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iLoveHouseMusic
iLoveHouseMusic
@ilovehousemusic
10 years ago
517 posts
I installed Logwatch (for Ubuntu) on my Digital Ocean account. I can now see the brute force activity.

Anyone running DenyHosts?
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/articles/how-to-install-denyhosts-on-ubuntu-12-04

Comments? Concerns?
updated by @ilovehousemusic: 03/15/14 09:47:55AM
brian
@brian
10 years ago
10,148 posts
make sure you modify /etc/ssh/sshd_config and change SSH to run on (for example) port 222 instead of 22 - that will cut brute force stuff by 99%.


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Founder and Lead Developer - Jamroom
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iLoveHouseMusic
iLoveHouseMusic
@ilovehousemusic
10 years ago
517 posts
Ah nice. Gracias!
iLoveHouseMusic
iLoveHouseMusic
@ilovehousemusic
10 years ago
517 posts
I've changed my ssh port. What do you think about some of these other security mods?

http://www.thefanclub.co.za/how-to/how-secure-ubuntu-1204-lts-server-part-1-basics

I'm wondering specifically if #1, 2, 7, 8, and 9 would impact Jamroom?

1. Firewall - UFW
2. Secure shared memory
7. Prevent IP Spoofing.
8. Harden PHP for security.
9. Restrict Apache Information Leakage.
brian
@brian
10 years ago
10,148 posts
I think Jamroom should work fine with all of these.

Hope this helps!


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Brian Johnson
Founder and Lead Developer - Jamroom
https://www.jamroom.net

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