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How to Install Fail2ban on CentOS 7
Most Linux servers offer an SSH login via port 22 for remote administration purposes. While connecting to your server through SSH can be very secure, the SSH daemon itself is a service that must be exposed to the Internet to function properly. This comes with some inherent risk and offers a vector of attack for would-be assailants. -
How to Install Node.js 8 on Ubuntu/Debian/Mint/ElemetaryOS
Node.js is an open-source, cross-platform Javascript run-time environment that executes Javascript code outside the browser. Historically, Javascript was used primarily for client-side scripting, in which scripts written in JavaScript are embedded in a webpage's HTML and run client-side by a JavaScript engine in the user's web browser. Nowadays, Node.js represents a "JavaScript everywhere" paradigm, unifying web application development around a single programming language, rather than different languages for server side and client side scripts. -
How to Hide nginx Web Server Version Signature and Remove X-Powered-By PHP Header on CentOS
If you are running a web server, by default it's showing the world what type of server installed and it is usually shown along with its version number. This information is ignored by most people, with the exception of hackers, who could use this information to launch targeted attacks against your web server and version specifically. In addition, if the version of your web server is known to be vulnerable to a specific exploit, the hacker would just need to use the exploit as part of his attack on your server. -
How to Validate File Upload in Laravel 5 with MIME Types or File Extensions
Most of the times when it comes to web application development, we as a developer need to either check or validate uploaded file from user. This routine is a great practice, to prevent user from uploading malicious file. Luckily on Laravel, this could be done in easy way.
