setfacl

This is a utility that sets Access Control Lists (ACLs) for files and directories for linux hosts.  I’m managing a Linux host on AWS and a design firm is working on the website itself. Even though the host itself is a sandbox webserver, I don’t want to give out root credentials – so we set … Read more

Two Factor Authentication for free

Sounds cool! But what is it? Lets start off on what its made of: Knowledge based authentication. Possession based authentication. A good example of two-factor authentication is your ATM card. You know your PIN. Its something you made up. But that is something anyone can glimpse over and see. To safeguard that, you need your … Read more