Tag: linux
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Defending Your Digital Commons w/ Ubuntu’s Uncomplicated Firewall
The internet is a vast commons—an ungoverned frontier where every packet carries the possibility of liberation or exploitation. When you spin up an Ubuntu Server, you’re staking your claim in that commons. Without a firewall, your parcel of virtual land is an open invitation: welcome in everything from benign bots to crafty script kiddies. Enter…
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fail2ban: a Mainstay in My Linux Server Hardening Checklist
Let’s talk about the digital equivalent of locking your front door at night. Not the ten-camera home surveillance system that phones home to a Bezos cloud, not the smart lock you unlock with your face—just a plain, sturdy deadbolt. That’s what fail2ban is: an old-school, no-nonsense security measure that doesn’t track you, doesn’t sell your…
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