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Windows Virus Protection Primer Tutorial

Windows users will almost always have considered the issue of Virus protection. The term “Virus Protection” encompasses, for many of us, so much more these days. Terminology that springs to mind with regards to that general concept of “protecting your … Continue reading

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Apache IP Blocking Primer Tutorial

With Apache web servers you can use .htaccess files at the document root directory corresponding to website URLs to control various aspects to do with access to that website, or even directory of website. Some preparatory matters generic to .htaccess … Continue reading

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Ansible Dynamic Inventory Tutorial

The last time we talked about Ansible (and we want to also direct you to a great article called Ansible tutorial – Automate your systems – Like Geeks, thanks) we advised you to read about the subject “Dynamic Inventory”. This … Continue reading

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Ansible Inventory Primer Tutorial

The last time we talked about Ansible (with Ansible Playbook TLS Tutorial is shown below) we advised to read about the subject “Inventory”. Well, today, we dip our toes into this big subject matter, and thank very much “Ansible Up … Continue reading

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Thinking Security Primer Tutorial

In today’s Internet world, as crowded as it is, even before “Internet of Things” make it so much more crowded, “online”, the big trending word is “security” (or two words “cyber security”). Often, up to now, “security” has not been … Continue reading

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FireFTP Create File Primer Tutorial

Today’s tutorial falls into the category of “security reminder” to do with web hosting, and specifically, today, Apache web hosting. When you open a new public directory on your website and populate it with media files, for example, don’t forget … Continue reading

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Ansible Playbook TLS Tutorial

Yesterday saw this blog’s first Ansible Playbook to create an nginx web server on a VirtualBox virtual machine referenced by http://localhost:8080 but, did you notice, that https://localhost:8443 came up with, in Firefox, at least … Secure Connection Failed The connection … Continue reading

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Windows Firewall Blocking IP Primer Tutorial

A firewall is a security device, or network security system, designed to protect a secure internal network from other networks, by the means to control the incoming and outgoing network traffic, via a rule set (in a similar way to … Continue reading

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