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Apache

Security


Apache
	Redirecting port requests 12 Jul 1998 installing www server (apache) 2 Aug 1998 Apache web server (again) 1 Sep 1998 Where are my Apache FrontPage extensions? 17 Sep 1998 Upgrading Apache to 1.3 18 Sep 1998 Apache - virtual hosts 26 Sep 1998 Apache - who can publish what? 26 Sep 1998 Apache - making a group for it 27 Sep 1998 Apache - starting/stopping 22 Oct 1998 Apache - virtual hosts (continued) 22 Oct 1998 FrontPage 98 - publishing problems 22 Oct 1998 Virtual websites - what non-HTTP/1.1 compatible browsers will see 1 Jan 1999 Apache logging has been added to the virtual hosts topic. 10 Feb 1999 Installing a new virtual web with FP extensions 18 Feb 1999 Protected Apache directories 18 Feb 1999 Linking to other directories with Apache 20 Feb 1999 analog - "The most popular logfile analyser in the world" 30 May 1999 My first CGI script (uptime.pl) 22 Jul 1999 Installing Apache with FrontPage/SSL 23 Dec 1999 Installing a new virtual web with FP2000 extensions 23 Dec 1999 403 Forbidden - You don't have permission to access / on this server. 23 Dec 1999 Installing and configuring mySQL 2 Jan 2000 Apache port - php3/FrontPage/SSL 2 Jan 2000 Protected Apache directories - added more detail 3 Jan 2000 My first CGI script (uptime.pl) - an update ==> better, faster, smaller! 7 Jan 2000 Apache - rotating log files 11 Jan 2000 404 - what to do about missing www documents 16 Jan 2000 Virtual web sites and and older browsers 18 Jan 2000 Rewriting URLs within Apache 19 Jan 2000 Redirecting URL requests with Apache 19 Jan 2000 favicon.ico 24 Jan 2000 Apache - rotating log files - a better solution found 26 Jan 2000 Blocking apache access by host 27 Jan 2000 Apache - rotating log files - ouch, don't compress those logs! 29 Jan 2000 Apache - with DSOs for PHP, FrontPage, and SSL under FreeBSD 4.0-S 6 May 2000 Letting people know the web server is off line 11 May 2000 Tranferring websites/users from one box to another 21 May 2000 SSI - a quick guide 28 Jun 2000 Apache with SSL 11 Nov 2000 Client Authentication with SSL 12 Jul 2001 Managing an IP address change 3 Sep 2002 Managing an IP address change - part 2 4 Oct 2002


Security
	improving security * 11 Aug 1998 su - how to become a super user. avoid using `root` 18 Oct 1998 changing the pre-login text - also known as /etc/issue 6 Jan 1999 tcp wrapper - monitoring telnet requests, permit deny connections, etc. 9 Jan 1999 upgrading sendmail 11 Jan 1999 Staying current with FreeBSD - using CVSup to upgrade FreeBSD 14 Jan 1999 Before the disaster 14 Jan 1999 I was probed! The security worked. 2 Feb 1999 Upgrading to sendmail 8.9.3 18 Feb 1999 nologin - Refuse a login to a user, and make a note of it in syslog 9 Mar 1999 telnet fails - tcp_wrapper is out of date 18 Mar 1999 ssh - much more secure than telnet 25 Apr 1999 Private DNS 8 Jul 1999 toor - and why you should keep it 23 Jul 1999 ssh2 - when ssh won't do 13 Aug 1999 Changing the pre-login text - also known as /etc/issue - more info 22 Aug 1999 Upgrade your DNS server - bind8 security issues 20 Nov 1999 watch - making it work 29 Nov 1999 Installing OpenSSH - less restrictive than ssh 5 Dec 1999 logcheck - who is checking your logs? 19 Dec 1999 identd problems - patch 19 Dec 1999 unwanted email from tcpd 26 Dec 1999 PortSentry - a port watcher 1 Jan 2000 Front Page Extensions - security considerations 7 Jan 2000 Blocking apache access by host 27 Jan 2000 Big Brother is watching you (and your network) 18 Feb 2000 finger and how to supply something different 24 Feb 2000 How to copy files around without anyone seeing them 27 Mar 2000 What version of bind are you running? 3 Apr 2000 ssh - authorized keys and chmod 5 Apr 2000 Keeping mysql passwords secure 19 Apr 2000 passphrases are your friend 6 Jul 2000 VLAN with pipsecd 7 Jul 2000 turning sendmail VRFY off 8 Aug 2000 mindterm - ssh connections via web browsers 14 Nov 2000 IPsec 27 Dec 2000 Setting up an encrypted file system (by Niklas Saers) 6 Jan 2001 installing bind8 from ports 28 Mar 2001 qpopper with APOP 30 Mar 2001 Using smtp from remote locations 7 Apr 2001 Setting up a FreeBSD IPSec Tunnel (by John J. Rushford Jr) 7 Jun 2001 San Jose bound... 11 Jun 2001 Client Authentication with SSL 12 Jul 2001 ssh exploit - how to avoid it 14 Nov 2001 stunnel - another way to avoid plain text passwords (by Mike Miller) 16 Nov 2001 Anonymous FTP server (by Kim Scarborough) 30 Nov 2001 PostgreSQL 7.2 upgrade and crypto 23 Feb 2002 stunnel - encryption and security 10 Mar 2002 Creating a VPN using PPTP 26 Apr 2002 scp tricks 7 Mar 2003 Using a jail as a virtual machine 1 Sep 2004 Secure Your Wireless with IPsec 6 Dec 2004 Configuring IPsec on your XP Professional laptop 22 Dec 2005 Putting sshd on a higher port 4 Dec 2006 Cacti remote injection exploit 12 Jan 2007 Bacula - Transport Layer Security (TLS) 23 Jan 2007 Fighting spam with pf 9 Jul 2007 Virus scanning 9 Jul 2007 Creating your own Certificate Authority 27 Nov 2008 Obscuring smtp auth headers 2 Dec 2008 Removing Firefox 2 19 Oct 2009 logcheck - a log file scanner 29 Nov 2009 cssh - cluster ssh 26 Jan 2010