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How To Setup a Firewall with UFW on an Ubuntu and Debian Cloud Server

Introduction One of the first lines of defense in securing your cloud server is a functioning firewall. In the past, this was often done through complicated and arcane utilities. There is a lot of functionality built into these utilities, iptables being the most popular nowadays, but they require a decent effort on behalf of the user to learn and understand them. Firewall rules are not something you want yourself second-guessing. To this end, UFW is a considerably easier-to-use alternative. What is UFW? UFW, or Uncomplicated Firewall, is a front-end to iptables. Its main goal is to make managing your firewall drop-dead simple and to provide an easy-to-use interface. It’s well-supported and popular in the Linux community—even installed by default in a lot of distros. As such, it’s a great way to get started securing your sever. Before We Get Started First, obviously, you want to make sure UFW is installed. It should be installed by default in Ubuntu, ...

Kali HL LiveCD 10-10 release

  Kali HL LiveCD 10-10 release. LiveCD Release 10-10 is out! (March 22th, 2017) The new HL LiveCD release is fully based on Kali-Rolling Linux with the Hacking-Lab tools and the Hacking-Lab OpenVPN GUI. Please give it a try! KALI-HL-LCD Download the new 10-10 release, the officially supported HL-LiveCD for solving Hacking-Lab challenges. KALI-HL-LCD is based on Kali-Rolling (XFCE) with 64-bit support. Please download and import the provided OVA for VMware or VirtualBox and start solving Hacking-Lab riddles and security challenges. KALI-HL-LCD comes with... Penetration Testing Tools Web Security Tools (Burp, ZAP) Forensic Tools Crypto Tools Reverse Engeering Tools Mobile App Security Tools Download & Install ISO Image We recommend using the LiveCD OVA appliance instead of using the ISO. But if you prefer the ISO, please proceed as listed below: Please dow...