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Change Port and Disallow Root Login to Secure SSH Server

By Mike Goh April 24, 2020Developers Technical TutorialsSecurity, ServersNo Comments

When you subscribe to a Linux VPS (Virtual Private Server) from any host providers, the default firewall rule is to accept all incoming connections to any ports hence you can connect via Port 22 using a SSH telnet client like…

How to Secure Server with Firewall using iptables

By Mike Goh April 23, 2020Developers Technical TutorialsSecurity, ServersNo Comments

iptables is a command-line firewall utility that allows a system administrator to configure the IP packet filter rules made possible by the Netfilter modules complied into the Linux Kernel. The rules are kept to a bare minimum on the firewall…

My Supercharged Home Network for Gaming and WiFi Coverage

By Mike Goh April 20, 2020Daily Rants and Excitement BlogFamily, NetworkNo Comments

After getting the keys to my new home, a certain thing is always on my mind during renovation and it was network planning. I am a PC gamer having spent most of my time on online games thus low network…

How to Backup Databases and Files, Rotate and Rsync to Remote

By Mike Goh April 19, 2020Developers Technical TutorialsBackup, Command LineNo Comments

We should always schedule backups for our website files and databases but should never keep the backups only in the server which your websites and databases reside in. If you are on solid cloud providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS)…

What is Clickjacking and How to Prevent It

By Mike Goh April 18, 2020Developers Technical TutorialsSecurity, WebNo Comments

Clickjacking, according to Wikipedia, is a malicious technique of tricking a user into clicking on something different from what the user perceives, thus potentially revealing confidential information or allowing others to take control of their computer while clicking on seemingly…

Learned a New Word Today – ‘Clickjacking’

By Mike Goh April 17, 2020Daily Rants and Excitement BlogSecurityNo Comments

Recently, I received an email from my supervisor asking me to do an assessment on a bug. The whole story unfolded as I scrolled down the email conversation. It was a web security vulnerability actually and it was originally reported…

How to Backup WordPress Database and Directory Docker Containers

By Mike Goh April 16, 2020Developers Technical TutorialsBackup, DockerNo Comments

In this tutorial, I am going to show you how to backup Docker containers for services WordPress and MySQL in a docker-compose.yml file. If you read enough backup articles like me, you will find that some articles relate to just…

Which Top-level Domain (TLD) for you, Sir?

By Mike Goh April 14, 2020Software and Web Services ReviewsSoftware, WebNo Comments

I was working from home (WFH) for a month because of COVID-19. I decided to spin off a tech tutorial website powered by WordPress. This has always been on my mind but I never really did have the time. It…

Change Domain for WordPress Docker Container with phpMyAdmin

By Mike Goh April 14, 2020Developers Technical TutorialsDocker, Web1 Comment

Are you trying to migrate an existing WordPress Docker container to a new domain URL? One might change domain for a couple of reasons. For example, change in brand name, favorite domain in .com becomes available or change to different…

Setup Cheap Self-Hosted WordPress with Domain for just $7/year

By Mike Goh April 12, 2020Developers Technical TutorialsSoftware, WebNo Comments

Do you know the difference in service provided between wordpress.com vs wordpress.org? You can register for a free hosted blog at wordpress.com with limited features or you can subscribe to their paid plans to unlock them. However, at wordpress.org, you…

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