Tag: SSL
Manual Renewal of SSL Certificates: A Simple Guide
In the April 2022 issue of this magazine, we read about the different types of SSL certificates and their applications. This article explains how...
Setting Up Icinga 2, an Open Source Network Monitoring Solution, on...
Icinga is an open source network monitoring tool for infrastructure of all sizes. It has an integrated cluster system secured via SSL. It keeps...
DevOps Series Ansible Deployment of Nginx with SSL
This is the 12th article in the DevOps series. It is a tutorial on installing Nginx with SSL. Nginx is a high performance Web...
Customising OpenSSL for the Real World
The OpenSSL project is a robust collective effort that seeks to develop a commercial grade, fullfeatured toolkit implementation of SSL and TSL. This article...
Cyber Attacks Explained: Web Exploitation
Websites are no longer merely about having an "Internet presence" today, but are also used for commercial transactions and to transfer sensitive data. Such...
Cyber Attacks Explained: DNS Invasions
We often read about defaced websites whose pages get changed to some malicious content. How do hackers do it and how do we protect...
Cyber Attacks Explained: Network Sniffing
In earlier articles in this series, we have explored denial of service attacks and packet spoofing. This month, let us focus on a wider...
Cyber Attacks Explained: DoS and DDoS
With this article, we begin a new series on the major kinds of cyber attacks that weaken the IT security infrastructure within organisations. With...
Securing Apache, Part 11: Logs, et al.
In this final part of the series, we will discover how to strengthen security in Apache by logging and other miscellaneous ways.
Configuring a system...
CodeSport
In this month's column, we will look at how software upgrades could lead to failure in some cases, and how online software updates can...
