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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. However, many Linux users make the same mistakes of believing that it’s enough just to have it on your computer and only that fact will make all threats simply disappear, when unfortunately the reality is quite different.

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Learn Google Cloud by Doing with New Google Cloud Training!

Linux Academy

From new courses to new labs, we have a ton of exciting new Google Cloud updates at Linux Academy ( where you can get the most Google Cloud training on this planet! ). Practice what you’re learning by spinning up live environments within Linux Academy! Creating Firewall Rules on a Google Cloud VPC Network.

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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. If you’d like to see the presentation, it’s available on Slideshare and Speakerdeck. If you’d like to re-create the demo environment, check out the presentation’s GitHub repository. Servers/Hardware.

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Technology Short Take #57

Scott Lowe

We all know that security is more than just a host-based firewall, but a host-based firewall can be part of an overall security strategy. This article provides a good introductory overview of Linux iptables commands for configuring host-based firewall rules on your Linux systems. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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What is Virtual Network Computing (VNC)?

Dataconomy

The ability to remotely access and control computers has been a game-changer for businesses, allowing them to provide technical support and troubleshoot issues without having to be physically present at the location. This feature is particularly useful in environments where only HTTP traffic is allowed, such as in a web proxy or firewall.

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Scott Lowe

specifically, the new container network firewall functionality. When I was using Fedora, I needed some useful information on firewall-cmd , and found this article to be helpful. For what it’s worth, I’ve never tried NetBSD, but I have yet to run into any similar issues with any distribution of Linux I’ve tried.

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Technology Short Take #33

Scott Lowe

This post by Ranga Maddipudi shows you how to use App Firewall in conjunction with VXLAN logical networks. Via Forbes Guthrie on Twitter, I saw this post on how to setup a CA on Linux and use it in a Windows environment. App Firewall? Venky explains it in this post. Jason Edelman is on a roll with a couple of great blog posts.

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