Open Source tools which provide functionality similar to a Linux distribution on Windows. It is a Windows command line on steroids which runs useful Linux Unix commands. The core part is the Cygwin library which provides the POSIX system calls and environment these programs expect. Cygwin allows easy porting of many Unix/Linux programs without the […]
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Tips
Tips & Tricks for the Linux server administrators.
secure ssh server attacks – DenyHosts
DenyHosts is a Python script that analyzes the sshd server log messages to determine what hosts are attempting to hack into your system. It also determines what user accounts are being targeted. It keeps track of the frequency of attempts from each host. Additionally, upon discovering a repeated attack host, the /etc/hosts.deny file is updated […]
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