Yesterday, I wrote an article on how to block certain countries from your server using csf. This will block them from accessing your server on any port. You can, however use mod_geoip if you’d like to block them from accessing your web site(s). You might want to do this if the csf approach creates too many iptables rules for your server to handle. Continue Reading…
If you don’t have a need for certain international visitors to your Linux server, its easy to block them out! First, you’ll need to make sure that CSF is installed. You can follow our guide on installing csf to get this accomplished. Once that’s done, read on to block access from Russia, China, etc.. Continue Reading…
The first thing on your mind when setting up a new Linux server (dedicated or VPS) is how you can increase security. One of the best tools in your bag of tricks should be the CSF (ConfigServer) LFD (Login Failure Daemon) firewall. Continue Reading…
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