A port is an addressable network location implemented in an operating system to help differentiate traffic destined for different services or Applications. The state of a port is either open, filtered, closed, or unfiltered. A port is said to be open if an application on the target machine is listening for connections/packets on that port. […]

Modern Linux kernel comes with auditd daemon. It is responsible for writing audit records to the disk. During startup, the rules in /etc/audit.rules are read by this daemon. You can open /etc/audit.rules file and make changes such as setup audit file log location and other option. The default file is good enough to get started […]

As a System Administrator, server uptime has much importance. The servers must be running as long as possible. While keeping this server uptime consistent, a System Administrator should also have to apply the patches and to maintain the reliability. If the patch is done for the kernel there may be a chance to reboot the […]

Shared hosting service allows multiple websites to use a single server. There will be multiple customers in a shared environment. Each customer will usually have a limit on the total amount of server resources they can use. One of the main reasons for choosing shared hosting is its low cost. Shared hosting is cheaper and […]

Data Management has an important role in a company’s operational infrastructure. It will be really challenging for the organization to manage these vast amounts of data. An organization should make sure that the data is secure and redundant. Data should have proper backup and if any disaster occurs, data should be recovered using effective data […]