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Apache Web Server Hardening - Points To Check

  Web Server hardening is one of the very important steps which are required to be taken so that the website will be less vulnerable to attacks. In brief, below are few points to consider.  Run Apache httpd server as a new Linux user other than the default user apache.  Hide server signature (apache version disclosure) so that in case of runtime errors, apache version will not be disclosed to the users. Each apache version may have specific vulnerabilities which the attacker may target if he comes to know about the sever version. Hide php version . Each php version may have specific vulnerabilities which the attacker may target if he comes to know about the php version. Directory listing needs to be disabled . This will make sure that the contents of the website folder located on the hard disk will not be visible to the users. The user should be able to view only the file which he clicks in the web browser. Apache confi...

FreeNAS - Data Share Creation and Access Rights Configuration - Part 2

FreeNAS Installation On VirtualBox - Part 1

Information Technology Journal - Volume 4 Issue 4 Published

New issue of INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL is launched on THE EXPONENT GROUP OF JOURNALS WEBSITE. Do download the pdf for FREE and OFFLINE reading. http://informationtechnology.exponentjournals.com/index.php/downloads/information-technology-volume-4-issue-4/ Below are the topics covered, 1) Editorial 2) I.T. in News 3) Deploying Multiple Websites on Single Amazon (EC2) Instance with Web Server VirtualHosts 4) Informatics for analysis of DNA sequencing data 5) Computer Networks – PART 3 6) Data Center Infrastructure – PART 1 7) How to Select Right Software 8) I.T. Trivia

Virtual Machines - Vital Part of IT Industry

As we all are well aware, Information Technology is growing at rapid rate each and every day. Thus new technologies are getting introduced every now and then. IT Companies are always trying to invent something better than the currently available techniques. One such invention is VIRTUAL MACHINES !!! Have you ever heard the concept of a computer running inside another computer?? This is what virtual machines offer you.  You are basically running one or more virtual computers inside a physical computer.  There are many advantages of virtual machines. The most notable advantages are , Saving time and money.   The person who is using a virtual machine / virtual computer does not come to know that he is actually using a virtual machine. He feels as if he is using a normal desktop. Lets have a look at a simple example to understand how time and money can be saved using virtual machines.   Suppose the organization has a requirement of b...

FireChat App - Chat without Internet

Excellent initiative isn't it? FireChat is an app developed by Open Garden The importance of FIRE CHAT app is it works without internet also. In case of very low mobile network connectivity or  sometimes network get jammed at places where there is a huge crowd. But FIRE CHAT works in such situations too.  I have started using this app since last 4 days and exploring it more and more. This app will really be very useful in case of disaster like situations when mobile networks does not work.  The more the number of users, the more stronger the connection becomes for FIRE CHAT. We can create our own network on FIRE CHAT which will be very useful for all of us.  One important aspect to note about this app. Don't compare this app with WhatsApp while using it. FireChat has public chatrooms. Don't think of that as groups like WhatsApp has. When I started using the app, me too thought that I am part of so many groups and who added me...

How to Install Wordpress on WAMP Server on Windows Platform

In order to run Wordpress related web applications, its required to have WAMP server installed on Windows desktops. The fullform of WAMP is Windows Apache Mysql PHP. Below is the link to download WAMP server for Windows desktops, http://sourceforge.net/projects/wampserver/ Below is the video prepared by me which shows the complete installation of the Wordpress on WAMP server on Windows.

Blogger Part-1

अपने विचार, राय प्रस्तुत करना और बडे पैमाने पर लोगों तक पहुँचाने का असरदार, किफायती और सबसे तेज रास्ता याने की ‘ब्लॉग’ | विधायक कार्य पुरी तरह से पूर्णत्व की ओर ले जाने के लिए जरूरत होती है ऐसेही प्रभावी और सामान्य जब तक सहजतासें पहुँच पाए ऐसे माध्यम की | इंटरनेट जगत में सर्वोच्च शिखरपर रहनेवाली ‘गुगल’ कंपनी ने बराबर हमारी ‘नस’ पकडकर अपने ‘ब्लॉगर’ यह प्रोडक्ट इंटरनेट मार्केट में २००३ में लाए | लोगोंको सहजतासे उपलब्ध होनेवाला, आसान तरीकेसे लिखने की क्षमता रखनेवाला और पढनेवाला इन दोनों में ‘संवाद जमानेवाला’ मतलब ‘कम्युनिकेशन’ बनानेवाला गुगल का यह प्रोडक्ट हवा की गती से लोकप्रिय हो गया | आज करोडों की संख्या में लोग ‘ब्लॉगर’ का इस्तमाल असरदार तरीकेसे कर रहे है | इसी लिए हमें इसकी जानकारी होनी ही चाहिए |  Read More..... http://www.aniruddhafriend-samirsinh.com/blog-part-1/

Fedora 22 Installation with Manual Partitioning on VirtualBox

How to install Google Chrome browser on Fedora 22

Recently I installed Fedora 22 on my Dell Laptop. Its running very much smooth and without any issues. I am sharing here, the procedure I followed for installing Google Chrome web browser on Fedora 22 . Download Google Chrome .rpm file using below link (from your desktop / laptop running Fedora 22), http://www.google.com/chrome/ Depending upon your installation, select 32 bit or 64 bit version. [nikhil@nikhil-dell-inspiron Downloads]$ sudo rpm -ivh google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm [sudo] password for nikhil: warning: google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm: Header V4 DSA/SHA1 Signature, key ID 7fac5991: NOKEY error: Failed dependencies:     lsb >= 4.0 is needed by google-chrome-stable-43.0.2357.81-1.x86_64 [nikhil@nikhil-dell-inspiron Downloads]$ As shown in the log above, you may get failed dependency error as lsb package might not be installed on your machine. Install the package first. From Fedora 22, dnf utility replaces yum. [nikhil@nikhi...