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Even if you have sufficient memory in your server, it’s still a good idea to have a swap file.  In order to reduce disk IO, many cloud providers don’t include…

UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall) was originally released for Ubuntu as a simple way to manage netfilter rules.  It makes managing your Linux server firewall extremely easy and is now also available…

CyberPanel is an open source hosting control panel powered by OpenLitespeed. It includes a simple firewall management interface but lacks the advanced features of CSF (ConfigServer Security & Firewall) which…

What is a VPN? VPN stands for Virtual Private Network.  It allows two separate devices or networks to communicate, privately, across the internet.  It does this by encrypting the connection between…

What’s NTP? NTP (Network Time Protocol) is used to ensure that the clock on your computer is correct.  With newer, very time critical features, such as 2FA, this is important. …

There are two versions of PowerDNS: PowerDNS Server – used to power authoritative DNS servers PowerDNS recursor – used to provide a resolver, typically not open to the public Why…

Virtualizor is an excellent control panel for managing multiple virtual servers on one or more servers. It’s released by the same people that make the popular Softaculous auto-installer software. There…

It’s common to run a server for multiple users, running multiple different services. Sometimes this can make it a little difficult to track down who might be causing a drain…

Why block libwww-perl? Any business is concerned with their websites search engine rankings.  There are a number of online tools which analyse your site and give hints as to how…