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  1. howardsl2

    vpsBoard birthday contest! Enter to win!

    (Not sure if this fits within the contest rules or not) https://www.vpsboard.com/index.php?/topic/3865-A-Useful-List-of-Recent-Malware-Caught-on-VPS-Server#entry57153
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    A Useful List of Recent Malware Caught on VPS Server

    Hello all, I have taken the time to compile a list that summarizes recent malware caught in my Kippo SSH Honeypot. The honeypot was deployed on servers at multiple locations. Attackers downloaded these files after breaking into the honeypot, and tried to run them immediately. Therefore, they...
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    Using SSHFS to Share Folders Among Your VPS

    CORRECTION: In the tutorial above, please replace the entire section: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Go back to your "master" server. Edit the file: mkdir -p /home/autossh/.ssh; chmod 700 /home/autossh/.ssh cd...
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    vpsBoard birthday contest! Enter to win!

    My third tutorial titled "Using SSHFS to Share Folders Among Your VPS":
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    Using SSHFS to Share Folders Among Your VPS

    Hello guys, here is my tutorial for setting up "SSHFS" to create shared folder(s) among your VPS. We will be using "autossh" which has the nice "automatic reconnect" capability whenever the link goes down. Also implemented are settings such as "chroot" and "key use restrictions" which will...
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    How do you organize your pictures?

    Google Picasa works great especially with the face recognization feature. Photos on which each person appears can be organized and tagged very quickly. I like it.
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    Install Ghost Blog with Nginx and ModSecurity or Naxsi

    Thank you @Raymii for the helpful suggestions. I have implemented some of them with credit to you on top of the guide. Regarding the ModSecurity rules, I just copied them from Mr. Stevens' post. I am no expert in this so I'd appreciate that you point me to the right direction on how to override...
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    Install Ghost Blog with Nginx and ModSecurity or Naxsi

    Hello all, I have created two Github Gists for detailed step-by-step instructions on installing the latest Ghost Blog with Nginx and ModSecurity or Naxsi. Blogging is a good way to utilize any idle VPS you have! The instructions have been successfully tested on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server (freshly...
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    Request: Failover DNS account

    Here's a cached version of the link above. See if you can open it. http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:GHKoHAU_-FoJ:blog.booru.org/?p=12+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
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    Request: Failover DNS account

    For DIY failover DNS with CloudFlare, take a look at this: http://blog.booru.org/?p=12 I tried it today and it works great. Credit goes to @INIZ on LET forum. He mentioned it in a thread reply.
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    Share a filesystem (like nfs) across the Internet

    You can run multiple SSHD processes each having its own config file and listen on different ports. There are tutorials on Google. After that, make a dedicated user for sshfs e.g. autossh, use AllowUsers to restrict the first SSHD to root, for example, and the second SSHD to autossh only. Also...
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    Best < $15 VPS?

    You can get a dedicated server under $15/mo from OVH-Kimsufi at their BHS data center in Canada. At the time of this writing their PS-3 server is available with these specs:  PS-3     Atom™ D425     1c/ 2t     1.8 GHz+     2 GB RAM     1x 500 GB HDD                 100 Mbps (unmetered)     1...
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    Free Hosted Ghost

    Based on information from various sites, I created a Nginx configuration for Ghost which includes caching, gzip compression as well as direct static files serving by Nginx. These should help to improve performance and reduce resource usage. You can find the configuration at my Ghost 0.4.1...
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    TLS 1.2: AES_128_GCM or AES_256_CBC for better security?

    There is a website to test how well your site's SSL works. See if you can get an A+. To retest, click on "Clear cache" when the test is finished: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/ Here are the SSL ciphers I use (achieves Forward Secrecy)...
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    Fully Automated IPsec/L2TP VPN Setup with Libreswan

    To add to my original post:For Windows users, a registry change may be required in order to be able to connect to an IPsec/L2TP VPN behind NAT (e.g. in EC2). Please follow instructions in this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885407 Credit goes to vbap on LET.
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    Fully Automated IPsec/L2TP VPN Setup with Libreswan

    Hello guys, I have created a fully automated ("one-click") IPsec/L2TP VPN install script for Ubuntu 12.04. My script was inspired by and is based on the work of Thomas Sarlandie (original post), that I took time to improve by replacing Openswan with Libreswan, which is more actively developed...
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    Looking for a Pandora alternative.

    There is a 60-day trial promo for Spotify going on from bestbuymobile. See this SD post: http://slickdeals.net/f/6626884-one-sweet-deal-2-free-months-of-hulu-plus-zinio-and-spotify?
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    Your viewpoint on Captcha "solver" software

    The Top 10 Worst Captchas... http://www.johnmwillis.com/other/top-10-worst-captchas/
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    Free Hosted Ghost

    Buster is a static site generator for Ghost. You will find it by searching on GitHub. Once generated as static files it can be served directly via Nginx.
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