What is nagios?
Nagios is a utility designed to monitor network services such as HTTP, SMTP, POP3, HTTP, ICMP, NNTP, monitor CPU usage, disk space and other hardware. Also, nagios can send you alerts in case of any problems with the above services or hardware.
Install nagios on CentOS
To...
What is Fail2ban
Fail2ban protects the server from password brute force and SSH hacking and also able to protect certain partitions on a server running Apache or NGINX.
Installing Fail2ban on CentOS
# Get the Epel repository:
sudo yum install epel-release
# Install fail2ban
yum install...
301 redirect
A 301 redirect is a permanent redirect from one page to another. Most often, webmasters use it when transferring a page to a new address, changing a domain name, or creating site mirrors.
Setting up a redirect via HTML and PHP
Simple redirect:
<meta http-equiv="refresh"...
Basic dns settings for mail server
Name
Type
Value
Additional
domain.com.
A (internet address v4)
90.190.100.0
mail.domain.com.
A (internet address v4)
90.190.100.0
imap.domain.com.
A (internet address v4)
90.190.100.0
www.domain.com.
A (internet address v4)
90.190.100.0...
What is a DKIM signature?
The DKIM signature is used to authenticate the sender's email address.
DKIM key generation
First of all, you need to generate a pair of DKIM keys, public and private.
Public key example:
-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY-----...
What is X Frame Option header?
The X-Frame-Options HTTP header is used to guide the browser which pages of the site can be displayed in <frame> , <iframe> , and <embed> . This technology does not allow loading website's content in frames on third-party resources, thereby protecting it from...
What is strict Transport Security header
Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is a header that guides the browser never load a site via HTTP protocol. This technology allows you to protect the user from attacks by hackers. With the correct HSTS configuration, even during the first load of the site...
What is Permissions Policy header?
HTTP Permissions-Policy security header specifies which browser features can and cannot be used. This can help to improve the privacy and security of the website, like turning off the camera and microphone. Can also be used to enforce guidelines (such as...
What is header - Referrer-Policy
The HTTP Referrer-Policy header report to the browser how much information the browser should process during the web page processing. This technology is used to protect the security and privacy of the user.
Basic directives
no-referrer - do not send information...
Adding new SMTP user
After installing PowerMTA manually, you will need to create a new SMTP user and virtual-mta. To create an user, edit the virtualhost.txt file:
# Adding new VMTA-user
<smtp-user user1> # user's name
password password XXXXX # user's password...
SMTP port in pmta config
To change the SMTP port in PMTA, find and edit the config file at /etc/pmta/config
Find the line that starts with smtp-listener
This line specifies the port used by the PMTA server. If you need to use several ports, duplicate the line.
smtp-listener 0/0:2424...
CLI commands for PMTA server
System
PowerMTA reboot
service pmta restart
Reloading the pmta config
pmta reload
Reload pmtahttp
pmtahttp restart
Launching PowerMTA
service pmta start
Search for possible errors
pmtad --debug
Reset statistics
pmta reset counters
Checking the status of PMTA...
What is the main configuration file of PMTA
This is a file which is located in the etc/pmta/ directory of your server and responsible for the rules of sending mail from a particular domain/ip address.
Two files are responsible for the configuration of your mail server, config and...
Protect website via htaccess
This list for .htaccess contains more than 1900 bad bots, grabbers, spammers, combiners and other garbage. Blocking them will help to reduce the load on your site, which will positively affect it's performance and security.
At the same time, search engines bots...
Set up own VPN with using OpenVPN client software
You will need a server with bandwidth 200 Mbps and pre-installed Ubuntu 20.04 or later.
1. Connect to your server:
ssh root@ip
2. Install git:
apt install git
3. Install OpenVPN:
git clone https://github.com/Nyr/openvpn-install.git
cd...
List of dangerous functions
exec() - calling an external program
proc_open() - executes a command and opens a file pointer for I/O
shell_exec() - executes a command in a shell and returns the full output as a string
system() - calling an external program and displaying the result
passthru() -...