As with any server, whether it be a web server, file server, database server, etc, hardening is an important step in information security and protecting the data on your systems. This guide will show you some basics when it comes to hardening a MySQL Server. Most of these changes are simple lines to add into [...]
If you're a Linux Systems Administrator or run an Ubuntu Linux Server for a small website somewhere, now would be a good time to plan an upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus if you're currently running Ubuntu 14.04. You can read the Ubuntu Release Notes to see some of the new features available. Ubuntu has [...]
If you run any Windows Servers, you may run into a scenario where you want to remove access to Internet Explorer. Usually, any administrators that log into servers won't have a need for it anyway, plus it can be a security concern. Sometimes, you might have a server that refuses to update to the latest [...]
If you're a Google Chrome user, you might have come across the Google Chrome Error SSL Server Probably Obsolete ERR_SSL_FALLBACK_BEYOND_MINIMUM_VERSION while trying to browse to a HTTPS website. Unfortunately, as a user, there's not much you can do to get around this error message except to try a different browser like Internet Explorer. About a [...]
