rejected)
Database Caching 3/13 queries in 0.907 seconds using memcached
Object Caching 381/409 objects using memcached

Served from: www.tech-recipes.com @ 2012-02-10 01:04:06 -->
