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Jul/11

Ubuntu 10.04 Firewall (UFW) Basics

Filed Under Linux, Networking, Security at 3rd July 2011 0:01 by

Overview UFW or Uncomplicated FireWall is a basic software solution for protecting against network intrusions. It’s basic in the form that it’s a wrapper around the more powerful and complex iptables and therefore makes some assumptions such as rate limits. … Continue reading →

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Sep/10

Kick A Linux User Who’s Logged In

Filed Under Linux at 1st September 2010 0:01 by

In command line type in who or w will list all the users who are currently logged in. To log them off type in the following: pkill -KILL -u danny where danny is the username. If ‘danny’ was logged in … Continue reading →

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Dec/09

SSH On Multiple Ports

Filed Under Linux, Security at 14th December 2009 0:07 by

It is possible to have SSHD (SSH server) to listen on multiple ports. some places block port 22 the default port for SSH. To over come this you can use another port such as 3389 (which happens to be the … Continue reading →

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Mar/09

Starting A Program From Command Line to X

Filed Under Linux at 23rd March 2009 0:01 by

A cool little trick when your logged in at the terminal level with an X windows session running e.g Gnome, KDE, XFCE, etc and want the program to start in X. I would use it to play tricks or open … Continue reading →