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Stop Brute Force WordPress Login Attempts with Fail2Ban
WordPress is the most popular content management system for websites and as a result it attracts a lot of automated attempts at brute force login. Blocking such bots before they get very far is the topic of this post.
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Debian Linux: Setting the timezone and synchronizing time with NTP
I have previously written about setting the time and timezone in CentOS. Setting the timezone is much easier in Debian.
Fixing arrow keys and syntax highlighting in vi on Debian
Debian comes with a version of vi that doesn’t handle arrow keys well especially in insert mode. Pressing arrow keys in vi displays letters instead of moving the cursor. Also it doesn’t do syntax highlighting. To fix it we need to install the full vim.
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Install Nginx, PHP-FPM, MySQL and WordPress on CentOS 6 Linux
Nginx is an alternative web server that is fast becoming popular. Nginx is famed for its ability to handle thousands of concurrent connections while using very little memory. In this post I look at how to install Nginx, PHP-FPM, MySQL and WordPress on a brand new CentOS 6.x Linux installation.
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