Tag Archives: vps security

Server Security

How to Secure the Linux Servers? A few Simple Tips

I have 20+ servers, and I need to make sure they are safe, so here are the few steps I took to harden the security: Change SSH Port number you can configure Port XXX in /etc/ssh/sshd_config and remember to restart the ssd service to take effect: service sshd restart Disable root SSH login you can Continue Reading »

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Protect Your VPS by Enabling the Firewall Rules and User Agent Blocking using CloudFlare

One of my VPS droplet has been under heavy attacks (either malicious or the bots) recently on an off. I got notifications of heavy CPU usage spikes and high load average up to 30 to 40 a few times per day. I have checked the apache logs and found out the unusual activities from bots Continue Reading »