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Top 5 Tips to Improve Your Linux Desktop Security 2017

Galido

Having Linux as your operating system is one of the better decisions you can make concerning your computer’s security. Having this OS on your desktop allows you to relax a little bit when it comes to many forms of security breaches, which would probably inflict serious damage to less security-oriented systems.

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Using Secure Configurations | Standardize Your Security

Linux Academy

This included installing operating system updates, NTP servers, DNS servers, static IPs, audit log options, anti-virus, etc. Ansible can help automate the backup, and you can learn more in this month’s how-to video that covers using Ansible to back up a Cisco ASA firewall.

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What is Virtual Network Computing (VNC)?

Dataconomy

This feature is particularly useful in environments where only HTTP traffic is allowed, such as in a web proxy or firewall. The VNC protocol is designed to be platform-independent, meaning that it can be used to access and control computers running on any operating system, including Windows, macOS, Linux, and others.

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What Are the Best Cybersecurity Certifications in 2023?

SecureWorld News

is offered by Udemy and focuses on major operating systems like Windows, Mac OS, and Linux, providing learners with the skills they need to secure systems while preserving privacy and anonymity. based on reviews on Coursera) Cost: Free 7-day trial, and then $312 to earn the certificate [link] 3.

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Technology Short Take #77

Scott Lowe

In a bit of an older post from late summer 2016, Matt Oswalt outlines why network engineers should care about the network software supply chain. Vivek Gite over at nixCraft explains how to use ufw (Uncomplicated Firewall) on Ubuntu to limit SSH connections. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Technology Short Take #49

Scott Lowe

I highly recommend you read the entire post, but in short the five skills Matt recommends are software skills (which includes configuration management and software development tools like Git ), Linux, deep protocol knowledge, hypervisor and container networking, and IPv6. What does this mean? You’re welcome.

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Technology Short Take #63

Scott Lowe

At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. At the recent OCP Summit, Microsoft introduced Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC). Russell Pope at Kovarus recently wrote about using security groups to manage the VMware NSX distributed firewall.

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