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Battle-Ready Linux: 7 Hardening Steps to Stop Script Kiddies Cold

· CoolVDS Team

It is 2009, and the internet is the Wild West. If you leave your SSH port default on a public IP, you’ll be brute-forced within minutes. Here is the no-nonsense guide to locking down your CentOS 5 or Debian Lenny server.

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Linux Server Hardening: 5 Steps to Stop Script Kiddies Cold (2009 Edition)

· CoolVDS Team

A fresh Linux server survives about 15 minutes on the open web before the scanners hit. Here is the battle-tested guide to locking down CentOS and Debian, configuring IPTables, and why hardware virtualization matters for security.

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Hardening Linux in 2009: Stop Script Kiddies Before They Root Your Box

· CoolVDS Team

Default CentOS installs are a security nightmare. Learn the essential iptables rules, SSH hardening techniques, and kernel tweaks required to survive the hostile internet of 2009. Don't let a brute-force botnet turn your server into a zombie.

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Lockdown: Essential Linux Server Hardening Steps for 2009

· CoolVDS Team

A default Linux install is a sitting duck. From iptables configuration to securing SSH, here is how we harden CentOS and Debian servers against brute-force attacks and script kiddies.

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Scaling Out: Surviving the Slashdot Effect with HAProxy on Linux

· CoolVDS Team

Is your single Apache server choking on load average? Stop optimizing httpd.conf and start load balancing. Here is how to deploy HAProxy 1.3 on CentOS to handle traffic spikes without buying an F5.

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Monitoring vs. Observability: Why Your Green Dashboard is Lying to You

· CoolVDS Team

It is May 2018. Nagios says your server is fine, but customers in Trondheim are timing out. Here is why traditional monitoring is dead, how to build an observability stack with Prometheus and ELK, and why infrastructure sovereignty in Norway is your safety net before GDPR hits later this month.

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Zero-Trust Architecture: Why "Inside the Firewall" Means Nothing in 2018

· CoolVDS Team

With GDPR enforcement just weeks away and the dust still settling from Meltdown/Spectre, the "Castle and Moat" security model is a liability. Here is how to implement a pragmatic Zero-Trust architecture using Nginx mTLS and strict SSH hardening on Norwegian infrastructure.

coolvds.com › Blog › Database Management

Zero-Downtime Database Migration: The 2018 Survival Guide for Sysadmins

· CoolVDS Team

Database migrations are where careers go to die. Learn the master-slave replication strategy using MySQL 5.7 and Percona XtraBackup to migrate terabytes of data with minimal downtime, while navigating the upcoming GDPR requirements.