Category: Security

HTTP Strict Transport Security, widely known as HSTS, is a web security policy mechanism in which website tells the browser that it should only be communicated using HTTPS, instead of using HTTP Protocol. This is achieved using an HSTS response header sent at the very beginning to the browser. The question which arises here is, why we want our website to communicate only over HTTPS Protocol??? HTTP stands for HyperText Transport Protocol, Which is just...

Installation Guide – CSF Config Server Firewall, widely known as CSF is used to enhance the security of server’s or system’s running over various Linux distributions (generic Linux OS). CSF can be installed over Linux based Plain machines, VPS or Servers. It also provides preconfigured configurations and control panel UI’s for cPanel, DirectAdmin, and Webmin. Let’s begin with installation folks. Installation Commands cd /usr/src wget https://download.configserver.com/csf.tgz tar -xzf csf.tgz cd csf sh install.sh Test whether you have...