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Configuring Fail2Ban for Bind9

Suppose Fail2Ban is already installed, if not, then see my article – Installing and Configuring Fail2ban.

By default, Bind9 does not write logs, so open its configuration file in any text editor:

How to find iPhone from a computer?

To see from the computer where the iPhone is located:

Installing Certbot in Ubuntu

On the test I will install ACME client Certbot in Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial), which will help to get Free SSL certificates Let’s Encrypt for 90 days and automatically update them.
For other versions of Ubuntu, the Certbot client is installed similarly.

Installing and Configuring Let’s Encrypt SSL

On the test I will install Let’s Encrypt which allows you to install free SSL certificates for 90 days and automatically re-issue them.

Removing exploits from Ubiquiti devices

Once I noticed the spread of the virus/exploit on the network with Ubiquiti devices. Exploit using a vulnerability in older versions of firmware copied itself to other devices and from them attacked the following.

Installing and Configuring Fail2ban

In this article, I will provide an example of how to install and configure Fail2ban.

Configuring Fail2Ban for ProFTPd

Suppose Fail2Ban is already installed, if not, then see my article – Installing and Configuring Fail2ban.

In Fail2Ban by default, there are already filters for ProFTPd and it knows that the log file is located at /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.log, so it’s enough to create the file:

sudo nano /etc/fail2ban/jail.d/proftpd.local

And enter the data below, thereby activating the check of the log file /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.log:

[proftpd]
enabled = true
bantime = 86400

Restart Fail2Ban to apply the changes:

sudo service fail2ban restart

You can check the status:

sudo fail2ban-client status proftpd

Installing Nessus on Linux

Nessus – vulnerability scanner in Linux.

Go to the official website http://www.tenable.com/products/nessus/select-your-operating-system and download Nessus for the operating system that you have installed.

Switch to the root user:
su

Run the installation of the downloaded file, for example:

dpkg -i Nessus-7.0.2-debian6_amd64.deb

Run Nessus:

/etc/init.d/nessusd start

After that, you can open Nessus in the browser by clicking https://IP:8834/

For further work, you need to register with https://www.tenable.com/products/nessus/activation-code.

Installing Snort in Ubuntu

Snort – Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and Intrusion Detection System (IDS) by traffic analysis.

How to make a bootable USB flash drive with CAINE

To make a bootable USB flash drive with CAINE, perform several actions:

1) Download the image CAINE from the official site www.caine-live.net

2) Download Universal USB Installer http://www.pendrivelinux.com/universal-usb-installer-easy-as-1-2-3/

3) We connect the USB flash drive to the computer and run the Universal USB Installer. In it, we agree with the license agreement by clicking “I Agree“, in the second window where “Step 1:” choose “CAINE Linux“, where “Step 2” click “Browse” and point to the downloaded image of CAINE (for example, caine9.0.iso). In “Step 3:” select the letter of the flash drive, tick the “Format” (this will re-partition the file system table and erase all the data on the USB flash drive).

4) Click “Create” and wait for the process to complete.