Disclaimer: This article is only for educational purposes, please only perform this penetration test on the site you are authorized to pen test. I know this method has been discussed alot many times already on many blogs and sites, but still I would want to explain it a little differently. Tools or softwares that you need to perform this tests…
How to install Nginx, PHP, PHP-FPM and MYSQL from source to run a wordpress site on Ubuntu 16.04
Many Linux package managers have built in packages for nginx, php and mysql, they are good if you have less experience with Linux, but installing from source will give you more control our installation locations, settings and much more. So today we will see how we can install Nginx and PHP-FPM (from source) and mysql from the package manager and…
How to create Windows VPS in Proxmox through Template!
Manually creating a windows vps (windows server 2008 or windows server 2012) is really a hectic job in proxmox, because you need to manually install drivers as well. I’ve been working with proxmox lately and created some templates so that one can easily clone them. Once the template is cloned it is ready to use. Let see how we can…
cPanel Alternative: VestCP! Complete guide on how to install and use vesta cp
Recently I’ve stumbled upon a very beautiful control panel while installing it for a client, by beautifull, I mean its actually is really beautifully designed and very easy to use as well. Control panel name is VestCP its a grest alternative to cPanel (cPanel costs $15/month for a VPS), since most of the VestCP features are free to use, you…
Host a website on a VPS without any technical knowledge!
One of the major issue these days is how to manage a VPS to host a website (run apache, mysql and other necessary modules required to run a website). How ever if you have very less or no technical knowledge, you can still rent a vps and run multiple sites. Prerequisites You need a VPS, you can buy from 9xhost…
How to setup cloudflare for your domain!
Most of the people know cloudflare is a tool to speed up their site and protect them from DDOS attacks, its true. How ever we can easily manage our DNS through cloudflare as well. Let see how to setup cloudflare for your domain. Step 1: Register on their site Note : If you already have an account, please jump to…
5 Steps to secure newly installed web server
Linux is most popular operating system to be used as web server. Because it servers the purpose very well because it is light weight, secure and can serve a lot of user requests easily. But still their is a room for improvement in case of security since web server is a public service and their is a chance of getting…
How to setup NAT on Proxmox
Proxmox uses bridge networking to provide Internet access to virtual machines, but in a bridge networking you need a public IP for each machine. If you have limited IPs you can use NAT to access Internet on your machines. How ever it is preferable to have a static public IP if you are running public services like apache web server….
Packet sniffing using Snort
I’ve explained in my last tutorial that how you can install snort on Ubuntu, if you have not installed it yet you can click here. In my article where I explained how to install snort, I mentioned that snort have two running modes, today we will see how we can do packet sniffing using snort. What is packet sniffing? In…
How to install snort intrusion detection system on Ubuntu!
Snort is a signature based intrusion detection system, it either drop or accept the packets coming on a certain interface depending on the rules you have used. In a signature based intrusion detection system packets headers and their payloads are matched against specific predefined rules/strings to see if they contain a malicious content. Snort can run in two modes: Packet…