Tag: Security
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Nginx Hijinks
Just took the time to take a serious look at my Nginx server configuration and cleaned it up. Reformatted it and removed superfluous configs which I just copy-pasted from somewhere. Also tweaked some settings to improve everything. Seems to be more responsive now as a result and also standardized everything to make it more readable…
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Fun with CloudFlare Tunnels
Recently, I was tasked at work with implementing an isolated service on AWS. Since I’m a cheap guy, I didn’t want to use Elastic IPs just to ensure I can be lazy with DNS <-> EC2 whenever I reboot it during workhours. Also, it’s a hassle to apply for approval on firewall configuration changes so…
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WordPress Security
After reviewing logs, I’ve decided to block one of the most taken advantage of vectors in hacking my WordPress blog. Namely, WordPress’ xmlrpc.php file. Now, since I’m already using a reverse proxy, and I don’t really like going the plugin route for such a simple block, I just added the ff. code in my Nginx…
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Interesting Events
So it’s been a while since I’ve reset this site and the event I was waiting for finally started happening. I’m excited to see how things progress…hopefully, my WordPress installation survives…😛! Anyways, as a Systems Administrator, one word always sticks…BACKUPS! 😀