This guide will show you how to use Google SMTP servers to send mail. This can be very helpful if you’re trying to run a blog from home, as most ISP’s block SMTP traffic if you’re don’t have a Business or Enterprise Account. Click Here to check out my Guide if you are on Ubuntu […]
Postfix is a Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) that can act as an SMTP server or client to send or receive email. There are many reasons why you would want to configure Postfix to send email using Google Apps and Gmail. One reason is to avoid getting your mail flagged as spam if your current server’s […]
Hide Apache Version and Operating System By-default the apache version and OS are shown in the response headers. This is a major security vulnerability. To hide those details, add the two lines in apache config file /etc/apache2/conf-enabled/security.conf ServerSignature Off # Removes version info ServerTokens Prod #Changes header to production, removing OS detailServerSignature Off # Removes […]
Objective Install Nginx on your RedHat Linux distribution. Once installed, enable port 443 for HTTPS access to your web server. Create a Self-signed certificate to use for SSL. You can also use a free service like LetsEncrypt to get verified certs. Installing Nginx Add Nginx Repository To add the CentOS 7 EPEL repository, open terminal […]
The main configuration file for Apache is located at /etc/apache2/apache2.conf. Apache may work a little different on Ubuntu (and other Debian based distributions) than other operating systems when it comes to adding and removing modules as well as virtual host configuration. The differences are the result of an effort to make it more flexible and […]
Apache is currently the most commonly used and trusted web server application. It has dominated as the primary web server software. In this lesson we will learn to install the application as well as setup firewall rules to allow it server web pages to clients. Installing Apache Before we install Apache, it will be a […]
