Turning off unsave daemons for security
January 12, 2009
By default Centos, RedHat and Fedora starts multiple daemons that are actually not needed, for example:
nfs
nfslock
cups
gpm
and I am suggesting you disable these services asap. You can turn it off via chkconfig command or even remove from the execution at init levels as well.
chkconfig –del cups
chkconfig –level 3 cups off
The above line with –del will simply remove it
the second line with –level 3 option will turn off in init #3
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CPanel Control Panel Review
September 02, 2008
A control panel is tied with an operating system to maintain and check the controls and settings of it. The major functions performed by control panel are controling of web hosting accounts, account features, disk space, traffic, POP3/IMAP settings, disk partitions, software, network connections, date, time and other options. It also is used for managing multiple user accounts of a single system, adding or removing software applications, security and packet filter rules etc.
CPanel is also a control panel designed for managing and administrating the websites. The cPanel is designed to run on Linux based operating systems such as the Fedora, Centos, RedHat or even the FreeBSD. The authentication of the cPanel is carried out using web page login or a Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP). The several operations provided by cPanel for the client are the management of the mailing list database and FTP accounts manages the cryptographic authentication and privacy of the websites. It also helps in the management of software packages of the operating systems it is functioning upon and also helps in upgrading MySQL, PHP and other software. This helps in maintaining the recent version of the software to provide better functionality of the package. The cPanel also have several levels of testing and debugging such as the edge, current, release and stable and they are often referred to as the Builds of the cPanel – control panel. The cPanel along with WebHost Manager (WHM) have designed a totally supported web hosting control panel. They help for providing a link between the web hosting company’s staff and the customers.
The various advantages of cPanel – control panel are that it can be easily installed, however it requires a paid license, it has unlimited domains assigned for each server, it has a full server administration facility. Interestingly it also provides free virus scan, and also multi-lingual support for the users using different themes..
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Free antivirus for Windows workstations
May 11, 2007
This is a very good question. I have been running Windows based workstation for over 10 years and it’s been a pleasant experience, unless I get the blue screen from time to time. Anyway, I am always using ZoneAlarm lite firewall software - it’s completely free and is good enough for most home users.
Of course there are a few other firewall software that has better features, but they tend advance to pay use and you have to re-install and always search for a free firewall. This is why I stick to Zonealarm and voila - there I go 
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